WOODGAS SITES WORTH VISITING (added in August 2006):

Major BEF links...

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REPP - THE RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY PROJECT

REPP, (formerly CREST) is a site dedicated to renewable energy. I am the moderator at their site "GASIFICATION" and we have 5 years of archives of hundreds of letters to and from members of the field. When last I checked there were >300 members of GASIFICATION and a similar number from STOVES, but we mostly hear from a few dozen. (I presume the rest are "lurking" and will respond when someone touches their hot button.)

REPP maintains files on GASIFICATION, STOVES, BIOCONVERSION, BIOENERGY, ETHANOL, BIOGAS, and other areas relevant to biomass energy. Check the other sites out too if you are interested. Read over their archives to get a flavor. Anyone interested in joining the gasification (or other) discussion groups should visit the site and follow their instructions for joining or check out the old and new archives. We are particularly interested in the STOVES group since we are developing and working with manufacturers of WoodGas Stoves.

CPC: I have been working with the Community Power Corporation here in Denver to develop Small Modular Biomass Power systems and woodgas cookstoves since 1998. We have had operating gasifier power systems in the Philippines and US and contracts for many gasifier projects. Visit our site to see our major advances in this field.

BIODIESEL - McDIESEL - EEA In Fall 1989, Dr. Tom Reed developed a process for the conversion of animal fats and vegetable oils to their methyl esters for fuel purposes. The product is now called "Biodiesel" and the process is quite simple. It works for new vegetable oils (~$2/gal) or waste oil (<$0.50/gal). Guess which the US Department of Agriculture is pushing. Tom Reed is the grandfather of biodiesel from waste cooking oil. He is now running his 2002 VW Jetta on 20% biodiesel and plans to run 100% this summer.

OTHER LINKS: Here are links that I have found useful and thoughtful about Alternate Fuels stoves, biomass, thermodynamics etc. I'll be adding more soon.

pelletbase - a free fuel pellet & biomass forum

Stovesonline supplies stoves mainly to the UK domestic market but they have also been supplying stoves for refugees/crisis situations and recently supplied 500 stoves to Pakistan.

Welcome to the NIST WebBook - Thermochemical data for over 7000 organic and small inorganic compounds:
CGPL Home Page - The "Combustion, Gasification, Pyrolysis Laboratory in Bangalore, India with 10 times the research we do in alternate fuels
Alex English's Stove Page - Alex displays recent work on cookstoves
Gridwise (sm) Power Guide - GridWise seeks to modernize the nation's electric system - from central generation to customer appliances and equipment
Vegivan - Josh Tickel's page on Biodiesel and making your own..
APPROVECHO RESEARCH CENTER - Research on stoves and alternate energy
ETHOS - Research on wood stoves at Approvecho Summer Camp, 2005
BIOBIB - A Database on biofuels
Soygold - Solvents, Diesel Additive, and Methylated Seed Oil - Other chemicals you can make from biodiesel
NREL Homepage - The National Renewable Energy Laboratory here in Golden has been doing "renewable energy research" since 1990. Too bad they didn't focus on "renewable fuels".
This is Winrock - The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation funds proven technology around the world
Fluidyne Gasifiers - Doug Williams at The Fluidyne Company of New Zealand has been making gasifiers for 25 years and makes some of the best comments at "Gasification"
Pellet Stoves - Wood pellet stoves for post "cheap oil" era
Peterson Corp - Heavy machinery converts low-grade organic materials into high value products. Industrial chippers produce high quality, low bark pulp chips for the biomass/wood energy market. Asphalt shingle grinders recycle roofing materials for re-use in road surfacing and other applications.
ZZ Manufacturing Stoves - Steve Scofield's new production of the pretty good Hottenroth Sierra camp stove...
The Shell Foundation - Shell has decided to support renewable energy big time...
Welcome to M. K. Hubbert Center - The latest on when the oil runs out...

Last updated ~ September 2005. Send me other links you think may be important for biomass at tombreed@comcast.net