Posted by ChrisinMO on February 04, 2009 at 17:37:06 from (69.29.89.164):
I've been thinking (uh-oh!).
Several years ago I looked into steam powered generators. A guy not all that far from me who sells this kind of machinery talked me out of it, explaining things I had never considered. He suggested that gasifying wood would be safer and easier.
Well, the thread below about UofMN and ethanol stirred my pot again.
I've got several sources nearby of shredded/chipped wood wastes free for the taking. These are available on an ongoing basis. A bit further away, I've got a source of cheap wood chips, though not free and hauling them would be a much larger expense.
Is there a way these could be converted into some product which could be burned in an engine to produce electricity? That is, without such a huge investment that it would take decades to pay it off compared to using power company electric.
Some thoughts which come to mind are wood alcohol, anaerobic digestion to produce methane, gasifying the chips (whatever that is), or directly burning them (though they are probably too wet and too difficult to dry in large quantities).
This is more of an idea I like to play with when the soil is frozen and I've got nothing more interesting or pressing to do, rather than a serious quest.
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