The new biomass generator, which Talbotts has developed in conjunction with the bio-energy team at Harper Adams University College, has incorporated automotive technology in order to ensure continuous operation on a self-sustaining generating cycle.
The system, which burns waste wood pellets in a combustor, generating hot air through a mile and a half of piping – packed into a heat exchanger that powers a turbocharger, cycles back this heat energy through the compressor to charge fresh incoming air to keep driving the turbocharger.
On the other hand, a second turbocharger captures the excess energy to drive two alternators via a specially designed gearbox, enabling the self-contained system to consistently generate 25kW of power and recycle excess energy within it, while saving 212 tonnes of CO2 pa.
Talbotts managing director Paul Firth said that the new turbocharged BG25 CHP generator uses readily-available waste biomass in the form of wood chips or pellets to generate consistent level of power, making it ideal for organizations in the wood working industry.
