Benefits
Creating fuel from feedstock to run a generator:
- Eliminates waste cooking oils from water supplies and landfills
- Reduces the country’s dependence on foreign energy sources such as oil and coal
- Reduces the inherent pollution created by exploration, drilling or mining, and transporting petroleum or coal-based energy sources
Results from the BioWatz project will be used in a national performance database to help design future installations, tests, and programs.
Program requirements
A system of sensors, monitors, and a data collection devices are used to control and record various power and biodiesel processes and conditions to:
- Measure, record, and control input (biodiesel fuel recipe, quality and quantity), and environment (temperature, humidity)
- Measure, record, and control output (energy output, electrical generation, emissions, heat output)
- Validate the technological and commercial viability of using biodiesel and technology-management systems
The recorded and reported data and findings will be used for research, and further the understanding of biodiesel, system efficiency, overall operational cost and effectiveness.
Project Requirements
BioWatz will measure:
- Generator engine coolant flow, coolant inlet and outlet temperature, exhaust gas temp. fuel and oil temperature, oil and fuel pressure total hours, generator and engine load\ throttle position
- Generator output voltage output amperage output power connection status (on grid/off grid)
- Emissions including oxygen carbon monoxide carbon dioxide nitrous oxide nitrous dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrocarbons, and visible particulates
- Heat recovery and calculated recovery in kW and BTU, and environmental monitoring of site temperature and humidity
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