[Gasification] Biofiber drying quantification

[Art Krenzel]

Harry,

This sounds like an interesting process if it can generate sufficient 
pressure to collapse cell walls.

I would appreciate the patent number so I can better evaluate the 
technology.

Thank you.

Art Krenzel
Gasification listserve member

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hararat" <utechmech at netzero.com>
To: <gasification at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Gasification] Biofiber drying quantification


> In 1998 I began developing a process called the UGDFS (Ultra Gravity Dry 
> Fractionation System).  It uses coaxial boundary layer tevchnology to 
> accelerate the slurries.  The water is stripped off into the boundary 
> layer.  This process required little heating and there was some shearing 
> effect happening at the boundary layer.  Deomnstrations can be seen on 
> video.
> I used this to try to dry chicken manure in 2000 for 1,000,000 layer hens 
> in Neosho, Missouri for Moark Productions.  They own the patent rights now 
> and may be contacted for further development information.  We suffered 
> from plugging at the primary cyclone and I abandoned the process.  Several 
> others are similarly trying to accomplish the same with the coaxial 
> boundary layer phenomenon.  Terra Systems of Spanish Fork, Utah may have 
> had success by now.
> The problem of lysing the cell walls was overcome by cenrtifigation as 
> EIMCO (Hughes, Houston) were developing this in the UK.  In our process we 
> used a coaxial flow cyclone.  The pressure developed on the cell walls was 
> enough to implode them, hence releasing the moisture for adsorption into 
> the boundary layer.  Others have tried high pressure, pressure vessels 
> (100,000 psig) for the purification of orange juice.  This has been a 
> batch process.
>
>
> Harry John Gatley, P.Eng.
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