[Gasification] the buck rogers gasifier

[Greg and April]

While specific dimensions are not listed, one might be able to get approximated measurements from the patent drawings.


http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?docid=US004583992&PageNum=1&&IDKey=8D9522740284&HomeUrl=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1%2526Sect2=HITOFF%2526d=PALL%2526p=1%2526u=%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.htm%2526r=1%2526f=G%2526l=50%2526s1=4583992.PN.%2526OS=PN/4583992%2526RS=PN/4583992

OR

http://preview.tinyurl.com/2joetr 

Greg H.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jim mason" <jimmason at whatiamupto.com>
To: "Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification" <gasification at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 13:20
Subject: [Gasification] the buck rogers gasifier


> the buck rogers gasifier design doesn't seem to get the attention it
> deserves.  it apparently had a bit of a production run in the early
> 80s, and was an early interesting attempt to solve the zone wandering
> problem of the open top stratified downdraft.
> 
> tom, cpc and the indians (mukunda, et al) seem to now be solving this
> problem with extra air injection to the outside of vessel at the
> combustion zone.  the buck rogers unit solved it with an internal air
> delivery pipe to the combustion zone.  this pipe also rotated so as to
> stir the fuel, and likely provided for greater fuel flexibility.  the
> internal pipe also preheated the air to the combustion zone a bit.
> 
> the patent for the buck rogers gasifier is here:
> http://www.google.com/patents?id=p28tAAAAEBAJ.  i'd imagine real
> dimensions for it are findable.  tom might even have them.
> 
> the name comes not from the sci fi character, but from the nickname
> for "chester rogers", the owner of olathe manufacturing co, the maker
> of olathe wood chippers.
> 
> j
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