LOW COST CHARCOAL GASIFIERS FOR RURAL ENERGY SUPPLY

Ulrich Graf

A/6/4/144/1988

What? Gasifiers?.- Gasification in recent history.- Small gasifier - Engine systems for rural energy supply in developing countries.- The trouble with field applications .- Lowering plant cost by ferrocement construction.- Technical performance of the ferrocement gasifier.- Derived technical demands for field application of gasifier .- Non technical aspects of gasifier operation in the field.- Economics of gasifier operation.- Concepts of future dissemination of small gasifier enegine systems .

Biomasa (BM 1003.1);