The Shortest Path to Power from Plants

Turbine BioFuel provides a unique methodology to convert Algae, Yeast, Camelina Meal, and other plant biomass to a high energy combustible powder through a simple, economical drying process.

 

The vast majority of high compression combustion power systems developed for mobile systems rely on liquid and gaseous fuels as the source of chemical energy. Under certain circumstances, however, solid fuels might offer particular advantages due to their unique thermodynamic properties or economic attributes.

 

Solids materials can generally be delivered to pressurized compact combustors and dispersed for rapid, intense combustion if the solids can be fluidized homogeneously. Such fluidizable solids behave very much like liquid fuels and can be considered for use in systems designed for liquid fuels.

 

Once mixed with the flow agent (natural gas, methane, powdered coal…), the sample powder behaves very much like other fuels that have been successfully burned in pressurized combustion power systems. Our testing suggests that these powdered fuels can be delivered to a high pressure combustor that is coupled to an energy conversion system that produces thrust or shaft power.

 

 

 

Click here to view an early flare test of powdered algae.

 

Click here to see complete comments from Penn State research facility.