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Industrial cogeneration optimization program
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Abstract
The purpose of this program was to identify up to 10 good near-term opportunities for cogeneration in 5 major energy-consuming industries which produce food, textiles, paper, chemicals, and refined petroleum; select, characterize, and optimize cogeneration systems for these identified opportunities to achieve maximum energy savings for minimum investment using currently available components of cogenerating systems; and to identify technical, institutional, and regulatory obstacles hindering the use of industrial cogeneration systems. The analysis methods used and results obtained are described. Plants with fuel demands from 100,000 Btu/h to 3 x 10/sup 6/ Btu/h were considered. It was concluded that the major impediments to industrial cogeneration are financial, e.g., high capital investment and high charges by electric utilities during short-term cogeneration facility outages. In the plants considered an average energy savings from cogeneration of 15 to 18% compared to separate generation of process steam and electric power was calculated. On a national basis for the 5 industries considered, this extrapolates to saving 1.3 to 1.6 quads per yr or between 630,000 to 750,000 bbl/d of oil. Properly applied, federal activity can do much to realize a substantial fraction of this potential by lowering the barriers to cogeneration and by stimulating wider implementation of this technology. (LCL)
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Available, N. (1980). Industrial cogeneration optimization program. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). https://doi.org/10.2172/5421823
Available, Not. “Industrial cogeneration optimization program.” OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), 1980, https://doi.org/10.2172/5421823.
Available, Not. 1980. “Industrial cogeneration optimization program.” OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). https://doi.org/10.2172/5421823.
Available, N. (1980) ‘Industrial cogeneration optimization program’, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). Available at: https://doi.org/10.2172/5421823.
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journal = {OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)},
year = {1980},
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