[Terrapreta] 200 tons per day Dynamotive plant in Missouri

[Gerald Van Koeverden]

As an example of Tom's comment, at Dynamotive's West Lorne plant -  
which is located there to handle the waste product of a hardwood  
flooring plant - they are planning to use the char to kiln-dry in- 
coming hardwood lumber.

Gerrit

On 7-Dec-07, at 12:48 PM, Tom Miles wrote:

> Sean,
>
> Another point to remember is that the process can be tilted.  You  
> can “burn out” the char by converting more of it to oil or gas  
> depending on the moisture in the fuel and the temperature of the  
> reactor. In the absence of char markets most processes plan to use  
> the char as fuel to generate heat for drying the fuel or for  
> reheating the media  - sand, rocks, etc. - used to heat and  
> pyrolyze the fuel.
>
> Tom
>
>
> From: terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org [mailto:terrapreta- 
> bounces at bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Sean K. Barry
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:48 PM
> To: Gerald Van Koeverden
> Cc: terrapreta at bioenergylists.org
> Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] 200 tons per day Dynamotive plant in  
> Missouri
>
> Hi Gerrit,
>
> Well that's impressive.  I did not think "fast-pyrolysis" was  
> capable of such a high yield in charcoal.  My reading on this has  
> lead me to believe that it produced large gas and liquid fractions,  
> but little or no charcoal.  Apparently that is wrong?
>
> Regards,
>
> SKB
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gerald Van Koeverden
> To: Sean K. Barry
> Cc: terrapreta at bioenergylists.org ; Shengar at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] 200 tons per day Dynamotive plant in  
> Missouri
>
> Here at Dynamotive's plant in West Lorne, they get about 18% yield  
> of char.
>
> On 6-Dec-07, at 12:45 PM, Sean K. Barry wrote:
>
>
>

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