Big Wind Biochar Dump Load Regulation

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Comment by Eric Koch on October 21, 2009 at 7:40pm

Ok....i'm back from a plunge through the yahoo group (sorry about the sentence enhancer Erich)...anyway, there are allot of extremely intelligent people there, and i would recommend subscribing to any one who shares interest on the central topic.

funny....the last thing we where talking about here was transit...then i go to the yahoo group and it's a swill wind of charcoal makers clashing with regulatory intelligence....so it was like CrashbaBoomSwizzzleSwaP!!!.. and in the midst of it all i learned that there are some "Distinct Differences" between a quality Char And Charcoal<<<<<<this beter be the last time any one uses this word (Ehhheem...Robert,you got that?!!!!) Also mentioned the Pickens Plan and Biochar grid voltage regulation...and then ,just before i got back, here the Yahoo group did a swish through natural gas related topics some of it CHP (combined heat and power) and some of it transit...hahahahahahaaa

anyway this guy posted this artical...and then this other guy posted a link to another artical..and both had mention of the concept of NG fuell cells...i think that is really going to be the way NG ends up getting utilized in wheeled transit.

can you imagine?...the Electromagnetic Turbine ,Finally, getting a shot at replaceing thouhs ones that where desighned to constantly try and rip them selves apart.

Comment by Eric Koch on October 14, 2009 at 1:35pm

Wow....Cool !!!!

funny, i was just comparing producer gas and syngas gas and trying to figure out which one is simpler to arrive at wile aiming for biochar....i think i'm going to e-mail Larry...errrrr....i'm interested O.K.

i want one for my truck:)

Comment by Erich J. Knight on October 14, 2009 at 1:26pm

Larry,
The guys at Allpowerlabs, Jim Mason etc, makers of the GEK & BEK, have put one in the trunk of a honda to compete in some X-Prize clean tech car race.

The last I heard the judges turned them down, they didn't know how to deal with a carbon negitive designed car that was to be fueled by the waste stream of the event itself, sequestering pamphlet/signage carbon along the way

http://www.core77.com/blog/technology/hacking_the_auto_xprize_13095.asp

http://xprizecars.com/

Comment by Larry M. Aden on October 14, 2009 at 11:16am

None of this will help us one iota, if George Soros and Obama are successful in destroying the value of the US Dollar, so we cannot even afford to buy a barrel of the foreign oil we run our domestic fleet on!
We need a renewable alternative fuel to get us all back and forth to work, to plant our crops, and to transport them to the final consumer.
So I am working on an under-the-hood fast pyrolysis gasifier for autos to char corn kernels, damaged soybeans, wood pellets, wood chips, chopped corn stalks, ground corn cobs, etc., anything that can be metered thru an auger, so we can run our present economy on producer gas, and still return the carbon back to the land as biochar.
I am building the prototype on a two-wheeled trailer with a genset on it, then, we can tow it around to shows and fairs, and demonstrate that it actually works and produces usable power.
I will let you know when I get it done. If you are interested in becoming a dealer/installer for this, e-mail me at: lmaden@frontiernet.net

Comment by Eric Koch on October 14, 2009 at 7:41am

There...all loads on the dc cache.

--- In biochar@yahoogroups.com, "rulgert" wrote:
>
> although, if a few other of my cyber contacts felt the BEK was worth a go for
the sake of team spirit,i may be persuaded to change my direction...
>
> as my objectives orbit about the notion of using the biochar unit as a means
to sink and source electrical energy for the purpose of regulating wind
energy...the amendments to the design,of interest to me, would be:
>
> 1) a microwave pre-dry ( a household style magnetron would dissipate
extraneous moisture with unparalleled efficiency)..the only requirement being
adequate thin metal shielding...check.
>
> 2)a ferrite cored toroidal step up square wave power oscillator driven plasma
jet to annihilate the targas>(excess "tanked" as power storage) before it enters
the impeller section of a turbocharger(any thoughts on waste gate routing?)the
compressor of which would be replaced with a small, balanced,screamer of a pm
alternator rectified by a stout bank of shotkeys followed by a step down switch
regulator
>
> 3)a central electro hydraulic unit to run augers,agitators,and chipper.
>

Comment by Eric Koch on October 12, 2009 at 11:34am

it's not like i think about this all the time...but i do have a distant goal set for myself to do this on a small scale...the 10kW wind turbine should be going up in the next few years,on my class 3 site...ive got allot to do between now and then,but i'm determined to have it sorted by the time i get there.

Comment by Eric Koch on October 12, 2009 at 11:23am

Hmmm...it sure would be nice to route a cyclonic combustor to a turbo impeller with the compressor end replaced by a pm alternator and develop the high tension screal that the plasma jet wants strait off....

but that takes the heat load away from the wind source..

but what if i tap the wind unregulated ,post rectifier, into a small LiPo dc cache that sources the 60 cps inverter...then use the dc as a control voltage to throttle the cyclonic combustor and engage and disengage the microwave pre-dry to sink under high voltage conditions and use a paralleled schottky rectifier to source current from the cyclonic turbine under low voltage conditions.

Oooooooooo........ darn it...that's still not enough power sinking capacity..and a possibly unattended auto feeding chipper shredder sounds really troublesome....still thinking.

Comment by Eric Koch on October 12, 2009 at 7:40am

thanks Erich,

for the yahoo group link.. a wealth of information and knowledgeable contacts (including a means to contact Erich for the PDF)
if there is a way to get a PDF into one of these boxes it's beyond me as well..

since charcoal production for the exclusive purpose of gasification yields a carbon neutral power source,i would consider topics pertaining to gasification to be fringe,however acceptable,topics....the GEK 3.0 experimenters format seems to be becoming very popular and gives experimenters an "all on the same page" platform from which to compare notes..

http://www.gekgasifier.com/

the site holds a wealth of information...this page on gasification gives some hand holds on the processes involved....a newcomer to biochar (such as myself) can easily identify at what point the biochar objective requires refineing the targasses by a means other than reduction, or combusting the targas directly as a means of obtaining pyrolysis heat.

http://www.gekgasifier.com/gasification-basics/how-it-works/

the GEK 3.0 gassifier has seemingly reached a very refined state as per

http://gekgasifier.pbworks.com/Tower-of-Total-Thermal-Integration

however, i personally; am hanging off the edge of my seat on the latest incarnation:

http://www.gekgasifier.com/reactor-options/pyrolysis-biochar/

and so now the cyclone genset Erich had previously mentioned finds it's place in stead of the cyclonic pyrolysis combustor,which is then replaced by a plasma arc....( i've crumpled up allot of sketches...but feel i'm on the verge of a breakthrough.

Comment by Erich J. Knight on October 11, 2009 at 10:27pm

Here is the latest paper , but I don't know how to download to your forum here.

a group effort by Paul S Anderson, Ph.D. -- aka Dr. TLUD ("Dr. Tee-lud")
Biomass Energy Consultant with BEF, & Partner in Chip Energy.
Specialist in micro-gasification. Office & Res: 309-452-7072
www.chipenergy.com
www.bioenergylists.org/andersontludconstruction

And;
Dr. Hugh McLaughlin (Alterna Energy), ,
Dr. Frank Shields
Dr. Tom Reed (Biochar Systems)

Some one send an email and I will forward the pdf.

Erich

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/8857

Comment by Eric Koch on October 11, 2009 at 8:23pm

ummm....ok, must be some trade secrets he doesn't feel inclined to discus.

i'm going to guess it has allot to do with porosity of the carbon structures...kinda like making little carbon bird houses...sept not for birds but for soil organisms...like the door holes and the houses need to be of a somewhat particular size so as to be found acceptable to these tiny creatures.

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