Project title: micro turbine generator program

A number of micro turbines generators have been announced as currently commercially available for sale to customers, such as end users, utilities, and energy service providers. Manufacturers and others are reporting certain performance capabilities of the turbines; however, no consistent third-party independent testing as been done to confirm or discredit such performance claims. The purpose of this project is to provide such an independent, third party testing assessment. This project purchased, installed, operated and tested micro turbines to assess their performance. Data was collected electronically and manually. This project generally reports the performance testing program. The paper reveals the relative maturity of the technology overall and look forward to the needs of the "next generation" of microturbines.