Still doubt it?
Posted on 08/30/2007 6:28:55 AM PDT by eraser2005
DANBURY, Conn., Aug. 30, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NasdaqGM:FCEL - News), a leading manufacturer of ultra-clean power plants using a variety of fuels for commercial, industrial and utility customers, today announced that Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F - News) will purchase a DFC300MA(tm) fuel cell for its Oakville, Ontario, facility to reduce paint solvent emanating from automotive painting operations by turning fumes from those compounds into 300 kilowatts (kW) of green electricity.
The Direct FuelCell(r) (DFC(r)) unit can transform into fuel the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) that emanate from enamel base paints and clear coat finishes used in manufacturing.
Ford's Oakville painting process produces approximately 200 lbs/hour of VOCs -- enough to fully power the DFC300MA unit. The system will be designed to switch over to another fuel source automatically and continue generating clean electricity if for any reason insufficient VOCs are available
(Excerpt) Read more at ca.autos.yahoo.com ...
Some environmental engineer at Ford is having some fun finding ways to powert their plants. Their Dagenham diesel engine plant is powered by wind turbines, and I know there's one plant in Michigan powered off of landfill gases....
Thought you might find this interesting....
Anything that sticks it to the oil-purveying muzzies is a win for America!
Wow, then the problems is solved, and global warming is no longer an issue~! Ford did it again. Oops, Volkswagen that is did it again.
This doesn't make any sense to me; by definition the VOC waste is at very low concentration in the air. How will they concentrate it?
a completey brain-dead method since there are water based automotive paints (used as a standard in european car industry)
a completey brain-dead method since there are water based automotive paints (used as a standard in european car industry)
“Oops, Volkswagen that is did it again.”
Maybe its just that I’m tired, but I don’t get the reference. :)
sorry for the duplicate.... too much paint solvent causes trembling fingers .
If you’ve ever seen the long term durability of water based paints, you might think twice about wanting a car with such a coat....
Toyota also uses water borne paints, and the only reason why they are using them, along with VW, is to eliminate the VOC waste stream from the plants, and not because the water paint is equally as good or cheap...
I always knew that the paint on my (used) Mitsubishi, manufactured in Australia, was good for cr*p. Now I know why.
Solvent Green is people...
I doubt that.
yep.... you need it for durability and it also helps speed dry times. Last thing you want in an assembly plant is wet paint, because even a speck of dust can cause a pretty noticeable defect in the finish...
“Still doubt it?”
A single windmill puts out at best .5 megawatt. At plants the size you show the windmills would run the coffee makers and pencil sharpeners at the plant and not a heck of a lot more.
There's an awful lot of light coming out of that building, in the evening, with probably a long exposure time due to low light, and no blurring of the blades of the windmill. Also, not a lot of wind-induced distortion of the water surface.
They may have a windmill for show, but most of the electricity looks to be coming from Mr. Coal.
The windmill installation at Dagenham has a capacity of 3.6 MW. Ford reports consistent generation of 6 million kWh on an annual basis. That’s 19% of the capacity, which is actually not a very high number....
But it is enough to power the plant (I don’t believe there is any casting going on there, which eliminates a TON of energy usage).....
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