[Gasification] DIY GtL

[Anand Karve]

Dear all,
tar is a valuable byproduct. Villagers buy it from a hardware shop at about
US$1 per kg. So, we would prefer not to burn it.
Yours
A.D.Karve

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Thomas Reed <tombreed2010 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Dear Doug, Brian and all
>
> To what extent can you clean today's gas by passing it (cooled to about 150
> C) through a barrel of tomorrows REASONABLY DRY  fuel, thus permitting you
> to burn all the tars AND finish drying the fuel?
>
> While a moisture content less than 20% is desirable for gasifier fuel, I
> suspect it should not be bone dry for long runs because it becomes
> autopyrolytic and won't retain a level pyrolysis zone.
>
> COMMENTS?
>
> Tom Reed
>
> Dr Thomas B Reed
> President, The Biomass Energy Foundation
> www.Woodgas.com <http://www.woodgas.com/>
>
> On Jan 30, 2011, at 9:06 AM, Brian D Paasch <brian at indianarenewables.com>
> wrote:
>
>   On Jan 29, 2011, at 8:10 PM, doug.williams wrote:
>
> *To finger the problem of using industrial scale producer gas, is
> that most large systems are not tar free, and if you need to compress the
> gas, technical challenges come thick and fast.*
>
>
> Doug,
>
> Oh goodness yes! We've not been willing to TOUCH the compression challenges
> until we got our gas pretty darn clean. I'm cautiously optimistic with where
> we are at on that task:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNypVoZg3VA
>
> And right now we're planning on three separate compression steps with
> additional filters between each step.
>
> And thanks for the pointer to your archives, I will certainly browse!
>
> -brian
>
>
>
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