Preliminary assessment of decentralized small cogeneration for Navy shore bases

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5226028

McCold, L N; Karnitz, M A

As part of an effort to reduce energy consumptions, the Navy is examining new energy conservation technologies. This study assesses the potential use of small cogeneration equipment in decentralized locations on Navy shore facilities. For the purposes of this study, small cogeneration includes packaged, preengineered cogeneration systems with electric generating capacities below about 500 kW. Decentralized applications are those uses at individual buildings or building complexes. The characteristics of the available small cogeneration equipment are collected and summarized. The available energy use data on hospitals, unaccompanied enlisted personnel housing (UEPH) and unaccompanied officer housing (UOPH) at four Navy bases are analyzed. A method for applying small cogeneration equipment to buildings is developed and used. The energy and economic characteristics of these applications are summarized and discussed. Four economically attractive decentralized small cogeneration applications are identified, and the conditions under which other attractive applications are likely to be found are discussed. The principal uncertainties about this technology are the performance and reliability to be expected from the available equipment.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5226028
• Report Number(s): ORNL/CON-141; ON: DE84008223
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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