Fw: Methanol from biomass

["Tom Reed" <tombreed@attbi.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Reed" <tombreed@attbi.com>
To: "Keith Addison" <keith@journeytoforever.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: Methanol from biomass


> Dear Keith:
>
> Making methanol is like making steel - hard to do at back yard level.
> Minimum size plant that could break even is about 5 t/day because of the
> instrumentation requirements, compressors, gas cleanup etc.  (See our
books
> on methanol and synthesis gas production at www.woodgas.com).
>
> Sorry,    TOM REED              BEF GASWORKS
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Addison" <keith@journeytoforever.org>
> To: <bioenergy@crest.org>
> Cc: <gasification@crest.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:31 PM
> Subject: Methanol from biomass
>
>
> > Hello all
> >
> > I quite often get requests like this, and it's also of great interest
> > to people making biodiesel, but none of us knows of a good way of
> > doing it.
> >
> > >I'm looking for info on producing wood alcohol from Juniper, Pinion
> > >Pine or Sagebrush.  I live in the mountains of southern Utah and
> > >have an abundance of these.
> > >Thanks
> >
> > Does anyone know of a good method of producing methanol from biomass,
> > on a scale that a farmer or a backyard mechanic could use, rather
> > than a corporation?
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Keith Addison
> > Journey to Forever
> > Handmade Projects
> > Osaka, Japan
> > http://journeytoforever.org/
> >
> >
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