Crispin,
Yes they were supposed to be the beacon for biomass energy. Nexterra is
often a featured presenter at Biomass energy conferences. I stopped by
their Dockside Green heating plant in Victoria in June. Johnson
Controls seemed like a big player that could do thing right. 98 day out
of 534 providing steam/heat, ouch.
It would be nice to see a complete "aircrash investigation" style report
on all the problems that goes beyond journalism. I could write one for
our wood chip fired heating plant. There are lots of things that do go
awry, but we've been online producing all our heat for over 99% of the
time. Then again we could blow up tomorrow:) This summer our fuel pile
was struck by lightning.
Stuff happens but there is a strong tendency not to talk openly about it.
"officials touted plant as the cat's meow" When my cat meows its usually
be cause she is stuck up a tree.
Alex
On 10/10/2011 12:40 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote:
Dear Gas-Friendly Friends
Not quite the result we were expecting:
1.)The technology:
http://www.palletenterprise.com/articledatabase/view.asp?articleID=2841
2.)The problems:
http://www.thestate.com/2011/10/09/2001993/uscs-biomass-plant-debacle.html#ixzz1aKeVXkUU
3.)The discussion:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/10/09/green-fail-foia-shows-dangerous-university-biomass-power-plant-frought-with-problems-closures-explosion/#more-48955
It is a wood gasifier with three chambers. It is not a pyrolyser. It
produces ash, not char.
Regards
Crispin
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