Have you looked into Fuel Cells?? I don't know what they cost and you need a
source of Hydrogen
(natural gas) but they seem to be a solution to your type of need. Ballard
Power Systems may
now have a generator that merits looking into. Coleman may be making them too.
Plug Power is
another company involved in Fuel Cells. Fuel Cells are the future.
On storage tanks use above ground and have them imperviously diked with a
capacity of at least
110% of the tank. Or use a double walled tank.
my 2 cents
RBHouston@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 05/03/2002 4:13:48 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> david@vermonthardwoods.com writes:
>
> > We are thinking about putting a generator in at our shop as a replacement
> > for
> > grid power. We'd use the generator during normal production hours and grid
> > power on nights and weekends.
> >
> > Based on our normal peak demand of about 40KW I'd assume we'd need
> > somewhere
> > around a 50KW diesel unit. We use an average of 4000KWHrs a month.
> >
>
> David,
>
> Couple of things to consider.
>
> How much is the delivered price of diesel for this and how big a tank are you
> planning.
>
> Be sure you get the untaxed price of diesel for your figures as pump diesel
> includes about $.34 in road tax not applicable for your use.
>
> If you are thinking of storing diesel in a tank larger than 2-300 gallons,
> there are a myrid of decisions and problems. The liability factors of
> leaking, polluting, fuel storage tanks are numerous and expensive.
>
> You will also need sophisticated controls to switch from grid to generator or
> back. I wouldn't even hazard a guess of the liability issue if you let
> electricity flow back into the grid and some lineman working on a "dead" line
> gets zapped.
>
> Just my top of the head thoughts.....
>
> Robert Houston
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