CHP Solution Helps University Meet Carbon Emissions Goals

Guascor® Engines and Gen-sets

The CHP unit was installed at the City Campus South in Wolverhampton, between two university buildings off Deanery Row. The containerized package consists of a Dresser-Rand Guascor® SFGLD360 generator set running with natural gas.

It is fully packaged and noise insulated as follows: generation machinery room, air ventilation silencer, exhaust ventilation equipment, exhaust CHP equipment, CHP control room, control and power cabinets, gas ramp, natural gas blower, and main and auxiliary circuit recovery systems. Each system will generate 581 kW of electricity and produce 798 kW of thermal energy in the form of hot water by recovering the heat from the Dresser-Rand Guascor® engine’s jacket watercooling

circuit and exhaust. The system will also collect 35 kW of thermal energy from the intercooler dump circuit via a PHE that is used for greenhouse heating. The engine emits low emissions: NOx 250 mg/Nm3. Dresser-Rand CHP Services team will provide comprehensive maintenance service for the units that will operate around the clock 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is estimated that the new CHP system will reduce the University’s carbon emissions by 1,000 tons per year, with an annual savings of $352,000 (£228,600) per year.