Re: [Fwd: GAS-L: gasifier]

[LINVENT@aol.com]

Dear Peter and Harmon,
    I have not been able to respond to e-mails for the last couple of days, 
and I see my name is used in connection with power generation and so on. 
    I wonder if the regulators will allow self-generation, off grid power. 
When we were working with Ontario Hydro a few years ago, you could not 
generate power without their being part of the deal. Apparently, the 
deregulation is moving ahead up there.
    New Mexico passed a deregulation law which was fought for by the utility, 
PNM which allowed in language connection and net metering to the grid, but 
had a hooker, the power which was purchased had a "Stranded Cost" charge 
which was arbitrarily set by the Utility at any rate they wanted. I figured 
they would use $.20/Kwhr as a charge. So, they would charge you this amount 
and then pay you for whatever the other rates would be, you would have to pay 
them to sell electricity to them. The issue was moot for two reasons, one is 
that PNM would never agree to a grid connection and use up lots of engine
ering time running you around in circles over the technical issues of 
connection and one guy had 29 contracts for power generation and no 
connections approved by PNM. The second reason is after the California 
debacle, the legislature here panicked and delayed deregulation for 2 years. 
HaHa. PNM had up to 150 lobbyists/engineers/PR people working on getting the 
deregulation bill passed in a form they would make tons of money off of and 
then had it shelved. 
    The US Forest Service here has basically given up on power generation as 
an option because of PNM's attitude. They have several million tons of 
biomass for power generation but will not sell 1 kilowatt to PNM. 
    As to diesel engine operation, we have run diesel engines on producer gas 
with good results. Depending upon engine configuration, from 1% to 30% diesel 
can be used with nearly same output as diesel alone with producer gas. Some 
engines are designed to use the 1% amount and mix the air/fuel well enough to 
operate at this level, the diesel being used for replacement of the ignition 
system alone. 
    The reason we have focussed on what I would call medium range systems is 
because of the economics. Fully automatic, limited operator interface systems 
have the same level of controls regardless of size and for this reason, we 
have selected this range of operation. For personal or residential use, the 
fueling and discharge is more laborious than most people would want and 
having to interface with a manual system is not marketable. There are 
naturally exceptions to this rule, but not as many as would justify a good 
market approach. A natural residential fuel would be plastics, paper and 
foostuffs. These do not work well in the typical gasifier. 
    

Sincerely,
Leland T. Taylor
 President
 Thermogenics Inc. 
7100-2nd St. NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107 
phone 505-761-1454 fax 505-761-1456
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