INDEPENDENT POWER-PLANT USING WOOD WASTE

A 1 MWe power plant using waste wood fuel is to be installed at a US M arine Corps base, which will supply all wood from a landfill site. The core energy conversion technology is a down-draft gasifier supplying approximately 150 Btu/scf gas to both spark ignition and Diesel dual-f uel engine-generator sets. Features of the plant design include 1) gri nding wood fuel from a wide range of waste resources, 2) specialized s creening for fines removal, 3) complete tar and other waste product co ntrol without landfill disposal, and 4) use of process hear for bulk f uel drying, gasifier air pre-hearing, and wastewater evaporation.