C2 Technology: Micro-turbine Based Modular Energy Conversion Systems (MECS) Feasibility Study

C2 Technology （C2）是一家致力于开发能源回收、节约和储存以及可再生能源创新解决方案的公司，旨在帮助各行业满足低碳世界的需求。C2的主要活动领域是回收低品位的能源废物，否则，释放到环境中的各种加工行业，如化学，食品和饮料，制造，水泥等。特别是低功率（<300kW）的废物能源回收被广泛忽视的大型服务运营商，因为它在技术上难以回收，利润低于回收高功率的能源废物。在上述工业以及气体介质（即天然气和蒸汽）分配网络的减压过程中，超过25%的能源作为低品位的热废物而损失，污染了环境。由于对温室气体排放、能源可负担性和能源安全的担忧，现在有一个提高能源效率的关键动力。为了满足这些需求，许多行业开始研究如何回收他们在运营过程中产生的低功率、低品位的能源废物。目前市场上能源回收系统的一个主要问题是成本高，投资回收期相对较长（约3-5年）。C2相信，模块化概念以及他们创新的低成本气体轴承将带来显著的市场优势，并在一系列工业部门中更有效地回收废弃能源。C2公司打算实施一种具有成本效益的模块化能源转换系统（MECS）设计，该系统可以通过有限数量的可互连模块进行异地配置。MECS可以作为减压应用的直接压力-电源系统，也可以作为闭环热-电源系统的主要部分。这项研究的一部分涉及将客户需求系统化，并将其提供给MECS的前端工程（FEE）。MECS将由主要意见领袖（kol）评估，他们将组成咨询委员会，并根据不同行业客户的需求进行优化。该项目将为C2提供时间和范围，以完成对这一复杂多变市场的可行性研究，并对MECS进行前端工程评估、开发和成本计划，以及指导下一个开发阶段的商业化战略。

C2 Technology (C2) is a company that develops innovative solutions for energy recovery, saving and storage as well as renewables to help industries meet demands for a low carbon world.C2's main field of activities lies in the area of recovery of low-grade energy waste that is, otherwise, released into the environment in a variety of processing industries such as chemical, food and drink, manufacturing, cement etc.Low power (<300kW) waste energy recovery in particular is widely overlooked by the larger service operators as it is technically difficult to recover and less profitable than recovery of high-power energy waste.Over 25% of the energy used in the above-mentioned industries as well as during pressure reduction in distribution networks of gaseous media, i.e. natural gas and steam, is lost as low-grade heat waste contaminating the environment. There is now a critical impetus for enhanced energy efficiency due to the concerns of greenhouse gas emissions, energy affordability and energy security. To be in-line with these needs many industries started to examine ways of recovering low-power low-grade energy waste they produce while operating.A key concern with the current market offerings for energy recovery systems is their high cost with comparatively lengthy payback (\>3-5 years) on investment. C2 believes that the modular concept along with their innovative low-cost gas bearings will give a significant market advantage and lead to more efficient recovery of waste energy across a range of industry sectors.C2 intends to implement a cost-effective design of a modular energy conversion system (MECS) that can be configured off-site from a finite number of interconnectable modules. The MECS is implementable as a direct pressure-to-power system for pressure let down applications as well as the main part of closed loop heat-to-power systems. Part of this study involves systematising client requirements and feeding them into front-end engineering (FEE) of the MECS. The MECS is to be assessed by key opinion leaders (KOLs), who will form the advisory board, and optimised for the needs of the clients from different sectors.This project will allow C2 time and scope to complete a feasibility study of this complex and varied marketplace and produce a front-end engineering assessment of MECS, its development and costing plan as well as a commercialisation strategy to guide the next development stages.