Huang Tests Alaska Biomass at All Power Lab Labs
Next month, ACEP’s Daisy Huang, ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ Cooperative Extension Service’s Art Nash and the
ACEP Power Systems Integration Lab manager, Dave Light, will travel to All Power Labs
in Berkeley, California, to test the performance of wood chips from two species of
Alaska trees in a 25-kilowatt Power Pallet gasifier.
of North Pole is providing the aspen and spruce wood chips, which are being shipped
to California. Each test is expected to consume 450 pounds of chips over eight hours.
This work is funded by the .
The Power Pallet is a candidate for renewable biomass-fired combined heat and power generation in Alaska. All Power Labs is a company whose work we have been observing for a number of years. An early version of the Power Pallet is at the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center. Nash, Light, Devany Plentovich, several other folks and Huang all went down to see it in operation. The version we are testing this trip is a turnkey system that is a viable candidate for deployment in rural Alaska. The test will measure power output and efficiency and will provide proof-of-concept for performance with Alaska biomass chips.
A 25-kW Power Pallet gasifier. Photo courtesy of All Power Labs.