U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program
September 2008
Greenhouse Gas Technology Center
An Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Organization
What is the ETV Greenhouse Gas
Technology Center?
The ETV Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Technology
Center, located in Research Triangle Park, NC
is a public/private partnership between the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and
Southern Research Institute. The GHG Center
operates under the U.S. EPA's Environmental
Technology Verification (ETV) Program, and
provides independent performance testing of
technologies that produce, mitigate, monitor, or
sequester greenhouse gas emissions.
What Does the Center Do?
Since 1997, the GHG Center has located
promising GHG mitigation and monitoring
technologies, subjected them to
independent third-party performance testing,
and provided performance results to the
public free of charge. To date, the GHG
Center has completed or initiated the
verifications of 36 different environmental
technologies. For technologies that perform
well, ETV verification can help increase
technology sales and further environmental
protection. Technology performance
verifications are accomplished using
measurement and analytical methods that
have been reviewed and approved by
independent expert stakeholder panels.
The GHG Center strives to help technology
purchasers make wise purchase decisions,
vendors obtain independent confirmation of
their technology's performance, and superior
environmental technologies penetrate the
market place.
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
SOUTHERN RESEARCH
Legendary Discoveries. Leading Innovation.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program
Technologies Verified or in Proces
Electricity and Heat Production:
Fuel cell combined heat and power (CHP) for
a university dorm
Biogas-fired fuel cell for waste
water treatment plant
Manure biogas internal combustion (1C)
H2S reduction from potential biogas streams
Landfill gas in microturbines and fuel cells
Energy recovery from waste steam
Natural gas 1C engines for commercial CHP
Residential micro-CHP
>• Oil and Gas Industry:
Compressor Emissions Packing System
Compressor Seal Assist System (SAS)
Compressor Static-Pac™ Seal
EVRU™ Storage Tank Vapor Recovery System
Pin-Tech™ Bubble Tight Tank Relief Vent
Quantum Leap Natural Gas Dehydrator
Emissions reduction in natural gas transmission
engines
Transportation and Other
Conoco FEHP SAE 75W90 Rear Axle Lubricant
JCH Diesel Fuel Cleaning System
GECO™ 3001 Engine Air/Fuel Ratio Controller
UTC/US Filter Biogas Fuel Cleaning System
Parametric Engine Emissions Monitoring System
Envirofuels Diesel Fuel Catalyzer
NCI, Inc. Diesel Crankcase Filtration System
ECR Technologies Earthlinked Geothermal Water Heating System
Sight glass system to reduce chloroflurocarbon (CFC) emissions
How Can I Learn More?
EVRU™ Storage Tank Vapor
Recovery System
To learn more about the GHG Center and to download verification test plans, statements, reports,
announcements, articles, and other publications, go to the ETV Web Site (www.epa.gov/etv). Additional
information on verification testing and how to submit an application for testing of your technology can also be
found on the ETV Web Site.
The verification reports and statements can also be found on the Southern Research Institute Greenhouse Gas
Technology Center Web Site (www.sri-rtp.com).
Tim Hansen
Director
Greenhouse Gas Technology Center
Southern Research Institute
Phone: 919/806-3456
Email: hansen@southernresearch.org
Lee Beck
ETV Program Manager
Office of Research and Development
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Phone: 919/541-0617
Email: beck.lee@epa.gov
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