Equipment Guide
All components of CHP systems for buildings are commercially available from multiple suppliers in the US. The Equipment Guide provides information on some of the suppliers of various equipment and the capacity ranges they offer. The guide is divided into the following sections:
Power Generation
The Equipment Guide for power generation equipment provides information on the manufacturers of equipment and the ranges of capacity for the following types of equipment for producing electric or mechanical shaft power:
Engine-Driven Generators
Supplier |
Capacity Range, kW |
Caterpillar |
100 - 3,000 |
Cooper Energy Services |
350 - 6,500 |
Fairbanks Morse Engine Division |
1,200 - 21,400 |
Genergy Power Solutions |
60 - 2,000 |
Hess Microgen |
85 - 450 |
International Power Technology |
< 15,000 |
Jenbacher Energiesysteme |
250 - 2,000 |
MAN Diesel |
400 - 51,500 |
Mirrlees Blackstone, Inc. |
600 - 10,000 |
New Millennium Power |
60 - 2,000 |
Rolls-Royce Energy |
3,000 - 51,000 |
Tecogen |
60 - 75 |
Wabash Power Equipment |
60 - 100,000 |
Wärtsilä Diesel |
300 - 16,000 |
Waukesha Engine Div. |
75 - 2,400 |
Engine Chillers
Supplier |
Capacity Range, RT |
Alturdyne Energy Systems |
25 - 4,000 |
Goettl Air Conditioning Inc. |
10 - 25 |
Mitsubishi |
15 |
Tecogen |
30 - 1,000 |
The Trane Company |
100 - 3,000 |
York International |
350 - 2,000 |
Industrial Combustion Turbines
Supplier |
Capacity Range, kW |
Alstom |
> 23,000 |
FiatAvio |
20,000 - 230,000 |
General Electric |
> 14,000 |
Kawasaki Motor Corp. |
1,500 - 7,000 |
Rolls-Royce Energy Systems |
6,700 - 52,000 |
Siemens Westinghouse |
> 67,000 |
Solar Turbines |
1,000 - 50,000 |
Microturbines
Supplier |
Capacity Range, kW |
Capstone Turbine |
30 - 60 |
Ingersoll-Rand Company |
30 - 250 |
Elliott |
45 - 65 |
Fuel Cells
Technology |
Supplier |
Capacity Range, kW |
Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell
(PAFC) |
ONSI Corporation |
200 |
Thermally-Activated Machines
The Equipment Guide for thermally-activated machines provides information on the manufacturers of equipment and the ranges of capacity for the following types of equipment for cooling, dehumidification and power production:
Absorption Chillers
Supplier |
Capacity Range, RT |
Broad USA |
100 - 2,600 |
Carrier Corporation |
100 - 1,700 |
Cention Corporation |
3 - 1,500 |
Cooling Technologies, Inc. |
5 - 30 |
Dunham-Bush, Inc. |
100 - 1,400 |
McQuay International |
100 - 1,500 |
Robur Corporation |
3 - 25 |
The Trane Company |
100 - 1,600 |
Thermax USA |
10 - 1,400 |
Yazaki Energy Systems |
10 - 100 |
York International |
120 - 1,500 |
Desiccant Systems
Supplier |
Type |
Capacity Range, CFM |
Airflow Company |
Solid |
1,000 - 20,000 |
Bry-Air Inc. |
Solid |
50 - 30,000 |
Concepts and Designs |
Solid |
1,500 - 45,000 |
Kathabar |
Liquid |
750 - 84,000 |
Low Humidity Systems |
Solid |
600 - 40,000 |
Munters Corporation |
Solid |
300 - 80,000 |
Niagara Blowers Company |
Liquid |
1,000 - 10,000 |
SG America |
Solid |
50 - 18,000 |
Seasons 4 |
Solid |
4,000 - 50,000 |
SEMCO Manufacturing |
Solid |
1,000 - 50,000 |
Stultz-Air Technology Systems |
Solid |
50 - 30,000 |
Steam Turbines
Supplier |
Capacity Range, kW |
Alstom |
700 - 84,000 |
Dresser Rand |
2,600 - 110,000 |
Turbo Steam, Inc. |
100 - 5,000 |
General Electric |
> 14,000 |
International Power Technology |
< 14,000 |
Murray Turbomachinery |
4,100 - 12,000 |
Siemens Westinghouse |
1,000 - 150,000 |
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