1	Vidir Biomass Systems Greenhouse Gas Displacement System A Biomass Fired Heating System to help you do your part to meet the Kyoto Accord guidelines
2	The Vidir Group of Companies Vidir Machine Inc Arborg - 100 employees. Biomass heating since 1999 saving $50,000 a year heating costs. Main product manufactured – Home Depot carpet carousels and cutting machines Vidir Morris Inc – 50 employees. Biomass system under installation to heat powder coating oven year round. Expected savings $100,000+ per year. Main product – hopper bottom bins and Wal-Mart Bike Merchandising Systems. We are working with Dr Bibeau to add CHP and community heating to that system Vidir Inc – 6 employees in Florida - expediting Vidir Biomass Systems Inc – 2 operating GHG displacement system installations including a farm in Landmark. Raymond Dueck – co-owner www.VidirBiomass.com
3	Beat the rising cost of fuel! Natural gas prices are rising rapidly past $12 per million btu One 1000 lb bale has 7 - 8 million btu of potential heat If you heat with natural gas you need $84 - $120 of it to equal the heat output of 1 bale If you heat with coal you need 1500 lbs of Saskatchewan coal to equal the output of one 1000 lb bale For the cost of a coal burning system, you can have a clean burning biomass system that does not pollute and pays for itself in less than 3 years Patents Pending on the only system ever designed that can burn wheat, barley and oat straw with high silica content and operate trouble free year after year Distributed CHP Combined Heat and Power systems for greater community security against critical systems failures
4	Beat the rising cost of fuel! Tested to run efficiently with a 50% chicken manure mix – the key is to reduce the moisture content to less than 20% flax straw and shives wood chips and hog fuel – reduce MSW dumping costs and landfills Composted biohazards – killing plant waste Other biomass – Switchgrass, lake reeds, rice hulls Automated control systems that will process bales with up to 25% moisture content with automated alarm systems including cell phone integration Our proprietary SmartFire^TMtechnology constantly monitors internal temperatures and controls the system to maximize efficiencies and create the cleanest burn through all operating cycles Optional LAMBDA sensors to minimize CO output Web based control systems and web cams allow control of the system from anywhere in the world! Your BEST choice is a Vidir GDS! Make community heating part of your next housing development Click here for detailed specifications
5	The Benefits of the Vidir Greenhouse Gas Displacement System (GDS) Biomass GDS fuel costs are much lower than those of conventional fossil fuels or gas. Farmers are stubble burning this fuel in the field creating seasonal air quality problems. They are anxious to get rid of it. Our GHGDS can heat 100’s of homes and remove this source of pollution.
6	More than Economic Benefits Renewable Biomass: Biomass fuels are derived from a renewable resource. Manitoba farmers produce 19,000,000 tons of waste biomass worth $665,000,000 @$35/t. Enough to heat 1,800,000 homes Environmental Benefits: Biomass combustion is considered CO2 neutral
7	More than Economic Benefits Local Economic Benefits: Biofuel dollars remain in the local economy. Collection, preparation and delivery involves greater labor input than fossil fuel distribution. The economic impact of this activity plus the actual fuel purchase means dollars remain in the local area, creating filter-down economic activity as well as improving the local tax base and building tax revenues.
8	Vidir Morris Community CHP Combined heat and power generation in Morris will: Heat our plant and displace $120,000 NG annually When the infrastructure is in place we expect to: Generate and inject power into the Hydro Grid worth $200,000 annually Serve as a standby emergency power generating system for the hospital, retirement home, and the community center Value $100,000 annually Displace $200,000 worth of heat with public facilities heating and district heating annually Dr Bibeau’s Turbion Power generating system is expected to be able to run maintenance free with 100% uptime
9	Introduction to Vidir Biomass Greenhouse GDS VIDIR BIOMASS INC. has spent many years designing and developing its biomass powered close-coupled gasification technology, and is now proud to introduce the VIDIR BIOMASS GREENHOUSE GAS DISPLACEMENT SYSTEM, a new concept in open system hot water and air furnaces.
10	Vidir Biomass Greenhouse GDS Given the remarkable efficiency rating of up to 85%, combined with the low cost of biofuel, makes the VIDIR BIOMASS GHGDS a superior heat and energy producer ideal for any large scale operation with high energy requirements.
11	Main System Components Diagram
12	Design Features Fuel Storage Received fuel is moved onto the bale magazine by either a front-end loader or a specially designed automated crane system. The bale magazine can be designed to handle any amount of fuel desired. The magazine automatically feeds baled straw into the disintegration machine as fuel is required for processing.
13	Design Features Heat Exchanger - 3 options Turbion CHP – Combined Heat and Power Systems We are working with Dr Bibeau, Les Routledge, the Town of Morris and others to develop a CHP system to provide emergency heat and power to public buildings in Morris such as hospitals, schools, public and retirement housing. Atmospheric pressure water heat exchanger consists of a series of tubes through which the heated flue gases pass transferring the heat to the water surrounding the tubes. Hot water is the most efficient way to distribute heat to the desired space heating points Steam boiler
14	Emissions Dillon Consulting Limited was retained by Vidir Biomass to conduct source testing on the GDS exhaust stack to quantify combustion gas emission rates. The following gases were measured from the exhaust gas stream: Oxygen (O2) Carbon Monoxide (CO) Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) Oxides of Nitrogen (NO, NO2, NOX); Carbon Dioxide (CO2).
15	Combustion Gas Concentration
16	POI Summary for 24-hr Averaging Period
17	Return on Investment The following “cost versus savings” projection is intended to create awareness of the real value of using biomass for fuel and the reduced heating costs that will make any operation requiring large amounts of heat more efficient and viable. Current Annual Natural Gas Expense……………………………………………………………..$ 60,000 Straw fuel cost (energy value equivalent to natural gas)……………$ 7,520 (752 round 5 x 6 ft wheat straw bales @ $10/bale) Electricity Cost to operate system……………………………………………$ 1,200 (2% of total output $…60,000) Labor Cost…………………………………………………………………………….$ 8,100 Approximate average daily time required: 1 hr bale handling 2 hrs maintenance/service/ash removal total 3 hrs per day @ $15/hr = $45/day for 6 months Total annual operating costs………………..…………………………………$ 16,820 Annual savings in reduced heating expenses………………………..….$ 43,180 Estimated Capital Investment 3.0M BTU Vidir Biomass Greenhouse Gas Displacement System Plus Accessories (pipes, pumps, etc.) Accessory installations Building, shelter, ash bin Trenching Total estimated investment……………………………………………$ 200,000 Return on Investment: $200,000 / $43,180 = 4.63 years
18	Grand Opening Grand Opening of the VIDIR BIOMASS GREENHOUSE GAS DISPLACEMENT SYSTEM ribbon cutting ceremony at Primrose Farms, Landmark, Manitoba, CANADA on November 22, 2002 Shown left to right: Ruth and Ron Penner (Owners of Primrose Farms and the GHGDS); Ron Lemeiux (Minister of Education); MaryAnn Mihychuk (Minister of Industry, Trade and Mines); Vic Toews (Member of Parliament, Provencher, MB); Raymond Dueck (Co-owner and president of Vidir Biomass)