[Gasification] If connecting a gasifier to a micro CHP unit is not feasible what other options are there?

[Benjamin Domingo Bof]

Ian; in these place is a matter describing my Power Source fueled by charcoal producing electric energy.Now we work to add ethanol distilling. With the example of Gussing city in Austria it signifies to produce in far forestry places electric energy for stable consumers and ethanol to fuel public vehicles. Benjamin

Ian Gordon <ianjamesgordon at gmail.com> escribió:  Dear Doug, Art and Bof,



Thank you for your answers, they were very helpful and informative. However
I have some connected questions that came to mind after reading your
answers.



Art, I would agree with your analysis that combusting gas in a standard
diesel engine would be more efficient way to use the gas from the gasifier.



My question on that topic would be what waste products (gases etc) would
come out of the exhaust if the material combusted were rice husks? (The
reason I say rice husks is that in many places in Asia, rice husks are a
waste product dumped by the side of the road or burned in the open air
causing respiratory problems downwind). I'm very interested in the whole
zero emissions aspect of how to use waste products at each stage of a system
that would have a gasifier as it's central unit; much like the Kalundborg
Industrial Ecology system in Denmark has a whole bunch of industries feeding
off the waste products of the power station there.



Since Doug writes that marrying a Stirling Engine to a Gasifier is not an
easy marriage of technology to organize, might I ask both of you what in
your opinion would be the best way to harness this heat prior to its use in
a conventional engine? Also who in your opinion would be the best company to
approach for such a project. The reason I ask is that Whispertech seem to be
operating at full capacity to fill orders in Europe, so I don't imagine they
would be interested.



I realize that this is going off the gasifier topic, since it's more like
industrial ecology, but Bof and I seem to be interested in the same kind of
thing: using the waste heat to generate additional value somehow; Bof's
looking at using the waste heat to assist in the production of Ethanol which
would mean two for the price of one; gas and ethanol. Here's a thought, and
excuse me if it's dumb since I'm not an engineer, but could the central
chamber be married to a steam engine? The chamber is really a furnace so
what would be the effect of wrapping a steam boiler around it? I'm trying to
figure out how to make a gasifier multifunctional in a '1 raw material in
more than one product out' fashion.
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