FlexEnergy: Using Waste Fuels to Eliminate 25 Times the GHG Effect of CO_2

摘要

Methane is a greenhouse gas that has 25 times the environmental impact of carbon dioxide. Globally, 300 million tons of man-made methane seeps into the atmosphere each year. Controlling this methane and minimizing the greenhouse gas effect has been problematic. Much of the methane seepage is too dilute for current technology to destroy. FlexEnergy has developed the FlexPowerstation~(TM) (the "Flex") to convert these sources of methane emissions into electricity. This will enable the generation of clean, renewable energy while eliminating a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Unlike other energy technologies, the Flex oxidizes a wide range of methane concentrations: gas with methane contents as low as 1.5%. The unique Flexidizer keeps NOx and CO emissions below 1 ppm, exceeding the most stringent emission requirements.