[Gasification] Electric energy for gasification

[AJH]

On Wed, 14 May 2008 21:38:25 -0400, gfwhell at aol.com wrote:

>The char yields from cylindrical wood blocks with different diameters can be correlated by an equation, in which the electric power consumption per weight is inversely proportional to the square of the wood block diameter. In other words, a larger wood block can be pyrolyzed with less electric power consumption per unit weight than a smaller wood block.

This points to the process being exothermic once temperature is
reached, the losses from the surface being made up from applied
microwave energy. We would expect much the same from any heat source,
above pyrolysis temperature, placed in the middle of the wood.

AJH