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September 10, 2002
Dear Mr Koch,
Thank you for your
mail and we currently have over 100 gasifiers in regular operation with
industries, for rural electrification etc.
Our current production levels are of the order of 3 to 4 gasifiers every
month. We have a number of case studies included as part of our web site
but if you are unable to access the same or if you would like us to transmit
these separately, please let us know.
Talking about rice
husk gasifiers, we have installed about a dozen of these gasifiers during the
last year. Reference list is attached with this mail.
Relative
specifications being the same should not come as a surprise as these gasifiers
are in some ways a family of gasifiers with the same basic technology.
As far as technical
data go, if you let us know exactly what you would like to have, we will be glad
to do the needful.
With best
wishes,
Ms Ingrid
Fernandes - Sr. Manager
Ankur Scientific Energy Technologies Pvt.
Ltd.,
"Ankur", Near Old Sama Jakat Naka
Baroda 390 008, India
Phones : 0265 793098/794021 * Fax : 794042
Web Site : www.ankurscientific.com
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: GAS-L: A plague of criticism, any
solutions?
Dear Ingrid
I just browsed through your
web page.
To me it is not clear how many gasifiers you have build and how
well they work.
To me it looked very much like "sales talk".
As an
example:
Your FBG system has exately the same relative specification for a
40 kw and a 335 kw unit.
It is a down draft system that can handle down to
2mm particles and it produces 4 % CH4 and it have a gas washer with
recirkuiation of water.
Is it possible that you could provide us with some
more technical data?
Best regards
Thomas
Koch
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To:
"Kevin Chisholm" <kchisholm@ca.inter.net>; "Laszlo
Paszner" <lpaszner@shaw.ca>
Cc:
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Sent: Saturday,
September 07, 2002 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: GAS-L: A plague of criticism, any
solutions?
> Dear Sir,
>
> I am Ingrid
Fernandes, Sr. Manager, Ankur Scientific, India. We are
> basically
a Biomass Gasification company and have been in the business for a
>
number of years now, making enough money not only to support ourselves
but
> also to support further technology development work through our
own
> resources. Do visit our web site www.ankurscientific.com .
>
> Regards,
>
> Ingrid
>
> ----- Original
Message -----
> From: Kevin Chisholm <kchisholm@ca.inter.net>
> To:
Laszlo Paszner <lpaszner@shaw.ca>
> Cc: <Carefreeland@aol.com>; <agniesco@hd2.dot.net.in>; <stoves@crest.org>;
> <gasification@crest.org>; <bioenergy@crest.org>; <LINVENT@aol.com>
> Sent: Wednesday,
August 28, 2002 2:55 PM
> Subject: Re: GAS-L: A plague of criticism, any
solutions?
>
>
> > Dear Dr. Paszner
> >
>
> Thank you for your very interesting overview on
> >
bioenergy.
> >
> > Laszlo Paszner wrote:
> >
>
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> >
....del...>
> > > Biomass is largely "undersold" as an alternate
renewable energy source
> by
> > > the world authorities and
the media. It is lucky if it gets honorable
> > > mention
among the renewable energy sources of wind, solar and tidal.
> The
>
> > authorities are brainwashed by the petrochemical companies. This is
so
> > > because the technologies for these energy forms are owned
by the
> > > petrochemical companies, Shell, BP, Texaco, SUNCOR
etc. Promotion of
> wind,
> > > solar and tidal energy
forms is safe, they do not cut into the gasoline
> > >
markets. Wide-scale promotion of wind and solar installations
for
> > > developing countries channels much needed developmental
funds again to
> the
> > > petrochemical companies (you
remember they own these technologies -
> bought
> > > into
them quietly 5-6 years ago) leaving the developing countries
>
further
> > > in debt and dependent without solving their problem
(lack of energy in
> > > rural areas). These are "passive"
energy forms because they will not
> > > generate wide-spread
sustainable jobs after their installation. As a
> > > result,
this power form, regardless of its renewable nature, will remain
> >
> inaccessible to the poor because they are left without a
> > >
dispasible income. Biomass growing and ethanol production are
highly
> > > labor intensive (active) job creators. Thus
growing biomass (growing
> the
> > > seedlings, planting,
tending and harvesting the forests) requires
> > > continuous
attention and will maintain a substantial number of permanent
> > >
rural jobs. For every 50 million L/yr ethanol plant, we generate
>
between
> > > 75 to 150 permanent, well paying rural jobs.
Yet, biomass is not
> promoted
> > > as the true future
renewable energy source.
> > >
> > I would suggest that
there is not a conspiracy by
> > multi-National Oil Companies to hold
back the
> > development of biomass. I would suggest that they
can
> > make more money from oil than they can make from
> >
biomass, and that is the reason why they process oil.
> > It is very
dificult to imagine the multi-National Oil
> > Companies saying "We can
make more money on biomass,
> > but we are not going to do that,
because we are oil
> > processors."
> >
> > The cruel
reality seems to be that it is somewhere
> > between difficult and
impossible to make money from
> > biomass energy.
> >
>
>
> > > For the biomass program, fast growing and high yielding
crops become
> > > important. Comparatively speaking, trees
produce 4-8 T/ha . yr biomass
> in
> > > the temperate
regions, better yields (18-30 T/ha . yr) can be obtained
> with
>
> > both deciduous and coniferous wood species in tropical and
sub-tropical
> > > countries. Similar or better yields can be
obtained with
> sugarcane/sweet
> > > sorghum and mineral
giant reed; up to 45 T/ha .yr. Exceptionally, up to
> > >
60-75 T/ha .yr can be had with Eucalyptus species. So by selective
>
biomass
> > > cultivation the target biomass supply will become
available while
> > > simultaneously also solving the world's
poverty problems.
> >
> > With a ratio of about 15:1 in terms
of tropical
> > eucalyptus to temperate forestry yields, if
biomass
> > energy even had a chance of being economic, one
would
> > see at least some biomass energy companies making
money
> > from eucalyptus energy processing. Are there any
"stand
> > alone biomass energy successes" anywhere in the
world?
> > There may be some businesses successes because of
>
> peculiar circumstances, such as waste product disposal,
> > or
special incentives. The cruel reality seems to be
> > that, simply put,
there is no money to be made in
> > biomass energy.
>
>
> > Am I mising something here? Is there anyone making
>
> "stand alone money" in biomass anywhere in the world?
> > Is it
perhaps a case that biomass energy economics are
> > ruled by a Law
that says "The bigger you are, the more
> > you lose?"
>
>
> > Kindest regards,
> >
> > Kevin
Chisholm
> > >
> >
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