Wood Gasification: Gasification 101 - Module 2

[Pwecko]

I would edit this video to remove mention of Range Fuels. RF had $162 million from the US (should that be UselesS?) government to help it produce 100 million barrels of cellulosic ethanol yearly by 2010. It made 4 million barrels. It may already have gone out of business, taking private investors' money and taxpayers' money (your money) with it. I think gasification is an excellent, viable source of energy but I wouldn't associate myself with Range Fuels. Search Range Fuels Fiasco.

[illyounotme]

btw I heard about the plasma gasification use in NY state, it not only produces energy with garbage, but actually runs itself off the energy and still produces excess to be sent to the grid. Why there isn't more interest in this idea is just beyond me,disposing of our wastes and producing energy at the same time sounds like a very wise investment to me.

[FreeEnergyNow1]

So true.....

[wboquist]

Very, very informative. 5*

[Echelon2600]

Could that dog be used as biomass?

[RoboTekno]

@Echelon2600 Yes, but I think a best friend outweighs the amount of fuel it would produced. So we'll spare its life :D

[Echelon2600]

@RoboTekno - Nice :)

[texaslunkers]

How well would hemp biomass work for gasification?

[desertblbuesman]

I have heard that regular charcoal bits, how ever produced, are good for soil. put down deep a bit. for like you say, microbe motels. so now i will be sifting out the ashes and keeping the bits for soil amendment. Can not wait to learn more about this gasification, and it's limits and byproducts, but feel fairly confident it is a much better method than wood burning for heat as i presently am doing. thanks

[TheErikM]

@desertblbuesman I've heard much the same, and I don't doubt it's true. But I can also imagine there are instances in which adding charcoal or other kinds of carbonized could be negative. Additionally I think it's worthwhile to consider whether the carbon produced could be better utilized either as feedstock for another use, or as a means of generating the heat needed to produce pyrolysis.

[TheErikM]

@TheErikM Really I guess you could boil down the point I'm trying to make is that you need consider what is ultimately the most efficient and appropriate use of materials in a given setting. Different solutions being more or less desirable in different situations. The question you don't ask is an answer you don't find. Etc Etc you get the point.

[desertblbuesman]

super duper. Ok here I go down this road of learning.