Heat to Power

Ulmatec Thermal2Power™ is the family name of complete Heat to Power Solutions adapted to your specific vessel, ensuring you optimize both your economical and environmental footprint.

With our capabilities in heat design, we take full responsibility for conceptualizing, designing, interfacing, delivering and commissioning the components required and ensure they work together as a system – delivering an integrated heat to power function with required certifications and class approvals.

From our toolbox we combine required components into one integrated system which:

• Captures and transports surplus heat,
• Converts heat to electricity, and
• Distributes to either the ship’s grid or battery system

Process control logic is managed by our proprietary automation software, enabling you to easily control, monitor and log the overall process at any time.

Applications can be for newbuilds or retrofit to existing vessels.

• Generate electricity from waste heat sources:
• ~Exhaust gas
• ~High temperature cooling water (HT)
• ~Steam
• ~Thermal oil
• Thermal fluids:        
• ~Technical Water (80-120⁰C)
• ~Steam (120-170⁰C)
• ~Thermal oil (120-170⁰C)
• Electrical Output:
• ~AC or DC
• ~10kW to MW-sized system configurations
• Voltage:        
• ~380/440/480/690 V
• Frequency:      
• ~50-60Hz
• Operation & control:
• ~Automated process managed from one Human Machine Interface (HMI)
• ~Easy to use touch screen panels, integrating all aspects of complete process
• ~Data and performance logging, per component and for total system
• ~Cyber secure, remote access system is standard

Features

• Captures and converts surplus heat to more flexible electric power
• AC or DC electrical current output
• Low footprint
• Flexible mounting of control cabinet
• Easy integration of multiple modules for power
• Easy operation and monitoring
• No flammable or toxic substances
• No moving parts – solid state device
• No sensitivity to variable flows – stepless operation
• Unlimited number of start/stop cycles
• Service life expectancy 20 + years

Benefits for ship owner

• Avoid dumping valuable thermal energy to sea or air
• Increased ship energy efficiency, lower generator load, lower emissions
• Directly improves CII performance and EEDI/EEXI rating
• Feasibility studies with cost/benefit assessments
• Direct AC or DC – feed your switchboard or charge your battery system
• Tailor dimensioning and investment to available surplus heat – at no extra cost
• No maintenance or operating expenses (OPEX)
• Payback 2-5 years, free electric energy after that

Benefits for ship yard

• Low footprint and volume – easy and flexible installation
• Integrated functionality with required system control logic
• System P&ID with interface descriptions (electrical, instrumentation, piping, mechanical)
• Documentation & certifications/class approvals