New Waste Energy Converter from Calnetix

Posted by Irina Tabakina

Calnetix Technologies highlighted a new system developed with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery and Engine company (MHI-MME) that captures heat from marine engine jacket water and converts it to electricity for shipboard consumption. The Hydrocurrent system produces up to 125 kW of power for the ship’s electrical load, while still leaving sufficient heat in the jacket water for the fresh water maker. According to the manufacturer, the system pays for itself in a very short time by reducing the load on the ship’s bunker-fueled generators, resulting in fuel savings of up to 200 tons per year.
The Hydrocurrent system uses an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) heat recovery process with Calnetix’s patented Thermapower and Carefree Integrated Power Module technology, which efficiently converts thermal energy into mechanical power. The Calnetix system is unique in that it can pull usable heat from a source with temperatures as low as 80°C (176°F) unlike other heat recovery systems that require much higher temperatures.
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(As published in the October 2014 edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News - http://magazines.marinelink.com/Magazines/MaritimeReporter)

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