Saturday, March 26, 2016

Gasification can run Generators to Cars.

The All Power Labs makes a Gasifier Experimenter’s Kit (GEK), a small-scale gasification system that produces power from bio-mass. The company claim that the generators are a carbon-negative source of electricity, and their product can generate on-demand power for 1/4 the operating cost of diesel at 1/2 the capital cost of solar. All Power Labs offers many different systems. Along with the GEK Gasifier, the PP20 Power Pallet shown in the pictures, the PC 20 Power Cube, and the 150KW Powertainer come in a 20′ shipping container. These machines are carbon-negative because a gasifier can impersonate the natural process of releasing atmospheric carbon (CO2) when a plant dies. The engines turn biomass into valuable energy while capturing some carbon that can be sequestered. I think the best way for All Power labs to improve on this product is to make the 150KW Powertainer able to run off from the dried waste at the water treatment plants. This could be used in every small town in the United States and may be cut a step out of the treatment process, thus saving water and making a positive all the way around. Gasifiers were experimented with in Germany during WWII to run automobiles and save on fossil fuels, and the technology works. 
 

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