[USCC] Costs of pelletizing

[frank]

Composters,

The web site below has a gasifier kit that  will run  a small (~40 hp) 
engine and do other things. I built one and have learned a lot. But it 
never will (or should) replace composting. IMO.

Frank


http://www.gekgasifier.com/

Bobby Chin wrote:

>Hi Neil,
>
>I'd like to find out more about gassification. How do you convert biomass
>etc and what is the measure of conversion cost? There would probably be a
>need to dehydrate the biomass before it can be gassified. This needs to be
>added to the conversion cost equation.
>
>Regards,
>
>Bobby SW Chin
>Malaysia
>
>
>On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:06 AM, <CAVM at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Maureen, heat and electrical power can be made via gasification using
>>similar inputs to those which might be used for bulking and carbon sources
>>in
>>composting. Wood, nut hulls, crop residue, biosolids, animal manure, etc
>>can
>>be  gasified to produce virtually any amount of heat required. The gas
>>produced can  also be used in a wide variety of engines to produce
>>electrical
>>power,  mechanical energy, pumping, etc.
>>
>>Using these techniques a greenhouse can be developed to become your compost
>> customer in any environment. We can heat and light a greenhouse in any
>>area from  Alaska to Gaza.  In this way you can develop customers for your
>>soil
>> amendments.
>>
>>Neal Van Milligen
>>_cavm at aol.com_ (mailto:cavm at aol.com)
>>
>>
>>In a message dated 6/15/2009 12:39:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>>compost-request at mailman.cloudnet.com writes:
>>
>>Toronto  is paying nearly $3M per year for natural gas and electricity
>>alone per year  for the pelletizer to yeild about 18,000 dry tonnes.  That
>>is
>>$167 per  dry tonne of pellets....and no one will pay that much to purchase
>>the  pellets
>>
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