Breakthrough Efficiency Drives Technologies “Green”

Breakthrough Efficiency

The Wilson Heat Exchanger™ and the Wilson Microturbine™ are important technologies in advancing the mandate to achieve significantly higher levels of energy efficiency in industrial processes and onsite power generation. Improving energy efficiency to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions has been identified as an important and cost-effective action for many businesses as governments around the world move towards introducing “carbon tax” and “cap-and-trade” schemes in the fight against global climate change.

According to a plan proposed by Princeton University’s Environmental Institute (PEI), current levels of CO2 emissions must and can be stabilized quickly to avoid doubling its concentration in the atmosphere over the next fifty years. Of the existing strategies required, “increased efficiency” is one significant way to reduce the energy intensity and carbon footprint of many industrial processes and distributed power generation systems. In addition to helping mitigate climate change, less fuel is consumed (for the work produced), operating costs are lower, and payback is sooner.

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Clean Power Generation

The ultra-high efficiency of the Wilson Heat Exchanger can also enable and encourage the economical use of renewable fuels and the development of new, economically viable, clean energy systems — including high-efficiency microturbine systems, externally fired biomass turbines, and high-temperature fuel cells.

The Wilson Microturbine is expected to deliver nearly twice the efficiency of many small-scale energy systems currently in use and offers tremendous potential to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions for onsite power generation and transportation power applications. And the Wilson Microturbine can significantly improve the economic viability of renewable energy resources when operating on waste gases or biomass fuels. For some regions and applications, these benefits may qualify for government incentives that subsidize the purchase and operation of clean-burning and efficient microturbine powerplants.