[Gasification] mycoremediation of tarry water

[Arnt Karlsen]

On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 06:25:30 +1300, doug.williams wrote in message 
<DB8D540DF093480B8FE5AAFC2A861AD9 at dougspc>:

> 
> Hi Arnt,
> 
> You ask:
> 
> > ..quick question: H2 needs how much longer dwell time than CO?
> 
> For many years I was locked into H2  formation as only a temperature
> dependant disassociation, but this has been shown to be incorrect by
> the continuous gas analysis we have been able to use for the
> development programme in California. As we increased the output over
> a range of bed depths, H2 dropped, while CO tended to increase. You
> could always find a sweet spot for a chosen depth, but H2 formation
> lagged if you pulled harder.

..right, we need black boxes to log everything we do.  Ok, at 
least we get to keep our reputation on black art magic. ;o)

> If you increase the bed depths to increase the contact/dwell time,
> even by say 25mm, the H2 will increase, but then so does bed
> resistances. Time taken has to be nano seconds, but as you have
> discovered, a good sneeze can help maintain the bed porosity(:-)
> 
> There are many ways to skin this cat, but the basics remain the same
> based on the experience so far. It would be great if gas was only
> made at a fixed output, then variations of every type could be
> controlled.

..well, it's going to be "all over the country", and the mapping 
is going to look like it's been done with Obama's shot gun. ;o) 

> Doug Williams,
> Fluidyne------


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