Part-load cogeneration technology meets chilled water and steam requirements
- CES/Way International, Inc., Houston, TX (United States)
Louisiana State University`s Energy Savings Performance Contract with CES/Way was a groundbreaking project that applied part-load cogeneration technology to a large university campus to meet chilled water and steam requirements for expansion needs. Simultaneously, the project provided these utilities at no additional out of pocket cost to the institution by using the innovative financing mechanism of performance contracting, in which project savings pay for the investment. In addition, the work is performed via a cogeneration system operating most of the year at part-load. This mechanical cogeneration project could also be termed a thermal cogeneration project, as it provides a dual thermal benefit from a single input energy source. Not only did the project achieve the projected energy savings, but the savings proved to be so dependable that the University opted for an early buyout of the project from CES/Way in 1994, after only about two years of documented savings.
- OSTI ID:
- 653397
- Journal Information:
- Cogeneration and Competitive Power Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: Sum 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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