[Gasification] indirect gasification schemes (was: Alternativeenergy in the nursery)

[Bob Stuart]

On 3-May-08, at 12:33 AM, jim mason wrote:

> ron, solids left after anerobic digestion, as well as olive  
> pressings will
> not run in typical fixed bed downdraft gasifiers.  fixed bed  
> downdrafts need
> chunk fuel.  granular fuels will pack up.  usually some sort of  
> fluidized
> bed is used for such fuels,

I wonder if we could use a system that would mechanically move many  
small powder containers through the gasifier.  They could be refilled  
automatically by passing under a hopper, and pre-dried if necessary.

Best,
Bob Stuart