Catayltic Tar Cracking Methods


     

 

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A Review of the Literature on Catalytic Biomass Tar Destruction, D. Dayton.  NREL report 2002

 

 

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Garret's tar cracking idea.

 

 

> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 3:08 PM, garret wrote:

>         I have an interesting question for you .

>         What happens when you dry your wood (possibly like pellets)

>         then spray

>         it with starch

>         and Iron III Oxide and Possibly some Magnesium II Oxide. 5:1

>         ratio by

>         molar weight.

>

>         Then let it dry again.

>

>         Garret

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On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 15:10 -0700, jim mason wrote:

> not sure.  does it make gold?  or thermite?  or a gigantic pile of

> sparklers?

>

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OK well,

at about 50 to 250 ppm for Fe3o2 works a a fuel catalyst.

It's cheap enough.. bit of steel wool in a bucket of corn starch and mix

it through holds pellets and sawdust together.

25 Grams per 100 Kgs.

thats about 1 steel wood pad per 100 KG of wood.

it can be kept in catalyst form buy a magnet or coil.

currie temp is 580 C or so .. so it's just about perfect for

cracking those tough bits.

I have not tried this yet .. they use it in the FT process

to enhance the Water gas shift.

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>

>         Garret

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david's idea

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> Activate the SS shavings with Nitric or Phosphoric acids.  The iron is eaten

> away leaving porous nickel/chrome on the surface.  The SS mesh can be

> activated this way also.

>

> Cleaning is easy, just hit it with a blow torch till red hot.

>

> David

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