[Bioconversion] Agglomerations

[Jeff Davis]

Dear List,



Check out the disposal at the link below.

http://www.insinkerator.com/isejsp/product/product.jsp?id=30&template=c


And the pulping station at the link below. Notice they talk about dewatering.

http://www.insinkerator.com/foodservice/pulper.shtml


I think Tom is trying to tell us something. He has been using words like
disposal, dewatering and some kind of food processor that I cant remember.
KITCHEN EQUIPMENT! Hmmmmmmmm. You know kitchen people have been working
with biomass a lot longer than the word biomass has been around!

I like the condition of the newspapers that exit my disposal. Vary
consistent. I’ve been thinking about Andrew’s meat grinder idea. Maybe I
should give that a try. The #32 looks good, less expensive than a
commercial disposal. Something like 600 lbs per hour. Cost from ebay is
about $100.00.

Now my weak link is the cement mixer. I now have a supply of fuel, paper,
and a way to reduce it, disposal. I’m thinking a rotating pipe. Maybe 3
feet dia and 8 feet long, or something like that. Four caster wheels for
it to rotate on, on a small angle from horizontal and feed the high end.
The low end would be the output. Or maybe I should start to study
agglomerates. That link someone posted looked good.

http://www.agglomeration.org/DesktopDefault.aspx




Odd, after running a gasifier (23 years ago) I decided that a good supply
of DRY fuel would be a must. Now I’m working with the wettest slop I’ve
ever seen.



-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA