Big Wind Biochar Dump Load Regulation

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Comment by Eric Koch on November 19, 2009 at 4:34pm

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 3:49pm

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 3:02pm

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 10:55am

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 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.

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