Stationary engines (landfill)
Large numbers of stationary internal combustion engines are used globally to drive a wide variety of applications including electricity generation and compressor and hydraulic pump drives. The CESAR system can be incorporated in these applications to deliver the same benefits of fuel efficiency and low emissions as with vehicle applications. Of particular interest, from an improved output and environmental point of view, is the landfill site application where methane gas is recovered from the decomposing waste and used to run engines that drive generators producing electricity for the grid.
There are 800 MW of spark ignition reciprocating gas engines on landfill gas alone in the UK. This situation provides an early market opportunity for the CESAR system particularly since the installation is not subject to the rigours of operational vehicle vibrations and of wide power demand variations.