PwrCor, Inc. Works with Industry and Academic Leaders to Improve Energy Efficiency of Data Centers
May 16, 2019 at 05:56 pm
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PwrCor, Inc. announced that it is working with data center cooling industry and academic leaders to demonstrate that the wasted ultra-low-grade heat generated from data center electronics can now be converted into electricity using PwrCor’s proprietary engine technology. Data centers house servers and similar equipment that use enormous amounts of electricity. In the process of powering the performance of the equipment, that electricity is subsequently transformed into large amounts of low-grade heat. In fact, more than 98% of electricity used to power the electronic equipment in data centers is shed as wasted low-grade heat energy. Furthermore, additional electricity is required to cool the data center electronics to keep the equipment operating safely and at optimal performance. Data centers now consume over 3% of total global electricity production – and this consumption is expected to double every four years. Utilities are struggling to keep up with demand and data centers often find themselves without adequate power for expansion. PwrCor is collaborating with data center cooling industry leaders to integrate their heat extraction technology with PwrCor’s ground breaking heat-to-power conversion technology, to offer unprecedented electricity savings to the power hungry data center industry. PwrCor’s technology delivers the ability to reduce the overall cost of energy for power users. Low-grade and ultra-low-grade heat, which up until now could only be discarded and wasted, can be cost-effectively utilized to generate electrical power, providing cost savings and improving bottom line performance. PwrCor is currently engaged with leading companies in such industries as fuel cells and reciprocating engines, and on additional project initiatives in geothermal, oil and gas, solar thermal, and data centers, all of which have enormous amounts of wasted ultra-low-grade heat that can now be converted to additional power, contributing to higher profits.
PwrCor, Inc. (PwrCor) is a cleantech energy technology company. The Company is developing advanced, novel solutions in the waste-heat-to-energy, geothermal, clean water, hydrogen production, and other markets. With its heat conversion technology, it is able to produce cost-effective mechanical or electric power from wasted heat-from low-grade heat in the 250 to 400 F range down to ultra-low temperatures in the 140 to 250 F range. PwrCor technology can be used to convert low levels of heat from any source, including industrial, geothermal, or solar, into sufficient mechanical power to drive reverse osmosis equipment wherever there is access to water, including sea water, without even having to produce electricity. PwrCor technology is also positioned to facilitate the Energy Transition initiative by creating power from heat generated in the production of Hydrogen and Ammonia, as well as from fuel cells, thereby reducing cost of operations.
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