Proe Power Systems, LLC
”Making
Thermodynamics a Household Word” ®
Developing Innovative New Technologies
for
Energy
A Clean,
Low Cost, Alternative Fuel, Direct Combustion Engine:
Proe
Afterburning™ Cycle Engine
High Efficiency Combined with Total Fuel Flexibility
As a Stand Alone Combustion Engine:
·
Allows Direct Combustion of
any Solid, Liquid or Gaseous Fuel
· Eliminates the Cost and Complexity of Digesters, Gasifiers, Fermenters, Distillers, Reformers etc.
· Ideal for Renewable Alternative fuels: Second Generation Biofuels (Algae, Bamboo, Miscanthus, Switch Grass etc.), Bio-waste, Refuse, Prunings, Coconut Shells, Corn Husks, Shredded Paper, Wood Pellets or Scrap, etc.
· Provides the cleanest and most efficient means possible for Direct Combustion of Carbon Neutral Solid Fuels and Cellulosic Biomass (without the need for a gasifier or digester) for Village Power, Agricultural Waste Power, and Power from all Types of Combustible Waste.
· Can Use its own Heat to Dry Wet Solid Fuels - Simplifies fuel handling and reduces fuel cost
· Fuel economy and global warming emissions even better than a Fuel Cell - right now - without waiting for the “Hydrogen Economy” (see the Fuel Cell comparison page)
·
Clean exhaust meets 21st Century Environmental Requirements
Without Costly Pollution Controls
As a Combined Combustion Process & Engine – Symbiotic™ Waste Heat Recovery:
· Double the Efficiency of Parasitic Waste Heat Recovery (Steam, ORC etc) that only takes waste heat - without giving back to the combustion process
· Can Truly Optimize Industrial Combustion/Heating Processes (Kilns, Foundries, Ovens, Heat Treat Furnaces, Incinerators, etc) by:
1.
Producing Shaft
and/or Electric Power from Recovered Waste Heat
2. Providing a Clean,
Preheated, Air Blast back to the Process for Symbiotic™ waste heat recovery to
the original process as well!
As a Waste Heat Recovery Cycle to another Internal Combustion or Gas Turbine Engine
· In the Proe HRPG® Heat Recovery Power Generator Configuration it Can meet Waste Heat Recovery Goals by:
1.
Producing
Additional Shaft and/or Electric Power from Recovered Exhaust Heat
2. Providing Cogeneration
Heating with Clean, Heated, Air that can
go Directly to a Building’s Heat Ducts
Either Way:
· Simple, Conventional Construction
·
Totally New – Not Steam or
1.
Open Cycle that
Operates on Air
2. No “Working Fluid” to Leak
3. Superior Efficiency, Reliability, and Maintainability
·
Much Simpler and More Efficient than
·
Long engine life: Moving Parts not Exposed to Combustion Products
-
A vital characteristic for use of
"non-traditional" renewable fuels that cause other engines to rapidly
seize
· Low cost to manufacture, high profit
· Endorsed by 2008 “Innovation in Renewable Energy” Award by the Northern Ohio Chapter – Association of Energy Engineers
· Competition prevented by broad patent protection (U.S. #7028476, US Patent 6,672,063, US Patent 6,390,185, U.S. #5894729) and pending
Developed by a Space Shuttle Fuel
Cell Expert who knew there had to be a better way...more
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Additional Information:
- Proe Afterburning(tm) Technology Brochure (Adobe pdf file) Technology Brochure
- Proe Power Systems Home Page Background and Status
- More About our Related Technologies (HRPG® Heat Recovery Power Generator and Proe 90™ Gas Turbine Recuperator)
The Afterburning Ericsson Cycle Engine is a NASA
Featured Technology!
Contact us:
Richard Proeschel, P.E.
President
Proe Power Systems, LLC
5072 Morning
International Phone: 1-(330)723-4469 ext. 600
Fax: (330)723-4469
r.proeschel@proepowersystems.com
