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Ener-Core Obtains U.S. Patent for System to Convert Waste Gases to Steam
Ener-Core Obtains U.S. Patent for System to Convert Waste Gases to Steam.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n Ener-Core, Inc. (OTCQB:ENCR), the world’s only provider of Power \n Oxidation technology and equipment that generates clean power from \n low-quality and waste gases from a wide variety of industries, has \n obtained a U.S. patent for a system that converts waste gases into steam \n or heat for industrial uses. As Ener-Core’s 18th patent issued, it \n further strengthens the Company’s intellectual property, and is the \n first out of many to focus on the Power Oxidizer’s generation of steam \n rather than electricity as the end-product.\n \n \n Ener-Core’s technology converts waste gases into heat, while at the same \n time preventing those gases from being released into the atmosphere. A \n turbine can then use this heat and convert it into useful electricity, \n and this forms the basis under which Ener-Core already installed several \n of its turbine-based systems and secured a global license agreement with \n Dresser-Rand. Under that existing license agreement, Dresser-Rand and \n Ener-Core are coupling Dresser-Rand’s KG2 gas turbines with Ener-Core’s \n Power Oxidizer, thereby enabling Dresser-Rand’s industrial customers to \n generate useful, clean electricity from the gases that most customers \n have historically been flaring (burning). Alternatively, a steam boiler \n can utilize the heat generated by the Power Oxidizer, and convert it \n into steam, which is typically an expensive resource within many \n industrial plants. The new patent is Ener-Core’s first to specifically \n claim the steam conversion capability of its Power Oxidizer.\n \n \n Alain Castro, CEO of Ener-Core, said, “Steam is a necessary source of \n energy for many processes within large industrial facilities, such as \n chemical plants and refineries. Today, most of the industries requiring \n steam within their industrial processes must spend a significant amount \n of capital to purchase fossil fuels, or biomass-based fuels, to generate \n the on-site steam for their facilities. Yet these same industries also \n generate waste gases that are flared off in order to comply with \n environmental policies. Similar to our currently operating \n electricity-generating power stations, our future products for \n generating steam will enable many industries to significantly reduce \n their fue...