Re: GAS-L: "gasifier definition"-regulatorily driven

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

LeLand used the term "close coupled" and he certainly is referring to the 
large and very large gasification operations.

I was thinking of "close coupled" as "about 12 cm or 3 inches apart" as in 
my small combustion chambers.

I do not want to start another discussion about this term, but I want to 
point out that although the term is applicable to the very small "gasifiers 
with flaming of gases", the terms "close coupled" and "staged" do not 
distinguish the small ones from the big ones as I previously thought.

Paul


At 04:26 PM 6/27/02 -0400, LINVENT@aol.com wrote:
>     In order to separate gasification from combustion, a certain step 
> must be
>taken and this is most important for regulatory reasons and technical
>reasons. If a gasifier has the same properties as an incinerator, regardless
>of the fact it may be a two stage combuster as some incinerators are, there
>needs to be a defined point at which it is considered a gasifier and not an
>incinerator. My recommendation on this is that the gas can be used physically
>separately from the gasifier to qualify as a gasifier.
>     This has been an argument which I have posed to the regulators, if we
>take the gasifier and put it in New Mexico and the gas is piped over to Texas
>for use, who has jurisdiction? This cannot be said for close coupled systems
>or for incinerators.
>     If gasifiers are put into the same category as incinerators, regulatory
>concerns will prevent their deployment.
>
>Sincerely,
>Leland T. Taylor
>  President
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