Re: GAS-L: Subject: Wood gasification demo in Germany

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

Dear Tom, Doug and all:

Tom is SO RIGHT.  The optimistic prognostications come form new R&D
enthusiasts not familiar with the real problems of gasification development
and the new money they attract with their dreams.

Some stick it out and become realists who then go on to solve the real
problems, and hopefully die rich - or at least not in the poor house.

How can we achieve a proper balance between our dreams that move us forward
and realisms that stop all progress?

TOM REED
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Koch" <Tk@tke.dk>
To: "Graeme Williams" <graeme@powerlink.co.nz>; <CAVM@aol.com>
Cc: <gasification@crest.org>; <bioenergy@crest.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 2:47 AM
Subject: Re: GAS-L: Subject: Wood gasification demo in Germany



Dear Doug

You are so dead right.
I often wonder where some statements concerning gasifiers come from.

Best regards

Thomas Koch


----- Original Message -----
From: "Graeme Williams" <graeme@powerlink.co.nz>
To: <CAVM@aol.com>
Cc: <gasification@crest.org>; <bioenergy@crest.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 6:06 AM
Subject: GAS-L: Subject: Wood gasification demo in Germany


> Dear Bioenergy Collegue,
> Almost every engine gasification project reported in the media as a
> successful demonstration of the technology is followed by, further work is
> needed to make it commercial, or another million dollars are needed to
> investigate gas cleaning!
>
> These type of reports do nothing to advance acceptance of our technology
> even when  its of a installed working system. The same magazine did an
> article on a project Fluidyne implemented in New Guinea in an issue dated
> October 1989, It didn't help sell a single gasifier.
>
> We don't need more projects to prove anything, just removal of these
almost
> working gasifiers and those anonymous energy consultants who know more
about
> gasifiers than the manufacturer.
>
> Doug Williams
>
> Fluidyne Gasification.
>
>
>
>
> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:43:40 EST
> To: bioenergy@crest.org
> From: CAVM@aol.com
> Subject: Wood gasification demo in Germany
> Message-ID: <37.2fa72894.2aeec33c@aol.com>
>
>
>
> The October 2002 edition of Diesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide magazine on
page
> 10 has an article on a demo plant in Eckernforde, Germany, by Sr. Franz
> Hirschbichler.  This plant is producing wood gas from chips, cleaning the
> gas
>
> and fueling an internal combustion engine.  The use a MDE turbocharged
v12,
> 1.83 L/cyl, S1 Leanburn gas engine adapted to wood gas.
>
> There seems to be some additional work required to get the plant operating
> as
>
> planned although they consider the demo to have proved the concept of wood
> gas for a CHP plant.
>
> C. Van Milligen
> Kentucky Enrichment Inc.
> CAVM@AOL.com
>
>
>
>
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