Home What We Do GEM3T120
GEM3T120
IST Energy's fully integrated GEM3T120 system converts trash in the form of paper, wood, plastic, agricultural waste, and food into electricity and heat.  The roll-off dumpster-sized system uses our patent pending GEMTM process to provide a highly-efficient and environmentally-friendly means to derive energy value from refuse.   

 

Yields a Payback Period In As Few As 3 Years

  Features & Benefits 

Convenient

Processes up to 3 tons of trash (paper, wood, plastic, food, agricultural waste) daily

Powerful

(1) Generates 40 kWe (120 gross) of electricity and 187 kWth (240 gross) of heat
Flexible

Integrates into your waste management program and no additional personnel are required

Responsible

Reduces the environmental & economic burdens associated with traditional waste removal methods. 95% reduction of waste (5% innocuous ash)

Clean

Large reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by replacing landfill usage with GEM

Efficient

Highly efficient with low parasitic energy loss

ScalableReadily scales to higher throughput requirements

Reliable

Minimum 15-year life

  

  Specifications 

Energy-Yielding Feedstock

Agricultural waste, biomass, cardboard, food, manure, paper, plastic, wood

Throughput

Up to 3 tons daily
Electricity Output(1) 40 kWe (120 gross)
Recoverable Heat(1) 187 kWth (240 gross)
Innocuous Ash5% by weight
Parasitic Energy Loss10% of energy produced
Annual Maintenance Downtime208 hours yearly, 4 hours weekly
HC Emissions(2) 273 to 420 (g/hp-hr)
CO Emissions(2) 63,100-21,000 (g/hp-hr)
NoX Emissions (2) 399-1,092 (g/hp-hr)

(1) Based on trash consisting of Paper (25%), Plastic (35%), Wood (5%), and Food (35%)

(2) Meets EPA and CARB2003 Standards