TOYO TIRE ( ) announced on February 10 that its Sendai Plant in Iwanuma City, Miyagi Prefecture received the Excellence Award (industrial category) at the Cogeneration Awards 2019.
A cogeneration system is a generic name for a system that produces and supplies power and heat from a heat source. This award is the eighth time that the Cogeneration Energy Advanced Utilization Center recognizes cogeneration that excels in new and innovative technologies, new technologies, and energy efficiency.
At the Sendai Plant, a high-efficiency gas turbine cogeneration system using natural gas was introduced into the thermal energy equipment that supplies the production equipment. Natural gas has almost no sulfur oxides or soot even when burned, and has an environmental characteristic of emitting less carbon dioxide than petroleum. "Natural gas is supplied from a high-voltage trunk line with high reliability considering earthquake resistance, so it is effective from a business continuity plan (BCP) viewpoint," the company said.
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Excellence Award
Short StoryTOYO TIRE ( Toyo Tire ) announced on February 10 that its Sendai Plant in Iwanuma City, Miyagi Prefecture received the Excellence Award (industrial category) at the Cogeneration Awards 2019.
