United Technologies Energy Solutions

Energy Supply Solutions

• Pratt & Whitney Specialty Materials & Services (SMS) is a new business redefining entire industries by applying its technologies in unique ways. SMS can now bring significant cost savings to a myriad of operations with minimal impact on the environment. Waterjet systems, convergent spray technologies and ash cleaning systems are just a few of the innovative ways SMS is saving customers time and money.
  
  
• The SHOCKSystem™ solution is being introduced to the domestic coal-fired power generation industry. The SHOCKSystem™ is a combustion-based product that lowers the consumption necessities of coal while still allowing equivalent generation capacity for electricity. Once installed and operational, it lowers fuel consumption requirements while increasing overall boiler efficiency by removing ash and slag deposits that accumulate on boiler tubes. This transaction increases the heat transfer absorption capabilities, thus less heat is lost during the entire power generation cycle.
  
  
• ElectroCore^TM is a new, advanced power plant emissions control system under development that will control a variety of pollutants from coal-, wood- and other solid fuel-fired boilers, ushering in a new way to control multiple pollutants in power plants and manufacturing facilities.

Energy Demand Solutions

• UTC Power is a full-service provider of clean power solutions and is the leading developer and producer of fuel cells for on-site power, transportation and space applications.

   

  • UTC Fuel Cells (UTCFC) is a business unit of UTC Power and manufactures the PureCell^TM 200 power system, which provides 200 kilowatts of electricity and up to 925,000 btu/hr of heat for combined heat and power applications. Each PureCell^TM 200 avoids the production of 1,100 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, which is why UTC Power earned one of the EPA’s Climate Protection Awards in 2000. In May 2005, the PureCell^TM 200 fuel cell fleet achieved a major milestone, providing one billion kilowatt hours of energy production, or enough to power 91,000 homes for a year.

     

  • UTC Power has developed the industry’s first integrated microturbine and double-effect absorption chiller system, the PureComfort^TM 240M. The system converts more than 80 percent of its fuel input to efficient electric, cooling and heating output. It is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent and nitrogen oxide emissions by 90 percent over those of the average central fossil fuel generation plant. This is equal to the benefits of planting 150 acres of trees and taking 250 cars off the road, respectively, during the same time period. In May, the A&P grocery chain, which operates 650 stores in 10 states, installed a PureComfort^TM 240M system in its Mount Kisco, NY store, citing the technology as one of the company’s commitments to “make more efficient use of energy and to protect the environment by minimizing emissions.”

     

  • UTC Power, in partnership with Carrier Corporation, developed the PureCycle^TM 200 power system to turn waste heat into electricity, providing a zero-emission alternative to traditional power sources. In addition to the environmental benefits, the PureCycle^TM 200 offers high reliability, low maintenance and cost savings through the reduced fuel use.

• Carrier Corporation is the world’s leading manufacturer of heating, ventilating, refrigerating, and air conditioning systems and products. Carrier is at the forefront of its industry, developing systems with ever-more environmentally sound refrigerants and dramatically reducing the power requirements of their products. From the smallest window air conditioning units to the largest centrifugal chillers, Carrier heating and cooling equipment is distinguished by some of the highest energy efficiency ratings in the industry.

   

  • In 1994, Carrier pioneered worldwide phase out of CFC’s, 16 years ahead of international law for developing countries.

     

  • Carrier introduced the world’s first non-ozone depleting chiller in 1996.

     

  • Carrier participates in the EPA’s Energy Star program to provide energy efficient products to residents and businesses.

     

  • Carrier was a leading advocate for a national energy policy with a strong commitment to conservation and efficiency improvement, including a consensus energy efficiency standard agreement for commercial packaged air conditioning products, refrigerants and freezers. Carrier was instrumental in moving the industry to a 13 SEER [Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio] standard, meaning that Carrier residential air conditioning systems shipped in the United States after January 2006 will be on average 30 percent more efficient than today’s standard.
    
    

   

• Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and support of aircraft engines, gas turbines and space propulsion systems. Through the development of better heat resistant coatings, more environmentally friendly processes, innovative servicing procedures, more efficient turbine blades and quieter, more fuel efficient engines, Pratt & Whitney has pioneered most major advances in both military and commercial aviation.
  
  
• Otis, the world largest manufacturer of elevators, escalators and moving walkways, reexamined every aspect of the elevator – from design and installation to operation and maintenance – and created the Gen2 system that is up to 50 percent more efficient than conventional elevators. Innovative new regenerative technologies will reduce the net power requirements of new Otis elevators installed worldwide even further.
  
  
• Hamilton Sundstrand systems in the new Boeing 787 contribute to this aircraft’s 20 percent fuel efficiency gain over current-generation equipment.

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