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May 16 2012 |
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Solutions - Resource Recovery: Oil and Gas
“Onsite Power, No Waste”
Capstone MicroTurbines reliably power onshore and offshore operations using unprocessed wellhead gas (economic or flare, sweet or up to 7% sour) to generate 3-phase, load-following continuous power.
OILFIELD & PLATFORM APPLICATIONS
Perfect for both manned and unmanned platforms, Capstone MicroTurbines can be fueled with unprocessed wellhead gas to provide continuous load following power down to an idle and up to a few hundred kilowatts in easily manageable, redundant 30 and 65kW models.
Capstone’s offshore C30 and C65 models are UL Certified to meet Class 1, Division 2 NFPA 496. For non-hazardous-area placement, a more affordable stainless steel package is available for each model. Non-hazardous units are UL-certified to meet the new UL220 and UL1741 category for engine generators fueled with “raw natural gas.”
Capstone MicroTurbines use no oil, lubricants, coolants, other hazardous materials, or even water. This eliminates transporting, storage, and costly hazmat spill/leakage issues associated with engine gensets.
You’ll also find that a Capstone platform power solution dramatically reduces scheduled maintenance to mere filter changes twice a year. The first minor scheduled maintenance is at 20,000 hours, an overhaul is suggested by 40,000 hours.
That’s the kind of rugged, low-cost, dependable, set-it-and-forget-it operation you need to maximize platform performance and minimize downtime risk.
ONSHORE UPSTREAM
At upstream sites where uneconomic gas is being flared, Capstone MicroTurbine power is a great fit. For unelectrified sites, it’s the answer that can pay for itself the minute you start it up using flare or unprocessed economic site gas.
Like the offshore models, Capstone MicroTurbines deliver flexible, reliable, high-availability, redundant modular power when and where you need it. Our inland models, however, are very affordable.
GAS STORAGE/TRANSMISSION
In the US and abroad, Capstone MicroTurbines are helping ensure the flow of natural gas.
Since Capstone MicroTurbines have very high availability due to very brief, infrequent scheduled maintenance needs, they are proving a perfect fit for compression, transmission, and storage stations.
As noted in this article in Distributed Energy magazine, one of the largest natural gas transmission and storage corporations use Capstone MicroTurbines at several of their facilities. Among them, Dominion Transmission’s Ithaca, New York, station relied on their Capstone MicroTurbines to keep the gas flowing when they lost power for more than a day during the August 2003 Great Northeastern Blackout.
In addition to C65 systems providing secure power 24/7, the C65-ICHP system can be used to heat water to raise the temperature of gas chilled by process pressure drops, as Dominion Transmission does at their Crayne compressor station in Pennsylvania.
The Class I Division 2 Groups C, D MicroTurbine Engine Generators (C30 and C60/65) for Use in Hazardous Locations systems are certified by Underwriters Laboratories to NFPA 496. UL listed file Number E240758. This is equivalent to Class I Zone 2 Groups IIB, IIA.
