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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT, SWINE WASTE ELECTRIC POWER AND HEAT PRODUCTION--CAPSTONE 30KW MICROTURBINE SYSTEM
Citation:
SRI INTERNATIONAL. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT, SWINE WASTE ELECTRIC POWER AND HEAT PRODUCTION--CAPSTONE 30KW MICROTURBINE SYSTEM. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-04/162, 2004.
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to publish information
Description:
Under EPA’s Environmental Technology Verification program, which provides objective and scientific third party analysis of new technology that can benefit the environment, a combined heat and power system was evaluated based on the Capstone 30kW Microturbine developed by Cain Industries. This paper provides test results for the turbine, a CompAir gas compressor needed to boost the gas pressure to about 100 psig, and a permanent magnet generator. The system operated on biogas generated at the Colorado Pork facility in Lamar, Colorado. The system could deliver 19.9 kW of electric energy to the farm, and a fin-and-tube heat recovery system cycled cooling water from the turbine through a heat exchanger which served the digester?s heating loop. The anaerobic digester was designed to reduce odor and meet water quality requirements.