Re: GAS-L: Gel Fuel and much more from cattails

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Dear Cattailers,
    What would be a reasonable yield per acre? I am willing to say that it 
isn't much because of the spotty growth and moisture content harvested. Other 
questions such as heating value, silica content, overall ash content also 
come to mind for gasification. 
    I would suggest an airboat to harvest them. That way you are not 
destroying the below water rhizosphere and all of the other ecology and going 
from one area to another is very easy. 
    If one is going to harvest them for "cropping" like production, you would 
not want to destroy the roots and allow regrowth from the roots after 
harvest. Cutting them at water or just below water level would get the upper 
plant and the lower would regrow if you want fuel value for gasification. If 
the roots are to be used, then not cutting but pulling them up would work. 
    In seeking analysis the statement that the roots are high in starch was 
made if this is known, then what about the other values or analyses of the 
plant?

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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