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UTC Power Enhances PureComfort™ CCHP System
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 29, 2006 – UTC Power, a United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) company, today announced at the Association of Energy Engineers GLOBALCON 2006 Conference that the PureComfort™ combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) system can now be delivered to job sites more quickly and with reduced installation time and cost.
“By putting the full system on skids, we can greatly reduce the number of shipments to the site and the amount of installation work required, thereby improving our lead time and allowing work to be done in a more controlled environment,” said John Fox, UTC Power product manager. “This is a first for us, and no other microturbine-based CCHP provider offers this benefit.”
The first PureComfort™ system with this skid feature will be installed at East Hartford High School in East Hartford, Conn., where it will produce on-site power as well as cooling and heating.
The high school can double as an emergency shelter by meeting a requirement to have an on-site power source capable of grid-independent operation in case of a local outage. The Town of East Hartford plans to qualify the high school as an emergency shelter and a reception area in the event of an incident at the Millstone 3 Nuclear Power Plant located in southeast Connecticut. The PureComfort™ power system provides this required capability to provide off-grid, back-up power in an environmentally sound manner.
"I think the PureComfort™ system is a perfect fit for us,” said Albert Costa, Director of Facilities for the East Hartford School District. “It's very reliable, provides clean energy and operates very efficiently. After suffering a catastrophic loss to our power and cooling plants, I turned to a trusted leader in the industry, UTC Power. I also look forward to installing a PureComfort™ system at our middle school."
The project is being developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy. PureComfort™ systems consist of either four, five or six 60kW microturbines and a double-effect absorption chiller/heater from sister company Carrier Corporation, a global leader in building heating, cooling and control networks. These systems can reach efficiencies up to 90 percent and are operating in a wide variety of commercial buildings.
United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Conn., provides high-technology products and services to the building and aerospace industries. Its UTC Power unit, based in South Windsor, Conn., includes UTC Fuel Cells and is a full-service provider of environmentally advanced power solutions. With more than 40 years of experience, UTC Power is a world leader in developing and producing fuel cells for on-site power, transportation and space flight applications, and a developer of innovative combined cooling, heating and power applications in the distributed energy market. |
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