In its upcoming August issue, Cogeneration and On-Site Power Production magazine will  

feature a new white paper that shows that natural gas trigeneration systems emit less carbon dioxide than a combination of solar PV and the grid required when solar power is not available - and that trigeneration systems are 600% more effective per dollar spent! The white paper was written by Wes Livingston, a Power Partners design engineer whose work is focused on the ECO-MAX adsorption chillers product line. 

 

Power Partners is certainly in favor of harnessing power solar and other renewable energy sources, but as Wes says in the white paper, "If America's goals are to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, use a domestic fuel, and spend the least amount of money possible, a serious consideration of natural gas trigeneration systems should be made.  Site conditions should be evaluated for the benefits of using trigeneration's free waste energy for heating, cooling and additional electric production."

 

Power Partners offers factory-built trigeneration packages that combine cogeneration with ECO-MAX chillers. The packages enable simultaneous production of power, heat and cooling from a single heat source and result in overall system efficiency, as well as savings in capital and energy costs. The trigeneration packages are available in generating capacities from 200 kW to 2MW. The power can be generated by micro turbines, reciprocating engines or fuel cells, and Power Partners can custom-design the packages to meet specific customer requirements.

 

The white paper is already available at http://www.eco-maxchillers.com/Resources/407.pdf and Wes may be reached at wes.livingston@powerpartners-usa.com.