Industrial Cogeneration Optimization Program: a summary of two studies
Two Industrial Cogeneration Optimization Programs were performed to examine the economic and energy-saving impacts of adding cogeneration to site-specific plants in the chemical, food, pulp and paper, petroleum refining, and textile industries. This booklet first presents an overview of industrial cogeneration in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 provides a description of the two parallel ICOP studies, with Chapter 3 summarizing the major findings and conclusions. Chapter 4 then presents short descriptions of the five industrial sectors, followed by highlights of each of the site-specific case studies. A central conclusion of the ICOP effort was that steam turbine cogeneration systems fired by coal or alternative fuels are generally the most attractive in terms of economic performance and oil/gas savings potential. Of the 15 cogeneration systems selected as optimum in the ICOP studies, 11 were coal- or wood-fired steam turbines. By contrast, gas turbines, combined cycles, and diesel engines, which are currently limited to oil- or gas-firing, are usually less economical.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 5593882
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/TIC-11604; ON: DE82005587
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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