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What is Mechanical Refrigeration?

The term, mechanical refrigeration, is defined as the removal of heat by mechanical means, utilizing the refrigeration cycle.

Mechanical refrigeration removes and transfers heat from where it is neither needed or wanted, to other location(s).

Mechanical refrigeration systems provide cooling by the circulation of a fluid through a sealed circuit of pipes or tubing. The fluids most commonly used are called "refrigerants, with the most common refrigerant being a freon.  The freon in the mechanical refrigeration cycle "absorbs" heat in the space to be cooled and transfers the heat to other locations, such as outside of the building or home being cooled. 

The mechanical refrigeration cycle begins with a refrigeration compressor, where a low pressure refrigerant is compressed to reduce its volume.  The compression of the refrigerant increases the refrigerant’s temperature as well as the pressure, moving it to the condenser. The condenser is simply a coil of tubing over which air flows/passes through.  Inside the condenser, the high temperature and high pressure refrigerant releases the heat it collected and then returns to a liquid state.

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Stranded Gas and Gas to Power Solutions

Our "Integrated" CHP Systems (Cogeneration and Trigeneration) Plants 
Have Very  High Efficiencies, Low Fuel Costs & Low Emissions

The Effective Heat Rate is Approximately 
4100 btu/kW & System Efficiency is 92% Plant

The CHP System below is Rated at 900 kW and Features:
(2) Natural Gas Engines @ 450 kW each on one Skid with Optional 
Selective Catalytic Reduction system that removes Nitrogen Oxides to "non-detect."

Our CHP Systems may be the best solution for your company's economic and environmental sustainability as we "upgrade" natural gas to clean power with our clean power generation solutions.

Our Emissions Abatement solutions reduce Nitrogen Oxides to "non-detect" which means our Trigeneration energy systems can be installed and operated in most EPA non-attainment regions!

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For qualified clients we will design, build, finance, own, operate and maintain a new:

Clean Power Generation

Cogeneration

Organic Rankine Cycle

Trigeneration

Waste Heat Recovery 

energy system, through a Power Purchase Agreement that guarantees
a minimum 10% reduction in our client's energy expenses.

(NOTE: Engineering and related interim project development expenses may be at client's expense but will be
refunded at the close of Power Purchase Agreement or other project financing. Some of our engineering
and EPC services may be provided by one of our Top-ranked ENR Engineering/EPC partner companies.)

To receive a preliminary no-obligation review of your energy, engineering or project plans, 
send an introductory email to us at the following email address:

info@NaturalGasTreating.com

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What are CHP Systems?

A CHP System - also known as a cogeneration plant, is the simultaneous production of power and thermal energy.  Stated another way, a CHP System integrates an onsite, "decentralized energy" (DE) or "dispersed generation" power and energy system with thermally-activated power and energy technologies such as as absorption chillers for heating and cooling.

CHP Systems are also referred to as: 

• Cooling, Heating and Power

• Cooling Heating Power 

• Combined Heat And Power

• Cogeneration plus Absorption Chillers - or - ADsorption Chillers

• Dispersed Generation

• District Energy Systems

• Distributed Generation

• Integrated Energy Systems

CHP Systems are also at the center of every District Energy System.  

CHP Systems, District Energy Systems, Integrated Energy Systems, or Trigeneration plants, no matter how they are referred, achieve overall, net system energy efficiencies of > 80% plus one recent CHP System (see pictures below) which achieved 92% system efficiency!  This is almost 300% greater efficiency over the electric utility companies and their central power plants"!  This means significantly lowered: 

• energy costs

• fuel costs

• greenhouse gas emissions

CHP Systems achieve these greater energy efficiencies through the conversion of exhaust or reject heat from power generation into needed energy services like cooling and heating of buildings as well as campuses. This is called "Waste Heat Recovery" or "Recycled Energy."  Development of "packaged" or "modularized" CHP Systems for end-use applications, such as commercial and institutional buildings, is something the founder of our company has been involved with since the mid 1980's.

In the past, Cogeneration plants have been economically attractive only in sizes above several megawatts. The emergence of a number of small generation technologies, including fuel cells, advanced low emissions engines, and gas turbines with outputs in the 1000 kW - 5000 kW range, should extend the benefits of Integrated Energy Systems to a much larger user base, with a consequent increase in national energy and environmental benefits. 

For example, the application of CHP Systems (including Absorption Chillers - or - ADsorption Chillers) in commercial buildings could reduce commercial building energy consumption by 30%. 

Application of such smaller-scale packaged CHP Systems provides a major breakthrough in energy efficiency technology, energy savings as well as reduced greenhouse gas emissions. And, by locating the power generation at or near the end-user/consumer, i.e. their facility, building, or campus, the difficulties in siting and building new electric transmission and electric distribution infrastructures to meet today's increasing power demand are minimized.

There are numerous markets for Cogeneration / Trigeneration plants, CHP Systems, District Energy Systems or Integrated Energy Systems are commercial or institutional buildings, government facilities, and district energy systems that distribute thermal energy to buildings in a college campus, hospital complex, industrial park, food processing operations, refrigerated warehouses, and also very attractive for cities.

What is a "cryogenic plant"?

A cryogenic plant is another term for a "gas processing plant."

Gas processing plants produce natural gas liquids products, including ethane, at very low or "cryogenic" operating temperatures.

What is "Dispersed Generation"?

Dispersed Generation is similar to Decentralized Energy - which is the opposite of "centralized energy."  Dispersed Generation is defined as the efficient deployment of clean, efficient and renewable power, which are located near a "load center" and are in the 10 MW to 150 MW to as much as 300 MW range.