##The Missouri Wood Gasifier
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The design and construction of this sawmill wood gasifier was made possible
by a grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of
Energy to the Reorganized School District #1 of Moniteau County (California, MO).
The Department of Natural Resources - Energy Division issued this grant because
of the energy, the money and the jobs that can be utilized by the future uses
of wood gasification.
According to figures from page 34 of a 1978 publication by the Missouri
Department of Conservation, Forestry Section, entitled Wood Residues in
Missouri ; there are 847.22 million (mm) pounds of unused equivalent oven
dry pounds of sawdust and shavings produced annually in Missouri. This converts
to 1,236,286 barrels of No. 2 fuel oil or about 1% of Missouri 's average annual
oil and gasoline consumption. This also converts to $37,088,580 at $30-per
barrel.
Over 90% of the money that Missourians spend on oil permanently leaves the
state. For each $30,000 of energy dollars exported we lose one job to an
oil producing state or country. This is 1,236 jobs lost because
we are not utilizing these two waste products. This is a serious drain on
Missouri's economy.
The technician that construced the gen gas unit had worked with a number of
smaller size units since 1974. After a great deal of research and experimentation,
two successful small units were finally operational . The knowledge and experience
gained from these small units was the basis for a larger unit now successfully
operating at a local sawmill. A system design patent has been initiated for
this unit.
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