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Gasification Workshop: March 30th – April 1, 2012
Opening Intro & Lecture: Friday, 7:30 – 9:30PM
Weekend Build, Run and Test: Saturday and Sunday, 11am – 7pmLocation: ALL Power Labs, 1010 Murray Street, Berkeley CA 94710
Contact: gek ^at^ allpowerlabs dot org
Cost: Free if you are a GEK or BEK owner, either through self build or purchase. Otherwise, $100 for weekend.
The quarterly workshop series at ALL Power Labs offers education, research reports and hands-on experience to bring more people to successful operation of small scale gasification and pyrolysis units. The event is open eto veryone, not just GEK or BEK users/owners. So come join us while we progressively make small-scale biomass thermal conversion a reasonable proposition, adequately advanced for everyday use.
The workshop begins with a Friday evening talk on the science of gasification and pyrolysis, and the new engineering solutions embodied in the GEK and BEK. Both beginning and expert reactor assemblies will be presented, with pointers to further reading and opportunities in the field. Everyone will get a packet with lots of explanatory graphics and core data charts relating to gasification and pyrolysis. These info graphics are also posted online here: http://gekgasifier.pbworks.com/Gasification-Graphics.
Saturday and Sunday are full days of building, running and testing the physical particulars. Come prepared to turn wrenches, shovel char, and generally get your hands dirty in the details of biomass thermal conversion.
