Industrial Research of Modular Energy Conversion System as a Steam Let-down Expander

C2 Technology（** C2 T **）是一家开发能源回收、节约和存储以及可再生能源创新解决方案的公司，以帮助行业满足低碳世界的需求。C2 T的主要活动领域是回收低品位能源废物，即在化学，食品和饮料，制造业，水泥等各种加工行业中释放到环境中的废物。Anglo Beef Processors（**ABP**）是一家主要业务功能是牛肉加工的公司。总部基地深知，他们有责任确保自然资源为下一代提供充足的能源。BEIS工业热回收计划发现，在2014年，有11 TWh的工业热可以通过技术回收，但由于许多低功率能源，其中只有5 TWh具有商业可行性。特别是低功率废弃能源回收被大型服务运营商广泛忽视，因为它在技术上难以回收，并且比回收高功率能源废物的利润更低。项目团队的重点是通过压力到功率（P2P）回收低功率（<150 kW）能源废物。由于对温室气体排放、能源可负担性和能源安全的关注，现在存在提高能源效率的关键动力。为了满足这些需求，许多行业开始研究回收它们在操作时产生的低功率低等级能量废物的方法。当前市场上提供的能量回收系统的一个关键问题是其成本高，投资回收期相对较长（>3-5年）。C2 T相信，模块化概念沿着其创新的低成本气体轴承将带来显著的市场优势，并导致更有效地回收废物能源在一系列工业部门。该项目将使C2 T完成详细的20 kWe模块化能量转换系统（MECS）的设计和制造，证明系统的成本和性能达到TRL 6，在ABP提供的工业实验室环境中进行测试，并在投资回收期内进行测试，从而为下一阶段的beta原型技术建立信心。同时，ABP将使用P2P转换产生免费电力，同时减少环境污染。该项目将使主要利益相关者能够评估MECS，从而导致后续的示范点和外部投资。MECS的实施将有助于英国经济在2050年前实现零碳水平，并有可能将英国的二氧化碳排放量减少13万吨/年。

C2 Technology (**C2T**) 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. C2T'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.Anglo Beef Processors (**ABP**) is a company whose main business function is the processing of beef. ABP understands they have a responsibility to ensure that natural resources are in place for the next generation.The BEIS Industrial Heat Recovery Programme found that in 2014 11TWh of industrial heat could have been technically recovered, but only 5TWh of this would have been commercially viable due to many low power sources. Low-power 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.The project team's focus is on recovery of low-power (<150kW) energy waste through pressure-to-power (P2P) processes in steam networks of a variety of industries.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. C2T 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.This project will enable C2T to complete the detailed 20kWe modular energy conversion system (MECS) design and manufacture, prove system's cost and performance achieving TRL6, and payback period in an Industrial lab environment, provided by ABP, establishing confidence in the technology for the next phase beta-prototype. Whilst ABP will generate free electricity using P2P conversion simultaneously reducing pollution of the environment. The project would enable key stakeholders to evaluate MECS, leading to subsequent demonstration sites and external investment.The Implementation of MECS will contribute achieving by the UK economy zero carbon levels by 2050 with the potential of reducing the UK CO2 emissions by 130,000 tons/year.