[AT] gasifiers

[charliehill]

Yep I would think so and it would be a good use for molded or other bad corn 
that is not good for feed.

Charlie
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From: "Mark Greer" <markagreer at embarqmail.com>
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> Just wondering out loud if shelled corn might be a suitable fuel for this
> process? Seems like it is already in a suitable size and it may be cheap 
> and
> in excess soon with so many ethanol plants closing and so many dairy herds
> being sent to slaughter.......
> Mark
>
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>
> Thanks for you input Gene. It reminds me of a "lesson" from one of the
> video.  The guy said to view simple gasification to just light a match and
> notice that it is not the wood burning but the gas above the wood.  I 
> think
> the advantage of the gasifiers is that they, as you mentioned, extract the
> last of the volitile compounds from the coals and leave what the "green"
> folks call bio-char.
>
> Charlie
>
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