[Gasification] Replacing fuel-oil with biomass

[Jeff Davis]

On Friday 10 November 2006 09:38 pm, gfwhell at aol.com wrote:
> I want to produce gas by reducing
> scrap oil to tar free gas.I believe this would be feasable using broken
> refractory material as a media replacing CHAR. 

Paper fireballs will absorb used motor oil and the oil doesn't degrade the 
hydrogen bonding. I also tried waste vegetable oil with retted switchgrass 
fireballs, see below article:

http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/en/davisswgfb





> Ultimately a gasifier which can deal with a scrap automobile tire and
> re-arrange its molecules in such a way as to make a clean burnable gas is
> surely going to be a winner. There is enough thermal energy trapped within
> an old tire to provide the dayly requirements of an average northern home
> in winter.AT present they are an expensive embarrassment. exotic uses are
> always being recommended. Like drain fields, artificial reefs. or road
> fill. 

Also, one can grow potatoes and peanuts in tires (as others have stated).


Jeff


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