[Gasification] back on-track [was] off topic discussion

[Peter Singfield]

At 08:56 PM 5/1/2007 -0700, Tom Miles wrote:
>Go to http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
>
>At the bottom of the Right navigation menu find "Search Discussion Archive"
>
>Enter your search term in the Google Search. It points to the www.repp.org
>archive for the list. If it doesn't find your term in the message archive it
>will search the REPP site.
>
>Once it returns the search results and gives you the option of searching the
>REPP site or the web.
>
>Tom Miles

Hi Tom;

I just went and gave it a try -- works real well -- results show up back to
1996.

Here are some hints folks to make it really shine.

Once you have entered in any search term and google returns those results.

Right near the top will be your original search term -- then the the right
-- the search button -- but just to the top right of that in small letters
is another button -- "Advanced Search"

I just tried that -- putting "Vermont" in the tops box -- and  "FERCO" in
the box below labeled:

"with at least one of the words"

I then changed the "results" number from "10" to "100"

And in it all came.

Here is but one example -- appended

Peter/Belize

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FERCO
David M. Gubanc.P.E. gubancoh at ix.netcom.com 
Tue Dec 11 22:58:38 EST 2001 

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Mark:
Great response.  As I mentioned to Bob Litt, some folks 
just can't stand watching someone else be successful. 
Best wishes for an enjoyable Holiday.
Dave Gubanc
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  Subject: FERCO
  Ben and all,To 
  clear the air -- 1.  The composition of the gas produced in the 
  FERCO process is between 450 and 500 Btu/scf (dry basis) -- data from 
  Burlington operation and Battelle pilot unit are consistent and confirm 
  this.2.  The $3.00 to $3.50 value is based on a 300 to 400 ton 
  per day plant (dry basis) and provides a return on investment for the
capital 
  without needing "subsidies" assuming $0 feedstock.  Yes a profitable 
  business is expected at these rates.3.  Wood in Burlington has 
  been dried in some cases, but is not a requirement.  Wood 
  varying between 10 and 50% has been run in the plant successfully.  Wood 
  is not specially sized -- the spec fo the feed system in Vermont is 3 inch 
  minus due to the size of the screws.4.  The process has been 
  integrated with a "real gas turbine" at Battelle.  Several hundred hours 
  of operation have been logged.5.  Yes, system efficiency is 
  impacted as wood moisture changes, but -- the heating value of the gas does 
  not change.  Operation shows that feed rate can quickly (minutes) be 
  increased to overcome the reduced gas flow rate at high moisture 
  levels.6.  Steam in the process does not react -- all of it is 
  recovered as the gas is cooled.7.  FERCO is in negotiation for 
  several projects that have "guaranteed" gas and / or power costs.  
  Project specifics are, of course, confidential.8.  Current 
  funding from DOE at Burlington is for expansion of the technology's use,
not 
  for basic development.  Planned work is for gas cleaning and biomass 
  feeding.Mark PaisleyVP TechnologyFuture Energy 
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