Low Cost Charcoal Gasifiers for Rural Energy Supply (GTZ, 1994, 49 p.)

(introduction...)

Foreword

1. What? Gasifiers?

2. Gasification in recent history

3. Small gasifier-engine systems for rural energy supply in developing countries

4. The trouble with ''field applications''

4.1 Weak points of gasifier-engine-systems

4.2 The problem of ''acceptance''

5. Lowering plant costs by ferrocement construction

5.1 What makes a gasifier expensive?

5.2 The construction of a ferrocement gasifier

6. Technical performance of the ferrocement gasifier

6.1 Design details

6.2 Performance data

7. Derived technical demands for field application of gasifier-engine systems

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7.1 Issues in engine operation

7.2 Typical applications

7.3 Repair and maintenance of the ferrocement gasifier

8. Non-technical aspects of gasifier operation in the field

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8.1 Pro's and contras of the ''do it yourself'' approach

8.2 Community plant or private ownership?

8.3 Qualification and motivation of the operator

8.4 Implications of non-technical issues

9. Economics of gasifier operation

9.1 How to compare gasifier costs

9.2 Case study: Comparative costs of gasifier installations in Argentina and Malaysia

10. Concepts of future dissemination of small gasifier-engine systems

10.1 Perspectives of biomass energy

10.2 The actual limits of gasification technologies

10.3 Substitution of firewood by other biomasses

10.4 Framework for establishing gasification technologies

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