[Gasification] Fluidised Bed Reactor

Lloyd Helferty lhelferty at sympatico.ca
Thu Nov 28 20:23:32 CST 2013


Doug and all (including George),

   I have received a message from a gentleman, Dr. Peter Fransham of 
/Advanced Biorefinery Inc./, indicating that he may be able to help.  He 
noted that he "has built fluid bed reactors over the past 25 years - 
most recently a unit for the University of Toronto", and should be able 
to help you out.  He noted that "the exact application would impact on 
the design", and that the "size is (certainly) an issue".  He also did 
note that they do focus on biooil and biochar production from "pyrolysis 
units".

  Contact me offline [lhelferty at biochar.ca] if you would like to make 
the connection. (I would rather not post his contact info here.)

Regards,

   Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
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    - Lloyd Helferty

On 2013-11-27 10:23 PM, Doug wrote:
> Hi Lloyd, Ling He, and Gasification Colleagues,
>
> I appreciate your interest in the request from George which I hope he is following up from your kind replies. One can only guess at the size of his needs bearing in mind these are usually quite big systems. Maybe George can follow up and advise us of exactly what he wants one for, so appropriate advise can be given.
>
> Fluidized beds certainly qualify as Pyrolysis systems, but a lot of effort has been expended in the hope they could be kidded into creating a gas free of condensible hydrocarbons. They can certainly make a large volume of gas fast, but never without extensive gas cleaning. An obvious choice is to develop and maximise their condensate production for further processing into liquid fuels and chemical feed stock, and use the gas straight into a boiler. Having said that, developers promoting this process seem to have a high turnover rate, and the same gear turns up under another name once all the hype and interest dies on the originating project.
>
> Regards,
> Doug Williams,
> Fluidyne.
>
>    
>
>
>> George and Doug,
>>
>>    Try: Syngas International, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada  [Sorry, but I
>> don't have a website.]
>>     I was once told that they have a "fluidized bed gasifier". Except for
>> them, I have not really heard of the technology (most Fluidized Bed
>> systems are Pyrolysis systems [designed to make liquids] and not gasifiers).
>>    I also knew of EnergyQuest Inc from Nevada, but the last time I
>> checked, their website was for sale.
>>
>> Perhaps these guys have something?
>> www.eng.uwo.ca/icfar/ <http://www.eng.uwo.ca/icfar/>
>>
>>     Lloyd Helferty

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