Pressure-energy recovery
Turn the required gas-supply pressure reduction into useful electrical power before the gas reaches on-site generation.
Data centers
Gas-supply pressure.
Power and cooling.
Recover energy from gas-pressure reduction at gas-powered data centers, generating electricity with expansion cooling that can contribute to the server park’s cooling loop.
The opportunity
More value from
the gas supply.
WEX²® recovers a significant part of the pressure energy available where incoming gas is reduced to the pressure required by on-site generation. The turboexpander converts over 80% of the available gas expansion energy into shaft power. Electrical output can supply the facility, while expansion cooling can contribute to the server park’s cooling loop through a separate heat-exchange circuit.
How WEX²® worksElectrical integration
Assess recovered output alongside site demand, electrical infrastructure and the operating profile of the gas-fired generation.
Cooling integration
Transfer available expansion cooling through a heat exchanger into the server park’s cooling loop, matched to its temperature and capacity requirements.
Project development
Built around
your operating reality.
A project-specific assessment establishes recoverable power, process effects and the preferred integration concept.
- Gas-supply conditions
Available flow, inlet pressure and the required delivery pressure determine the recovery opportunity.
- Cooling requirements
The server park’s supply and return temperatures, cooling duty and process interfaces define the cooling-loop integration.
- Continuity of supply
The retained pressure-control bypass and isolation arrangement support continued gas supply when WEX²® is isolated.
Delivery
The right route
for the project.
Operator-owned integration or Energy-as-a-Service can be assessed around the data center’s gas supply, power demand and electrical interfaces. Equipment scope, site responsibilities and energy offtake are agreed for the project.
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data-center opportunity.
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