07-24-2013, 12:55 PM
'admin' pid='26130' datel Wrote:Are these Capstone microturbines, Art? Actually I'm reading the July 2013 presentation and it speaks of a $6.4M Russian order, but for a pipeline project. So many interesting companies, so little time, darn!
Yes, both the microgrid and pipeline applications are Cappers. The Russians have been a major adaptor and are now buying the machines and electronics packages but fabricating enclosures etc. themselves to improve margins. Russian fines for flaring gas from oil wells certainly has helped move sales forward there. The C30 units can handle I think somewhere around 70,000 ppm of hydrogen sulfide which is pretty damn sour. The larger units (C65s and C200s) also can handle substantial H2S but not as much. That, and they readily adapt to different BTU content gas as well as having far better electrical load following characteristics than IC engines.