District heating and cooling systems for communities through power plant retrofit distribution network. Phase 2, Volume I. Detailed summary. Final report, 1 March 1980-31 January 1984

Technical Report · Tue Jan 31 04:00:00 EST 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5240194· OSTI ID:5240194

The history of the District Heating Study, the project team and the basic scope of the study are described. The load and Service Area Assessment are then described and a summary given of the technical highlights of the proposed district heating system. The three types of heat sources (peaking and back-up plants, intermediate plants and retrofitted central power plant) are described, and the concept of staged development on the European model is introduced. A brief description is given of hot water transmission and distribution and of the use of recovered landfill gas as a low-cost fuel for the initial phase of district heating system development. Operation of various combinations of the three heat sources, at different stages of system development is then described, and month-by-month fuel use for the fully developed system is given. Descriptions are given of user connections (customer interface packages) to convert the district heating system hot water to serve the customer's thermal needs. Both hot water and steam in-house systems are considered. System development is then described in detail including thermal load growth, thermal source construction and transmission and distribution line construction schedules. Next, capital and operating cost estimates are presented, including review of transmission and distribution piping capital costs by Swedish and Danish district heating experts with US construction experience. A financial analysis is then presented for a number of ownership/financing options, and year-by-year cost of heat from district heating is compared with conventional heating (gas furnace in each building) for a number of district heating scenarios. An economic analysis is given showing the 28-year Levelized Annual Minimum Revenue Requirement (LAMRR) for each alternative.

• Research Organization: Public Service Electric and Gas Co., Newark, NJ (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-78CS20071
• OSTI ID: 5240194
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/20071-1-Vol.1; ON: DE84006858
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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