I-Corps: Afthon - Pressure Gain Combustion Power Generator

增压燃烧(PGC，通常称为爆震)是一种高效的发电过程，因为该过程燃烧燃料的速度比目前所有商用内燃机中存在的传统恒压燃烧快30倍以上。除了效率更高外，PGC发电机的建造和维护成本也不高，而且它可以使用各种燃料，包括可持续的沼气。PGC发电机存在一个巨大的潜在市场，可以作为一个独立的单元运行，也可以作为电网的一部分运行。可持续沼气的使用解决了温室气体排放的重要问题。这种PGC发电机符合先进国家努力实现环境目标的解决战略，通过高效燃烧产生更低排放的电力。此外，PGC发电机可以增加低成本能源的可用性，有可能改善全球大片地区的人类福祉。PGC工艺的进一步技术衍生包括开发高效热源，以及其他新的工业工艺。除了观察基本的燃烧物理，该团队在过去20年里还展示了各种使能技术。PGC技术受到六项专利的保护，并正在进行进一步的披露。PGC发电机制造和操作简单，因此比现有的10-100千瓦范围内的发电机具有成本优势。这项技术是可扩展的，拟议的团队具有从1千瓦到2兆瓦的竞争性设计，瞄准目前不一定得到很好服务的各种利基市场。该项目的目标是将PGC技术推向市场。该项目的范围是通过发现客户群来探索发电和工业应用市场，并开发PGC发电机原型。该团队将通过在线和电话联系、贸易展以及拜访有希望的各方，与潜在的合作伙伴和投资者接触。该团队将继续开发PGC原型发电机，向潜在合作伙伴和投资者展示。

Pressure gain combustion (PGC, commonly called detonation) is a highly efficient process for power generation because the process burns fuels over 30 times faster than conventional, constant pressure combustion which is currently present in all commercial internal combustion engines. In addition to higher efficiency, a PGC power generator is inexpensive to build and to maintain, and it can use a wide variety of fuels, including sustainable biogas. A large, potential market exists for the PGC power generator, either operating as a standalone unit or as part of a grid. The use of sustainable biogas addresses the important issue of greenhouse gas emissions. This PGC generator fits into the solution strategies of advanced countries striving to meet environmental targets, by producing power with lower emissions through efficient combustion. Additionally, the PGC generator can increase availability of low-cost energy with the potential of improving human welfare in large areas of the globe. Further technological spinoffs of the PGC process include developing efficient heat sources, as well as other novel industrial processes. In addition to observing fundamental combustion physics, various enabling technologies have been demonstrated by the team over the past two decades. The PGC technology is protected by six patents with further disclosures in the pipeline. The PGC generator is simple to manufacture and operate, thereby accruing a cost advantage over existing generators in the 10-100 kW range. The technology is scalable and the proposed team has competitive designs ranging from 1 kW to 2 MW, targeting various niche markets that are not necessarily well served at present. The goal of this project is to bring PGC technology to the marketplace. The scope of the project is to explore the power generation and industrial applications market through discovering the customer base and to develop a prototype PGC generator. This team will engage with potential partners and investors through online and telephone contacts, and tradeshows, as well as visiting promising parties. The team will continue to develop a prototype PGC generator to exhibit to potential partners and investors.