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27 April 2004 - Microturbine power systems manufacturer Capstone Turbine on Friday shipped the first beta unit C200 to the University of California, Irvine. It is planned to be fully installed and running 24x7 in mid-May.
Developed in conjunction with the US Department of Energy's Advanced MicroTurbine System program, commercial plans for the new system will be announced later in the year.
The 200-kilowatt natural gas fuelled power system has many of the unique features for which Capstone's 30-kW and 60-kW products are renowned: a single moving part, no lubricants or other hazardous fluids, and extremely low emissions without any exhaust cleanup devices or chemicals.
"This is a great technical achievement for Capstone," Capstone CEO John Tucker said. "The beta testing of the C200 is an important element of the product commercialization process. This beta testing process will ensure the robustness of the C200 at product introduction.
"We will perform several months of continuous operation on this and other beta C200s," Tucker added. The company plans to deploy a beta C200 at its Chatsworth headquarters and at least two more at the Connecticut research centre of United Technologies.
In pre-shipment operation at Capstone's research and development facility in Van Nuys, California, "The system produced more than 200 kW with an electrical efficiency that met or exceeded our performance targets," Tucker said.
The system shipped the same day as the installed fleet of Capstone MicroTurbines achieved a cumulative total of six million hours of documented operation.
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