If you've been following along on the innovation link, the fuel design and gasification techniques should now be familiar. The syn-gas from the Carbon Analytic system is a hydrogen enriched, low nitrogen, low sulfur product with optional catalytic carbon monoxide, hydrogen and / or methane ratios; a relatively rich fuel resource. Depending on how the gasification process is treated, the ratio of these constituents can be adjusted for specific applications.
In this heading, Power Production, the various forms of utilizing the Carbon Analytic system is considered for several examples including heat, electrical power or combined heat and power (CHP). Each of these occupy a space in the total energy budget depending on the target goals to be accomplished in view of the scale of production needed. The versatility of the system allows for nearly limitless configuration.
The Carbon Analytic systems like any utility provision, work best in a full time operating mode. If the system is in a part time or stand by operation, a startup operation will utilize local natural gas, compressed natural gas or propane to initiate startup to bring the system to operating temperature before the solid fuel operation is switched on. This avoids the need for maintenance required if the system were to do frequent cold starts without preheating.
Again, the point is to provide remote heat and / or power for sustainable, renewable fuel to reduce or eliminate utility dependence and cost of electrical and / or gas heating provisions. Since Carbon Analytic syn-gas is a hydrogen enriched methane (natural gas), changes to local appliances shouldn't be required unless the prior gas in use was propane. In the case of replacing propane, the local appliances are re-jetted for natural gas to use the relatively lower pressure capacity syn-gas. Re-jetting is an industry standard operation which is fairly simple for the installation technician.
Using the Carbon Analytic syn-gas to power a standard retail generator with a reciprocating engine 24/7 works fine, but this typically requires a small horsepower engine running at 3600 RPM at all times. Inexpensive emergency generators are not built for 24/7 operation. On the other hand, to power a work area part time or cabin on weekends, this might be fine understanding the generator and engine will require service at a stated interval. The commercial gen-set will need to be configured with a natural gas metering system.
Full time power production provides the most benefit. Carbon Analytic can offer a converted diesel engine operating at 1800 RPM. The diesel engine is converted to operate on the syn-gas product by adapting a spark plug to each cylinder and ignition system with reduced compression and timing adjustment. This allows the more durable engine to operate at the lower RPM offering years of trouble-free operation, reducing maintenance dramatically.
In the application of heat only where electrical provisions remain on public utility provision, the Carbon Analytic system uses a variable speed vacuum blower take off to maintain airflow through the system supporting combustion. The combustion system provides heating to a closed loop circuit using typical antifreeze. The closed loop a separate hydronic base-board or sealed radiator configuration. A hydronic heat exchanger maintains a heated reservoir like any hot water heater for on-demand fresh hot water support to the dwelling. The Carbon Analytic system uses the dwelling's running water provisions for this exchanged heat, whether municipal or local water pump, the system only needs to know that water pressure is available. The same system can also support existing radiator heated dwellings by heat exchange to the radiator closed loop.
The scale of operation is once again a consideration when the application grows in size such as supporting apartment complex installations, larger commercial applications such as motels, stores or other larger spaces. Finally the consideration of industrial applications represent the fullest scale of application. All of these can share in the various combinations for electrical power, heating or combined heat and power, depending on the client's needs.
For larger applications Carbon Analytic provides it's flagship operation; a type of combustion process which utilizes gas turbine production. The gas turbine process relies on a compound turbine design having far fewer moving parts and producing much greater levels of intended heat and / or power. This is an annular combustion chamber design capable of providing direct gas combustion or sustained heating capacity at 1200 degrees Fahrenheit, (650 degrees Celsius). Depending on the combustion design per application, this temperature output can be provided at even twice those temperatures.
Applications at the turbine combustion level include large commercial facilities, industrial applications where extreme heat is required, or facilitation of power company conversion away from coal or natural gas from fossil sources to use Carbon Analytic's renewable fuel products.
Electrical generation is provided by gen-set powered as a clutched extension of the dual turbine output spindle rotation, approximately 70,000 RPM to single or three phase output.
The Carbon Analytic design allows for Connex rail box packaging of modular units capable of creating it's own independent electrical grid with multiple generators, synchronized grid operation and the ability scale up or down on the demand factor very quickly. This is due to the modular nature of using dual turbines for each operating unit across as many units as needed. This more major design permits a power production utility provider to "phase in" the Carbon Analytic systems gradually, or simply use the system to augment and benefit for offsetting reduced fossil carbon footprint.
As a provider of raw on-site syn-gas product, examples include uses such as smelting operations, metal casting, drywall or concrete manufacturing or even central community hot water for an entire village. When we consider the massive amount of fossil source contributions in these settings, the numbers of emissions impacting the climate are staggering. Carbon Analytic systems offer an affordable, scalable solution in a completely sustainable manner; capable of significant impact in reducing these concerns.
