CONVERTING LOW VALUE BIOMASS AND OTHER

WASTE MATERIALS INTO CLEAN, AFFORDABLE AND

HIGH VALUE HEAT ENERGY AND ELECTRIC POWER
TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS PRESENTATION PREPARED
ESPECIALLY FOR:
GENERAL VIEWING
MAY 16, 2016
2016. AGRIPOWER, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Our Customers Problems

Our clients are looking for a way to:

Reduce their waste disposal costs.
Reduce their cost of fuel to generate electricity and/or
produce hot air and hot water to heat (or cool or refrigerate)
their businesses.
Affordably comply with environmental laws that regulate the
disposal of their waste materials.
Have predictable and controllable waste disposal and energy
costs.
Operate Responsibly and be a Good Neighbor.
Have Sustainable, Secure, Reliable, Resilient and Customer
Controlled On-Site Heat Energy.
Obtain a Customized Solution for their waste and energy
problems.
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Our Systems Cleanly Convert Waste Into Energy

AgriPowers Solutions

AgriPowers unique, proprietary and

technology, Waste-to-Energy Systems:

advanced

Fueled by Biomass and many other waste materials.

Biomass waste consists of:
wood
cardboard
paper
agricultural waste
forest residuals (stumpage and hog fuel)).
Our Systems are proven; more than 60 Systems are
installed, some for more than 10 years.
We provide significant operational and economic benefits.
We offer individual building and District Electric Power and
Heating options.
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AgriPowers Waste to Energy Product Line

We offer a wide range of Waste to Heat Energy and Waste to

Combined Heat & Power Systems.
They use from 1 to 60 tons of waste as fuel per day.
Their heat energy output ranges from 500,000 to 25 Million
BTU/hour (net).
Their electric power output ranges from 150 kW to 1.2 MW
(gross). Multiple Systems can operate together.
They provide numerous heat energy outputs:
heated air
hot water (up to 350F)
high-, medium- and low-pressure steam
with an add-on module, air conditioning and refrigeration
(without electricity)

We Can Handle Many Problematic Fuels

The Systems can utilize a wide variety of waste and

problematic materials as fuel including:
Wood pallets and crates (even with nails and screws)
Wood waste
Agricultural by-products and residues
Cardboard and paper (even with ink and glue)
Many types of plastic
Construction and demolition debris (even with glue and paint)
Forest Residuals (even with high moisture and bark content)
Field Mats (Rig, Road & Swamp) and Pipeline Skids
Waste water treatment sludge
Sorted Municipal Solid Waste or Refuse Derived Fuel pellets
Animal manure
Green Waste including tree trimmings, grass clippings,
vines, twigs, branches and leafs
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Many Types Of Waste Can Be Used As Fuel

COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL WASTE

wood, woodchips, pellets, sawdust

and sanding dust and shavings
cardboard and paper
construction, demolition and other
wood debris including plywood
(with glue) and painted and
creosote treated wood
other wood waste including
pallets, crates and boxes
discarded fruits and vegetables
food waste
many types of plastic waste
including bottles, containers and
pallets
municipal waste water sludge

AGRICULTURAL AND
FOREST WASTE

virtually all types of crop waste

including sugar cane bagasse,
corn stover, rice hulls and husks,
grains, oilseeds, shells, husks and
pits
forest residuals (stumpage)
hog fuel even if it contains high
amounts of bark and up to 50%
moisture content
bark beetle-infected trees
utility and road clearing tree and
brush trimmings
Green Waste
rapidly growing renewable fuel
crops including jatropha, poplars,
willows and switchgrass
nuisance plant materials such as
weeds, invader and thorn bush
cow, horse, poultry and other
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manure

Sample Fuels- 1
Our Systems Can Use A Wide Variety Of Commercial Waste As Fuel
(2)
(1)

(3)

Clockwise from top left:

(1) Sorted Biomass (Cardboard and Paper);
(2) Baled Cardboard; and
(3) Discarded Wooden Pallets and Other Wood Debris.

Sample Fuels- 2
Our Systems Can Use A Wide Variety of Biomass Feed-Stocks as Fuel

Clockwise from top left: (1) Wood Chips; (2) Hog Fuel; (3) Sugar Cane Bagasse;
and Fast-Growing Energy Crops such as (4) Willows and Poplars; (5) Giant
Miscanthus; and (6) Jatropha.
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Sample Fuels- 3
Our Systems Can Use A Wide Variety Of Agricultural Waste, Forest
Residuals and Various Wood Products As Fuel

Clockwise from top left: (1) Crop Waste; (2) Discarded Fruits and Vegetables; (3)
Forest Residuals; (4) Timber Slash and Brush; (5) Out Of Service Rig Mats and
Pipeline Skids; and (6) Cow, Horse and Poultry Manure.
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Converting Waste Materials Into Fuel

The Systems cleanly convert a wide variety of worthless
waste into valuable fuel instead of its going to a landfill or being
burned or decomposing in the open air.
The Systems can use the fuel to responsibly and
sustainably produce electric power and heat energy.
Each ton of wood waste contains the same amount of
usable energy as 65 gallons (250 liters) of diesel fuel.
One ton of wood costs $____ per ton.
One gallon (3.8 liters) of diesel fuel costs $_______.
65 gallons (250 liters) of diesel fuel costs $_______.

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Numerous On-Grid And Remote Applications

REMOTE

ON-GRID

factories, warehouses, cold

storage units, supermarkets, Big
Box stores and malls and
shopping centers
hospitals, hotels, casinos, colleges
and universities
municipal buildings such as
correctional facilities, shelters,
libraries, schools and town halls
food processors (especially those
that need hot water and
refrigeration), brewers, roasters
and greenhouses
lumber mills, paper and pulp
companies and corrugated
cardboard producers
furniture manufacturers and
industrial parks (especially those
that have unreliable or dirty
power)
municipal waste and landfill sites

remote communities including

small and mid-size villages and
towns
sugar cane and palm oil
plantations
worker camps
mining sites
Indigenous communities
lumber processing sites
farms and ranches
military bases
disaster sites
oil rig support facilities
resort facilities

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Lower And Upper Combustion Chambers

Front View Of Lower And Upper Combustion Chambers

(With Hot Water Heater On Top)
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AgriPowers 7 MM BTU/hour Combustor

Front View.
The
upper
combustion
chamber enables volatile
chemicals such as glue and
paint to be thoroughly
combusted.
Rear View.
The three air inlets on the
right side of the lower
combustion
chamber
enable wet, dry and mixed
waste to be efficiently
combusted.
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Benefits Of Our Combustors- 1

1)

We use unique, proprietary, technically advanced and

proven extended, multi-zone, variable temperature
combustion technology that controls both a lower and an
upper combustion chamber.

2)

The Combustion Module consists of two modular, precast, customized refractory, ceramic-lined, combustion
chambers that enable easy repair, low maintenance and a
long operating life.

3)

The primary (lower) combustion chamber automatically

controls the insertion of three sources of combustion air.
This unique over-, under- and mid-fire air design provides
greater flexibility to cleanly combust a wide variety of wet, dry
and mixed fuels (up to 50% moisture content).

4)

The extended (upper) combustion chamber provides

longer dwell time (>1.5 seconds) to completely combust the
fuel enabling compliance with all air permit requirements. 15

Benefits Of Our Combustors- 2

5)

They can operate from 2,200F down to 1,000F which is

below the chemical reaction point of many troublesome
emission materials. This enables a wide variety of difficult
materials to be used as fuel.

6)

This high temperature extended combustion chamber

also cleanly and efficiently combusts volatile chemicals.
This reduces pollution and enables plywood (with glue) and
painted and creosote treated wood to be used as fuel when
permitted.

7)

They are able to operate efficiently at 20% to 100% of

their rated output to handle seasonal and fuel availability
variations.
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Benefits Of Our Combustors- 3

8)

Their efficient operation generates minimal residual ash

(only 1 - 3%) which can be mixed with cement or used as
fertilizer.

9)

They use multiple screw augers that operate on a timed

and specific fuel basis to ensure a consistent, thorough and
clean combustion process.

10)
They contain a fully automated stoking and ash removal
system.
11)
They are non-condensing and do not require water,
steam or high air pressure (or on-site technical or safety
personnel) to operate.
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Complete Automation
All facets of our Systems are
controlled
using
proprietary
algorithms installed on an included
Programmable Logic Controller
(PLC) that closely monitors and
automatically controls their entire
operation many times each
second.

Automated Control Module

Their proven operating software,

installed in an included Automated
Control Module, enables maximum
operating flexibility, continuous
System optimization and constant
emissions compliance without the
need for any on-site personnel.
Their user-friendly screens enable
easy System monitoring.

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Easy System Monitoring

Examples of User Friendly

Touch Screen Panels

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Emissions Compliance

The basic System comes with a multi-clone air filter that

catches most particulate matter so there is no smoke.
Particulate matter (>PM 2.5 microns) and other
emissions from the Systems will comply with most air
permitting regulations.
If required by the local air permitting authority, standard
emission control devices can be added to catch very small
particulate matter (<PM 2.5 microns) and thereby enable
compliance with their emission regulations.
For high value opportunity or problematic fuels (e.g.,
wood containing glue, paint, creosote, chemicals, etc.),
additional emission control equipment can be added such as
a catalyst based system that will neutralize most problem
emission materials.
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Combustor Internal View

The Combustion Chamber Is Equipped With A Modular, High Temperature, Cast Refractory
Ceramic Lining That Can Range From 4 to 12 Thick (Depending On Model Size And Output).
The Above Door Is Lined With A 3 Thick Ceramic Lining. This Design Provides A Long
Operating Life And Enables Easy And Low Cost Repairs And Replacements.
The 6 Screw Augers Move The Fuel Into, Through And Out Of The Combustion Chamber.

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Combustor Features

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AgriPowers Screw Auger Design

Other
Manufacturers
Step Grate Design.
Note the various steps in the
grate. This design allows fuel to
accumulate and then fall onto
each step resulting in uneven
operating temperatures, and
numerous and large clinkers
and emission issues.

AgriPowers
Multiple
Screw Auger Design.
Note the four screw augers in
the combustor bed. This design
permits a timed and steady
advancement of the fuel,
consistent
and
controlled
operating temperatures, only a
few and small clinkers and a
thorough and clean burn for low
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emissions.

AgriPowers Add-On Modules- 1

Our basic Systems produce heated air, hot water

and low-, medium- and high-pressure steam.
With the addition of a waste heat electric generation
module, they can also generate between 150 kW and
1.2 MW (gross) of electric power.
With the addition of a waste heat absorption chiller
module, they can also produce air conditioning and
refrigeration without electric power.
The add-on modules are manufactured for us by
world class companies such as Mitsubishi, Carrier,
Johnson Controls and Kaishan.
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AgriPowers Add-On Modules- 2

AIR CONDITIONING AND

REFRIGERATION
MODULES

WASTE HEAT SCREW

EXPANDER ELECTRIC
GENERATION MODULE

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AgriPowers Screw Expanders

ADVANCED SCREW
EXPANDER
TECHNOLOGY

SIGNIFICANT
MANUFACTURING
CAPABILITY

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Benefits Of Our Waste Heat Electric Generators

We use the highest quality Waste Heat Generators (WHGs) that

are configured for our customers specific requirements.

Our high temperature WHGs operate at 700F instead of 200F.

Our WHGs use a high efficiency, hot oil or steam organic fluid
system instead of a low efficiency, hot air or hot water system.

This technology minimizes the erosion of metal parts and blades as

well as mechanical stress = expected useful life of 20 years.

These high temperature, high efficiency, hot oil WHGs will typically
produce considerably more net electrical output and greater
customer value compared to low temperature, low efficiency units
(e.g., net output of about 95% of rated capacity vs. about 60 - 80%).

The WHGs flexible design enables them to be operated in parallel

so we can offer our customers customized Systems up to 15 MW.
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Economic Benefits Of Our Systems

Sources of savings from a 1.2 MW (gross) AgriPower

Combined Heat and Power System at a typical location.
1) Reduced waste disposal costs.
2) Reduced diesel fuel purchases to produce heat, hot water,
steam, air conditioning and/or refrigeration.
3) Reduced diesel fuel purchases to produce electric power.
4) Typical Customers total annual savings: approximately
$1,000,000 to $2,000,000 per year.
The typical payback period ranges from 2.5 to 4 years.
Note: The payback period does NOT include tax benefits, grants
or carbon credits or Renewable Energy Certificates.
Each ton of inexpensive wood contains the same amount of
usable energy as 65 gallons of expensive diesel fuel.
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Very Low Maintenance and Replacement Costs

Very Low Annual

Replacement Costs:

Maintenance

and

The annual maintenance and replacement costs of a

typical Heat Only AgriPower System are between
$5,000 to $10,000 per year and $80,000 to $100,000
for a Combined Heat and Power System.
This primarily consists of replacing the screw augers
approximately every 4 to 6 years as their blade edges
wear out and payment for a service and parts
replacement contract for the WHG.
The useful life of each System, with proper maintenance,
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is expected to be more than 30 years.

Heat Energy Applications

Heat Energy has many valuable uses:

Can generate electric power
Heated Air (buildings, greenhouses, district heating)
Hot Water (kitchens, showers, laundries, swimming
pools, food processing, district heating)
Steam (single buildings and district heating)
Air conditioning (rooms and common areas)
Refrigeration (supermarkets, food and flower storage)
Drying and bonding (kilns, lumber mills, plywood)
Pre-drying excessively wet fuels (paper and pulp
sludge, municipal waste water sludge)
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No Operating Employees Required

The same employee that currently brings separated waste
to a compactor or trash bin drops it into a grinder as shown in
slide #32 which reduces the waste to its proper size.
The automated pneumatic air system shown in slide #32
sends the ground-up material into a walking floor storage bin
as shown in the upper right corner of slide #33 where it is stored.
When the combustor requires additional fuel, a signal is
sent for the ground-up material to be transferred from the
storage bin into its lower combustion chamber using an
enclosed screw auger as shown in the blue colored fuel transfer
unit on the left of slide #33.
After the fuel has been thoroughly combusted, the ash is
automatically removed from the combustor and deposited into a
fireproof ash container as shown on the right in slide #34 where
it is safely stored until it is disposed of.
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High Volume Grinder Set-Up

The Pneumatic Tube Moves The Fuel Into
An Automated Storage Bin (See Next Slide)

THIS IS THE LAST TIME ANY PERSONNEL ARE NEEDED IN THE SYSTEMS OPERATION. FROM
THIS POINT ON, THE SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY MOVE THE FUEL INTO AND THROUGH32
THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND THE ASH INTO THE FIREPROOF ASH CONTAINER.

In-Line Steam System With Automated Storage Bin

8.5 MM BTU/hr Steam System (In-Line Installation) With 250 HP LowPressure Steam Boiler, 35 Cubic Yard Live Auger
And Automated Bottom Storage Bin

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Combustors and Automated Ash Removal

(1)

(4)

(2)

(3)

Clockwise:
(1) 10 MM BTU/hr Combustor;
(2) 10 MM BTU/hr Combustor Configured for Hot Air and Hot Water (Stacked Installation);
(3) Automated, Fireproof De-Ash Collection Bin Used With All Systems; and
(4) 30 MM BTU/hr Combustor Configured for Hot Air and Hot Water (In-Line Installation).34

Multiple Combustor Installation

Multiple Combustion Unit Installation

Hot Water System with Four 800 HP combustors
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Drum Dryer Installation

Combustor Provides Hot Air to Rotary Drum Dryer

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Dry Kiln Installation

Combustor Provides Steam For Dry Kiln Operation

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Our Systems - 1

Prefabricated, modular and transportable.

Easily brought to remote sites.
Quickly installed within a small space ( 2,500 sq. ft.).
Customized, scalable solutions provide the precise amount of
electric power, heated air, hot water, steam, air conditioning and
refrigeration needed.
Additional Benefits:
We do NOT use food crops or animal feed for fuel.
Reduced commodity risk: Customers that use their own
waste as fuel eliminate the market risk of obtaining diesel fuel oil
at an uncertain price.
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Our Systems - 2

Proven technology reduces maintenance, operating costs and

downtime.
Experience generated from more than 60 operating Systems
(some have been operating for more than 10 years).
Reliable, with an uptime rate of over 95%.
Fully-automated; no need for expensive on-site engineers or
technicians.
Can be remotely monitored by the customer and/or
AgriPower.
Maintenance and service can be provided by the customer or
locally available, factory trained technicians on a 24/7 basis.
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AgriPowers Modular, Transportable System

This graphic shows one of AgriPowers CHP Systems mounted on two tractor-trailer chassis (that are not
included). Depending on its size and configuration, the typical mid-size AgriPower System will usually
be transported on three trailers. The Systems were designed to be easily removed from their trailers and
installed on an inexpensive and easily prepared cement or gravel lay down pad at a suitable indoor
location. They were engineered to be rapidly set-up and operating (or decommissioned) and easily relocated. Prefabrication, modularity, skid mounting, ease of transport and rapid set-up and
installation and dismantling and redeployment times are significant benefits of the System. 40

Typical 20 Ton Per Day Space Requirements

Approximately 50 feet
Maintenance Space Boundary
Combustion
Chamber

Control
Module

Boiler

Emissions
Reduction & ID Fan

Electric
Generation
Module

Spare
Parts

Approximately 50 feet

Fuel Preparation &

Storage

Maintenance Space Boundary

Total Footprint for an In-Line Layout (as shown)

is Approximately 2,500 Feet and Approximately
2,000 Feet for a Stacked Layout
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Combusting Biomass Is Carbon Neutral

Using Biomass as a fuel helps to combat climate change. Thats because

Biomass is often considered carbon neutral because the carbon dioxide
released when it is combusted is eventually absorbed by other Biomass as it
grows. So, unlike fossil fuels such as natural gas, diesel or propane, Biomass
releases no net carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It is a closed-loop energy
source, simply re-circulating the carbon dioxide already within the Earths carbon
cycle. And its a perpetual, renewable fuel source.
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Environmental And Sustainability Benefits- 1

Using our System on-site reduces:

truck traffic, road wear, emissions and accidents

driver and truck expenses (salaries, fuel, oil, repairs,

fees, insurance)

waste going to landfills and allows the landfills to have a

longer operating life

outdoor burning (or decomposing) of Biomass waste, and

resulting air pollution and methane gas

the use and expense of diesel as fuel to produce electric

power, heated air, hot water, steam, air conditioning and
refrigeration
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Environmental And Sustainability Benefits- 2

Using our System on-site:

Means using waste in a responsible, environmentally

friendly and sustainable manner

Enhances environmental credentials with customers,

stakeholders, the public and regulatory authorities

Creates local fuel preparation jobs

Enables more fuel purchase money to remain in the

community to stimulate additional private and community
business development and create new jobs

Provides an attractive Clean Energy Demonstration Site

that enables continuing favorable publicity from site visits by
school children, the public, customers, public officials, etc.

Can create Carbon Credits

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Carbon Credits

We can usually generate carbon credits by:

reducing the number of trucks on the road and the

amount of diesel fuel they would otherwise combust;

reducing truck emissions

reducing the amount of daily Biomass waste (wood,

cardboard, paper, agricultural waste and forest residuals
(stumpage and hog fuel)) that would otherwise be sent to a
landfill where it will ultimately convert into methane gas; and

using this daily waste stream to reduce the amount of

diesel used to produce electric power, heated air, hot water,
steam, air conditioning and refrigeration.

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For Additional Information

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION,
PLEASE CONTACT:
BARRY J. BERMAN, CEO
TEL: (516) 829-2000
MOB: (516) 384-2100
E-MAIL: BBERMAN@AGRIPOWER.COM
OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE:
WWW.AGRIPOWER.COM
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