Major step towards affordable thermal power generation with little-to-no
air emissions
Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced the
successful testing of a first-of-its-kind combustor to be used in a
breakthrough thermal power generation system that produces low-cost electricity
and little-to-no air emissions.
Step-by-step testing of the new combustor was initiated at a
facility in California in January 2013, to confirm and demonstrate its
operation within the new generation system's required environment: never before
demonstrated high operating pressure and temperature, plus a unique combustion
mixture of oxygen, natural gas and a high concentration of CO2. In July, the
test program broke new scientific ground by confirming stable operation at the
system's target pressure of 300 atmospheres, fully confirming Toshiba's
design*.