[Gasification] Fw: Biomass heated ethanol plants

[Michael Redler]

I've seen some demonstrations of cook stoves like VITA (for example) and thought what a great heat source for ethanol production.
   
  So, here's my next question.
   
  Is there a gassifier design that can be used as either a cook stove or gassifier for internal combustion engines, depending on the need?
   
  Is it simply a matter of where you send the gas like to an engine intake manifold or stove top through some kind of plenum?
   
  Mike
  
Dick Glick <dglickd at pipeline.com> wrote:
  Hello All --

They know how to make cachaça in Brazil -- yeast fermentation in an open vessels of sugar to ethanol with the vessel heated with bagasse -- filtered and then reusing the yeast in the next batch -- no insulation here.

What's the big deal -- just do it as its done in Brazil.

Best, Dick Glick 
www.CorpFutRes.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Ludlow" 
To: "'Ken Basterfield'" ; "'Peter Singfield'" ; 
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 12:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Gasification] Fw: Biomass heated ethanol plants


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