[Gasification] Small scale power plants?

[Kenny Redd]

Thanks Doug and Tom for responding to my inquiry,

A little clarity is in order.  I am a designer for an R&D company that
tends to contract to Federal agencies.  I have discussions with top level
decision makers within the company.  I have pointed out the US Army's seven
billion dollar energy acqusition program and have suggested that my
employer consider a Power Producing Agreement (PPA) with the Army.  I have
suggested that Federal lands provide the space for biofuel crops.  These
crops would ultimately be converted via pyrolysis to a coal surrogate that
can be handled like fossil coal.  However, the PPA power would likely have
to be distributed in a decentralized, on-site fashion and on a scale much
smaller than the typical gigawatt power plant.

It's not my interest to employ gasification as the fuel product, but as
part of the process to produce a transportable, exportable, friable, solid
fuel from the feedstocks.  My review of the gasification industry shows
that the technology for producing the "bio-coal" is mature and readily
available.  However, it doesn't appear there are small scale, power-plants
suitable for on-site power production.  Any suggestions?

Thanks again, and Bioenergylists is one of the best forums on the web.




On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:35 AM, doug.williams
<Doug.Williams at orcon.net.nz>wrote:

> **
> *Hi Kenny,*
> **
> *You ask*:
>
> Is anyone aware of a US commercial producer of small-scale, solid-fuel
> (bio-coal fired) power plants in the 1 to 20 MW range?
>
> *Please define your version of bio-coal, as it can have differing
> interpretations. It suggests charcoal, if so, one might expect for you to
> consider a number of options. **Tell us more. because there is a huge gap
> between raw and "pre-charred" fuel gasification. Your range of outputs
> stretch credibility to supply a pre-carbonized fuel for 20MWe, so what is
> the direction of your enquiry?  Possibly you are researching the
> capabilities of the technology, but 1-20MWe is rather big when discussing
> biomass gasification systems. You might also comment on the end use of the
> gas, boiler of engine power generation? *
> **
> *This forum has an affinity with discussing these issues, because the
> future needs what we may be able to do, given the right challenges, and
> your question should trigger off comment from the accumulated expertise.*
> **
> *Doug Williams,*
> *Fluidyne.*
>
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