Charcoal/Steam Powerplant In Shipping Containers

A Kon-Tiki Kiln (lower right) creates charcoal that can be dumped out to the right as biochar, or onto a hopper (left) where a conveyor belt moves it to a Troy Martz Gasifier that powers an internal combustion engine for electricity generation. The wwaste heat rises into a Steam Generator that powers a Steam Engine.

This quick draft is a concept for a small, versatile portable power plant in two shipping containers. It uses any kind of dry biomass and can produce electricity (via internal combustion engine as well as steam engine), biochar and (superheated) steam.

Description (see figure)

• Two 20 ft. shipping containers are used: the lower container is the carbonization/gasifier unit and the upper one is the steam / steam engine unit
• a charcoal-making unit similar to the Kon-Tiki Kiln is used for "open burn" pyrolysis
• the charcoal can be used as biochar (sup
• alternatively, charcoal can be fed into a Troy Martz Gasifier
• "waste heat" rises into a Steam Generator
• Steam powers Steam Engine