Big Wind Biochar Dump Load Regulation

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Comment by Eric Koch on December 22, 2010 at 12:36pm

Comment by Eric Koch on April 23, 2010 at 11:25am

Hey everyone,

the retort will take duty at -200 ft. elevation and 1500 ft.east from the shop down in the deep forest as a stand alone kiln for under story rehab...

a friend of mine and i are developing a Tesla Turbine CHP genset for the shop area ...and i am now thinking about a sealed off peak ni-chrome pyrolysis dump load ( ni-chrome will easily hit 500C with line voltage, as compared to the complicated power supply and excessive temps of a plasma jet )..syngas will then be stored in an underground tank for on peak power production.

any advice on thermally bridging / electrically insulating, the ni-chrome with regard to the inner pyrolysis shell appreciated....

also...does any one have any insulation suggestions other than fiberglass?

Comment by Tom Bailey on January 16, 2010 at 5:50am

The latest petition " Energy indepenence now petition" is a new one we all need to sign.

Please take a second to do it.
Thanks for all you are doing as the labor continues!

Best; Tom

Comment by Eric Koch on November 19, 2009 at 6:34pm

i'm just going to build mine as specialized Biochar production tooling with as thermally efficient a pyrolysis zone as possible..that way i can graph performance data before adding anything like a hydronic coil or a gas tap...i hate haveing to go backwards to go forward again so i'm takeing it in stages.

Comment by Robert Schultz on November 19, 2009 at 5:49pm

Could have made a plate of tater tots with my harvest..;-)

Need to build a retort myself. Don't know if the city would be too happy with smoke though. Maybe dual-purpose as wood burning water heater/furnace?

Comment by Eric Koch on November 19, 2009 at 5:02pm

well RS,....how do i say this,

41world called me on my tele one time....i'm not sure how to put it except they seem to have a bit too much enthusiasm and no means of actually harnessing it for the greater good....let's just say my experience was one of painful societal introspection.....it made me feel like we are trapped in a giant potential wasting machine...like the ones who know what to do don't say much because they are busy and the ones that don't know what to do just drive us nuts if they can't get a grip, do some self study, and contemplate effective solutions that they can implement on their own level.......

i think they mean well regardless...aw hek, we all do...ya know?


P.S. i have acquired an old fuel oil tank and plan to begin fabricating a retort soon.

and i'm chowing on a pile of fries that's making me wonder how your potatoes coming out Robert?

Comment by Robert Schultz on November 19, 2009 at 12:55pm

www.41WorldUSA.com

Did they send everyone else here a message? Why did Pickens Plan ban them in the first place? They were one of his biggest supporters.

Comment by Eric Koch on October 21, 2009 at 9:40pm

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 Charcoalthis 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 3:35pm

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 3:26pm

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/

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