[Gasification] Very interesting auto engine powered char maker

[Daniel Chisholm]

On Mon, 2007-19-02 at 20:38 +0000, andrew wrote:
> On Monday 19 February 2007 17:54, drew wrote:
> 
> > .  I wonder
> > if the btu's coming out of the listers exhaust would be in the
> > right temp/volume rate to run that?  

> A diesel always run lean of stoichiometric, even at full power, but 
> even more so at low or high idle. So the exhaust temperature falls 
> as the load decreases and the oxygen content goes up.
> 
> You can still make char in a diesel exhaust but depending on the 
> particle size, dryness and retention time you also risk burning the 
> char.

In a diesel's exhaust stream, the wood meant to become char, would be in
grave danger of ending up being fuel to a wood-fired afterburner(!).

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- Daniel
Fredericton, NB  Canada