Re: GAS-L: What is a forum for?

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Regarding the comments on Dan's business as a licensed pesticide applicator 
and using toxic chemicals, even an organic grower has to be licensed to use 
organic compounds for either pest control or other materials. The other 
negative comments may not be worthy of response. The largest table grape 
grower in the US has not one pound of toxic materials on his farms, but has a 
pesticide applicator license as required by the States he works in. 
    There are many parties who are aspirants to doing something to help 
mankind, help themselves and the like on this list, I being one of them. 
Their aspirations may be shared by others and some by all that receive this 
communique'. That is what it is for, besides the technical aspects of it 
which is the common basis. It is difficult to have a purely technical 
discussion without the human aspect of it and for this we should be tolerant 
and welcoming to these aspects. 
    Now, for the technical part. Thermogenics has shipped it's first 
commercial system, a 1000#/hour system to Italy for commercial application. 
It's installation is being completed and some damage was incurred in transit, 
and the client has taken it upon themselves to modify and enlarge the system 
with additional components being added and delivered. This system will use 
lignin from a livulenic acid plant at the site (cellulose hyrolysis) and msw 
and biomass as fuel. It has operated engine/generator set here and will 
operate one there. The systems' capability is 500 kw, but most of the gas 
will be used for a boiler at the livulenic acid plant. More systems are 
planned including a 350 ton/day msw to power facility at the site and more in 
Italy.
    Thermogenics has recently demonstrated a new reactor design which has 
operated on 50% moisture content feed. The success of this was that the gas 
from the reactor was continuously flared without support for many hours of 
operation at this rate. It appears as though this system will accept higher 
moisture materials than 50%. Wood was the feed as it is used as a basis for 
standardizing the operation of the gasifiers here.  
    For more information, contact me or the Thermogenics' website listed 
below. 

Leland T. Taylor
President
Thermogenics Inc. 
7100-F 2nd St. NW Albuquerque, New Mexico USA 87107 Phone: 505-761-5633, fax: 
341-0424, website: thermogenics.com. 
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