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PPS 250 Solid Biofuel Powerplant Project

Our Objective: We will finally make distributed renewable energy a truly practical alternative to fossil fuel energy by producing electric power and heat from biomass waste at a cost at or below fossil fuel generation, without the need for government subsidies.

A Clean, Low Cost, Alternative Fuel, Direct Combustion Powerplant:

PPS 250 Solid BioFuel Powerplant

Electric Power and Heat from Direct Combustion of Solid Biofuel

High Efficiency Combined with Total Fuel Flexibility

· Cost Effective, Practical, Renewable Power Generation without the Need for Government Subsidy

· Allows Direct Combustion of any Solid, Liquid or Gaseous Fuel

· Eliminates the Cost and Complexity of Digesters, Gasifiers, Fermenters, Distillers, Reformers etc.

· Ideal for Renewable Alternative fuels: Second Generation Biofuels (Algae, Bamboo, Miscanthus, Arundo, Switch Grass etc.), Bio-waste, Refuse, Prunings, Coconut Shells, Corn Husks, Shredded Paper, Wood Pellets or Scrap, etc.

· Ideal for Distributed Power using Lignite Fuel

· Extremely effective means for obtaining Sustainable Bioenergy Production from Marginal Lands

· Provides the cleanest and most efficient means possible for Direct Combustion of Carbon Neutral Solid Fuels and Cellulosic Biomass (without the need for a gasifier or digester) for Village Power, Agricultural Waste Power, and Power from all Types of Combustible Waste.

· Can Use its own Heat to Dry Wet Solid Fuels - Simplifies fuel handling and reduces fuel cost

· Fuel economy and global warming emissions even better than a Fuel Cell - right now - without waiting for the “Hydrogen Economy” (see the Fuel Cell comparison page)

· Clean exhaust meets 21st Century Environmental Requirements Without Costly Pollution Controls

· Simple, Conventional Construction

· Turnkey Installation using Standardized Modules to Simplify Site Preparation and Permitting
Multiple, Standard Modules Readily Lend Themselves to Creation of a Local MicroGrid

· Totally New – Not Steam or Stirling

1. Open Cycle that Operates on Air

2. No “Working Fluid” to Leak

3. Superior Efficiency, Reliability, and Maintainability

· Much Simpler and More Efficient than Stirling Engines (see the Stirling comparison adobe file)

· Long engine life: Moving Parts not Exposed to Combustion Products
- A vital characteristic for use of "non-traditional" renewable fuels that cause other engines to rapidly seize

· Low cost to manufacture, high profit

· Endorsed by 2008 “Innovation in Renewable Energy” Award by the Northern Ohio Chapter – Association of Energy Engineers

· Competition prevented by broad patent protection (U.S. #8,858,223, (U.S. #7028476, US Patent 6,672,063, US Patent 6,390,185, U.S. #5894729) and pending