[Gasification] Plasma Arcs Fix Nitrogen.

[Ken Calvert]

Philippe, thankyou very much for a lead back into  electric arc fixation of Nitrogen on the small scale.   I have a feeling that this guy hasnever actualy tried some of these ideas and can comment on their efficiency but fopr me its a good start. Thanks once again.  Ken C. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philippe Raufast" <praufast at free.fr>
To: "Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification" <gasification at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Gasification] Plasma Arcs Fix Nitrogen.


>> Whilst the subject is on plasma arcs, may I make a request?  About 20 years 
>>ago I came accross a paper from an American Agricultural College on using an 
>>AC welding transformer to make an arc which was drawn out into a long flame 
>>by a jet of compressed air.  The air was then bubbled through water to make 
>>a solution of  nitrogen fertilizer.  I am once again involved with a project 
>>on third world agriculture in a remote area
>>and  something like this would be useful.  Can anyone point me back in the 
>>right direction to pick up this information again?  Thanks all!  Ken C.
>>
> 
> 
> Ken, maybe you can look here :     http://www.frontier.net/~ohare/
> 
>  *  A small electric nitrogen fertilizer plant for a village or farm
>   *  A regenerative system for fixing nitrogen  in the village or on the farm
>  *   An experiment to produce slow release nitrogen fertilizer from air and
>       farm  waste
> *  A very energy efficient  Russian nitrogen  fixation reactor for the small
>       farm that uses less energy per kilogram than a $ 100,000,000 ammonia
>       plant
>  *  Making  slow-release nitrogen fertilizer with a Russian Vortex Reactor
>       by reacting the nitrogen oxide gases of that reactor with waste cellulose
> scientific paper Scientific paper on the oxidizing power of  gamma alumina
>       and the  implications for village level fixation of nitrogen
>   *   The  Simple Steps Required to Produce Nitric Oxide on Alumina gel
>   *  A way of using biogas or waste combustion to oxidize nitrogen and
>          produce slow-release nitrogen fertilizer
>   *  A way of using solar heat energy to produce fixed nitrogen oxides and
>        cellulose nitrate fertilizer from air
> 
> 
> Philippe.
> 
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