[Gasification] catalyst

[Peter Singfield]

At 09:39 PM 5/3/2007 -0400, Jeff Davis wrote:

>So let me see if I understand:
>
>Your using the first gasifier to provide the heat needed for the second
>gasifier (reaction heat). The second gasifier is kind of like a retort
>with a catalyst inside plus the fuel/feedstock passing through it.
>
>
>Jeff

Yes -- and they are using steam injection -- for steam reforming -- as I
roughed out -- and as Toby said I was wrong on.

Catalytic gas cleaning

http://www.gastechnology.org/webroot/downloads/en/IEA/June06GermanyTaskMeeti
ng/IEA_WS5_Nieminen_6_06.pdf

They call the unit in one diagram the "Reformer" - -then in the schematic
they show location of:

"STEAM EJECTOR"

Well -- let the big guys play -- I note that after one year -- they managed
to get all of ---

"Operation hours of gas engine: 454 h (13.06.2006)"

My Mennonite customers here run the sets I produce for them at least 7/8hrs
-- or 56 hrs per week.

They thus run up 454 hrs operation in 8.10 weeks time.

Still -- what can't be accomplished when one has unlimited grant funding --

Toby -- you got "GRANTS" going -- or what -- eh??

The basic process closely resembles what I described in that fast one --
off -- 

Hmm -- maybe it is time to google super critical water gasifiers again??

The bigger they be "funded" -- the bigger they fail!!

Jeff -- you could do the same experimenting with some of those wood stove
"cats"

http://www.condens.fi/eng/conversion.html

Condens owns the "technology" -- at that site they call the "reformer" a
humidifier.

No wonder Toby is confused -- eh??

Toby -- it is a steam reformation process to reform the tars into gas --
which is an endothermic process -- but they use the cat to supply the heat
--make up the "heat" -- so it can be a continuous rather than batch process
-- as I already described in regards to "batch" processing coal to make
town gas in those old times.

Peter