Combined Heat and Power

 

Combined Heat and Power

The Altex low NOx burner is the basis of a Combined Heat and Power system, named the Boiler Burner Energy System Technology (BBEST), which can be retrofitted or installed on new thermal equipment. BBEST, pictured below, simply bolts onto boilers, process heaters, etc., which utilize thermal energy at 82% efficiency. In addition to converting natural gas to heat like legacy burners, BBEST generates 100 kWe electricity at half the cost of the grid. It can achieve a 2-year payback, finally making Distributed Generation economically viable for industrial and commercial markets.

Altex also used its low NOx technology to develop a new combustor that drives the BBEST microturbine. As a result, the system meets California’s gas turbine emissions requirements, as well as boiler NOx regulations.