Re: GAS-L: Sweet Chestnut Gasification

["Paul S. Anderson" <psanders@ilstu.edu>]

Doug,

could you provide any sort of diagram or photo of the suggested
>double leverage guillotine which should work up to about 50mm.

Thanks,

Paul

At 11:42 AM 6/19/02 +1200, Graeme Williams wrote:
>Dear Paul,
>
>Welcome to Gasification - a technology where nothing is as it seems!  I
>guess  Stoves must be much the same, as to my knowledge they have been
>'improving' for at least the last 20 years.
>
>In answer to your question regarding chippers and chip size, it is unlikely
>you will find much by way of recommended sizes for gasification processes.
>Few, if any manufacturers have worked specifically to design a small chunker
>for rural needs and the best manual design is still a sharp axe.
>
>However, seeing as you are looking for ideas, my suggestion is to consider
>making a double leverage guillotine which should work up to about 50mm.  The
>wood should be fed through on an angle to reduce cutting forces.  Set up in
>the middle of a village it would be available and useable  by everyone.
>
>To reduce confusion, my son Graeme's computer is my link to the world as I
>am computer illiterate and intend to remain that way!
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Doug Williams
>FLUIDYNE GASIFICATION

Paul S. Anderson, Ph.D.,  Fulbright Prof. to Mozambique 8/99 - 7/00
Rotary University Teacher Grantee to Mozambique >10 mo of 2001-2003
Dept of Geography - Geology (Box 4400), Illinois State University
Normal, IL  61790-4400   Voice:  309-438-7360;  FAX:  309-438-5310
E-mail: psanders@ilstu.edu - Internet items: www.ilstu.edu/~psanders


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