Akron-based company will be available at Power-Gene International in Orlando, Florida.
Echogen Power Systems, a leader in advanced power generation technology for waste heat recovery based in Akron, Ohio, has announced the commercial availability of its EPS100 heat engine system as a turnkey solution that satisfies energy demand, environmental requirements and bottom line cost savings for industrial, power generation, oil and gas, and marine customers.
Echogen Power Systems will be at partner Dresser-Rand's booth #2615 at the Power-Gen International 2014 show, one of the world's largest industrial supply chain exhibitions, which takes place Dec. 9-11 at the Orange County Convention Center/West Halls in Orlando, Florida.
"By being the first to bring a commercial supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) power cycle to the market, we have developed a heat engine that can outperform steam across our customers' key value drivers — installed cost, operating and maintenance costs, and levelized cost of electricity, all in a compact, energy dense, safe solution that does not require water to operate,” says Phil Brennan, CEO, Echogen Power Systems. "We intend to introduce our product with a core group of key early adopters/partners with whom we intend to build long term relationships and who represent a variety of applications including oil and gas, chemical processing, iron, steel, and glass. Each of these industries experience tremendous energy losses in the form of waste heat — it is essentially the same thing as burning money."
"As the United States and the rest of the world experiences a shift in favor of natural gas based power production and away from coal, the advantages of a CO2-based system are amplified relative to centuries old steam technologies. This allows power production to be increased without the use of water," says Dr. Timothy Held, chief technology officer, Echogen Power Systems. "It allows us to produce more power at lower cost, using less space, and without the environmental complexities and maintenance challenges associated with a water based system."
Dresser-Rand, based in Houston, a supplier of technology platforms in distributed power generation for the oil and gas, industrial and commercial industries, introduced Echogen's new 8-megawatt EPS100 waste heat recovery unit at its manufacturing and testing facility in Olean, New York, in the fall of 2014. During the event, Dresser-Rand, a licensee of the technology for the oil and gas industry, and Echogen representatives demonstrated a factory testing milestone of the highest net power produced by any supercritical CO2 power cycle system globally.
"With the Echogen technology ready for full market release, we are in discussions with potential clients for deployment of the solution in the field," says Pierre Dumas, vice president, strategic business development and commercialization for Dresser-Rand. "We can provide full turnkey installation and commissioning services as well as routine operations, monitoring and maintenance contracts to ensure ongoing reliable and available operations."
