[Gasification] HKG BIONEAR GASIFIER

[Jeff Davis]

Thanks Fredrik,


Interesting use for chicken wire!



Jeff



On 12/15/2013 02:19 AM, Fredrik Ek wrote:
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> Turos Team HKG Bionear and Bioneer have nothing to do with each other as
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> far as I know. HKG Bionear does not produce tarry updraft gas that is
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> cracked with the help of an external reformer like did Bioneer.
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> The mentioned gas composition H2 ~25 %, CO ~45 % is not achievable when
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> using only air as oxidant. Water and air is used, but from where is the
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> needed energy taken?
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> The dripping clear and smell free condensate I mentioned earlier came from
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> a temporary experiment installation, an installation like that that can be
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> seen on other youtube clips on internet with an insulated gasifier and a
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> gas burner burning in open air. On that video the gas line contains many
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> components. One of these is a small MHD generator for testing, not as such
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> essential for the process.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfIgxzd1rHA
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> In the video a catalyst is stated to be used and heavy hydrocarbons to be
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> recirculated into the process. With lower moisture content in the wood fuel
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> than 50 - 60 %, water is added to the process.
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> Turos Team (Bionear)state that they remove not more than a couple of
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> litres of ash and soot per week from one trap, and no condensate at all.
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> The rest of the ash is stated to be gasified and leave the gasifier in
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> gaseous form. When unfiltered gas burns at the flare in Lestijärvi, no
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> sparks or flyash can be seen in the flare, but otherwise the flare looks
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> pretty much like I´m used to see clean unfiltered and not cooled producer
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> gas burn in open air. Clean filtered gas burns, as we all know, with a pure
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> blue flame invisible in daylight.
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> Filtered and cooled blue burning gas burns very well, I asked a friend of
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> mine to extinguish burning gas being blown from my wood gas trailer a few
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> days ago. Despite trials to press the end of the gas hose towards ice and
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> snow on ground, he could not get the flame go out, nor could I.
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> It might seem odd that heat can be more valuable than electric power for
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> an owner of a power plant, but this is the case for power delivered to the
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> grid here in Finland. In Finland roughly 1/3 of an end customers power
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> price is the electricity itself, 1/3 is transfer costs and the last third
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> taxes.
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> Fredrik Ek