Dear all: I am looking for a design for drying hog fuel. Chips are produced by putting slabs, edgings, and trim ends from a hardwood sawmill through a knife hog. Chips produced are approximately 2x2x1/4 inches. MC could be up to 100%, or 50% water by weight. The chips are to be used for feeding a stratified down-draft gasifier. Any ideas on the best way to dry these chips? What is the maximum MC I could get away with? Secondly, we are filtering our gas by passing it through a large vertical tube filled with washed rocks and cascading water. It seems to produce clean cool gas, but what is the best way to filter my waste water? The water obviously gets contaminated with tars and fly ash. We would rather not put this stuff back through our circ pump, but we also want a way to recycle the waste back into our fuel pile. Currently using a barrel filled with hog fuel as a filter. Any better ideas? Phil Marsh Marsh Bros. Ph (250) 569-2795 Fax (250) 569-2247 - Gasification List Archives: http://www.crest.org/discussion/gasification/200202/ Gasification List Moderator: Tom Reed, Biomass Energy Foundation, Reedtb2@cs.com www.webpan.com/BEF List-Post: <mailto:gasification@crest.org> List-Help: <mailto:gasification-help@crest.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gasification-unsubscribe@crest.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gasification-subscribe@crest.org> Sponsor the Gasification List: http://www.crest.org/discuss3.html - Other Gasification Events and Information: http://www.bioenergy2002.org http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1010424940_7.html Bioenergy http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1011975339_7.html Gasification http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1011975672_7.html Carbon
