[Gasification] Insurance for small demo unit

[Dave Boyt]

Dave, where is the household?  There are plenty of homes here in the U.S. 
that would push a 10kW genererator to the limit.  If you don't try to air 
condition the entire house, don't cook on an electric stove, or heat water 
with electricity, you could power three or four households-- more, if you 
could coordinate the use of the refrigerator, freezers and other heavy users 
of electricity.  On the other hand, what would hundreds of these small units 
be able to do in a disaster area like Myanmar where there is wood fuel? 
Lights, water, refrigeration, communication... hope?

As for this demonstration unit, all we're trying to do is show that a very 
small sawmill (<1,000 bd ft / day) can power itself with its own wood waste 
and, perhaps, be a provider of electricity and charcoal.  I tend to think 
small... and simple.  Not in it for the money.  The idea is to get the unit 
out where people can actually see it work.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Stewart" <dmhstewart at gmail.com>
To: <gasification at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Gasification] Insurance for small demo unit


> Mr. Boyt,
> Is a 10 kWe unit about the size necessary to power a household?  Maybe
> a fridge and freezer, water pump, a handful of lights?  What is the
> target market for a 10kWe unit?   Regret that I have a very difficult
> time understanding the various units that are used for discussing
> power generation.
>
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