[Gasification] Correction to Community small scale gasification systems.

[jim mason]

can you tell us a bit about the design of this gasifier?  i am not
clear on the moving grate designs.  any description or graphics you
might have would be much appreciated.

j





On 6/4/07, Lowell Rasmussen <rasmuslc at morris.umn.edu> wrote:
> Paul,
>
> The University of Minnesota Morris is about to construct a 15,000 lbs
> of steam per hour biomass gasifier/boiler system that is designed to
> provide heat to a 1 million sq foot campus (Could be defined as a
> small community) We are planning to add a 400 KW  back pressure steam
> turbine and have a 1.6 MW wind turbine that provides about 60% of our
> electrical power needs.
>
> The  moving grate gasifier will use corn stover  as the primary fuel
> stock. We expect to gasify about 2,000 lbs of fuel feedstock per
> hour.  The high mineral content low energy density corn stover is a
> difficult fuel to handle.  However it is abundant and inexpensive in
> the midwest.
>
> This plant will not be running until  Spring of 08. Approx costs are
> 8 million US dollars. I can not provide operational data until spring
> of 08.  It will replace two small natural gas boilers.  We will be
> posting a web cam  when construction starts and can provide more
> information later.
>
>
>
> At 01:58 PM 5/31/2007, you wrote:
> >I am running this again as the info in the original may be misleading as to
> >the scale of what we have in mind. It should read 500 KW not 500 mw as
> >originally put.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >I am a member of a rural village group (Somerset UK) looking into Community
> >owned power generation schemes (a 500KW wind turbine is one possibility)
> >
> >
> >
> >The project is at a very early stage and it may make more sense to look at
> >alternative means eg combining resources with a local farm and utilise
> >agricultural wastes for power generation. CHP would be good too.
> >
> >
> >
> >   Is there anyone out there who has experience, good or bad, of setting up a
> >project such as this.
> >
> >
> >
> >Regards Paul Stubbs
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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