Greenhouse Application

Engine IQ

Distributed Power
August 2016

Imagination at work
Greenhouse application

About 1,200 Jenbacher CO² fertilization plants with an electrical

output of more than 2,400 MW worldwide
• Powers grow lights
• Provides heat for greenhouses
• Purified exhaust used as fertilizer

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Applications Overview
Greenhouse
Growing plants in a controlled environment

•Temperature
• Heating
• Cooling
•Water /nutritions
•Light
• Glass
• Screens
• Lamps

• CO2

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Greenhouse
Growing plants in a controlled environment

•Increase of crop (production, quality)

• Less illness and damage, Increased CO2 level
•Timing of harvest (setting)
• Price deviation throughout the year
•Year round cultivation (standardization)
• Specialization of equipment
•Minimize the amount of pesticides
• Prevent bugs from coming in, and bees from flying out
•Lower energy cost

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The greenhouse concept
Greenhouse Scheme

Combined heat, power and CO 2

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Electricity

Illumination of Greenhouses
• Increases growth of the plants
• Improves and stabilizes quality of
plants throughout the whole year

Social Benefits
• Quick solution against power shortage
• Stabilizes the public grid – smart grid
solution
• Decentralized Power on the place of
demand
• Decentralized Power independent of
public grid

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Greenhouse
6,00
Segments Greenhouse CoE
Fuel
5,00
1) Greenhouse with CO 2 fertilization Service BoP
4,00 4,25
Growers or investors

€ Cent / kWh
Service Genset
3,00
Other financial benefits: Investment BoP
Increase of crop (production, quality) 2,00
Less illness and damage, Increased CO2 level Investment Genset

Timing of harvest (setting)

1,00 Thermal Savings
Price deviation throughout the year
Minimize the amount of pesticides
CoE
Prevent bugs from coming in, and bees from flying out 0,00
Lower energy cost GH

Electrical Oph 8000

(oh/y):

Thermal Oph 4000

(oh/y)

Gas tariff (€/KWh): .01

Flexible & highly efficient power, high CO2/heat ratio

100% load in island with light control
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Applications Overview
CO2- Fertilization

All kind of plants need CO2

• Vegetables like tomatoes, cucumber, paprika ...
• Flowers like roses, chrysanthemum ...
Liquid CO2 or can be produced with gas burner, boiler or gas engine
CHP in Greenhouse

• Simultaneous supply of heat, electricity

and CO2 with total efficiency > 90% at
100% utilization of heat
• Ultra-low emissions. NOX, CO, C2H4
reduced for CO2 for usage in greenhouse
plant fertilization

When CO2 is required - 50 % Less heat compared to boiler

Influence of CO2 vs. crop production

СО2 in ppm based on equal heat output boiler and CHP

Standard Layout 2015 - Modular System

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The concept
is more than just an engine + BOP

• Total focus on taking away customer worries

• Optimal concept integration into greenhouse
• Optimal integration to the public grid
• Optimal project management
• Optimal construction on site
• Optimal commissioning
• Excellent total service concept
Rule of thumb

Heat demand ~ 500 kWe/ha in NLD

Heat demand ~ 350 kWe/ha in ESP
Electricity grow light demand 1 MWe/ha/10.000 Lux
1.000 Lux raise temperature ~ 0,7 °C
1 m2 n natural gas produces 1,78 kg CO2
CO2 demand vegetables 250 – 300 kg/ha/h
CO2 demand flowers 75 – 175 kg/ha/h
Urea consumption 2,5 liter / MWh
Consumption of greenhouse aux. 100 kWe/Ha
Application benefits
Year round system efficiency >90%
Power generation where the thermal loads are,
which maximizes energy efficiency
CO2 captured during power production utilized in the greenhouse where plants absorb
CO2 for production increase
Thermal energy produced during power production can be stored in heat storage tanks
to utilized at other times of the day. Optimal flexibility
Island operation or mains parallel operation or a combination possible.
Integrated grow light control to optimise engine performance and flexibility.
Short site installation time
Maintenance contract possible
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