I thought there was Quit a few power tools with that name on them, it might make people think its a chinnese model. ?
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the word worx is used in a lot of branding. Do a google search for " Metal Worx" for instance and literally hundreds of sites will come up. The word is simply short version of the word works.
But since it is trademarked I am going to change it to something else.
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Im thinking âfusionâ ; This is basically the fusion of the gasifier plant and the power generator fused together into one fully integrated system. Then this brings in a stigma from the Mr Fusion.
So the ââFusion Power Systemââ? What do ya think.
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Today is the word climate, one should use, something like âClimate smart power systemâ
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As it was explained to me; it is a big country so words can be shared when used for unrelated items. Matt should be OK with a Worx gas producer be he would have problems if making a cordless drill named Worx. A CNC table named Worx could be entering a gray area. Also geographic come into play.
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What I do whenever thinking about ideas for a new name/brand is to check out the official US trademark registry â http://tess2.uspto.gov/. Itâs an easy way to look up the active, expired, and abandoned trademarks for a particular word.
The related type of good/service being sold is the most important thing in my opinion, along with the âfirst use in commerceâ notes that will often appear.
Finding something already claimed in a related industry might saves a ton of time and (hopefully) dodge legal bullets. A huge deal: you can see inactive marks which were opposed by deep-pocketed companies with flocks of lawyersâŚ
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Well that makes things easy, I have like one competitor lol
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Hi Matt Rider hope you find a great logo or brand name maybe both. I am thinking about them not yet sure too menchen a new one yet.In the mean time i have a Questain for my home heating unit, i built this gasifier wood burner and it burnes nice and clean on near ZERO smoke when my little charbed is stoked enough, except when the air feed fans shut off, the unit will start smokeing out the chimney quit a while unless i go out in garoge and shut the air feed supply pipes off. So i installed tennis balls in the air feed pipes , top and bottom air feed 2-1/4" pipes. Any way what i need is info on what type of solinoid too move the tennis balls about 2" back in forth too open and close the tennis ball shut offs at shut down, once the water jacket gets 185 f it shuts fans off with the temp controlers. I need simple solinoid that is pretty much relay control, from my temp controler, one that is fairly strong.??Thanks PS do they make solinoids that return too the off position when power is cut off.?Thanks Matt Hope you can point me too a fit the bill type unit.
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Here go
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Look to the in ground sprinkler systems
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Maybe i could use one of them swinging plastic check valves like we use on our truck gasifier intake air shut off and open the plate in the valve with a little less power consuming noid. How bout name for unit, Climate freindly energy saver power system.
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Thanks Matt Rider that give me a direction too look in. Good looking type unit too use too.
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Impressive threat, unbelieveble. But I think you are right Matt. It is easier to sell cnc machines.
I totally agree about using pellets. I disagree on making them. You need a grinder with the right screen to get the sawdust uniform. Then a dryer and something to mix and ad water if it needs. And then the controls. Measuring moisture is the hardest part. At the end an auger to feed the press the right way, and in between several buffers that the system keeps working. If you manage making pellets, gasifying is a piece of cake with the products you have made so far! Cool!
On the other hand, and that is why I am into sawdust, if you manage to have the gasifier run on sawdust, a very complicated step is cut out. If fresh wood is used, you will still need a dryer. But that is not to complicated,
It was very interest reading the last few days, thanks.
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Hi Kevin,
This is how I did this boiler. Starts at #80 and scroll down.
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So here is a hammer mill for rock crushing. With something like this, a cheap wood chipper from Harbor Freight would work perfect for pellet milling. Even the mulcher feature could be used here.
Some may say this is adding processes and inefficient. I dont see it that way and I have produced chips. These are not adding processes they are replacing processes with a more efficient process. This is more related to chip fuels Im not interested in chunk fuels at the scale Im working in.
The chipping process generally is going to require large feed stock. The chipping process is not going to give you a 100% yield more like 50% or even less especially when a small chipper is used. This needs be factored in as a loss and you then need to sort through all this and this is a tedious and time consuming process. In order to chip the fuel, generally you are going to want to chip green feed stock. So this will require drying and depending on circumstance it does not always come free form sun bathing.
Creating pellets as an alternative, when you hammer mill the chip fuel size is no longer relevant, so you get all of your yield or at least very close to it. Even mulch can now be an input fuel media. This right here is replacing the sorting out process and making up for those losses of unusable chips.
Now we go to the pellet mill, this is a high pressure process and it involves a ton of heat, the pellets coming out of the unit are generally 300*F if they are not something is wrong. But generally the fuel is low moisture content and ready to run. If not a drying rack can be used effectively. keep in mind pellets are nearly 2-3 times as dense as chips so less space is required pr volume.
In either case someone is required to do the work⌠I see pellets as much less work there for more viable as fuel especially in a system that is more compact less cost to produce and performs at higher levels across the board. They flow better, easier to auger, no hopper moisture, higher hearth temps, higher water shift, less condensate and char ash is perfect ready made fuel for a charcoal gasifier that could power the process equipment.
This is just how I see it. Remember Ive done all this chip fuel processing, if I dont want to do it. I cant expect my clients to do it.
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What you are describing is enough energy has to be put into pellet making, that it quickly dries the pellets. This would be no different / efficient than turning on an electric heater to dry wood chunks. But also chunked wood basically dries itself, for free. Yes, itâs season dependent, but there are proper seasons for doing many activities.
I understand where you are coming from, aiming for uniformity, no variables or user skill on the fuel side, makes for far fewer variables to sort out with customers. But undeniably it is more energy intensive, complex and expensive.
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You are making my point.
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How is it more energy intensive? Think about it.
You are running smaller chipper so you are saving energy here
You waste nothing in this process. This is a gain here. this is less fuel you have to chip.
The mill process is hardly anything, its very fast low power, Your energy you put into this is less, you are no longer sorting fuel this just cut out hours of work. This is energy input, your labor is energy in.
The milling process replaces the drying process,. If you are off grid you will not be able to keep up with air drying. Especially in cold climates the moisture will freeze. Unless you store it some how, I dont know where I could store a mountain of chips though. Even if a 3000 kW pellet mill (less power than my HF Chipper is twice this power btw) only did produce 100 lbs pr hour. Do you think you could produce this much in chips? I know I cant Ive tried. Its not even worth trying when you buy 100 lbs for $14 bucks My time is worth more than that.
All energy needs to be factored; Chip fuel is way more than just chipping, all the energies involved all the way to where it is engine run ready needs to be factored. Pellets just as well.
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In many areas there is a distinct drying season. For example, here firewood is best split in the winter, and if properly piled and kept out of the rain, it will be down to ideal moisture content by fall. The situation is far better for chunks, various have reported that in decent drying weather they dry in days or weeks.
Even Jo reports no major issues in keeping up with his wood supply, and I gather the drying conditions in his part of Sweden arenât as good as most. So if planning ahead saves significant energy, I consider that the most practical.
The energy required to make pellets is essentially a full on manufacturing process, akin to what is needed to make particle board.
If consistency of fuel is the goal, I would suggest that coppice willow or other close caliper tolerance growth put through a rebak type chipper could produce a product of similar consistency, while embodying far less energy.
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