[Gasification] Chinese Gasifier drawing (from their patent papers)

[Peter Singfield]

Tom -- I am also going to send this reply on the BZ list -- as your subbed
-- let me know if you get it with the small graphic attached.

At 05:19 PM 11/11/2006 -0800, Tom wrote:
>Peter,
>
>It's amazing what people will do to get a peek at a Chinese gasifier. (Or
>maybe it's just an excuse to get to Belize).  
>
>How much will your system cost? Paul quoted about $140,000 for a South
>African gasifier (gasifier only). It used to be that the Indian gasifiers
>were cheap at about $300/KWe for the gasifier only. Now in India producers
>are complaining about the cheap Chinese gasifiers. Are they down to
>$100/kWe? 


I am selling these here in Belize -- landed with duty and taxes paid -- in
the box -- for $650 US each.

Shipping is extra expensive to get things here -- and we pay big in taxes
and duty.

But as my clientele here is anything but rich -- I work at a very low
profit margin -- and we all get by.

(My overhead is embarrassingly low)

I see some redesigning will be called for -- but nothing major -- 

These units are incredibly well built -- extra heavy duty. That they come
with full length plastic refractory blew my mind!! Plus 3/16 thick sheet
metal construction!

If we can get them running for fueling engines -- well -- it will be the
model T type deal all over again.

As these small Chinese Gasifiers will do for gasification what the Model T
ford did for opening up the automotive industry!!

As for people that need more -- than say 3 kw of net power -- well -- gang
some together!!

I figure I will have to cut apart one of the gas cleaners to figure that
out -- but with 3/16 thick material -- real easy to weld back up again to!!

Tom -- tomorrow you will see lot's -- but these gasifiers do not inject
extra air into the throat area -- all combustion air is drawn down through
the fuel load to the throat.

Here is the starting instructions:

Turn off the valve of the gas stock source and turn on the valve of the
vent pipe.

Plug in the high-pressure exhauster. Put straw (2 cm squared) into the
gasification device until half full. Ignite the straw in the gasification
device, and add more straw into it until it is completely full.

After the straw burning 1-2 minutes, turn on and light stove. After the
stove is lit, turn off vent pipe valve.

Pass to regulate to purify the machine a spirit a valve door regulate the
gasification device produces the spirit rate of speed.

No folks -- no typos be there!! But I believe they are telling one to
adjust the air intake valve at the top of this gasifier!!

Now -- how about these lines for "confusion"

While throwing the ash, the gasification device wants to reserve the lesser
half ash, a little bit another time fire, open the breeze machine power
supply empress will ignite the thing put in the inside of it, needing the
ash of the inside of device all after sparking, join the raw material of
straw, the dichotomy clock empress combustion gas can immediatly use.

OK -- got that folks??

(Can't resist this -- I'll bet GWB can understand it all!!)

>
>A 250kWe gasifier in the UK with fuel bin, dryer, gasifier, engine-generator
>can be installed for $3500/kWe or about $900,000 before the grid connection.
>This has been the target cost for developers in Europe for some time. The
>actual installed costs for most systems in Europe and the US (50 kWe to 300
>kWe) have been from $11,000 to $20,000/kWe. I'm sure you will do better.   
>

Well -- we are presently looking at a cost -- my price selling  -- of
around $225 per kwh net output. For the gasifier.

Lister diesel cost a fortune to ship here -- being as they are so heavy and
large.

One of those new sets one back $1750 US -- here in belize.

A 5 kwh ST genhead (better bigger than smaller) is $475 US here.

A 6.5 HP Chinese single is but $500 -- and they should work just as well as
the bigger Listers!!

So -- if they go with the Chinese diesel -- 

$500 + $475 + $650 = $1775 total for "parts"

The Mennonite Farmers here pride themselves in their mechanical abilities
and have no problems setting up such a system if they have the right "parts"

So capital costs for a 3 kw system (projected max capacity) would work out to 

Say $600 per kwh.

Yup -- could just be the Model T of gasification!



Peter / Belize



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