Assessment of district heating/cooling potential for the Frenchman's Cove redevelopment project. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5514358

A study undertaken to evaluate the potential for district heating/cooling (DHC) in the City of Ecorse, Michigan is documented. the purpose of the study was to assess the concept of delivering energy from a centralized source (or several sources) through a piping network to many end users for heating domestic (tap) hot water, space heating, and space cooling. The primary focus of the study was the proposed redevelopment of eighty acres in Ecorse along the Detroit River waterfront known as Frenchman's Cove. As planned, the complete development would place nearly 2 million square feet of new, mixed use structures/facilities on the site and an eighteen acre undeveloped island located 300 feet offshore. Other areas of the city were also examined to identify and evaluate existing supply and end use possibilities. In addition, several neighboring communities were examined to determine the feasibility of downriver DHC network. Six large thermal energy producers identified in the study area include the Detroit Edison River Rouge power plant (DECo.-RR), the Wyandotte Municipal Services Commission (WMSC) power plant, a BASF/Wyandotte Corporation plant, a Marathon Oil refinery, the Great Lakes Steel complex, and the E.C. Levy Company slag processing site. Each was examined for potential as a thermal supplier on a district heating network.

• Research Organization: Smith-Hinchman and Grylls Associates, Inc., Detroit, MI (USA); Cummins and Barnard, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-81CS24362
• OSTI ID: 5514358
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/24362-T17; ON: DE84004696
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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