The Ingersoll Rand microturbine provides clean and reliable energy on site where needed
Commercial and industrial energy consumers have a new opportunity to generate their own clean, reliable, and economical power on site at the point of use. This shift from large centralized power plants to small, independent, and economical Combined Heat and Power (CHP) microturbines now affords businesses greater control over the cost, quality, and availability of their power and heat supply.
In many regions, energy consumers are facing increasingly higher electricity costs. The Ingersoll Rand microturbine reduces the consumption of expensive utility-grid power by providing electricity for baseload requirements or peak-shaving opportunities, plus recovered heat to offset the energy needed for thermal loads.
For example, the microturbine heat can reduce or replace the amount of fuel needed by a boiler used to heat domestic hot water. The MT250 heat recovery system is rated for potable service, so the hot water can be used directly for cooking or washing. The MT250 can also heat the water provided by a furnace for space heating, or fire an absorption chiller directly or indirectly.
Since the microturbine engine produces very low emissions, exhaust heat can be used directly to regenerate the dessicant wheel of a dehumidifier by driving out the captured moisture. Or the exhaust heat can be directly used by a manufacturing facility or an industrial process, effectively displacing some of the facility's original fuel costs.
World environmental and health standards for air emissions are increasingly becoming more restrictive. The Ingersoll Rand microturbine easily meets all current regulations for exhaust emissions, including California's most stringent standards. For example, the MT250 was the first microturbine to be certified by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as complying with their Distributed Generation 2007 limits for natural gas-fueled sources. The MT250 is also certified by CARB for use with landfill and digester gas fuels.
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