UK engineering firm Corac Energy Technologies (CET) has successfully completed a trial of its compressed-gas micro-turbine energy system.
The new technology is set to produce electricity from pressurised, non-combustible industrial gases, widely used in public buildings, hotels and hospitals, petrochemical and pharmaceutical plants, among others.
“The opportunities for renewable energy from these sources are great,” said Philip Nichol, chief engineer on the project.
“CET’s engineers have taken our unique and proven compression technologies, adapted them, and opened a source of valuable renewable energy to industrial plants around the world.”
The CET system – size of a cylinder vacuum cleaner – will generate power by passing high pressure gas through a compact turbine spinning at around 60,000rpm.
The micro-turbine expander attached to a generator will produce up to 50kW (net) or £100 worth of electricity per day, the company said.