Technology
We deliver projects with proven technology in battery energy storage, power augmentation, predictive maintenance, and other industrial energy fields—ensuring higher efficiency, reliability, and operational value for energy-intensive industrial facilities.
1 | Turbine Inlet Air Cooling
Turbine Inlet Air Cooling (TIAC) lowers the temperature of outside air going in to a gas turbine to increase mass flow and power output, particularly during peak summer weather. As ambient temperature increases, air density decreases, reducing mass flow rate and power generation capacity. Our cooling technology projects restore optimal performance by increasing inlet air density through precise temperature and humidity control.
Major turbine inlet cooling technologies:
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Evaporative Cooling: Adiabatic media coupled with advanced water treatment (demineralized, closed loop) ensures minimal scaling risk. Evaporative cooling reduces inlet air temperature through water evaporation in wetted fiber media. As hot inlet air passes through continuously wetted honeycomb cellulose pads, water evaporates and absorbs heat, cooling the air by up to 20°F. This results in increasing the power output from the gas turbine typically by about 5-15%, depending on local humidity conditions. These systems require minimal maintenance and are most effective in hot, dry climates where evaporation potential is the highest.
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Wet Compression/Fogging: Advanced water injection technology sprays ultra-fine demineralized water droplets directly into the gas turbine inlet and compressor. Droplets evaporate inside the compressor, providing intercooling effects that reduce compression work and increase available shaft power. This creates a power boost of 5-10% for each 1% of mass flow injected. Therefore, injecting 2% of mass flow with water can increase gas turbine power output by up to 20%. This technology can also help to reduce NOx emissions and is particularly effective for gas turbines supporting renewable energy integration and load following applications.
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Mechanical Chilling: Uses refrigeration cycles to cool inlet air to precise temperatures regardless of ambient humidity conditions. Chilled water flows through cooling coils installed in the filter house, providing consistent temperature control. Power output increases of 15-25% are common and technology functions effectively from 47°F (8°C) to 115°F (46°C). The addition of Thermal Ice Storage (TIS) can provide load shifting capabilities to enhance overall system performance, economics, and reliability compared to mechanical chilling alone.
2 | Predictive Maintenance
Our Predictive Maintenance (PdM) suite anticipates industrial turbine subsystem issues by capturing and analyzing real-time operational data.
Technical features:
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Sensor Fusion: Integrates vibration, temperature (hot-and-cold sections), rotor bow, combustion dynamics, and acoustic emissions.
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Analytics & AI: Utilizes ensemble machine learning models — random forests, LSTM networks, Bayesian change-point detection — trained on OEM failure modes and augmented with your historical logs.
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Digital Twin Capability: Simulates “health index” trajectories across turbines, calculating remaining useful life (RUL), with confidence intervals for failure timing.
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Edge and Cloud Hybrid Architecture: Time-critical anomaly detection runs on edge gateways; full analytics, cross-plant benchmarking, and long-term trend analytics hosted in the secure cloud.
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Visual Dashboard: Real-time asset health dashboards, data visualization, customizable alert thresholds, and CMMS integration (e.g., SAP PM, IBM Maximo).
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ROI Impact: Case studies show a 30–50% reduction in unplanned outages and 10–20% improvement in maintenance planning efficiency.
3 | Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
Behind-the-meter batteries with Kelvolta represent one of the fastest-growing ways for industrial facilities to cut energy costs, improve reliability, and unlock new revenue streams—with zero upfront capital.
The Economics: Intelligent battery systems typically reduce demand charges by 30–60% by storing energy during off-peak hours and deploying it strategically during peak pricing windows. A 3–5 MW system, for example, delivers $2–3M in annual savings through our turnkey project financing model, where the system pays for itself through the energy and demand savings it generates.
Why It Works: Industrial facilities face volatile demand charges that spike during periods of the highest usage. Our systems automatically learn your facility's load patterns, identify peak-pricing windows, and optimize charge/discharge cycles to minimize exposure to the highest rates—often while simultaneously improving power quality and resilience.
Our Approach: Kelvolta combines tech-accelerated site qualification, probabilistic savings modeling, and access to project capital to move qualified projects from concept to cash flow in 60 days. You get a fully financed, installed, and optimized system—with no capex and measurable energy savings from day one.