Maryland company LPP Combustion has reported successful demonstration of a 30-kilowatt power generator running on a subsitute for natural gas made from a renewable ethanol sourced from cheese by-products.
The company based in Columbia, Maryland, has developed a technology that converts a range of liquid fuels into a substitute for natural gas, called Lean Pre-mixed Pre-vaporized (LPP) Gas.
LPP Combustion said its technology could provide dispatchable green power that is not dependent on weather conditions as are wind or solar projects.
It has now demonstrated the LPP Gas generating renewable power with a Capstone C30 gas turbine.
The gas turbine is on loan to LPP Combustion from Harbec Plastics of Ontario, New York. The plastics manufacturer aims to convert all 25 of its Capstone C30 gas turbines to operate on biofuels using the LPP technology, in a bid to reduce the carbon footprint of its plastics production.
Fuel
Fuel for the demonstration project has been made from 90% ethanol and 10% water, with the ethanol provided by Caseus Energy LLC, a Californian company that makes biofuels from waste materials from cheese production.
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