Why not do this system like a AC hydro system. They drive an AC motor, through some control mechanisms, but no inverter, batteries etc. I think that Thompson and Howe is one company that provides such equipment.
In working this through a standard inverter, you would have to rectify it, easy. But how do you deal with the MPPT working with the generator output? It wouldn't work like a PV output. I know from experience that trying to use standard batteryless inverters on motors ( such as hydros) doesn't always work. Some inverters ( brands) work, some don't jay peltz power On Sep 21, 2014, at 10:22 AM, toddc...@finestplanet.com wrote: > i saw a commercial unit doing this here in mountshasta about 12 years ago. > > the gas (from gasified wood) was fed into a ford engine, which turned a dc > generator charging a small "buffer bank" of batteries. a standard trace > sw4024 did the selling to the grid. the grid interface was the easy part. > getting the engine to consistently run off of the gasified wood chips was > what nixed the demonstration project. moisture variations and dirt in the > chips was the biggest problem. > > todd > > > > > On Sunday, September 21, 2014 2:08am, "RE Ellison" <reelli...@gmail.com> said: > > > The inverter portion of the process at this point in time would be > > relatively east to do. That's not saying that the inverter will like the > > power quality. Most generators will not put out smooth enough power to allow > > an inverter to connect. The engines that I have seen running on wood gas > > were nowhere near smooth enough to meet an inverters interconnect standards. > > > > > > After all that you get to deal with the regulatory hoops and I doubt that > > would be easy. > > > > Just some thoughts. > > Bob Ellison > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On > > Behalf Of Ron Young > > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 8:51 PM > > To: RE-wrenches > > Subject: [RE-wrenches] wood gasification to grid > > > > I have a customer who wants to use a 50kw generator converted to wood > > gasification to tie into the grid. Any recommendations on the type of grid > > tie gear that will be appropriate? It's a preliminary inquiry but I'm > > guessing a 240v output from the generator, single phase but may be 3ph. I > > see Solectria and SatCon make inverters in this range. Any suggestions > > appreciated > > > > Ron Young > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > > > Change listserver email address & settings: > > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > > > List-Archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > > > List rules & etiquette: > > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > > > Check out or update participant bios: > > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4015/8211 - Release Date: 09/14/14 > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4015/8211 - Release Date: 09/14/14 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > > > Change listserver email address & settings: > > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > > > List-Archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > > > List rules & etiquette: > > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > > > Check out or update participant bios: > > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > > > > > > Sent from Finest Planet WebMail. > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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