A Next Generation Energy Solution for the 21st Century

VOCGEN CHP is a “next generation” small scale decentralized CHP energy solution for industrial facilities that generate and control (abate) VOC air emissions and that can use high quality heat and electricity on site. It is also for facilities that emit VOCs without any air pollution controls, which is a net VOC reduction strategy that competes directly with the concept of emission credits. The customer value proposition is an enhanced combined heat and power (CHP) economic model that dramatically improves profitability and provides greater technical and operational flexibility than traditional VOC abatement equipment.

Specifically, VOCGEN represents an enhanced CHP economic model by eliminating the life cycle cost of traditional thermal destruct equipment. The abatement utility makes this small, yet scalable CHP solution cost-effective and quite profitable when compared to even the most efficient thermal oxidizers offered in today’s marketplace. The latest economic feasibility studies completed for a number of Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500 companies in various industry sectors have resulted in impressive IRR and simple payback of less than 2 years for 20-year projects.

The sensible use of high Btu value solvent emissions known as VOCs as well as natural gas in small, yet scalable cogeneration systems (≥500kWe) for industry sectors such as manufacturing, petrochemical and synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry (SOCMI) will prove to be a pivotal energy solution for major sources in regulated markets including Europa and North America, providing tens of thousands of legacy equipment replacement opportunities.

Some of the advanced capabilities and benefits of VOCGEN include:

1)       Rapid starts and stops for either intermittent operations, or continuous operations;

2)       Processing 6,000 cfm per genset and >200,000 cfm VOC-laden air using VOC concentrator technology or stacked gensets;

3)       The thermal destruction of typical low boiler VOC mixtures and concentrations;

4)       Advanced VOC combustor with no moving parts, media substrates or catalysts to maintain

5)       Advanced automation and control systems for high equipment availability and reliability

6)       Automated temperature controls that rapidly respond to a variety of VOC species during operation;

7)       A five minute system start time resulting in VOC destruct readiness and energy generation;

8)       VOC destruct/removal efficiencies (DRE) that achieve USEPA MACT standards for major sources;

9)       The optional replacement of emergency standby power generators and a demand response solution

10)    The cost effective option of utilizing liquid or gaseous fuels with “switch on the fly” capability;

11)    The offset of purchased power and fuel(s) for process and/or building heating and cooling;

12)    An increase in production reliability by adverting brownout and/or blackout events and production losses;

13)    Significant carbon emission reductions when compared to conventional regional power generation;

14)    Avoidance of public funding requirements to make the project economically feasible and beneficial

15)    Less permitting complexity with a focus on “inside the fence” Part 70/71 Title V and stationary gas turbine emission sources

16)    A net decrease in air shed inventories of ozone and toxics

17)    An increase in manufacturing capacity, jobs and tax base

18)    Over 50 industrial applications, e.g., manufacturing, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, fuel transport, etc.

19)    Fulfillment of power utility energy efficiency portfolio requirements and joint project ownership scenarios

20)    Direct reduction in environmental health, global climate, homeland security and aging grid concerns

21)    Fulfillment of environmental and energy efficiency goals of the US EPA, US DOE and the European Commission

22)   Fuel flexible operations utilizing liquid and gaseous fuels such as natural gas, butane, propane, diesel, regular gas, Jet-A, ethanol, etc.

Contact Steve Sexton (sesexton@vocgen.com) at Environment & Power Systems International to ask about a feasibility review and lease to own opportunities for 2012 and 2013. Initial planning strategies include installation of new, pre-certified equipment for further evaluation and planning of facility-wide replacement of legacy thermal oxidizer equipment and the transition to some level of independent CHP and optionally, grid synchronization for droop controlled distributed energy (DE).

2011 Copyright Environment & Power Systems International

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