EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The heart of this grant application is to produce a system that is low cost, low tech, safe to operate, uses waste organic feed stock and is carbon negative. The low cost heat and energy will be produced by a Combined Heat and Power unit, named the “Drum Roll CHP System. Each Drum Roll unit in a series (see illustrations in the following email) uses reletively safe low pressure steam transferred as buoyant power to turn a Nautilus Turbine that is completely submerged in a barrel of boiling water, thus creating rotational power for electrical generation. The vented steam and remnant flue gases are reclaimed for heat generation either directly or through heat exchangers. The fuel for the steam generation is produced on site from within the system by slow, low heat pyrolysis of any available waste organic cellulose material.
The Pyrolosis process produces Syn Gas (synthetic gas) which is used as necessary for the heat source of the system. The by products from the Pyrolosis are of value in their own right as Bio char and/or Torrified Pellets. If sufficient quantity of renewable cellulose is not available, then solar parabolic reflectors can be used to generate the steam. A dual system is also an option using sunlight when available, and pyrolysis produced syn gas when sufficient sunlight is not available. As an alternative, the renewable source of energy, the “producer gas”, generated by slow pyrolysis, can be catalyzed into biofuels and used to generate electricity or for transportation fuels. Another extension of this system is by the transfer of any remaining flue gases to algae ponds which will serve as heat and nutrient for the growth of the algae. The algae can then be harvested for food and transportation fuels. A core value of this holistic system is that it is small in scale and the potential energy from waste organic material in the area can be transferred to electricity and used at its source. The most economical electricity would be the generation of Direct Current. The use of this option would be limited to approximately 1000 feet from the power source and used by 12 volt DC appliances which are low amperage. If wider distribution of power is needed, the DC would need to be rectified into the 120 volts AC with 120 volt AC appliances. More expensive options would include AC generators connected to the power source which also opens the possibility of the sale of unused surplus electrical power into an existing grid system should one be present, since the Drum Roll CHP System is designed to run 24 hours a day. Some valuable by-products of the Drum Roll CHP System beyond the co- generation of heat and power include the potential of air cooling (by absorption) using remnant heat, distillation of the spent steam which is of high value in those areas where impure water is the leading cause of death (5,000 die daily in the World) and Bio char. The primary value of Bio char is that it makes the operation of the Drum Roll CHP system CARBON NEGATIVE because of its ability to sequester the carbon that is left over from the waste organic material used in the Pyrolosis process. Additionally Bio char has an agricultural value. Bio char can be infused with nutrients and then worked into crop soil or for a greenhouse application. The infused Bio char provides the soil with tilth, water infiltration and retention, slow release of nutrients for the soil micro-organisms which thus increases crop yield considerably. Biochar, thus used, eliminates the use of expensive industrial fertilizers and has been shown to reduce the need for industrially produced pesticides. (See: http://algaloildiesel.wetpaint.com/page/SYNGAS+AND+BIOCHAR ) An example of a CHP unit with a syngas generator and biochar production, is the production of energy for a typical dairy. (See: http://algaloildiesel.wetpaint.com/page/DAIRY+PRODUCTION+OF+SYNGAS+AND+BIOCHAR ) Torrified Pellets are a biofuel in their own right. They may be used as a direct substitute for coal. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
