Development and testing of corn cob gasifer. Final report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6951465
The purpose of this Appropriate Technology proposal was to test various designs and materials to allow commercialization of gasification equipment for large scale diesel electric generation (generators with rated capacities at or near 1 MW) as well as for small scale cogeneration and other agricultural and industrial applications. At the completion of the project an efficient, low cost, low maintenance, downdraft air gasifier, capable of producing low energy gas (LEG) from gasification of corn cobs was to have been developed and tested. Two such gasifiers were developed and tested along with a wide range of systems and materials for conditioning and delivering the gas to an engine. Standard, off-the-shelf materials were utilized wherever practicable and efficiency of operation was measured in terms of simplicity of design for both operation and maintenance. The final design configuration (and the development of larger scale components designed on the basis of our observations and test results) meets any reasonable criteria for low cost and efficiency.
- Research Organization:
- Odin Associates, Cambridge, IA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG47-81R701210
- OSTI ID:
- 6951465
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/R7/01210-T1; ON: DE84009764
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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