The Biomax
The Mobile BioMax Machine
Forrester Days: A group of children check out the biomax machine at Forrester Days
Portability allows us to host demonstrations and educational outreach seminars to potential stakeholders across the region. It also provides the opportunity to test some concepts of placing an electrical generator in-woods where waste residues are being produced or near enough to treatment sites to reduce or eliminate the adverse logistics and economics of hauling slash material great distances. On-site electrical equipment may be powered directly by the generator or diesel powered equipment may be modified to run partly on the producer gas, thereby using waste wood to help power the operation and reduce treatment costs.
Trailer Practice
Alternatively, the portable BioMax generator could be connected to power lines nearest a treatment site and put renewable electricity straight onto the grid. This would minimize slash transport distances and associated costs. Power could be sold directly to the local distribution company, thereby converting waste substances into a revenue stream.
Bioenergy Project
This project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and The University of Montana with additional collaboration by Community Power Corporation and the U.S. Forest Service Missoula Technology Development Center. We intend to promote the role that renewable bioenergy can play to potential stakeholders in the biomass-rich northwest region. Surrounded by millions of acres of national forests, state and private timberlands, bioenergy can become a carbon-neutral continuous energy source. New technologies such as the BioMax are available now to help solve the triple national concerns of environment, energy and security.
Let Us Show You
The goal of this project is to demonstrate the capabilities of the BioMax downdraft gasifier process and how it can be used in a combined heat and power application. Contact us to inquire about scheduling a demonstration seminar in your area.
