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Article: MHI Achieves 3,000-Hour Operation, Unprecedented in Japan, for SOFC-MGT Combined-Cycle Power Generation System.
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- JCN Newswires
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- October 2, 2009
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Tokyo, Oct 1, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has achieved 3,000 cumulative hours of operation - unprecedented in Japan - of a 200 kilowatt (kW) class combined-cycle power generation system incorporating solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and a micro gas turbine (MGT).
MHI began developing the SOFC-MGT combined-cycle power generation system in 2004 at MHI's Nagasaki Shipyard and Machinery Works under consignment by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). In 2007 the system marked a maximum power generation capacity of 229 kW, unprecedented in a system of this kind at that time, and confirmed 52.1% power ...