MIT Cogeneration Project

The environmental impacts of a new powerplant are often the most important factors in the genesis of a project. MIT's cogeneration plant employs the latest technology available to minimize air emissions, not only from our CTG, but also from our existing boilers.

The CTG employs several new technologies to reduce NOx and CO emissions. The revolutionary combustion chamber system, developed with Professor (Emeritus) Janos Beér of the Department of Chemical Engineering, takes advantage of fuel pre-mixing to assure complete combustion. In addition to this, the CTG injects water into the chambers to reduce the flame temperature and reduce the formation of NOx. This combination of water injection with a dry low-NOx combustor represents the leading edge of emissions reduction technology. The cogeneration facility also employs a platinum and alumina Carbon Monoxide catalyst that removes over 98% of the CO present in the CTG exhaust.

Air Emissions Permit Limits