[Gasification] drawings for gasifier systems

[Thomas Reed]

Dear Paul and Aul:

Paul is absolutely right.  So we need new names that distinguish between 
"Power Gasifier" and "Heat Gasifiers" and those sound OK (if plebian) to 
me, so I hope someone improves them. 

Thanks Paul,

TOM REED    BEF


Paul S. Anderson wrote:
> Tom and all,
>
> I usually agree with Tom Reed, but this time I must comment that his 
> message
> mixes statements appropriate for "gasifiers for IC engines" with 
> statements
> appropriate for "gasifiers for thermal output."
>
> Tom's Campstove is for thermal, and his large unit is for 
> electricity.  He says
> "Tars are the Achilles Heel of gasifiers. ......  If a gasifier 
> manufacturer
> claims that he can gasify a wide variety of fuels, run the other way."
>
> Both are comments for the power producers, and are incorrect for the heat
> producers.  Tars are not a problem if you burn them while hot, and not 
> in an IC
> engine.  And really we can burn many many different fuels in true 
> gasifiers for
> the heat production.  I expect to see more of this tar burning and 
> diverse
> fuels at the China conference this month about gasifiers for thermal
> applications in cottage industries.  I will be showing a much improved 
> version
> of the thermal gasifier (updraft, not T-LUD) that I had at ETHOS last 
> January. I will also take it to Stove Camp.  By September I hope to 
> have enough written
> description and pictures for people to make their own copies of my unit.
>
> So, for the newcommers to gasifiers, just be sure that you reading the 
> right
> advice for the different types of gasifiers.
>
> Paul