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Recovery Act - Advanced Technology High Efficiency Low Cost Small Turbine for DG and CHP

Award Information
Agency: Department of Energy
Branch: N/A
Contract: 02-10ER85627
Agency Tracking Number: 92095
Amount: $147,355.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: 04 d
Solicitation Number: DE-PS02-09ER09-27
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2011-03-18
Small Business Information
6107 West Airport Blvd, Suite 190
Greenfield, IN 46140
United States
DUNS: 084066641
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Emanuel Papandreas
 Dr.
 (317) 336-4477
 mannyp@candent-technologies.com
Business Contact
 Hernando Munevar
Title: Mr.
Phone: (317) 336-4478
Email: hmunevar@candent-technologies.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Efficient and environmentally friendly power generation is a national goal, toward which small gas turbines could contribute: however, to date small gas turbines (300kW to 2,000kW) have played no significant role in power generation due to their relatively poor efficiency and high cost when compared to diesel and gas fueled spark ignition engines. Candent Technologies is developing an innovative, highly efficient, low cost, and multi-fuel, simple cycle gas turbine engine, which so far has demonstrated the potential to provide near diesel efficiency (33%), via testing of a Proof of Concept prototype 550 kW helicopter engine (TRL5), under US Army SBIR program sponsorship, which also demonstrated installed system cost characteristics very competitive with diesels, and in fact superior to spark ignition gas fueled engines. For Phase I, Candent proposes to conduct a study of their current prototype gas turbine engine design and its thermodynamic cycle, in order to determine what changes are necessary to enhance its performance for a power generation role, in particular by utilizing CHP, and including a modified Brayton cycle, with intercoolers and co-generation units, as well as potentially Rankine bottoming cycles (taking advantage of the relatively high exhaust gas temperatures

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