Koch Modular is proud to announce and celebrate the forthcoming launch of a unique Carbon Capture Demonstration Scale System , aptly named Project Enterprise . This project represents a significant milestone in the advancement of carbon capture technology , and it is poised to achieve a remarkable reduction in carbon emissions , projected to be at least 95 %. The Carbon Capture Demonstration System showcases Koch Modular ’ s pivotal role in developing , testing , and modular delivery of a highly efficient carbon dioxide capture process . The process harnesses a groundbreaking carbon capture solvent developed by ION Clean Energy , a Colorado-based trailblazer in sustainable solvent technologies . This breakthrough was made possible through a collaborative |
effort , with Koch Modular and ION ’ s engineers contributing their respective expertise to design the system . Recently shipped as a series of modules and installed at Calpine ’ s Los Medanos Energy Center in Pittsburg , CA , Project Enterprise makes strides in addressing carbon emissions from natural gas combustion . This power plant utilizes natural gas as its primary fuel source to generate electricity . Traditionally , the flue gases produced during natural gas combustion , which contain carbon dioxide , are released directly into the atmosphere . To assess the efficiency of CO2 capture with ION Clean Energy ’ s proprietary solvent , a portion of Calpine ’ s flue gas will be diverted to the new system , generating invaluable data to evaluate the advantages of ION ’ s solvent technology . |
The energy company IWB is planning to install one of the largest heat pump systems in Switzerland using water from the Rhine River , reported SRF this week . The new facility is expected to heat around 5,000 homes in Basel . Such water-based heat pump technology is already being deployed in other locations in Switzerland . In the city of Biel water will soon be drawn from Lake Biel and used to heat 2,200 apartments . The system then sends slightly cooler water into the Zihl River . This heat pump system is expected to be turned on next spring . Another in Lake Geneva that heats 400 homes was completed in 2016 . Le |
News visited the inauguration of this system . These water-based heat pump systems are made up of three elements . The first continually takes water from a lake or river using a heat exchanger to extract several degrees of heat from it before discharging the resulting cooler water . The second is a closed system which sends warmed water around in a loop through pipes to the buildings . The final part is heat pumps which are installed in all of the connected buildings . These heat pumps extract and compress heat from the warmed water in the loop . |