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Biotech / Medical : Catalytica Energy Systems, Inc. (CESI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Liatris Spicata who wrote (1483)	3/1/2000 1:34:00 AM
From: Erik T	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1514

Anybody ever hear of these guys? It seems we are not the only catalytic combustion game in town. sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov This explains why Westinghouse is not on CTAL's list of partners. Seems PCI got Capstone as well. Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation and PCI have a long term business agreement to develop, manufacture and sell low single digit NOx catalytic combustors for Westinghouse's F,G and ATS-class combustion turbines. PCI is also working with other gas turbine manufacturers under shorter term agreements. precision-combustion.com Very interesting. Some competition out there. When I first discovered this, it was worrisome. However, on closer thought, this really puts added pressure on GE to not be outdone by Siemens/Westinghouse. Imagine the scenario where only Westinghouse has an ultra-low NOx utility-grade gas turbine, and GE is stuck at 9 ppm. Who will the utilities go with? I scanned the Siemens Westinghouse Power Corps website and can find no mention of Precision Combustion, similar to the absence of Catalytica/Xonon from the websites of GE power systems, Solar Turbines, Kawasaki, P&WC. In addition if Precision Combustion, Inc can make their system work with the high firing temperatures necessary for the 60% efficiency expected of ATS utility-grade turbines, then I suspect Xonon will be able to achieve similar levels, and hence is likely to be available on GE's H-series turbines, as well as E and F, and perhaps the entire line of GE turbines. Per a Yahoo! post quoting Van Kasper, "we look for Catalytica to grow to be GE's designated low-emissions technology provider for its full range of industrial gas turbines." messages.yahoo.com I cannot confirm this. Anyone get reports from Van Kasper? One little side-note: if you follow the first link I left above, you will see that the award to PCI was given in 1990. It certainly seems that it takes time to perfect this technology. Food for thought, Erik