The BioMax/spl trade/ new biopower option for distributed generation and CHP

The BioMax line of small modular biopower systems from community power corporation (USA) offers new options for using a variety of biomass residues to provide power and heat for rural enterprises, homes and small communities. CPC\´s BioMax systems are skid-mounted, fully automated, environmentally friendly biopower systems that consist of an advanced and controllable down-draft gasifier integrated with an engine/generator that produces 5, 20 and 50 kW _e from producer gas. The BioMax systems are fully automated and require less than 30 minutes per day of attendant labor, excluding time to prepare the woody biomass feedstock. The attendant turns the key to start the engine on propane and then may walk away as the "expert" computer-based, control system starts the gasifier, activates the screw feeder as needed, automatically transitions from the start-up fuel (generally propane) to a clean producer gas made from woodchips or many other types of biomass residues and continues to operate and monitor the system until automatic shutdown. The feeder/gasifier system is driven by the load demands of the internal-combustion-spark engine/generator. BioMax systems are configured for combined heat and power applications.