[Gasification] Sodium in fuels (coconut husks)

[doug.williams]

Tom,

> Is there anything to be learned from the Imbert gasifiers that Electricite
> de France installed to generate power from coconut husks years ago? We 
> have
> a brochure on the system but I'm not sure that I ever saw much in the way 
> of
> operating history.

Is this the installation on Bora Bora in the Pacific, or in Africa? I have 
quite a bit of information all in Papers, but they date back to 1980's. 
Basically, it gasifies, as does most biomass, but the bulk to air ratio is 
high, and the main problem is getting it to flow fast enough to keep up with 
the gas making. It also has to be dried, and they use elevated, covered 
chicken wire cages, to let the wind blow through the mass. It worked very 
well I was told.

Time is my problem, so what specific information is needed regarding this 
fuel?
Doug Williams,
Fluidyne.