[Gasification] Alternative energy in the nursery

[jim mason]

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Tom Miles <tmiles at trmiles.com> wrote:

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i thought the mc neil vermont biomass plant was continuing to run on this
indirect gasification batelle reactor.  i now see it was only a demo and the
mc neil plant really runs currently as a straight combustor.  is this
correct?

note that the gas out of this process is tarry and the usual downstream
catalyst scenarios were necessary for clean up to turbine adequate.  most of
the time they seem to just have been using the tarry gas to run the steam
boilers on the regular combustor plant.  the taylor biomass plant that mark
posted about a couple weeks ago adds a second steam reforming step after the
first to reduce the tars. http://www.taylorbiomassenergy.com/

can anyone here summarize the effectiveness and longevity of hte catalysts
the mc neil reactor used?  the report says they "worked", but such is a
fungible term.  did they have solution that was acceptable for ongoing
operation, or still a "lab adequate" solution?  why has the take up been so
modest?

any other assessments of this process known by those familiar with it would
be very interesting.

j



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