[Gasification] Biofiber drying quantification

[Mark Ludlow]

How about the Krupps pump which alternately accelerates and decelerates
particles? It works pretty good in releasing sarcoplasm without depending
solely on heat denaturzation. But releasing nucleic moisture or interstitial
water is still mechanical whereas elimination of hydrated water requires
heat of some nature (Right?)

Mark

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Art Krenzel
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:20 AM
To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification
Subject: Re: [Gasification] Biofiber drying quantification

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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