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End Use Solutions Update

End Use Solutions Update. Ron Edelstein November 2009 ron.edelstein@gastechnology.org. Delta Map. Approved States = 24 Total Available Funding = $26.3 MM. Company and Regulatory Approval. Filing in Progress. GTI End Use Solutions.

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End Use Solutions Update

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  1. End Use Solutions Update Ron Edelstein November 2009 ron.edelstein@gastechnology.org

  2. Delta Map • Approved States = 24 • Total Available Funding = $26.3 MM Company and Regulatory Approval Filing in Progress

  3. GTI End Use Solutions • Develop clean, efficient and cost-effective technology and products that benefit our customers and partners • Substantial leveraging of gas industry/ratepayer funding

  4. Natural Gas Technologies for Homes Venting Innovations Solar Thermal Panel Smart Energy Grid Gas Heat Pump Real-time Energy Monitor Tankless/Solar Hybrid Water Heater NGV Filling Station Radiant Tubing MicroCHP

  5. Advanced Space Heating • Condensing Furnaces have a waste water discharge () • Optional humidifiers () have a need for a fresh (ideally purified) water supply • Avoid mineral deposits that reduce reliability and life while increasing maintenance costs • Two birds with one stone?  

  6. Advanced Humidifier & Heat Recovery Current GTI SMP Project • Integrated heat recovery and humidifier for home furnaces • Captures waste heat and (pure) water from natural gas flue gas combustion • No external water supply • Energy savings: 95%+ efficiency • Greater indoor comfort & savings • Improved humidifier reliability without bacteria & deposit and dust issues

  7. GTI High Efficiency Gas Packaged Air Conditioner (PAC) Project • Condensing Furnace Specification dealing with • Technical issues of secondary heat exchanger & condensate • Economic issues of first cost and net operating cost savings • Prototype Field Test over the 2010-2011 winter

  8. Natural Gas Cooling • Larger absorption or engine-driven chillers provide energy savings in high electric markets • Offset peak summer electric demand – potential customer and utility savings • Smaller options • Small absorption units (e.g., Robur) • Engine-driven heat pumps…build on Japanese products • Integration with solar thermal and waste heat recovery/CHP http://www.gasairconditioning.org

  9. HOT Water ProjectTechnical Objective • Hybrid Optimized Tankless (HOT) Water Heater • Develop prototype and test a hybrid water heater with best features of tankless and tank-type water heater • Optimize performance, efficiency, and cost • Advanced control strategiesand thermal management

  10. Low-Power Gas ValveNew SMP Project • Industry Need: Deal with the pilot light in a responsible way that does not over burden customers before it is dealt with by others • Value to the Industry • Objective: Develop a safe and reliable low power gas valve that can run battery-operated over the 10-year life of a water heater Powered Non-Powered Pilot light consumes up to 17% of the total annual energy of a non-powered gas water heater, eliminating the pilot light could provide significant energy savings

  11. Smart Grid • Electric vs. Natural Gas vs. Energy Grid? • How should we use natural gas in a carbon-constrained future? • Who will manage energy? • Customers? • Utilities? • Google? • What value can be created with Smart Grid systems? • For gas customers • Energy savings? • CO2 reductions?

  12. Carbon Management Information Center Source Energy and Emissions Analysis Tool (www.cmictools.com)

  13. Advanced Boiler Technology • Maximizing steam generation efficiency for commercial and industrial boilers • 94% fuel to steam efficiency with novel heat and water recovery device • 15% carbon emission reduction • Ultra low NOx (< 9 ppm) • Target: < 2 year payback • Multiple field tests underway

  14. Transport Membrane Condenser (TMC) • Simultaneously captures waste heat and pure water from combustion products • Tubes with nano-porous membrane that selectively removes water by low-pressure-drop capillary condensation • Applicable to many combustion uses • Industrial and commercial boilers and steam power plants • Industrial drying & humidification processes • Home furnace and humidification • Recently licensed to Cannon Boiler Works

  15. Submerged Combustion Melter • Developing revolutionary melter for producing industrial materials • Various glass products, sodium silicate, waste material recycling (waste fiberglass, electric arc furnace dust vitrification), etc. • Unique submerged combustion process yields major improvement in capital cost, productivity, flexibility, footprint, efficiency • Working with variety of industrial partners • Multiple licensees

  16. FlexCHP Power & Steam Package • Fully integrated high-efficiency ultra-clean power and steam package • NOx emissions less than 0.07 lb/MWh to comply with strict CA standards • Power generator (turbine) • Waste heat boiler fed with turbine exhaust gas plus a low emission supplemental burner • 85% system efficiency

  17. Solar Thermal/Natural Gas Hybrid Energy Systems • Push natural gas equipment above 100% efficiency using hybrid solar thermal/natural gas energy solutions • Reduced-cost domestic hot water and hydronic heating systems for residential and commercial buildings • Higher-temperature concentrated solar thermal for steam generation, absorption cooling, process heating • Commercial buildings • Industrial plants

  18. Renewable Natural GasEnd Use • Novel end use bio-methane applications • Includes challenging gas quality requirements Gills Onions – Digester to Fuel Cell Quality Methane Ft. Lewis – Landfill Gas to Hydrogen Linde – Waste Management Biogas to LNG for Vehicles

  19. Biogas Advantage in Transportation

  20. Summary • GTI’s End Use efforts focused on: • Residential, commercial buildings: • Energy efficiency improvement and CO2 reduction • Industrial competitiveness • Combined heat and power systems • Alternative transportation fuels and vehicles • Renewable energy: • Solar thermal and biomethane • Work collaboratively with energy industry, government partners, manufacturers, and end users

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