[Gasification] Mr. Williams second visit to Chile.

[jim mason]

that's great news douglas and doug.  a well deserved success, hopefully to
replicate soon.

are there any pictures of the installation you can share?  any drawings of
the internals that are not proprietary?  simliar doc from the tree farm
project in northern california would be a great interest to all i'm sure.
is there a way to show the basic stuff, but keep private the specific
configurations and analyses?

i know fluidyne's desings are proprietary, but it seems that the more we can
convince ourselves to show and share, the more interest and additional
projects are likely to follow.  the upside of sharing seems to usually
outweigh the downside of potential theft in the world of gasification.
mostly, i'm finding gasification to spend most of its time begging for
someone, anyone, to steal it, even if just a little bit.  the problem is
getting people to care.  not to keep them from stealing due to excessive
care and sense of opportunity.

either way, i'm thrilled to see that doug's decades of impressive work in
gasification is finding accelerated attention and engagement.  hopefully
much more is on the way.

j





On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Kevin Chisholm <kchisholm at ca.inter.net>
wrote:

> Dear Douglas
>
> I am pleased for both you and Doug, to hear of your good results, and
> happy experience.
>
> Is the gasifier system intended for thermal purposes only, or is it
> intended for use in an engine application also?
>
> What is the fuel you are gasifying? Its delivered cost?
>
> What is the fuel that you are displacing? Its delivered cost?
>
> Does the site have access to Utility power? If so, what is its cost per
> kw-hr?
>
> Was saving money the major reason for installing the gasifier system, or
> were there other other significant motivators, such as insecurity of
> fuel supply, Currency Exchange considerations, etc?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Kevin
>
>
> Douglas Diaz wrote:
> >
> > We are very please to inform that our company received Mr. Douglas
> Williams
> > second visit. Our work over these two fruitful weeks was directed to the
> > first trials on the Andes class gasifier. It's a 300 Kw thermal, down
> draft
> > gasifier. All trials were made on a manual basis,( related to the
> feeding
> > and monitoring system). The combustion air for the oxidation zone was
> pushed
> > in by a low pressure centrifugal fan (12 Inches W.C), and the produced
> gases
> > were burned in a cyclonic type ceramic burner, with a second centrifugal
> fan
> > . After the first run, only minor adjustments were needed; these were
> > related principally to seal problems which are very noticeable in the
> > pressurized mode. The purpose of these first trials was to demonstrate
> how
> > steady this gasifier goes with very little attention, no tapping or
> shaking
> > to keep the gas flowing. This point is of great importance, when the
> > gasifier is tuned to the correct fuel size and type of wood, no mucking
> > around is needed.
> > I'm pleased to say that with Doug's assistance we went into gasification
> > through the right door, no "cow dung", and very straight forward,
> reliable
> > stuff. The good news about this is that we can start thinking in the
> real
> > market that needs reliable stuff to work with.
> > I know this is not new technology, but it's a safe starting point when
> > you're spending your hard earned buck.
> > Thanks again Doug, here in Chile you have sowed over fertile soil.
> >
> > Jorge Cifuentes D
> > Douglas Díaz M.
> > CREAPOR S.A
> > CHILE.
> >
> >
> >
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