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What is the AgriPower Unit? The Company's initial product is a 225 Kw (net) transportable electric power plant designed to provide an industry-leading technology fueled by
biomass to produce electricity and heat energy with virtually no pollution and at a significantly lower cost than diesel generators over it's operating life.
What is the scalability of the AgriPower Unit? The Unit is initially designed to offer 225 Kw of electrical output. The Unit can be upgraded to 350 Kw and units can be installed in parallel to produce power in MW quantities.
What fuels have been tested so far? The AgriPower Unit performed successfully with a diesel start and propane and using wood chips alone. Electricity was generated as designed.
When is the next fuel test? We are engaged in long-term power, emissions and fuels testing.
What is the type, moisture content of the biomass, and size
to be used for the next test? MPR Associates will provide a certified test report detailing chip consumption, power attained, and emissions output.
Does the Unit feed itself, and is it self-monitoring? The Unit has a fuel-feed system designed to transport the given fuel from a fuel-feed hopper via a series of variable-speed augers. The fuel-feed system is
controlled by a proprietary control system.
What is the cost of the Unit? The proposed cost for the initial units will be USD $1,000,000/unit. Our price differential (based on diesel costs of $3.50/gal) will be recovered in
approximately one year.
What are the added benefits of the Unit? There is an added benefit of 500-degree clean hot air for co-generation and for drying biomass fuel when its moisture content exceeds
favorable limits. Future benefits include using the clean hot air as thermal energy for ice making and refrigeration. The hot air is an excellent option for kiln drying operations at a lumber mill. Also, the Unit can be
utilized near a variety of fuels that are most commonly a waste product, or at least in abundance, which provides a no-cost option for fuel and/or fuel transportation.
The AgriPower Unit operates using virtually free biomass fuel and
was designed to compete with electrical generators that operate using expensive diesel fuel oil. In comparison to diesel generators, at $3.50/gal for diesel, the fuel savings over it's useful life approaches $10 million.
When will the Units be available for purchase? Orders are now being taken.
What other fuels can the Unit utilize? The Unit is designed to burn all types of abundant and renewable agricultural biomass fuels with good BTU content. The Unit can operate on producer gas and has been tested on propane. The other fuels that have been identified with excellent potential are: coconut oil (with a slight modification in the control system),
wood chips, sawdust, sugar cane bagasse, coconut and peanut shells, coffee and rice husks, rice grass, etc. We will be testing a variety of fuels over the next year and will have available certified MPR test reports.
Identify the components of the Unit as
presented on the first page. See following photograph.
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