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paul kingery Design, Gas scrubber or bubblier, cyclonic separators, condensate collection, steam injection

I had built a cross draft gasifier, using the exhaust as a processor for the needed heat for the pyrolytic generation and gas separation The engine is a duel fuel (Gasoline and low quality fuels)( propane, natural gas {methane, hydrogen},and Alcohol) and wood gas, basically if it burns or will combust and chemical separation can take place it is fuel. I have three particular pollutants I concern myself with, Chlorides, Sulfurs, and Nitrites, all three of these can form acids that damage the en… Continue

Added by paul kingery on July 8, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

ben Biomass Power Map

BIOMASS Magazine is set to release it's first, full-color wall map featuring comprehensive data from across the biomass industry. The BIOMASS Power & Gas Production Map 2009 will include more than 200 operational and under construction biogas recovery projects in addition to 99 operational biomass power projects across the United States. Look for this in the September issue of Biomass Magazine.

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Added by ben on July 8, 2009 at 8:20am — No Comments

ben Pickens calls off massive wind farm in Texas

From Yahoo! HOUSTON – Plans for the world's largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle have been scrapped, energy baron T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday, and he's looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines. Pickens has already ordered the turbines, which can stand 400 feet tall — taller than most 30-story buildings. "When I start receiving those turbines, I've got to ... like I said, my garage won't hold them," the legendary Texas oilman said. "They've got to go someplace." Pickens' company M… Continue

Added by ben on July 8, 2009 at 6:37am — No Comments

ben Solar Synergy: Partnering Alcohol with Gasification

I just watched David Blume's "Alcohol Can Be a Gas" video last night and it got me thinking about the potential synergies between alcohol production and gasification. The video is 2 hours and 40 minutes of great info that ranges from U.S. history to permaculture to completing natural cycles. As you look at the structure of biomass you see that plants use photosynthesis to create complex chains from sugars. Here is the order: Sugars St… Continue

Added by ben on July 1, 2009 at 7:25am — 13 Comments

ben Arduino Micro-controller How-to

Some of you may have seen the link to Arduino in the links section, but many haven't so check out these great how-to videos from Makezine.com. A great tool for automating things and learning basic programming. … Continue

Added by ben on June 30, 2009 at 3:34pm — No Comments

ben House narrowly passes major energy-climate bill

Saw this on Yahoo! It seems like gasification may get a boost from this proposed legislation as long as the carbon crusaders don't get too stupid. Good ideas invariably become bad ideologies. Carbon is apart of the cycle. We don't need a war on carbon. How would it fight back? With a bankrupt government getting its hands into everything it wont be too much longer now. Have your gardens planted before the Chinese stop buying dollars. WASHINGTON – In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Demo… Continue

Added by ben on June 26, 2009 at 5:44pm — 9 Comments

ben Summer Road Trip to Larry's

Yesterday Steve Unruh and I tripped on up to see Larry Dobson and talk gasifiers. It was a good time and a fun meeting of the minds as we each explored gasification from our own perspectives and did a show and tell. Steve brought his high mass woodstove that he has been ab… Continue

Added by ben on June 24, 2009 at 9:37am — 4 Comments

William Michael Futch Producer Gas Storage

Have you tried storing the producer gas in a steel tank? Something in the way of storing Natural Gas. I think if you can store the producer gas and run it in a car that has been converted much like a natural gas conversion this could really catch on. Not only can you be off grid but you can be off petroleum without having the gasifier attached to the vehicle. Would love to see something in the way of storage. Thanks Mike Continue

Added by William Michael Futch on June 23, 2009 at 10:28pm — 3 Comments

ben Sneak Peak. Woody v. 3 - The Off Gridder

A new year deserves a new gasifier. Next month will be Victory's one year anniversary and to celebrate we will be releasing the Off Gridder. It's the culmination of thousands of hours of work and it combines the best elements of the ESP & CHP into one unit. This is the platform we are going to use as we venture into fuels and semi-custom applications. … Continue

Added by ben on June 18, 2009 at 10:02am — 9 Comments

ben Richard Hill Stick Wood Furnace

Steve Unruh just brought this to my attention. Its a pdf report for a stick fueled gasifier furnace. Click on the link below or find it in the future in the reports section.… Continue

Added by ben on June 13, 2009 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

ben Waterwide Burner

Check out how it burns the gas by forcing the heavy particles to the outside until they are consumed. … Continue

Added by ben on June 12, 2009 at 7:30pm — 4 Comments

Michael Lawson hybrid gasifier steam engine

My brother and I are gathering info to build our 1st gasifier. We still have questions though.The idea of power from wood is just too alluring. Anyway, I want that big bushy flame to heat my boiler to run a steam engine I built. So tar wont be a problem and too much heat wont be a problem ,we hope.We are still experimenting though.We cant figure out how combustable gas escapes w/o being burned in the combustion chamber.When we get a few details figured out, we will start building. Project should… Continue

Added by Michael Lawson on June 11, 2009 at 5:44am — 2 Comments

Radam The Role of Biomass in America's Energy Future

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/343 http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/biomass/ This is an interesting lecture I found on MIT website. The speaker shows how much fuel can be made with innovation in biomass processing and agriculture. Although gasification plays a small role in the whole scheme, I think is is a good watch for everyone interested in biomass energy. But I would rather think electric vehicles as a future of transport. That is stationary electric power plants to also… Continue

Added by Radam on June 10, 2009 at 12:25am — 1 Comment

ben Northeast Gasifiers Barbecue: aka Beamer's Bash

Eric (Beamer) Schrack is continuing the legacy of fine food, friends and fire by hosting his own gasifier barbecue to be held on 8-15-09. Sure to be more fun than you can shake a woodchunk at. If you are anywhere within driving distance of Pennsylvania then don't miss this monster e… Continue

Added by ben on June 9, 2009 at 4:40pm — 1 Comment

ben Omni-fueled Gasifier

Larry Dobson wanted to share one of his latest gasifier developments with us. Its an omni-fueled gasifier with a unique heat exchange setup. Larry has over 35 years of gasifier experience. You can find his work here… Continue

Added by ben on June 9, 2009 at 12:23pm — 16 Comments

JSGolightly New Here

It's late, I can't sleep, and i've decided to be productive. As of yet I'm kicking around the idea of starting a small business selling electricity to the grid by using fuels derived from local "weed" species of trees, range grasses (those that are left alone by local livestock and wildlife) and wastes from local dairies and farms. My business "plan" (or more appropriately "thought") was to remove aforementioned weed species from local farms and ranches at costs significantly lower (per acre)… Continue

Added by JSGolightly on June 1, 2009 at 2:05am — 2 Comments

Kresimir King 125 kw el. wood chip gasifier!

Hi all of you dear friends! I'm running a project of 125 kw el. gasifier and would like to share it white you who may be interested. Any experience i could get, it would certainly help me to go ahead with it. The engine I'm using is 19 liters 230 kw diesel engine that I'm planing convert it to ignition combustion engine. But first thing first, I have just finished with design of heart zone and computed constriction to be 350 mm in diameter. One of the problem that I'm facing is a material for th… Continue

Added by Kresimir King on May 31, 2009 at 1:30pm — 7 Comments

len von speedcult a question on the restriction zone.

I can't stand watching everyone else have all the fun so I'm back stealing time from other projects and work to do a little more gasifier experimentation. I'm on the fence with the restriction tube design. I'm using a conical type restriction tube that I rolled out of 1/8" stainless. The diameter is 3-3/4" and opens up above the shaker/grate to about 6" diameter. The length/height thru the hole is about 6" with a 12" diameter base plate welding on about 1" up from the bottom that the shaker grat… Continue

Added by len von speedcult on May 28, 2009 at 8:26am — 11 Comments

chalmo gas cyclone

I have been looking around for a Gas cyclone.Did some internet research and checked a couple of stores around me. It seems to be hard, let's say impossible to buy one. I found a nice video on youtube on how a cyclone works http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxLusfc1pIk My next step would be to assemble/weld one myself. Anyone out here who produced such a cyclone himself ? Does anyone have any plans,photo's, dimensions, tips and trics etc available perhaps? thanks in advance for the info, regards, ch… Continue

Added by chalmo on May 27, 2009 at 5:56pm — 3 Comments

Brandon Boudreau Best home built gasifier for wood chips

Looking for plans to build a wood chip gasifier that could be fed with an auger thanks Brandon Continue

Added by Brandon Boudreau on May 27, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

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