[Gasification] drawings for gasifier systems

Thomas Reed tombreed at comcast.net
Mon Jul 17 08:24:57 CDT 2006 

Dear Jim, Jeff and All:

Thanks for your kind words and recommendations.  Good science and 
research has been the basis of most of our high tech advances in the 
20th century, and now it is working for the world's oldest and newest 
fuels too. 

The Biomass Energy Foundation Press has been publishing books on 
gasification (at WoodGas.com) since ~1995.  However, in the last year 
Mike Maus has taken over our book (and WoodGas Stove) sales and 
increased distribution by an order of magnitude ($500/mo ==> $5.000/mo 
in the last year). 

We now have a 3,000 ft2 laboratory in Golden working on power gasifiers 
and stoves, and the new revenues go to pay the rent, equipment, salaries 
and tools.  So you can feel doubly good about buying our books and stoves...

Thanks,

Tom Reed        The Biomass Energy Foundation


jim mason wrote:
>> I highly recommend the below three books.
>>
>> 1.      Handbook of Biomass Downdraft Gasifier Engine Systems
>> 2.      Generator Gas
>> 3.      Contaminant Testing Method for Gasifier Engine Systems
>>
>> >From http://www.woodgas.com
>>
>>     
>
> i have to third this.
>
> for the last month, i've finally been reading the books from BEF.
> what had long been opaque and vaguely understand by me, is now rather
> clear, and more imporantly, begging for various imaginative/innovative
> engagements.
>
> gasification and its related processes are far more rich and widely
> resonating of energy systems and processes than i realized.  what
> actually lurks under this single name "gasification" is multitenacled
> beast of related problems and processes, nearly all guaranteed to warm
> the heart of gearheads and general pyros everywhere.  the related and
> engageds of gasification are broad and deep. understanding
> gasification plants one knee deep in the chemistry of life.
> gasification is the sensual and sweaty technology of humans hacking
> the carbon cycle of hte planet, with artificial organisms of metal and
> grease.  any biomass in.  tweak this and that.  and nearly any
> hydrocarbon fuel, chemical or product out.  i never realized organic
> chem was so interesting.
>
> i read the books in a little different order.  i started with the
> thick "theory" one, the "encyclopedia/handbook of gasification,
> pyrolysis and combustion".  it can be rather technical at times, but
> non-specialists can plow through.  go slow and you will understand.
> it lays the foundations of chemistry, thermodynamics and kinetics of
> the processes, so that all the later tweakings here and there to solve
> x or y problem, or design around z fuel, or go a different route and
> optimize for direct liquid fuel production, all start to follow
> logically from the nature of the processes.  the indexes of current
> research circa 1979 and current businesses all follow closely from the
> obvious problems and opportunities one discovers in the "theory".
>
> it is 600 or so pages.  i went and holed up in the mts and read it
> cover to cover in three days.  it may be stretching a bit, but i'll
> call it a bit of a page turner . . .
>
> then i went through the mobile gasification specific books in temporal
> order.  they pretty much summarize the learnings at each of the main
> flourishings of gasification: one post wwII (the gengas sweedish
> experience with gasification), one post NREL work, and the current
> "survey of gasification from 2001", updating the outcomes of the
> "current" work in previous editions.  well actually, there are two
> NREL gasification era books.  the "handbook of biomass downdraft
> gasification systems" and the "state of the art for small scale
> producer gas systems".  i've yet to read the second one.
>
> i found it very rewarding to read them in this temporal order.  not
> only does it give several passes through the same material, but you
> see progress (and lack thereof, after much forgetting) in the later
> ones.
>
> now i need to get the tars and containment books.  as well as the
> oxygen blown gasifier one, as i become quite interested in the various
> schemes for getting rid of the diluting nitrogen typical in air blown
> gasification. well, and the municipal solid waste gasification
> schemes, as pelletized municipal waste is the most realistic larger
> scale fuel where i am (an urban area).
>
> unfortunately, i am not yet seeing good complete drawings of the rigs.
>  it would seem that cad drawings of original imbert's and the current
> "archived" sweedish designs in three sizes could and should be
> available.  the books dont' really have completely drawings.  but they
> do give good doc of criticial dimensions.  but much more is needed for
> building.
>
> so in short, i encourage all here to do what kevin told me to do about
> two months ago,
>
> "read the books".
>
> it is highly rewarding, even more so than this list, if such is
> possible . . . ;-)
>
> j
>
>
>
>
>
>
>   
>> I recommend no plans! Because I feel that you need to understand the
>> system and not just weld something together. A gasifier is worthless to an
>> untrained operator.
>>
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>> I have been following the chat for some time and would now like to build a
>>> unit from gasifier,cooler?,cleaner filter to motor.I would like to fit
>>> unit to a2000cc petrol truck.Would the group be able to tell me where to
>>> get drawings? Would like to use wood as I have plenty of gum trees and
>>> would like to split and cut into short lengths.  Regards John Appleton
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>>
>> Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
>>
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