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Waste Heat to Power Generation Workshop Welcome

Waste Heat to Power Generation Workshop Welcome. Vince McDonell Associate Director Advanced Power and Energy Program UC Irvine 2 March 2005. UC Irvine. One of 10 campuses of the University of California Founded in 1965 1,475 Acres Some Facts 19,417 undergraduate students

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Waste Heat to Power Generation Workshop Welcome

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  1. Waste Heat to Power Generation WorkshopWelcome Vince McDonell Associate Director Advanced Power and Energy Program UC Irvine 2 March 2005

  2. UC Irvine • One of 10 campuses of the University of California • Founded in 1965 • 1,475 Acres • Some Facts • 19,417 undergraduate students • 4,658 graduate students • $249M extramural funding • Top 12 public universities(U.S. News & World Report) • Energy Snapshot • 8500 Tons chilling capacity • -- 4.5 Million gallon Thermal Energy Storage (TES) (largest West of MS) • Hot Water 900 gpm @ 385 F • Power Generation -- none -- 1-2 MW (APEP DG) -- 26 MW planned Beckman Center—Owned and operated by theNational Academy of Sciences & Engineering

  3. Advanced Power and Energy Program (APEP) APEP

  4. Advanced Power and Energy Program (APEP) • Collaborative Organizational Elements • UCI Combustion Laboratory (UCICL) • National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC) • Pacific Rim Consortium On Energy, Combustion, and the Environment (PARCON) • Pacific Region CHP Application Center (PRAC)

  5. Regional CHP Application Centers Today’s Workshop Joint Activity between NW and Pacific CHP Application Centers

  6. Advanced Power and Energy Program (APEP) APEP

  7. APEP RD&D Resources 83 students/staff/faculty ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT FOR 30 YEARS

  8. APEP R&D Resources • Air Factory • 4 lbs/sec @ 8 atm • 0.6 lb/sec @ 20 atm • Fuels • Natural Gas To 0.2 lb/sec, 500 psia, 100 scfm, 150 psia • Fuel Composition Control (digester gas, diluents, higher HC) • Gasifier fuels in progress • Hydrogen and hydrogen blends • Liquid Fuels To 80 gpm, 1000 psia • Double walled holding tanks to 250 gal added • Test Cells and Laboratories • 8 Atmospheric Test Cells • 2 Elevated Pressure Test Cells (15 Atm) • Wide Array of Laser and Conventional Diagnostics • Wide Array of Numerical Simulation • Fuel Cell Fundamentals Laboratory • Fuel Cell Systems Laboratory • Distributed Generation Testing Facility

  9. APEP SITE NFCRC Site Tank Farm Air Compressors DTTF Area A Natural Gas Compressor Fuel Flexibility Rig P-V Roof Staff Offices Hybrid SOFC-GT Engr . Control Test Cells Gateway Room DTTF Building Area B Teaching Member & Plaza GCLArea A SOFC Offices Offices Multi- Function Center Patio Marquee APEP DG Test Facility ADVANCED POWER AND ENERGY PROGRAM

  10. APEP DG Testing • MICROTURBINE GENERATORS (MTGS): • 30/60 kW Capstone - 6 Units** • 30 kW Capstone - liquid fuel* • 75 kW Honeywell • 80 kW Bowman CHP • 80 kW Elliott, 100 kW* • 25 kW Capstone Beta - 3 Units • 35/65 kW Bowman Beta • 75 kW IRES • 30 kW Takuma TCP-30 • 60 kW ICHP UTC Power*- 3 Units • 30kW Takuma TCP-30/EGT 15 chiller* • 200kW Capstone Beta • FUEL CELLS: • 25 kW Siemens Westinghouse SOFC* • 220 kW Hybrid • Siemens Westinghouse SOFC • Ingersol Rand MTG • 5 kW Plug Power* • VEHICLES: • 15 Toyota e*coms, RAV-4 • 3 Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid • SOLAR POWER • 5 kW Amorphous Roof • 0.6 kW Siemens Panels

  11. UCI CENTRAL PLANT POWER PARK LABORATORY APEP “Campus” Resources APEP

  12. Address Market Barriers In Real Time, e.g., • Interconnect, Architects, Building Codes • Market Perceptions • Identify DER Customer Focused Solutions • Address DER Infrastructure In Real Time • Natural Gas, Electricity, IT Power Park Laboratory: Enabling a DG Paradigm University Research Park 200 Acres 43 Buildings 2.4 Million Sq Ft

  13. Cost: $337K Rebate: $101K Net: $236K Annual Savings: $139K (10/03 basis) Roof of Atrium Hotel (3/1/05; 8:09 am) Today’s Workshop • A Forum for Learning About/Considering Strategies to Maximize Energy Efficiency! Annual Savings: $CO2 ? $NOx ? $CO ? Often CHP projects are driven byability to use waste heat……. Often Electricity is valued more than Heat You Are Here!

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