Gasifier Experimenters Kit

Biomass Energy Foundation: Database8/1/97 RESEARCH & INSTITUTE OF GAS Presssurized FluidSUPPORT TECHNOLOGY (IGT) Bed tests onRenugas system;Processes forPower, MethanolUSA Suresh P.Babu847 7680509847 7680516babu@igt.org www.igt.org 1700 S. MountProspect Rd., DesPlaines,IL 60018-1804Active inInternationalEnergy planningWood chips,Bagasse,variousothers11 t/d IGT has had a major research program,but is now involved in internationalplanning. See Chapter 3.8/1/97 RESEARCH & IOWA STATESUPPORT UNIVERSITY5 t/d FB gasifier foragricultural wastes,corn, andswitchgrassUSA Robert C.Brown515 294 rcbrown@iastate.edu8733515 2943261#http://www.eng.iastate.edu/coe/me/homepage.html#Dept. Mechanical ActiveEng., 2020 H. M.Black Bldg., Ames,IA 50011Waste seed 5 t/d 1 $50,000 grant for gasifier, announced incorn;April 1995 Res. Rec. Rept.switchgrass3/31/98 RESEARCH & IVD (Institute for R&D in gasificationSUPPORT Process eningeering, of all biomass andUniv. of Stuttgart) fossis fuels forpower generationGERMANYChristianStorm49 7116853745storm@ivd.uni-stuttgart.de www.ivd.uni-stuttgart.de Pfaffenwaldring 23, Ongoing R&DD-79569, Stuttgart,GermanyWood,straw,energycrops,50 kW 8 1 each 1 FB reactor (Bubbling or re-circulating),1 Entrained flow reactor both with hot gasfiltration; on line tar measurement system.49 711685 349/30/97 RESEARCH & KANSAS STATESUPPORT UNIVERSITY9/1/97 RESEARCH & KEMESTRIE, INC.SUPPORTStratified downdraftgasifier research,thesesDevelopment of CANADAcommercial fluidizedbed and otherprocesses fromSherbrooke U.researchUSA Walter P.WalawenderNicolas 819 569Abatzoglou,4888Dir. En. & Env.819 5698411Dept. Chemical ActiveEngineering,Kansas State Univ.,Manhattan KS66506kem@interlinx.qc.ca 4245 rue Garlock,Sherbrooke,Quebec, J1L 2C8,Quebec, CanadaWood chips,Plantationfuels100 kW 15 1 Wallawender has used the "Buck Rogers"gasifier for research and generated manyfine theses - and studentsActive E. Chornet is active in teaching, researchand commercialization of biomassprocesses8/1/97 RESEARCH & KTH (Kungl Tekniska Research on allSUPPORT Hogskolan)aspects ofgasificationSWEDENKristerSjostrom46 8 79082 4846 8 1085 79Krister@chemtech.kth.se KTH, ChemicalTechnology, S-10044 Stockholm,SwedenActive Well equipped laboratory, research onfluidized beds, tars, alkali detection, seeChapter 5.10/5/97 RESEARCH & LUND INSTITUTESUPPORT OF TECHNOLOGY(Dept. of ChemicalEngineering)Operaton andecomics ofpressurizedcirculating andbubbling fluid bedgasifiersSWEDENProf. IngemarBjerle46 8 68191 0046 8 1968 26Dept. of ChemicalEngineering, LundInst. OfTechnology,Sweden (?)Active Wood chips Well equipped laboratory, pr FBgasification test facility9/21/99 RESEARCH & MINISTRY OFSUPPORT AGRICULTURE OFTHE PRC (MOA)Evaluation ofChina’s biomasscapability andresearch on villagegasifiersPRC Ralph Overend 303 2754450303 2752905ralph_overend@nrel.gov NREL, 1617 ColeBlvd., Golden, CO80401Active All biomass Joint DOE and MOA assessment andresearch program, see Chapter 5.9/1/97 RESEARCH & MNES (MINISTRY Support of biomassSUPPORT OF NON-CONVENTIONALENERGY SOURCES)gasification in IndiaINDIA N. P. Singh 91 114361920secmnes@x400.nicgw.nic.in Block 14, CGOComplex, Lodi Rd.,New Delhi - 110003, IndiaActive India has a very large program ingasification, supported primarily by Mr.Singh91 1143612988/1/97 RESEARCH & NATIONALSUPPORT RENEWABLEENERGYLABORATORY(NREL)Downdraftair/oxygengasification, labfacilities availableUSA Dave Dayton 303 3846245303 3846103david_dayton@nrel.gov 1617 Cole Blvd., ActiveGolden, CO 80401Wood,MSW1 t/d airoxygen20 1 TCUF, thermochemical user facility,available for testing, 22 years ofgasification research, see Chapter 5.8/1/97 RESEARCH & NEBRASKA,SUPPORT UNIVERSITY OF8/1/97 RESEARCH & NIMBKARSUPPORT AGRICULTURALRESEARCHINSTITUTE (NARI)Spouted BedgasifierUSADaveClements,Use of loosebiomass for thermalapplications, 500 kWthermal stratifieddowndraft gasifier,othersINDIA Anil K.Rajvanshi402 472017791 21662239691 216623328Dept. BiologicalSystems Engr., ??root@nimbkar.ernet.in NARI, Box 44,Phaltan 415523,Maharahtra, India.Available forcommercial useCane,sorghum,millet,safflowertrash500-800kW(th)New Spouted bed design.>1987 2 $60/kW(th) I have visited AR in Phaltan and hevisited Golden many times. InterestingR&D.1/20/98 RESEARCH & ONTARIO HYDROSUPPORT (EnvironmentalResponsibility andLeadership Dept.)Support ofThermogenic 6Mbtu/h gasifier &other renewableenergy optionsCANADA John Russell 416 2075684ERL Dept., OntarioHydro, 700University Ave.,Toronto, OntarioM5G 1X6Active See SED Case Study on Thermogenics,Aug. 1997http://www.woodgas.com/gdatabase.htm (12 of 15) [10/9/2008 08:24:00]