[AT] gasifiers

[charliehill]

Ken, I'm just  glad you have plenty to do.  The economy is certainly a 
challenge right now.   If I find any must see videos on the subject I'll 
send them along to you.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Knierim" <ken.knierim at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] gasifiers


> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:11 AM, charliehill 
> <charliehill at embarqmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Ken,  in the youtube videos I've watched most of the issues you have
>> mentioned have been addressed.  I won't try to recite the answers as I'm
>> sure I would get most of them confused or incorrectly recalled.  I would
>> suggest, if you have a high speed connection, you spend some time 
>> watching
>> the videos.  Many of them are trash but some are very good.   The 
>> filtering
>> that I have seen in most systems is done by merely passing the gasses
>> through wood chips or other bio mass that will eventually be used as more
>> fuel for the gasifier.  This in turn makes those chips a bit dryer and 
>> also
>> covered with the tars it makes them better fuel.  Apparently, if the hot
>> zone (I forget the term) of the gasifier is correctly constructed and
>> combustion air properly channeled into the bio mass, most of the tars and
>> volitile compounds are broken down in the gasifier and MOST of what comes
>> out the pipe is H2 and CO with some methane.
>>
>> In the one video of the guys building the FEMA designed rig out of old
>> drums, the guy says what he is getting out the end and burning is nearly
>> pure hydrogen.  He makes that assumption by the color of the flame and 
>> the
>> odor (or lack there of) of the fumes from the flame.
>>
>> In one of the other videos a guy points out that he is burning CO as
>> evidenced by a beautiful blue flame.
>>
>>
> Charlie,
>    I'll probably take you up on it when I get some time but the demands of
> running one business, starting another in a down economy, and having a
> teenager and a 2 year old with boundless energy sure chews up my
> free/tractor time! This IS one of the pet projects I want to experiment 
> with
> in the next couple years, after I get all my tractors running properly...
> just don't have the "round tuits" that you seem to have. :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ken in AZ
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