Agripower - Model ORC - Steam Turbines and Organic Rankine Cycle Units
Over the past several years, waste heat electric generators have demonstrated themselves to be a well proven industrial technology for application in small, decentralized Combined Heat and Power plants (up to 7.5 MW).
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The main advantages resulting from using AgriPower’s Systems and their customized and integrated Steam Boilers and state-of-the-art Generators are the greater customer value and other benefits they provide from the following:
- Inexpensive Waste is the Fuel. Biomass and many other types of waste, including MSW (when integrated with the MSW Sorting Unit) and most kinds of plastic, can be used as fuel and cleanly combusted in our Combustor Unit to produce steam which is directed into the Steam Boiler and then into the Generator which uses the highly efficient steam to generate electricity.
- Effective in High Temperature Environments. The steam is used as a highly efficient heat transfer medium that is not materially affected by ambient air conditions. As a result, unlike some ORC units that only operate at 60% of their rated capacity when they are used in high ambient temperature locations (up to 100°F), our Generators’ net output is about 95% of their gross rated output in the same conditions.
- No Need for Expensive Safety or Operating Personnel and Ease Of Use. AgriPower’s Generators can use low-, medium- or high-pressure steam to produce electricity. As a result, in many jurisdictions they are permitted to operate without the need for an on-site safety engineer. In addition, they only require unskilled and inexpensive labor to prepare and load the fuel. The Systems and their integrated Steam Boilers and Generators are fully automated. Their user friendly software enables them to operate without the need for any full time operating, technical or maintenance personnel.
- Smaller, Lighter and Less Expensive. We use the latest waste heat, steam powered Generators that are smaller, lighter and less expensive to acquire, maintain and operate than more costly steam turbines and ORC units in the same size range. Their size, weight and footprint are about 50% of an ORC unit with comparable electrical output. As a result, our Systems can be purchased at a substantially lower price than comparable steam turbines and ORC units.
- More Efficient Operation. Our Generators provide Isentropic Efficiency rates of up to 70% compared to 55% efficiency for steam turbines and about 20% for ORCs, with ours generating up to 30% more power.
- Scalable. The AgriPower Generators’ flexible design enables them to be operated in parallel which means we can offer our customers customized Systems in increments of 100 kW, from 100 kW to 7.5 MW gross and about 75 kW and 7.0 MW net.
- Reliability and Long Operational Life. Our Generators use rotating screws to generate electricity instead of high speed turbine blades that are constantly subjected to “Water Impact” damage when water droplets hit them. This feature substantially reduces normal wear and tear, lowers repair and maintenance costs, makes possible a 98% average functioning time and a longer useful life. The Generators are specifically designed for long duration operation, with over-sized components and safe design margins.
- Manufacturing Capacity and Rapid Production and Delivery. The Generator’s manufacturer is a major international company with more than 800,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity. As a result, our Generators can usually be manufactured in 3 to 4 months, compared to approximately 1 year for an ORC unit with comparable electrical output.
- Financial Strength, Experience and References. The Generator’s manufacturer is a publicly traded company with more than $230 million in annual revenue. It has been in business since 1956, has an excellent reputation, and its products enjoy widespread customer satisfaction. They have more than 50 Generators in current operation.
- Cutting-Edge Technology and High-Quality Products. The Generator manufacturer’s Research and Development center in the U.S. conducts continuing research and has been issued more than 100 patents. Its products’ consistent high quality results from careful production methods and constant testing at its production facility.
- After-Sales Service and Support. The Generator’s manufacturer and AgriPower both offer remote monitoring, extendable warranties and flexible maintenance programs.
Benefits
Using our System on-site means the Beneficial Use of Waste that:
- reduces up to 90% of the MSW going to landfills and allows the landfills to have a longer operating life
- substantially reduces the amount of harmful methane gas that would otherwise be produced at the landfill
- reduces truck traffic, road wear, emissions and accidents and driver and truck expenses (salaries, fuel, oil, repairs, fees, insurance)
- reduces outdoor burning (or decomposing) of Biomass waste, and resulting air pollution and methane gas
- reduces the use and expense of diesel and other hydrocarbon-based fuels to produce heat, hot water, steam, electricity, air conditioning and/or refrigeration
- uses waste in a productive, responsible, environmentally-friendly and sustainable manner
- enhances environmental credentials with customers, stakeholders, the public and regulatory authorities and creates an attractive “Clean Energy” Demonstration Site that enables continuing favorable publicity from site visits by school children, the public, customers, stakeholders, public officials, etc.
- facilitates local job creation (local workers are required to prepare and load the fuel) and enables funds that would otherwise be used to purchase diesel fuel from foreign sellers to remain in the community for local business development and community programs
- can create valuable Carbon Credits and Renewable Energy Certificates
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