Caterpillar Inc. has announced project with District Energy St. Paul to demonstrate a hydrogen-fueled combined heat and power (CHP) system.
The three-year project is supported and partially funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
As art of the project, preparations will start in the second quarter of this year and operations will commence in 2023.
The participants in the project will develop and demonstrate a hydrogen-fueled power delivery and control system to evaluate its greenhouse gas emissions profile, reliability, durability, and barriers to adoption.
To fully assess every aspect of the hydrogen solution under real-world operating conditions, power and heat from the demonstration project will feed into District Energy St. Paul’s distribution system.
For the demonstration project, Caterpillar will deploy a flexible-fuel CHP system that includes the Cat(r) Master Microgrid Controller (MMC) and a Cat G3516 generator set packaged in a standardized, factory-assembled solution to minimize complexity and infrastructure requirements.
Ziegler, the local Cat dealer, will provide on-site support and system maintenance for the project.
Tags: Caterpillar, CHP System, Hydrogen, US DOE
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