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

C2 Technology（C2）是一家为能源回收、节能和储存以及可再生能源开发创新解决方案的公司，以帮助行业满足低碳世界的需求。C2的主要活动领域在于回收低品位能源废物，否则，在各种加工行业，如化学，食品和饮料，制造，水泥等。低功率（<300 kW）废能回收尤其被较大的服务运营商广泛忽视，因为其在技术上难以回收并且比回收高功率废能利润更低。在上述工业中以及在气体介质的分配网络中的减压期间使用的能量的25%以上，即天然气和蒸汽作为污染环境的低品位热废物而损失。由于对温室气体排放、能源可负担性和能源安全的关切，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认为，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，并在一系列工业部门中实现更有效的废能回收。C2打算实施模块化能量转换系统（MECS）的成本效益设计，该系统可通过有限数量的可互连模块进行异地配置。MECS可作为压力下降应用的直接压力到功率系统以及闭环热电系统的主要部分来实现。这项研究的一部分涉及系统化的客户需求，并将其反馈到前端工程（FEE）的MECS。MECS将由关键意见领袖（KOL）进行评估，他们将组成顾问委员会，并根据不同行业客户的需求进行优化。该项目将允许C2在时间和范围内完成对这个复杂多样的市场的可行性研究，并对MECS进行前端工程评估，其开发和成本计划以及商业化战略，以指导下一个开发阶段。

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.