Los Primeros Invernaderos de Estados Unidos, Que Combinan un Proyecto de Calor y Electricidad con la Captura de CO2...

America's First Greenhouse Combined Heat And Power Project with CO2 Capture.


Controlando las visitas de mi blog, me he encontrado con que hoy alguien había visitado la pag:  Capturing CO2 with Tomatoes / Capturando CO2 con Tomates del 28 ago. de 2012: Como encuentro que esta pag es muy interesante para los grandes agricultores de la Zona de San Javier y Comarca, he seguido investigando y me he encontrado con estos vídeos, siento que están en Ingles y yo ahora no tengo tiempo suficiente para traducirlos, pero si algún lector esta interesado en que le explique todo, se puede poner en contacto con mi a través del  correo del blog: abcmarmenor@gmail.com  y yo gustosamente le explicare cualquier tema relacionado con el tema...

Articulo relacionado con el : http://abcdelmarmenor.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/ 

Publicado el 13 may. 2013

Sarah Backhouse of Future360 visits Houweling's Tomatoes where tomatoes are grown in 125 acres of greenhouses powered by the clean energy. Visit www.future360.tv for more information.

Utilizing two of GE's 4.36-megawatt Jenbacher J624 two-staged turbocharged natural gas engines, Houweling's Tomatoes is the first combined heat and power greenhouse project in America to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) for use in plant fertilization.

Fueled by natural gas, Houweling's CHP system provides 8.7 MW of electrical power and 10.6 MW of thermal power (hot water) for heating the large-scale glass greenhouses on-site. The system offers a total thermal efficiency of nearly 90 percent. When considering the avoided energy that would be required to externally source the CO2 and the recovery of the water from the exhaust, the overall system efficiency exceeds 100 percent. Western Energy Systems, GE's authorized U.S. distributor of Jenbacher gas engines and part of the Penn Power Systems organization, engineered and installed the cogeneration plant.

The CHP plant will enable flexible generation and contribute electric power during peak daytime demand periods. With a five-minute start-up capability, this high-efficiency plant also provides power to the electric utility for augment of the power grid. Additionally, the thermal energy produced from the engine during power generation can be transferred to the greenhouse immediately during cooler periods or retained in existing thermal storage tanks for use at other times of the day.

"This CHP system will provide the necessary heat, power and CO2 for the growth of our fresh greenhouse tomatoes," says Casey Houweling, the owner of the greenhouse facility. "However, the impact of this project on the region goes far beyond the vegetables produced in the greenhouse. This ultra-high-efficiency CHP plant also will provide flexible power to our local utility with a very short response time. GE's proven technology and industry-leading efficiencies allow us to have one of the lowest CO2 footprints and water usage in the region for a power plant of this size. In fact, we plan to use the water condensed out of the exhaust gas in our operations—this will save approximately 9,500 gallons per day of usage from local water sources. We felt this project was the right thing to do for both our company and our community."

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Publicado el 29 ago. 2012

Casey Houweling, President / CEO of Houweling's Tomatoes is joined by California Energy Commission Executive Director, Rob Oglesby, Special Advisor to the California Governor on CHP, Nick Chasset, Scott Nolen of GE, Al Clark of Western Energy Systems and Steve Sullivan of Southern California Edison to unveil America's first CHP greenhouse installation.

The two installed engines combine will:
- create 8.7 MW of electricity with the ability to supply the grid
- create and store 10.6 MW of thermal energy for greenhouse heating
- capture 19,000 gallons of water from combustion for use in irrigation
- capture and clean CO2 exhaust for plant fertilization

Categoría: Ciencia y tecnología

Licencia: Licencia de YouTube estándar

Artículos relacionados:  Capturing CO2 with Tomatoes 

Los Primeros Invernaderos de Estados Unidos, Que Combinan un Proyecto de Calor y Electricidad con la Captura de CO2...

America's First Greenhouse Combined Heat And Power Project with CO2 Capture.


Controlando las visitas de mi blog, me he encontrado con que hoy alguien había visitado la pag:  Capturing CO2 with Tomatoes / Capturando CO2 con Tomates del 28 ago. de 2012: Como encuentro que esta pag es muy interesante para los grandes agricultores de la Zona de San Javier y Comarca, he seguido investigando y me he encontrado con estos vídeos, siento que están en Ingles y yo ahora no tengo tiempo suficiente para traducirlos, pero si algún lector esta interesado en que le explique todo, se puede poner en contacto con mi a través del  correo del blog: abcmarmenor@gmail.com  y yo gustosamente le explicare cualquier tema relacionado con el tema...

Articulo relacionado con el : http://abcdelmarmenor.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/ 

Publicado el 13 may. 2013

Sarah Backhouse of Future360 visits Houweling's Tomatoes where tomatoes are grown in 125 acres of greenhouses powered by the clean energy. Visit www.future360.tv for more information.

Utilizing two of GE's 4.36-megawatt Jenbacher J624 two-staged turbocharged natural gas engines, Houweling's Tomatoes is the first combined heat and power greenhouse project in America to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) for use in plant fertilization.

Fueled by natural gas, Houweling's CHP system provides 8.7 MW of electrical power and 10.6 MW of thermal power (hot water) for heating the large-scale glass greenhouses on-site. The system offers a total thermal efficiency of nearly 90 percent. When considering the avoided energy that would be required to externally source the CO2 and the recovery of the water from the exhaust, the overall system efficiency exceeds 100 percent. Western Energy Systems, GE's authorized U.S. distributor of Jenbacher gas engines and part of the Penn Power Systems organization, engineered and installed the cogeneration plant.

The CHP plant will enable flexible generation and contribute electric power during peak daytime demand periods. With a five-minute start-up capability, this high-efficiency plant also provides power to the electric utility for augment of the power grid. Additionally, the thermal energy produced from the engine during power generation can be transferred to the greenhouse immediately during cooler periods or retained in existing thermal storage tanks for use at other times of the day.

"This CHP system will provide the necessary heat, power and CO2 for the growth of our fresh greenhouse tomatoes," says Casey Houweling, the owner of the greenhouse facility. "However, the impact of this project on the region goes far beyond the vegetables produced in the greenhouse. This ultra-high-efficiency CHP plant also will provide flexible power to our local utility with a very short response time. GE's proven technology and industry-leading efficiencies allow us to have one of the lowest CO2 footprints and water usage in the region for a power plant of this size. In fact, we plan to use the water condensed out of the exhaust gas in our operations—this will save approximately 9,500 gallons per day of usage from local water sources. We felt this project was the right thing to do for both our company and our community."

******

Publicado el 29 ago. 2012

Casey Houweling, President / CEO of Houweling's Tomatoes is joined by California Energy Commission Executive Director, Rob Oglesby, Special Advisor to the California Governor on CHP, Nick Chasset, Scott Nolen of GE, Al Clark of Western Energy Systems and Steve Sullivan of Southern California Edison to unveil America's first CHP greenhouse installation.

The two installed engines combine will:
- create 8.7 MW of electricity with the ability to supply the grid
- create and store 10.6 MW of thermal energy for greenhouse heating
- capture 19,000 gallons of water from combustion for use in irrigation
- capture and clean CO2 exhaust for plant fertilization

Categoría: Ciencia y tecnología

Licencia: Licencia de YouTube estándar

Artículos relacionados:  Capturing CO2 with Tomatoes 

Capturing CO2 with Tomatoes / Capturando CO2 con Tomates

Un tema muy interesante lo que nos expone este estudiante investigador de California, como aprovechar y utilizar el CO2 para mantener el crecimiento y cultivo de Tomates en los invernaderos y producir electricidad para la venta a las centrales eléctricas y de esa manera abaratar los costos de producción y cultivando mas tomates y con mejor calidad que los de la competencia.

Tomatoes inside Houweling's giant 150-acre greenhouse benefit from extra CO2.

 

CASEY HOUWELING

Capturing CO2 with Tomatoes

AUG 21, 2012 03:00 AM ET // BY ERIC NIILER

California farmer is finding a unique way to capture emissions of carbon dioxide -piping the climate-altering gas from a power plant into his massive greenhouse, spurring more plant growth and tastier tomatoes. This carbon capture and tomato storage project is the first of its kind in the United States although similar ones exist in Europe.
The new $13 million combined heat and power co-generation plant opens Aug. 22 at Houweling’s Tomatoes in Camarillo, Calif. The two GE-built engines will burn natural gas to keep the greenhouse warm, while generating some extra electricity that is sold back into the local grid. At the same time, the 8.8-megawatt plant feeds its waste carbon dioxide directly into Houweling’s giant 150-acre greenhouse. “All the electricity (power) plants out there are putting CO2 into the atmosphere and heat which are two big consumptions,” said owner Casey Houweling. “If we use our energy wiser we would have impacts from two sides, reducing cost and becoming more efficient.” Houweling says the co-generation plant is a big investment but he expects it will pay off in the long run. ”There will be a big benefit because we won’t be exposed to energy prices because we are selling the electricity,” Houweling said. “Long-term we believe this will stabilize our production costs.” The power industry has looked at many types of carbon storage projects over the years as a way to reducing atmospheric emissions of the heat-trapping gas. Some firms have tried injecting it underground to abandoned mines or salt deposits, others have tried bubbling CO2 through ponds of microscopic algae. But Houweling says that the extra CO2 is a perfect fit for his greenhouse. He already has to purchase the gas anyway from an industrial supplier to makes his plants grow. “In a greenhouse, if we don’t add C02,” Houweling said, “the plants will pull down the level so much they will stop growing.” Houweling says the addition of the co-generation plant makes his greenhouse facility almost 100 percent energy-efficient. He recycles 90 percent of his waste, captures rainwater for irrigation, and has deployed five acres of solar panels. The greenhouse-grown tomatoes also use less land than traditional row farming. That is a further energy savings, according to Scott Nolen, product line leader for General Electric. “He can grow as much food on 150 acres as his neighbor in 5,500 acres,” Nolen said. Nolen said that until renewable sources of energy pick up the slack, there are still ways of making fossil fuel plants have less of an environmental impact. ”We’d all like to be in world where we don’t burn hydrocarbons,” Nolen said. “That’s not possible yet but in the meantime, we want to make sure every molecule of hydrocarbon we burn for fuel is as efficient as possible.” 


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