[Gasification] NOAH

[Dick Glick]

Well put and analyzed -- Tom -- What is the cost of the unit?  Best, Dick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Miles" <tmiles at trmiles.com>
To: "'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification'" 
<gasification at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Gasification] NOAH


> We had a couple of postings and discussion about this in June.
> An Arkansas Farm Bureau posting:
> http://www.arfb.com/publications/ark_agri/2007v4i1/noah.asp
> and an Arkansas Conservation News link
> ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/AR/nletters/fall06.pdf
>
> Taken together the three links describe a gasifier - converting a solid to 
> a
> gas - that takes 6.7 ft3 (2 x 5 gal buckets) an hour of poultry litter and
> converts it to 1 million Btu combustible gas. (6.7 ft3 x 24 lb/ft3 = 160 
> lb
> x 6500 Btu/lb = 1042708 Btu). It uses 6 kW or about 8 HP. The gas is (or
> could be?) used in a 100 kWe generator. Actual output is not specified.
> (Typical output should be 52 kwe at 17% fuel to power efficiency). Savings
> in electricity and propane are estimated at $150,000/year. Cost is 
> $250,000.
> ($250,000/52 kw = $4800/kW, or $250,000/100 kW = $2,500/kW)
>
> Seeing is believing in this business. Take it out on the farm and put it 
> to
> work! Let's look at it after 600h, 1200h, and  1800h and 24000 hours of
> operation.
>
> Tom Miles
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org [mailto:gasification-
>> bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of SandyLoopFarm at aol.com
>> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 11:17 AM
>> To: gasification at listserv.repp.org
>> Subject: [Gasification] NOAH
>>
>> Check this out. The "NOAH".
>>
>>
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>> (http://www.guardonline.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=38019&format=
>> html)
>
>
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