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THE BIOMASS ENERGY FOUNDATION PRESS:
Biomass
energy and particularly biomass gasification is a field
where publications are often difficult to find.
Millions of dollars of writing and research are
published in runs of a few hundred, and lost in
government offices. (We
wrote some of them so we
know). We republish the best of these
on biomass energy, (sometimes updating them) and
offer other books as a service to the biomass community.
We make available information on biomass - sometimes
old, sometimes new - at reasonable prices in
attractive "lie flat" bindings at 1/2 the cost
from original sources.
| It always has been, and remains, our intention to keep the prices of our merchandise as reasonable as possible. In fact, we have not changed the prices of our books (with the exception of number 16) in several years. However, in part because we are a small foundation and because "nonprofit" does not mean "go broke," we are forced by increased printing costs and higher U.S. Postal Service charges finally to increase our prices. So,
effective May 1, 2008, most of the prices for our merchandise
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Biomass properties
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF BIOMASS THERMAL CONVERSION: PYROLYSIS,
GASIFICATION AND COMBUSTION PRINCIPLES AND TECHNOLOGY:
First Published in 1970, then republished in 1972, this
monumental work has long been out of print.
Nevertheless, it is the most complete survey of this
field, written by a stable of scientists and engineers
for the new (then) Solar Energy Research Institute to
guide their choices of programs. The facts of
biomass life don't change, and most of them can be found
here.
ISBN:1-890607-20-7
420 pp $60
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item #20 to my shopping cart.
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DENSIFIED BIOMASS: A NEW FORM OF SOLID FUEL:
Tom Reed and Becky Bryant, A "State of the Art
evaluation of densified biomass fuels" with
documentation of processes, energy balance, economics
and applications. First published in 1978, & still the
best (only?) text on theory and practice. Second
edition with Paper on Energy of Biomass Densification
appended.
ISBN 1-890607-16-9
35pp $22.50
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TREE CROPS FOR
ENERGY CO-PRODUCTION ON FARMS:
Tom Milne (SERI 1980) Evaluation of the energy potential
to grow trees for energy.
ISBN 1-890607-05-3
260pp
$35
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TREES:
by Jean Giono, 1953. While we strongly support using
biomass for energy, we are also very concerned about
forest destruction. This delightful story says more than
any sermon on the benefits and methods of reforestation.
ISBN 1-89060712-6
8pp
$2 unchanged!
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item #16 to my shopping cart.
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Gasification
Solar
power and wind are niche replacements for oil, but biomass
gasification powered the cities of Europe during WW II and will
make a major contribution to post cheap oil energy...
A SURVEY OF BIOMASS GASIFICATION 2001:
T. Reed
and S. Gaur have surveyed the biomass gasification scene
for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the
Biomass Energy Foundation. 180 pages of large gasifiers
systems, small gasifiers and gasifier research
institutions with descriptions of the major types of
gasifiers and a list of most world gasifiers. 2nd
edition.
ISBN
1-890607-13-4180
180pp
$35
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BIOMASS DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER ENGINE SYSTEMS HANDBOOK:
T. Reed and A. Das,
(SERI-1988) Over a million wood gasifiers were used to
power cars and trucks during World War II. Yet, there
are now only a few companies manufacturing gasifier
systems. The authors, who have spent more than 20 years
working with various gasifier systems, discuss the
factors that must be correct to have a successful "gasifier
power system." Our most popular book, the "new
Testament" of gasification.
ISBN
1-890607-00-2
140pp
$35
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GENGAS: THE SWEDISH CLASSIC ON WOOD FUELED VEHICLES:
(SERI-1979) T. Reed, D. Jantzen and A. Das, with index.
This is the "Old Testament" of gasification,
written English translation, of "Gen-Gas",
written by the Swedish Royal Academy at the end of WW II
after successfully converting 90% of transportation of
WW II Sweden to wood gasifiers.
ISBN
1-890607-01-0
340pp
$40
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PRODUCER-GAS:
ANOTHER FUEL FOR MOTOR TRANSPORT: Ed. Noel Vietmeyer
(The U.S. National Academy of Sciences-1985) A
seeing-is-believing primer with historical and modern
pictures of gasifiers. An outstanding text for any
introductory program.
ISBN
1-890607-02-6
80pp
$10
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SMALL SCALE GAS
PRODUCER-ENGINE SYSTEMS:
A. Kaupp and J. Goss. (Veiweg,1984) Updates GENGAS and
contains critical engineering data and good common
sense, indispensable for the serious gasifier project.
Ali Kaupp is thorough and knowledgeable.
ISBN
1-890607-06-1
278pp
$35
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FUNDAMENTALS,
DEVELOPMENT, AND SCALE UP OF THE AIR-OXYGEN STRATIFIED
DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER: T. Reed, M. Graboski and B.
Levie (SERI 1988). In 1980 the Solar Energy Research
Institute initiated a program to develop an oxygen
gasifier to make methanol from biomass. A novel
air/oxygen low tar gasifier was designed and studied for
five years at SERI at 1 ton/d and for 4 years at Syn-Gas
Inc. in a 25 ton/day gasifier. This book describes the
theory and operation of the two gasifiers in detail and
also discusses the principles and application of
gasification as learned over eight years by the author-gasifier
team.
ISBN
1-890607-03-7
290pp
$40
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EVALUATION
OF GASIFICATION AND NOVEL THERMAL PROCESSES FO W.
Niessen et al. A 1996 NREL report by on energy
conversion processes for MSW.
ISBN
1-890607-15-0
198pp
$27.50
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CONSTRUCTION OF A
SIMPLIFIED WOOD GAS GENERATOR: H. LaFontaine (1989)
- Over 25 drawings and photographs on building a
gasifier for fueling IC engines in a Petroleum Emergency
(FEMA RR28).
ISBN
1-890607-11-8
68pp
$17.50
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item #12 to my shopping cart.
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DRIVING ON WOOD: THE LOST ART OF DRIVING WITHOUT
GASOLINE: 3rd Edition
N.
Skov and M. Papworth, (1974). Description and beautiful
detailed drawings of various gasifiers and systems from
World War II. In this new edition we have reduced
Skov's 20 X 30 in plans to 11 X 17 " and bound them
in the book, still very readable. The gasifier was
used to drive a Checker car around campus. Nils
Skov was in the Danish Underground and write of his
experiences in a new book, see www.kalama.com/~NASKOV/
ISBN 1-890607-09-6
80pp
$27.50
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NEW/OLD:
MODERN GAS PRODUCERS: N. E. Rambush, the most complete
collection of information on the golden age of coal
gasification, when every city had a "gasworks"
. Lots of food for thought on biomass gasification and
why it’s different.
ISBN 1-890607-18-5
550 pp
$40
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WOOD GAS
GENERATORS FOR VEHICLES:
Nils Nygards (1973). Translation of recent results of
Swedish Agricultural Testing Institute a sequel to
Gen-Gas.
ISBN 1-890607-08-8
50pp
$5 unchanged!
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Synthetic
Fuels
Oil
is nice but getting pricey and less available. Here are a
few alternatives that I have worked on. See also
"Fundamental Study and Scaleup..." above.
BIOMASS TO METHANOL SPECIALISTS' WORKSHOP:
Ed. T.
Reed and M. Graboski, 1982 Expert
articles on the conversion of
biomass to methanol from a conference
in 1982 when we were still worried about oil...
ISBN 1-890607-10-X
331pp
$40
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item #13 to my shopping cart.
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BIODIESEL
POWER: The Passion, the People, and the Politics of the Next Renewable Fuel by
Lyle Estill, New Society Publishers, 2005. “Biodiesel has buzz.” So says Lyle Estill, V.P of Stuff at Piedmont Biofuels LLC in North Carolina and author of the newest addition to our list of important and helpful books,
Biodiesel Power. The actress Daryl Hannah, a prominent biodiesel activist, says that Estill “has chronicled (like no other) the complex and often entertaining dynamics of the burgeoning world of biodiesel.” The book has occasional flashes of humor and insight. It provides some instructions for making and using biodiesel, and it’s a “good read.”
ISBN: 0865715416
288pp
$16.95
unchanged!
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BIODIESEL:
GROWING A NEW ENERGY ECONOMY by Greg Pahl, Chelsea Green
Press, 2005. Greg Pahl has brought the history and
technology of biodiesel together in this comprehensive,
well written book. On pp 152-3 he records the history of
the invention of waste oil biodiesel by T. Reed at the BEF, as
well as all the other contributions by our friends.
ISBN:
1-931498-65-2
281pp
$18 unchanged!
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item #23 to my shopping cart.
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Gasifier
Tars
Coal
gasification is a done deal - see our "Modern Gas
Producers". But biomass pyrolysis produces mainly volatiles
(tars) that can be a great nuisance unless properly measured and
removed. Here are two books directly addressing that
problem....
REVISED: CONTAMINANT
TESTING FOR GASIFIER ENGINE SYSTEMS: A. Das (TIPI
1989, 1999). Test that gas for tar! Long engine life and
reliable operation requires a gas with less than 30 mg
of tar and particulates per cubic meter (30 ppm). The
simplified test methods described here are adapted from
standard ASTM and EPA test procedures for sampling and
analyzing char, tar and ash in the gas. Suitable for raw
and cleaned gas. New edition & figures.
ISBN 1-890607-04-5
32pp
$12.50
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item #3 to my shopping cart.
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BIOMASS GASIFIER "TARS": THEIR
NATURE, FORMATION, AND CONVERSION:
T. Milne, N. Abatzoglou, & R. J. Evans. Tars are the Achilles
Heel of gasification. This thorough work explores the
chemical nature of tars, their generation, and methods
for testing and destroying them.
(100 page bibliography also available for additional
$10)
ISBN 1-890607-14-2
80pp
$30
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As
you can see, I have been involved in energy research all my
life. My book on thermodynamics below prepared me for
sophisticated calculations. King Hubbert was my office mate when
I worked at Shell Oil...
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BEYOND
OIL: THE VIEW FROM HUBBERT'S PEAK by Kenneth
Deffeyes,
Hill and Wang (March15,2005) Hardcover. Ken Defeyes is a
famous petroleum geologist at Princeton. In this book he
uses the methods that Hubbard developed to predict the 1974 peak
in US oil production, to predict a 2005 peak in world oil
production. He then considers what our fuel options will
be as the oil prices double every 5 years. Be prepared for
an exciting century!
ISBN: 0809029561
224 pp $20
price LOWER!!
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item #21 to my shopping cart.
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FREE
ENERGY OF BINARY COMPOUNDS: AN ATLAS OF CHARTS FOR
HIGH-TEMPERATURE CALCULATIONS, 2nd edition, Thomas B.
Reed. We published this book with MIT Press in 1971 when I was
working in high temperature materials research. The data and
charts apply to all of chemistry, so you can calculate the
thermodynamics of almost any reaction. MIT Press, 1971. My
magnum opus!
ISBN 1-890607-19-3
90pp
$22.50
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item #19 to my shopping cart.
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AN ATLAS OF THERMAL DATA FOR BIOMASS
AND OTHER FUELS, 2009, 2nd edition,
edited by Marcel Dekker.
Thermogravimetric Analysis of Fuels gives the most thorough
analysis of fuel thermal properties in compact form. Marcel
Dekker edited and published this book in 1998 based on work of
Thomas Reed and Siddhartha Gaur done at the Colorado School of
Mines under an NREL contract between 1993 and 1996. Marcel
Dekker charged $150 for the book which put it out of the reach
of most people interested in biomass. Not many copies were sold.
It is out of print now (buy for $185.95 at Amazon), and the
rights have reverted to the authors.
The Biomass Energy Foundation Press is now issuing a second
edition of the book at a greatly reduced price in hopes that it
will be useful to all those engaged in biomass and biochar
research, development, and implementation, as well as the wider
community of energy and fuel research. A new Preface brings it
up-to-date, and a new Appendix D gives thermal data on
representative charcoals.
ISBN 1-890607-21-7
277pp
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DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER ENGINE SYSTEMS HANDBOOK:
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FUNDAMENTAL
STUDY .. OF THE AIR-OXYGEN .. DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER
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EVALUATION
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DRIVING
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MODERN
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
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BEYOND
OIL: THE VIEW FROM HUBBERT'S PEAK
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BIOMASS
TO ENERGY: THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF IIsC
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BIODIESEL:
GROWING A NEW ENERGY ECONOMY
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AN ATLAS
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BIODIESEL
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