[Bioconversion] Re: Densification

[Les Blevins]

Tom, Jeff and list,

Balers are densification machines. Most places where biomass is grown 
already have balers of one type or another and they also have bale handling 
equipment to either gather in and store the bales or wrap them in a plastic 
wrap to keep out the moisture of the rain and snow so they can just leave 
them out in the field.

Bales of paper, straw, stems, leaves, cobs, grass or weeds is 'densified' 
biomass. That's why I designed a furnace that can burn or gasify bales. If 
you really want to you can densify the material further into various shapes 
and sizes of pellets, cubes, briquettes, logs or balls.

Personally I prefer to eliminate the extra time, cost and trouble of further 
densification and just use bales as is. But I understand some people like to 
do things differently than others, so I designed an auger feeding system and 
a batch stoking system such that if you really want to you can utilize those 
pellets, cubes, briquettes, logs or balls in the bale burning furnace if and 
when you want to.

Email me < Lbj4 at mindspring.com > for more info.

Or see < http://www.aaecorp.com  >

Les Blevins


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Reed" <tombreed at comcast.net>
To: "Jeff Davis" <jeff0124 at velocity.net>
Cc: <bioconversion at listserv.repp.org>; "GASIFICATION" 
<GASIFICATION at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Bioconversion] Newspaper Fireball Update 1-4-06


> Dear Jeff and All:
>
> Densification, briquetting, pelletizing is the backbone of biomass
> energy success, so I hope this thread continues.
>
> Trash and paper is easily decomposed with a disposal.  HOWEVER, the
> plastics in trash will wrap around the blades and jam it.
>
> The disposal operates with a spray of water, but not under water.  I
> believe that if one could fill the disposal blades with water above the
> blades that the water would permit modest plastic size reduction (as in
> a cuisinart).
>
> I hope someone tries this...
>
> TOM REED
>
>
> Jeff Davis wrote:
>
>>Dear Les and List,
>>
>>
>>Yes, I put a bucket underneath it to catch the "slop". I purchased a
>>disposal and sink to give it a try. Not something you would want for
>>production but it makes a fair laboratory device. Now I am soaking a 55
>>gallon drum of paper. It may work better with pre-soaked peper. I think
>>one could just break up the soaked NEWSPAPER with a stick and by hand.
>>Maybe some kind of hand drill attachment.
>>
>>It came out like a bad case of diarrhea. I mean a bad case! Even splashed
>>up on to the disposal some (stuck well when dry!).
>>
>>Size range: This is not easy to say. Kind of like orange juice with the
>>pulp. Maybe pond scum. It was very reduced.
>>
>>I like them. Could make good racing fuel, high output.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> -- 
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>
>


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