Big Wind Biochar Dump Load Regulation

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Comment by Erich J. Knight on May 25, 2009 at 7:51am

In Australia, a company called Crucible Carbon is taking the micro-wave route
http://www.cruciblecarbon.com/
I have not had a chance to speak with them about their process of carbonization, but their claim of production cost at $65 per ton of char is one of the lowest I have seen .

For anyone interested here is a list of all the companies producing pyrolysis reactors;
Companies; http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/company

Organizations; http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/organizations

By Country; http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/country

Products; http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/materials

Comment by Eric Koch on May 24, 2009 at 9:12pm

Thanks Erich,

I've been really hoping this group would attract bio char professionals or people more intimate with the current state of the machinery and markets.

so yeah...really good to have ya with us.

i didn't know previously that the pyrolysis heat energy was only initially external...but i'm here to learn..and consider this group a place to brain storm and share enthusiasm for this new "i don't think anything can quite save our butts like bio-char" development.

as the wind corridor runs up through the bread basket ,the 50 or less mile feed stock routes seem to lend themselves to a strong enough wind resource to warrant development and mass production of a durable, and reliable, auto feeding char load regulator for this purpose...if char burns cleaner than coal/BTU,good...but i think we would all be happier to see it mending the soil...well, i would.

how does a microwave pre-dry and an infrared pyrolysis sound?

Comment by Erich J. Knight on May 24, 2009 at 3:01pm

Pyrolysis once started is an exothermic reaction, yes you can start electrically or micro-wave, but most companies just start the reaction with combustion of feedstock, once up to temperature it maintains it self.

I see Pyrolysis reactor units as base load complements to solar or wind sites that have biomass feed stocks within 50 miles.
The bio-oil and Syn-Gas carbon neutrally burnt in a sterling gen-set, and until an agricultural market develops to sell char at $300 / ton, it could even be burnt as fuel if need be,

Comment by Chris Lewis on May 23, 2009 at 7:58am

Thank you Eric for the video! I knew if I hung around long enough I'd learn something. NOW I know what you're talking about and being an amateur horticulturist with a basic understanding of chemistry this is fantastic information. What a wonderful tie to be alive with so many emerging technologies I really feel we will make change. You just made my day. Thank you again.

Comment by Eric Koch on May 23, 2009 at 7:27am

Hope this helps Chris,

all the basics are there...the only difference,here,is we are talking about using excess (gust wind over production) electrical wind energy to produce the pyrolysis heat (as opposed to storing it in batteries or flywheel systems)...and then storing the syngas for energy production during periods of low wind,thereby creating a throttle-able Wind/Char power plant.

Comment by Chris Lewis on May 22, 2009 at 7:35pm

Well, I'm reading but I have to admit this is over my head but hopefully I'll learn something.

Comment by Eric Koch on May 22, 2009 at 6:21pm

Ok...so i'm still hard at work with the tree saucer business...but i'm going to try to stop in on occasion Here at PP to see how every one is doing..

James has obviously got a full plate....but honestly, standard magnetron frequencies (house hold microwave Q) would work well,in this application...infrared elements could be of the type found in radiant heaters and infrared ovens....just need enough of each.

another thought i had was a revolver style multi-pyrolysis chamber desighn with one in and one out (since the chamber needs to be sealed between batch loading)..

a friend of mine also mentioned the possibility of converting near by NG power plants to run on strait syn-gas....totally doable.

Comment by Eric Koch on May 16, 2009 at 8:31pm

good idea....

just don't forget about me,ok.

Comment by James Tracy on May 16, 2009 at 7:53pm

Thanks for the invite. I have not been active on PP of late. I am in Houston. My Plasma tech has many applications, we are concentrating on coal emissions first.

Comment by Chris Lewis on May 16, 2009 at 10:36am

I thank you for the invite but this is way over my head. James Tracy has been working on something in this line of thinking. Send him an invite I'm sure he can add to this discussion is he isn't busy building his prototype.

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