Ener-Core, Inc. designs, develops, licenses, manufactures and has commercially deployed products based on proprietary technologies that generate industrial levels of usable heat in a pressure vessel using various organic gases as fuel for an oxidation reaction.
The company’s major customer installation of two power stations with 3.5 megawatt (MW), total power capacity commenced operation in January 2018. In collaboration with the Siemens international sales teams, the company is targeting vario...
Ener-Core, Inc. designs, develops, licenses, manufactures and has commercially deployed products based on proprietary technologies that generate industrial levels of usable heat in a pressure vessel using various organic gases as fuel for an oxidation reaction.
The company’s major customer installation of two power stations with 3.5 megawatt (MW), total power capacity commenced operation in January 2018. In collaboration with the Siemens international sales teams, the company is targeting various wastewater treatment plants, oil and gas facilities, petrochemical plants, landfills and other industrial plants as potential customers for deployment of its technology. The company has a global licensing agreement with Dresser-Rand/Siemens whereby Siemens markets, sells and manufactures systems within the 1–4 MW capacities. The company’s proprietary thermal oxidizer units convert hydrocarbon gases into energy in a pressure vessel called a Power Oxidizer. It has developed the 250kW Ener-Core Powerstation EC250, or EC250, and its larger counterpart, the 2MW Ener-Core Powerstation KG2-3GEF/PO.
Products
The company’s primary commercial product, or the EC Series, is the EC250, which consists of a combination of its Power Oxidizer and a 250 kW gas turbine. Its second commercial product is sold under a contract manufacturing and commercial licensing agreement, with Dresser-Rand.
In 2014, the company entered into a commercial license agreement, with Dresser-Rand pursuant to which it agreed to jointly develop a Powerstation that consisted of its Power Oxidizer integrated with a Dresser-Rand KG2 turbine rated up to 2 MW of power output.
Target Markets
The company has initially identified its geographic target markets to consist of North America, Europe, Japan, and China with selective evaluations of other regions on a case-by-case basis.
Suppliers
For the EC250, the company purchases gas turbines from a single supplier, FlexEnergy, Inc. The Power Oxidizers used in its KG2 units are bundled with Dresser-Rand gas turbines as a single sourced supplier.
Research and Development
For the year ended December 31, 2017, the company’s research and development cost included $2.0 million.
Intellectual Property
The company’s patent grants and pending applications consist of 35 U.S. patents and 13 non-U.S. patents. Its pending applications include 4 U.S. applications and 13 non-U.S. applications.