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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Frank Schmitt, Schmitt Enertec, Germany has supplied several biogas CHP systems. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(http://www.schmitt-enertec.com/cogeneration/biogas_cogeneration.htm ) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>He modifies Mercedes engine heads for particular gases and assembles them into environmental enclosures. We used one in Connecticut for a wood gas project. I think he has also supplied systems in Africa and Asia. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tom Miles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Igor ©krjanec<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 09, 2011 1:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> For Discussion of Anaerobic Digestion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Digestion] biogas electricity generation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear Jorge,<br><br>MAN from Germany also producese small CHP units. Check <a href="http://www.german-biogas-industry.com/companies/provider-of-components-and-substrate-supplier/man-nutzfahrzeuge-ag-engines-components/">http://www.german-biogas-industry.com/companies/provider-of-components-and-substrate-supplier/man-nutzfahrzeuge-ag-engines-components/</a> <br>and Schnell<br><a href="http://www.schnellmotor.de/sm/schnellmotor-zuendstrahltechnik/aggregatuebersicht.php">http://www.schnellmotor.de/sm/schnellmotor-zuendstrahltechnik/aggregatuebersicht.php</a>. <br><br>Good luck!<br><br>BR!<br><br>Igor ©krjanec<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2011/5/9 Montero Arguedas Jorge Mario <<a href="mailto:JMonteroA@ice.go.cr">JMonteroA@ice.go.cr</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear listers<span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We run a quite successful (I think!) biogas program here in Costa Rica, which is growing in the size of the participating farms. By this time we are trying to produce electricity with the biogas and connecting the generators (with potential for producing some 60-150kW) to the electricity grid within our distributed energy program. However, we haven´t found equipment for generating and safely interconnecting to the grid (safe from the super expensive Capstone turbines).<span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Can anyone suggest some other equipment maker ? Other avenues? We do require IEEE 1547 (distributed energy) compliance.<span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Regards,<span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Jorge Montero<span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Costa Rica.<span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Ing. Jorge Mario Montero. MSc</span><span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Oficina (506) 2220 7835 / Fax (506) 2220 8206 / </span><span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES style='font-size:9.0pt'>E-mail <a href="mailto:jmonteroa@ice.go.cr" target="_blank">jmonteroa@ice.go.cr</a> / <a href="http://www.grupoice.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.grupoice.com</span></a></span><span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=ES style='font-size:9.0pt'>Centro Nacional de Planificación Eléctrica CENPE</span></b><span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=ES style='font-size:9.0pt'>Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad ICE</span></b><span lang=ES-CR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES-CR> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES-CR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=ES-CR><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES-CR style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Este mensaje de correo electrónico, incluidos los archivos adjuntos, es para el uso exclusivo de la persona a la que se ha enviado, y puede contener información que sea confidencial o protegida legalmente. 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