Black Pine Woven Wheel Turbocompressor Wins Cleantech Open Prize For Noncondensable Gas Removal (CleanTechnica)
Black Pine Engineering has already bundled the Woven Wheel technology into a noncondensable gas removal turbocompressor. The Woven Wheel technology solves the problem of wasted steam in geothermal power plants. The wheel mechanically pumps the NCG out of power plant systems. All of the steam from the earth can then go through the turbine and generate power: none of it is wasted by escaping through the system.
At least three cleantech competitions have tagged Black Pine Woven Wheel accelerated technology as an energy-efficient turbocompressor that promises to be useful in multiple markets. The invention has won DOE’s Clean Energy Trust Challenge, the Michigan Collegiate Innovation Prize, and now the award for breakthrough technology from the Midwest Cleantech Open.
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