MICRO–COMBINED HEAT AND POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
Presented By:
ECR International
Power Plant Fuel to Generate
Electricity for the Home
1/3
1/3
Home Heating Fuel
Consumption
1/3
Annual Fuel for an
A t
Automobile
bil
Personal Energy Use by Homeowners : Northern Half of US
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
Combining Electrical Power Generation
with Useful Heat Production = “Good
Good Idea
Idea”
Big, Noisy, Dirty
Can do
Small Quiet,
Small,
Quiet Clean
Can’t do
Tom A. Edison
X
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
Power Plant vs. Micro-CHP
Typical Central Power
Generation Delivers Only
gy
30-35% of Fuel Energy
Micro-CHP Delivers over 90%
of Fuel Energy
55-65% as
Waste Heat
Power Plant
5-10% Transmission and
Distribution Losses
100% Fuel
Energy (HHV)
Fuel
Standard
Furnace
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
Power Plant vs. Micro-CHP
Central Power Generation Utilizes
Only 35% of Fuel Energy
freewatt® Utilizes 83-93% of Fuel
Energy
61% as
Waste Heat
Power Plant
35% Delivered as
Useful Power
Surplus
Power to Grid
4% Transmission
Losses
100% Fuel
Energy (HHV)
Fuel
Standard
Furnace
100% Fuel to
Heating
y
((HHV))
System
Engine Generator
83 90%
83-90%
Overall
Efficiency
1.2
kWe
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
Furnace
95%
Heating
Efficiency
Technology Options for
1 to 5 kWe Micro-CHP
Development Phase
Commercial Launch Phase
Rankine Cycle
Engine
Thermoelectrics/
Thermophotovoltaics
Stirling
g Engines
g
Commercial Phase
Internal Combustion Engines
Fuel Cells
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
Honda IC Engine
g
Technology
gy
Size: 1.2 kWe,, 12,000
,
Btu/hr
Total Efficiency: Over 85%
Emissions: Low NOx,
NOx CO
Quiet Operation: 47 dBA @ 1m
Cost: Most competitive
Quality: It’s a Honda
History: 100,000 Sold to Date
in Japan
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
Boiler, storage tank,
and heat exchanger
unit for Japanese
home market
Over 100,000
Honda MCHP
Units at work
in Japan
Honda MCHP unit
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
Warm Air freewatt Micro-CHP System
Heat Led Two Stage Heating System
System
Controller
83-90%
Efficient
Honda
MCHP
Engine
Generator
Module
Hybrid
Integration
Module
95% AFUE
High
Efficiency
Condensing
Furnace w/
ECM
Blower
Second
Stage Heat
Full Load
Stage One
Heat
12 MBH
Electric
1.2 kW
Coolant Lines
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
What is Residential CHP ((Micro-CHP)?
)
Small Scale Cogeneration
Fuel Input = Heat + Electricity
Micro-CHP: Replaces existing furnace/boiler
Sized for residential use
Retrofit ready
Uses existing installers
Makes electricity at home
Efficiencies >90%!!
Make Electricity While Heating Your Home!
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
Fuel to Deliver 100 Watts to Home
Mi
Micro-CHP
CHP U
Uses 60% Less FFuell than
h P
Power Pl
Plant
Fuel Used by Power Plant…
290
90 W
Fuel
100 W
Fuel Used by Micro-CHP…
120 W
Fuel
100 W
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
Micro-CHP Annual CO2 Savings for Homes in the Northeast
C
Compared
d to
t Traditional
T diti
l Heating
H ti with
ith Natural
N t l Gas
G
Annua
al CO2 Savin
ngs (lbs)
When you look at total energy needs: heat and electricity
Energy Star
Micro-CHP has
better CO2 savings
than heat pumps
Gas Furnace
& Photovoltaic
Micro-CHP
Energy
gy Star
Ground Source HP
& Grid Power
Energy Star
Oil Furnace
& Photovoltaic
Energy Star
Air Source HP
& Grid Power
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
EPA CHP Partnership – CHP Calculator – New York
EPA’s Emissions
Calculator shows the
dramatic benefits of
micro CHP to society:
micro-CHP
Emissions Reductions:
SOx
NOx
CO2
Energy Efficiency:
ff
Fuel Use Reduction
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
5,000 kWh yearly power
production
4,000 lbs Carbon
Reduction
70+% Power
generated on site
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
Service Provider
freewatt®
On-line 24-7
Climate Energy Office
Owner @ Home, Work,
& Vacation
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
Micro-CHP Regulatory Activity
• Net Metering for micro-CHP: 16 US States • Addition of US Federal Tax Credit (30% of installed cost )
• Sponsors: Senate S 993: Schumer House HR 2328:
Hi i
Higgins
• Cosponsors: Gillibrand (D-NY), Tonko (D-NY), Arcuri (DNY),
NY)
• Interconnection barriers being removed
• US EPA – Energy Saver Plus: 2011 Launch
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
A Residential Energy Vision?
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
A Residential Energy Reality!
4 Million
Milli residential
id ti l installations
i t ll ti
off
fuel burning central heating systems
per year in US : and this industry is
not going away for decades, if ever.
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY
Micro-CHP at
work today…
Thank you…
MICRO-COMBINED HEAT & POWER:
THE FUTURE OF HOME ENERGY