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Waste oil power generator from Cyclone Power Technologies and Phoenix Power Group shows lower emissions than conventional diesel generator

Posted on December 02, 2010

Cyclone Power Technologies and its licensee Phoenix Power Group (PPG) have announced positive results of preliminary emissions testing of the combustion system of the Phoenix 10, the first small-scale waste oil power generator. Running on used motor oil in tests conducted by an independent third party, the Phoenix 10 generated 30% less SO2 and almost 50% less NOx than a comparable generator running on diesel fuel. Acceptable emissions of SO2 and NOx required by many state environmental agencies are below 5 tons per year. The Phoenix 10 demonstrated emissions of only 0.14 and 0.13 tons respecti...

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