Greentech Lead America: Cyclone Power Technologies,
a developer of the all-fuel, clean-techCyclone Engine, and Phoenix
Power Group have integrated Phoenix’s proprietary waste oil combustion chamber
/ heat exchanger (CCHX) with Cyclone’s Waste Heat Engine (WHE-25).
The integrated unit, called the Phoenix-10 Waste Oil
Co-Generator (P-10), is an innovative combined heat and power (CHP) system
that is capable of utilizing used motor oil to produce electricity and reduce
both energy and heating requirements for garages, car dealerships and similar
facilities.
Initial steam performance tests were successful,
producing approximately half of maximum rated power output – a goal set by the
team to provide a benchmark for system optimization.
Utilizing the Cyclone WHE-25 external combustion engine,
each P-10 system is designed to produce up to 7 kW of grid-tied electricity and
off-set the use of fuel oil for space heating requirements by using less
expensive waste fuels.
“We’re very pleased with the results we achieved
connecting the Cyclone Engine to our proprietary CCHX unit for the first time,”
said Thomas Thillen, Phoenix’s president. “I am glad to have been there to
witness a major leap forward in our development. A beta product launch for next
year looks extremely promising.”
“This is an important technological milestone which
we believe will allow us to proceed into system optimization and component
hardening on a much more rapid basis,” said Travis Love, Cyclone WHE project
leader. “We look forward to continuing our work with Phoenix towards the shared
goal of getting a quality product to market as soon as possible.”