[Gasification] Reply to: Re: Integration of Ford fuel injection/Producer-Gas (Mark Ludlow)

[andy schofield]

Hi Mark,

  I'm using 3"long, up up two inch diameter maple wood for fuel (treetops 
from saw-logs). A sawmill near here, has a pile of cut-offs from 
hardwood-flooring manufacture that also look suitable.

  The mill also produces stove-fuel bricks made from sawdust. They measure 2 
1/2" x 3" x 6". I saw the machine which makes them. The moisture content 
must be held low (sawdust from kiln-dried hardwood lumber). Lignin in the 
sawdust, melts from friction when the powerful hydraulics extrude the 
bricks. This binds the sawdust into a single, dense, huge "pellet". 
Fuel-bricks exiting the machine feel warm. They package the product in 
convienient bundles covered with paper. Suggested retail price is $225/ton.  
One ton equals a full cord of firewood, but occupies half the space. It may 
make a wonderful motor-fuel, if jumbled loosely within a monerator.

Andy Schofield
Great Lakes Renewable fuels

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