[Gasification] Some fresh fuel !

[Daniel Chisholm]

On Mon, 2007-19-03 at 01:51 +0100, Philippe Raufast wrote:
>             Hello !
> There was a short rotation coppice (3 years old salix) harvest show in
> Belgium on March 14, you can view a report here :

> http://unpeudesaule.blogspot.com/2007/03/suite-des-photos-sint-kruis.html
> 
>    The harvest was done with a Claas Jaguar forage harvester with a special header.
> There is 2 shorts videos at the bottom of the page.
> 
> On this picture, you can see the chips, very even sized it seems :
> http://bp0.blogger.com/_VVVT5g4Vd6s/RfnBE1US3EI/AAAAAAAAAD0/-LbfGSwLRMM/s1600-h/IM007417a.JPG

Thanks Phillippe, I found it quite interesting to see the photos of both
the plantation and of the harvesting machine's details.  I only wish the
videos were longer, and also that they showed some closer-in detail of
how the machine works.  Nice that we also see the chips that are
produced too.

Unfortunately for me the website was only in French - although I was
able to follow along better than I expected, I suspect that I've missed
some important or interesting details.

In the very brief video, the machine seemed to be moving impressively
fast.  I would be interested to learn what its production rate and cost
is (acres per hour, tonnes per hour, dollars per hour, etc).


-- 
- Daniel
Fredericton, NB  Canada