About us:

We provide architectural, emissions abatement, engineering, energy master planning, custom-designed and packaged CHP Systems (cogeneration and trigeneration energy systems) and renewable energy project development services, including;

• Amine Plants

• Anaerobic Digesters

• Architects and Engineers

• Architectural and Engineering

• Automated Demand Response - ADR

• Balance of Plant - BOP

• Balance of System - BOS

• Battery Energy Storage - BES

• Biogas Conditioning

• Biogas Development

• Biogas Processing

• Biogas Recovery

• Biomass Gasification

• Brayton Cycle

• Bulk Energy Storage

• Carnot Cycle

• Carbon Emissions Consulting

• Carbon Free Energy

• Cheng Cycle

• CHP Systems

• Clean Power Generation

• Cogeneration

• Compressed Air Energy Storage - CAES

• Concentrated Solar Power - CSP

• Concentrating Solar Power

• Decentralized Energy

• Demand Side Management - DSM

• Dispatchable Generation

• Dispatchable Solar

• Dispatchable Wind

• Dispersed Generation

• Distributed Generation

• Distributed Energy Resources - DER

• Distributed PV

• Distributed Solar Generation

• District Energy Systems

• EcoGeneration

• Economic Feasibility

• Emissions Abatement 

• Emissions Engineering

• Energy Master Plan

• Energy Master Plans

• Energy Master Planning

• Engineering Feasibility

• Engineering Procurement Construction - EPC

• Evacuated Tube Collectors

• Flywheel Energy Storage

• Frequency Regulation

• Front End Engineering

• Front End Engineering Design - FEED

• Front End Loading

• Gas Compressors

• Gas Gathering

• Gas to Power

• Graz Cycle

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions consulting

• Greenhouse Gas Permitting

• Greenhouse Gas Reporting

• H2S Removal

• High Concentration PV

• High Voltage Direct Current - HVDC

• Integrated Energy Systems

• Interconnection Studies

• Kalina Cycle

• Methane Recovery

• Molten Salt Storage

• Natural Gas Storage

• Natural Gas Treating

• Net Zero Energy - NZE

• Net Zero Energy Buildings - NZEB

• Onsite Power Generation

• Organic Rankine Cycle - ORC

• Parabolic Troughs

• Peak Load Management

• Pipeline Quality Gas

• Plasma Gasification

• Pollution Free Power

• Power Factor Correction

• Power Purchase Agreement consulting & PPA fundingProject Development

• Project Development

• Project Management

• Project Finance/Funding introduction to potential investors

• Rankine Cycle

• Recycled Energy

• Renewable Natural Gas

• Rooftop PV

• Salt Dome Storage

• Sewage Sludge

• Smart Grid

• Solar Cogeneration

• Solar Desalination

• Solar Power Parks

• Solar Power Towers

• Solar Thermal Collectors

• Solar Trigeneration

• Stranded Gas

• Solar Water Heating Systems

• Sustainable Building Solutions

• Sustainable Building Technologies

• Sustainable Urban Living

• Synchronous Generators

• Syngas Cleanup

• Synthesis Gas - Syngas

• Trigeneration

• Unified Smart Grid

• Virtual Power Plants

• Waste Heat Recovery

• Waste to Energy

• Waste to Fuel

• Wastewater Treatment Systems

• Zero Emission Energy

• Zero Emission Power

and other engineering and project development services.

Our work is performed on a strict adherence to "vendor-neutrality."   We seek to maximize the return on investment from both the economic and environmental aspects while simultaneously minimizing the operational expenses for our clients.  Call/email us to learn more about our services or to receive a preliminary, no obligation consult, send your proposed renewable energy or engineering project details to us by email.

info@CompressedAirEnergyStorage.com

Our work is performed on a strict adherence to "vendor-neutrality." We are client and project focused and seek to maximize our client's return on their investment while simultaneously minimizing their operational expenses and environmental exposure.

For qualified clients we will design, build, finance, own, operate and maintain a new:

Carbon Free Energy

Clean Power Generation

Cogeneration

Concentrated Solar Power

EcoGeneration

Geothermal Power Plant

Organic Rankine Cycle

Renewable Energy Park

Solar Power Park

Trigeneration

Waste Heat Recovery

Zero Emission Power 

energy system, through a Power Purchase Agreement that guarantees
a minimum 10% reduction in our client's energy expenses.

(NOTE: Engineering and related interim project development expenses may be at client's expense but will be
refunded at the close of Power Purchase Agreement or other project financing. Some of our engineering
and EPC services may be provided by one of our Top-ranked ENR Engineering/EPC partner companies.)

To receive a preliminary no-obligation review of your energy, engineering or project plans, 
send an introductory email to us at the following email address:

info@EnergyMasterPlan.com

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Our "Integrated" CHP Systems (available in either Cogeneration or Trigeneration 
configuration) Have Very High Efficiencies, Low Emissions & Low Fuel Costs

The Effective Heat Rate for our CHP Systems is Approximately 
4100 btu/kW.  This equates to a Total System Efficiency of 92%.

Pictures (below) of a Custom Designed and Engineered 
Cogeneration Plant Being Built for New Customer.

This Cogeneration Plant is Rated at 900 kW and Features:
(2) Natural Gas Engines @ 450 kW each on one Skid with Optional 
Selective Catalytic Reduction system that removes Nitrogen Oxides to "non-detect"

What is "Cogeneration"?

Did you know that 10% of our nation's electricity now comes from "cogeneration" plants?

And because cogeneration is so efficient, it saves its customers up to 40% on their energy expenses, and provides even greater savings to our environment through significant reductions in fuel usage and much lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Cogeneration - also known as “combined heat and power” (CHP), cogen, district energy, total energy, and combined cycle, is the simultaneous production of heat (usually in the form of hot water and/or steam) and power, utilizing one primary fuel such as natural gas, or a renewable fuel, such as Biomethane, B100 Biodiesel, or Synthesis Gas.

Cogeneration technology is not the latest industry buzz-word being touted as the solution to our nation's energy woes. Cogeneration is a proven technology that has been around for over 120 years!

Our nation's first commercial power plant was a cogeneration plant that was designed and built by Thomas Edison in 1882 in New York. Our nation's first commercial power plant was called the "Pearl Street Station."

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What is "Trigeneration"?

Trigeneration is the simultaneous production of three forms of energy - typically, Cooling, Heating and Power - from only one fuel input. Put another way, our trigeneration power plants produce three different types of energy for the price of one.

Trigeneration energy systems can reach overall system efficiencies of 86% to 93%.  Typical "central" power plants, that do not need the heat generated from the combustion and power generation process, are only about 33% efficient.

Trigeneration Diagram & Description
Trigeneration Power Plants' Have the Highest System Efficiencies and are 
About 300 % More Efficient than Typical Central Power Plants

Trigeneration plants are installed at locations that can benefit from all three forms of energy.  These types of installations that install trigeneration energy systems are called "onsite power generation" also referred to as "decentralized energy."   

One of our company's principal's first experience with the design and development of a trigeneration power plant was the trigeneration power plant installation at Rice University in 1987 where our trigeneration development team started out by conducting a "cogeneration" feasibility study.  The EPC contractor that Rice University selected installed the trigeneration power which included a 4.0 MW Ruston gas turbine power plant, along with waste heat recovery boilers and Absorption Chillers.  A "waste heat recovery boiler" captures the heat from the exhaust of the gas turbine.  From there, the recovered energy was converted to chilled water - originally from (3) Hitachi Absorption Chillers - 2 were rated at 1,000 tons each, and the third Hitachi Absorption Chiller was rated at 1,500 tons. The Hitachi Absorption Chillers were replaced shortly after their installation by the EPC company.  The first trigeneration plant at Rice University was so successful, they added a second 5.0 MW trigeneration plant so today, Rice University is now generating about 9.0 MW of electricity, and also producing the cooling and heating the university needs from the trigeneration plant and circulating the trigeneration energy around its campus.

Trigeneration Chart
Trigeneration's "Super-Efficiency" compared 
with other competing technologies
As you can see, there is No Competition for Trigeneration!

Our cogeneration and trigeneration energy systems are "custom" designed and engineered for each of our new client's businesses and facilities.  Our cogeneration and trigeneration energy systems are an ideal energy solution for many businesses, including;  Data Centers, Hospitals, Universities, Airports, Central Plants, Colleges & Universities, Dairies, Server Farms, District Heating & Cooling Plants, Food Processing Plants, Golf/Country Clubs, Government Buildings, Grocery Stores, Hotels, Manufacturing Plants, Nursing Homes, Office Buildings / Campuses, Radio Stations, Refrigerated Warehouses, Resorts, Restaurants, Schools, Server Farms, Shopping Centers, Supermarkets, Television Stations, Theatres and Military Bases.

At about 86% to 93% net system efficiency, our cogeneration and trigeneration energy systems are about 300% more efficient at providing energy than your current electric utility. That's because the typical electric utility's "central power plants" are only about 33% efficient - they waste 2/3 of the fuel in generating electricity in the enormous amount of waste heat energy that they exhaust through their smokestacks.

Trigeneration is defined as the simultaneous production of three energies: Cooling, Heating and Power.  Our trigeneration energy systems use the same amount of fuel in producing three energies that would normally only produce just one type of energy. This means our customers that have our trigeneration power plants have significantly lower energy expenses, and a lower carbon footprint.

Our cogeneration and trigeneration energy systems can be an ideal solution for customers wanting increased power reliability and decreased energy and environmental costs.  A few of the types of businesses, facilities and operations that might benefit from our cogeneration and trigeneration energy system(s) include the following:

• Airports

• Casinos

• Central Plants

• Colleges & Universities

• Dairies

• Data Centers 

• District Heating & Cooling plants

• Food Processing Plants

• Golf/Country Clubs

• Government Buildings and Facilities 

• Grocery Stores

• Hospitals 

• Hotels

• Manufacturing Plants

• Military Bases

• Nursing Homes 

• Office Buildings / Campuses

• Radio Stations

• Refrigerated Warehouses 

• Resorts 

• Restaurants 

• Schools

• Server Farms

• Shopping centers 

• Supermarkets 

• Television Stations

• Theatres

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Waste Heat Recovery in Cogeneration and 
Trigeneration power and energy systems

In most cogeneration and trigeneration power and energy systems, the exhaust gas from the electric generation equipment is ducted to a heat exchanger to recover the thermal energy in the gas. These heat exchangers are air-to-water heat exchangers, where the exhaust gas flows over some form of tube and fin heat exchange surface and the heat from the exhaust gas is transferred to make hot water or steam. The hot water or steam is then used to provide hot water or steam heating and/or to operate thermally activated equipment, such as an absorption chiller for cooling or a desiccant dehumidifer for dehumidification.

Many of the waste heat recovery technologies used in building co/trigeneration systems require hot water, some at moderate pressures of 15 to 150 psig. In the cases where additional steam or pressurized hot water is needed, it may be necessary to provide supplemental heat to the exhaust gas with a duct burner.

In some applications air-to-air heat exchangers can be used. In other instances, if the emissions from the generation equipment are low enough, such as is with many of the microturbine technologies, the hot exhaust gases can be mixed with make-up air and vented directly into the heating system for building heating.

In the majority of installations, a flapper damper or "diverter" is employed to vary flow across the heat transfer surfaces of the heat exchanger to maintain a specific design temperature of the hot water or steam generation rate.

Typical Waste Heat Recovery Installation

In some co/trigeneration designs, the exhaust gases can be used to activate a thermal wheel or a desiccant dehumidifier. Thermal wheels use the exhaust gas to heat a wheel with a medium that absorbs the heat and then transfers the heat when the wheel is rotated into the incoming airflow.

A professional engineer should be involved in designing and sizing of the waste heat recovery section. For a proper and economical operation, the design of the heat recovery section involves consideration of many related factors, such as the thermal capacity of the exhaust gases, the exhaust flow rate, the sizing and type of heat exchanger, and the desired parameters over a various range of operating conditions of the co/trigeneration system — all of which need to be considered for proper and economical operation.

The Market and Potential for Waste Heat Recovery technologies and solutions

There are more than 500,000 smokestacks in the U.S. that are "wasting" heat, an untapped resource that can be converted to energy with Waste Heat Recovery technologies.

About 10% of these 500,000 smokestacks represent about 75% of the available wasted heat which has a stack gas exit temperature above 500 degrees F. which could generate approximately 50,000 megawatts of electricity annually and an annual market of over $75 billion in gross revenues before tax incentives and greenhouse gas emissions credits.

Waste Heat Recovery technologies represent the least cost solution which provides the greatest return on investment, than any other possible green energy technology or "carbon free energy" opportunity!

For more information on Waste Heat Recovery and Waste Heat Boilers, call/email us.

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Decentralized Energy is the opposite of "centralized energy."  Decentralized Energy energy generates the power and energy that a residential, commercial or industrial customer needs, onsite. Examples of decentralized energy production are solar energy systems and solar trigeneration energy systems.

Today's electric utility industry was "born" in the 1930's, when fossil fuel prices were cheap, and the cost of wheeling the electricity via transmission power lines, was also cheap.  "Central" power plants could be located hundreds of miles from the load centers, or cities, where the electricity was needed. These extreme inefficiencies and cheap fossil fuel prices have added a considerable economic and environmental burden to the consumers and the planet.

Centralized energy is found in the form of electric utility companies that generate power from "central" power plants. Central power plants are highly inefficient, averaging only 33% net system efficiency.  This means that the power coming to your home or business - including the line losses and transmission inefficiencies of moving the power - has lost 75% to as much as 80% energy it started with at the "central" power plant.  These losses and inefficiencies translate into significantly increased energy expenses by the residential and commercial consumers.

The electric grid of the 21st century (see slide below) will be Decentralized, Smart, Efficient and provide "carbon free energy" and “pollution free power” to customers who remain on the electric grid.  The electric grid of the future will be comprised of both Onsite Power Generation plants and "utility scale power plants" that are fueled/powered with Biomass Gasification, Biomethane, Concentrating Solar Power, B100 Biodiesel, Distributed PV, EcoGeneration Systems, Geothermal Power Plants, Synthesis Gas, Rooftop PV, Solar Cogeneration, Solar Energy Systems, Solar Power Parks, Solar Trigeneration and Wind Power Generation  - located at Residential, Commercial, Industrial and City/Municipal Locations.  Some customers will have an option and may choose to dis-connect from the grid entirely.  (Electric grid represented by the small light blue circles in the slide below.)

The transmission grid will be upgraded to a "Unified Smart Grid" with green electrons now being wheeled via "High Voltage Direct Current."

Typical "central" power plants and the electric utility companies that own them will either be shut-down, closed or go out of business due to one or more of the following:  failed business model, inordinate expenses related to central power plants that are inefficient, excessive pollution/emissions, high costs, continued reliance on the use of fossil fuels to generate energy, and the failure to provide efficient, carbon free energy and pollution free power. 

Carbon free energy and pollution free power reduces our dependence on foreign oil and makes us Energy Independent while reducing and eliminating Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

* Some of the above information from the Department of Energy website with permission.