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Power Systems Project Example
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Project Title: NYSEG Microturbine Demonstration
New York State Electric & Gas Corp., Binghamton, NY
BACKGROUND
Expected retirement of central generating plants in New York State will
create the need for new generating capacity additions. Technical advances
have increased the interest in distributed generation technologies which
produce electric power on-site at required capacity increments, and
without the need for upgrading or adding transmission lines. Anticipated
advantages are improvement in power quality and system reliability.
A distributed generation technology of interest for commercial and industrial
applications is the microturbine which uses rotating components of a
small gas turbine-driven generator (30 - 250 kW) to generate electric
power. Waste heat from the microturbine can be recovered to increase
overall fuel-use efficiency. When fired with natural gas, microturbines
are expected to be in compliance with current environmental regulations.
OBJECTIVE
The project will install and demonstrate microturbine distributed generation
technology at several commercial/industrial sites within the NYSEG utility
service territory. The project will assess equipment installation, operating
performance, and system reliability.
DESCRIPTION
NYSEG will procure, install, operate, and test available microturbines
from as many manufacturers as possible. A test center will be designed
and constructed at NYSEG's Kirkwood Industrial Park facility to evaluate
equipment performance prior to installation at commercial/industrial
sites.
BENEFITS
The project will determine performance characteristics of available
microturbines, both under laboratory conditions, and in commercial service.
The information obtained will be helpful for designing microturbine
distributed generation systems at other sites in New York State.
SCHEDULE AND STATUS
NYSEG was able to procure five (5) Capstone 30 kW and two (2) Honeywell
Parallon 75 kW microturbines. GE-Elliott 40kW and NREC (now Ingersoll-Rand
Power Systems) 70 kW PowerWorks machines were not available for this
project. Three (3) Capstones were installed and tested at NYSEG's Kirkwood
test facility as were the two (2) Honeywell Parallon 75s. Two of the
three Capstones tested at NYSEG are currently being tested at Intertek
Testing Services in Cortland. The remaining two (2) Capstones are still
in shipping crates. NYSEG has experienced difficulties in finding suitable
commercial demonstration sites for the microturbines. The high cost
of natural gas this past winter makes it imperative that waste heat
is effectively utilized when the machines generate power. Discussions
are ongoing with two potential sites.
Staff Contact
Joseph Sayer
Sr. Project Manager
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