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| Above: FlexEnergy claims that the Flex Powerstation is the cleanest power platform in the world |
California, USA based FlexEnergy, has announced that in collaboration with the County of Riverside Waste Management Department, will celebrate the inaugural installation of the Flex Powerstation at Lamb Canyon Landfill on August 12, 2010.
The company claims that the Flex Powerstation is the cleanest power platform in the world, capable of oxidizing gases, especially weak and waste gases previously unusable to produce clean, green electricity.
The system works by mixing fuel gas and air together at atmospheric pressure, and then compressing the mixture. The compressed mixture goes to a recuperator which is a heat exchanger that raises the temperature of the mixture.
The mixture is next sent to a gradual oxidizer, the temperature of which is maintained at a level high enough to oxidize the fuel in the gas/air mixtures, and provides sufficient dwell time to allow the oxidation to be complete.
The hot, pressurized gases then enter the turbine, where useful power is extracted, and the turbine exhaust gas heats the incoming gas through the recuperator on its way out.
FlexEnergy CEO Joseph Perry states, "FlexEnergy will allow landfills to generate the power we need while efficiently removing a burden on the environment. Every landfill has this problem, many have attempted to solve it, and this ribbon cutting of our near zero emission system demonstrates that Flex has found the solution."
The result of ten years of development, the Flex Powerstation allows a landfill to transform its harmful and often previously unusable methane gas into energy with near zero emissions.
FlexEnergy believe that this installation marks a turning point in clean energy generation, as the Flex Powerstation is the only system able to run on low Btu gas, removing this environmental burden while using it as a clean energy source.
The Honorable Stephen L. Johnson, former head of the United States EPA, will be Master of Ceremonies. Johnson, with a three decade commitment to protecting the environment in the EPA, is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Presidential Rank Award. Many other environmental and political leaders are expected to be in attendance.
The company has also recently been named a winner in the Anaheim Center for New Energy Technologies (AC-NET)’s Clean Tech Business Plan Competition. FlexEnergy was honored for a business plan and technology that includes the development of the Flex Powerstation.
The AC-NET award is bestowed to companies with profitable and innovative solutions to energy and water challenges. The competition is judged by leaders from the clean tech, venture capital, utility, and academic fields and is part of the Clean Technology Conference & Expo – North America’s largest clean technology event.
Fifty seven companies submitted proposals and competed in two rounds of eliminations, which ended with FlexEnergy being honored for second place overall and the leading green house gas reduction technology.
