The revolutionary new VOC abatements system called Fumes-to-Fuel, from Climate Technologies Corporation, converts Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) into electrical energy by extracting VOCs from finishing lines and converts them into electricity, thus providing a significant energy savings.
Fumes-to-Fuel is ideal for companies with finishing lines who are confronted with VOC abatement issues.
The system works in two stages. The first stage highly concentrates VOCs from the process exhaust, increasing the
flammability of the gas stream entering the second stage. The second stage uses the concentrated VOCs as fuel in a Stirling engine to produce electricity.
Fumes-To-Fuel system represents significant benefits compared to traditional VOC abatement methods by:
- reducing annual thermal energy consumption for VOC abatement by up to 80%
- generating and capturing a considerable amount of useable electricity
- reducing VOC emissions by as much as 50% and greenhouse gas (CO 2) emissions by up to 90%
The patent-pending Fumes-to-Fuel technology was developed by Ford Motor Company and Detroit Edison
to reduce natural gas costs while generating electricity. In 2004, the Fumes-to-Fuel system was honored with
the EPA's prestigious Clean Air Excellence Award.
