Alphabet Energy Introduces the PowerModule Developer Kit™ for Increased Industrial Energy Efficiency
Cost-effective, Modular Package Helps Industry Unlock Value of Waste
Heat in Wide Range of Applications
Alphabet
Energy, the global leader in thermoelectrics for waste heat to power
(WHP), today announced the general availability of the PowerModule
Developer Kit™, the first all-in-one, turnkey package for building
and testing thermoelectric technology in a wide range of exhaust systems
or on an exhaust test bench. After successful customer deployments of
Alphabet Energy's PowerModule™ technology product and the turnkey E1™
Thermoelectric Generator (E1), the PowerModule Developer Kit™ brings
these breakthrough technologies to a wider range of industrial exhaust
systems.
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Alphabet Energy's PowerModule Developer Kit™ consists of four components required to quickly and easily convert waste heat into electricity. (Photo: Business Wire)
Simple-to-install and inexpensive, the PowerModule Developer Kit™ helps
owners of waste heat implement a high return-on-investment waste heat
recovery system for their own exhaust flues using Alphabet Energy’s
thermoelectric technologies. It represents the first modular, adaptable
technology for thermal power generation, and is a precursor for any
customer to utilize Alphabet Energy’s PowerModules™ widely across
operations.
Between 20 to 50 percent of energy consumed by U.S. industry is lost as
waste heat. WHP, the process generating electricity from heat discarded
by an industrial processes, presents an enormous opportunity. In the
industrial sector, there are a variety of waste heat streams generated
by furnaces, kilns, thermal oxidizers and incineration systems. In the
oil & gas industry, much heat is wasted at compressor stations, well
pads and processing facilities in the form of exhaust from engines,
flares and incinerators. For example, according to the U.S. Department
of Energy, natural gas pipeline operators in the U.S. alone could
generate over 1,100,000 kWe from the exhaust heat lost in pipeline
operations.
Alphabet Energy’s PowerModule Developer Kit™ consists of four components
required to quickly and easily connect to an exhaust pipe or flue
(optimal exhaust heat temperatures from 350 – 600 °C/ 660 – 1100 °F) and
generate electricity:
1) Alphabet Energy PowerModule™;
2) Exhaust Transition Sections;
3)
Cooling System (radiator and pump); and
4) Electrical Power Output
Measurement System (Watt meter and variable load).
Alphabet Energy has deployed PowerModules™ and E1™ systems to multiple
customers worldwide, and the PowerModule Developer Kit™ had previously
been in private beta.
“The PowerModule Developer Kit™ is an industrial customer’s first step
towards using our PowerModules™ across all of their exhaust sources,
said Matt Scullin, founder and CEO, Alphabet Energy. “We’ve worked
closely with our customers and partners to better understand how to
lower the barriers to turning waste heat into power. The PowerModule
Developer Kit™ is a direct result of these collaborations across
multiple industries, and solidifies Alphabet Energy’s position as a core
technology company. Waste heat recovery has been an elusive goal for
many industries because of the lack of flexibility that incumbent
products, like Organic Rankine Cycles, offer. To help industrial clients
achieve energy efficiency goals, we’ve scaled down our full system, the
E1™, and made it available in a simple package, appropriate for a
smaller-scale test and adaptable to applications at any scale.”
Flare gas, for instance, is an under utilized resource. In the Bakken
Shale, producers flare approximately 10.5 billion cubic feet of natural
gas, equivalent to $100 million, on a monthly basis. Realizing that
there is significant potential for putting this wasted energy to use,
U.S. producers operating oil and gas basins have come to Alphabet Energy
to develop solutions that better utilize this valuable resource.
Similarly, a vast amount of energy is underutilized when sent to an
incinerator or thermal oxidizer and consequently operators of various
types of oil and gas facilities have come to Alphabet Energy looking for
a solution that converts this wasted resource into useable electricity
for on-site electrical needs.
In the U.S., both House and Senate legislators have introduced the Power
Efficiency and Resiliency Act (POWER Act) that would add waste heat to
power to the list of renewable technologies that qualify for the 30
percent federal investment tax credit. The PowerModule Developer Kit™ is
an easy way for companies to determine how much electricity they can
generate from an onsite waste product, saving money previously spent on
purchased power. If the POWER Act takes effect, these savings could be
even more significant.
Pricing for the PowerModule Developer Kit™ starts at $1,995. For more
information or to place an order, please visit our website.
About Alphabet Energy
Alphabet
Energy makes waste heat valuable. Leveraging nanotechnology research
from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Michigan State
University, and with over 60 patents issued and filed, the company’s
proprietary PowerBlocks™ thermoelectric material turns waste heat from
exhaust into electricity and serves as the technology platform for the
company’s line of waste heat recovery products, including the E1™
Thermoelectric Generator and PowerModules™. Customers in
energy-intensive industries from oil & gas, mining, manufacturing,
transportation, to defense use Alphabet Energy’s products to generate
reliable remote power while also reducing fuel consumption, operating
costs and carbon emissions. Learn more at www.alphabetenergy.com
or on Twitter at @alphabetenergy.
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