Cyclone Power Technologies and Phoenix Power Group Announce Launch of Waste Oil Power Generator
Cyclone Power Technologies and its licensee Phoenix Power Group will launch the first ever small-scale waste oil power generator at the Power-Gen International 2010 conference in December. Cyclone and PPG will be accompanied at the Orlando, Fla.-conference by master product distributor Clean Burn, the world leader in waste oil furnaces and boilers.
The 'Phoenix 10' prototype to be unveiled Dec. 14-16 at Power-Gen in Orlando, Fla., is powered by Cyclone´s WHE-25 engine, a compact, scalable waste heat engine. The patented, renewable power system is expected to be in limited commercial production in early 2011, and will allow thousands of oil change service centers and other waste oil producing locations to recycle their waste motor oil in an environmentally-friendly and profitable manner by producing up to 10kW of electricity.
'We see enormous potential for this product, with forecasted sales in the first two years following our completed beta tests exceeding $20 million,' stated Thomas V. Thillen, president of PPG. 'This is a renewable power generator that will match the waste oil disposal requirements of the vast majority of automotive service centers and lube shops throughout the world, and provide them with an immediate revenue producing opportunity.'
Waste motor oil is a major source of contamination of waterways that can result in the toxic pollution of drinking water. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, waste oil from one oil change can contaminate 1 million gallons of fresh water.