Cogeneration/district heating in Trenton, New Jersey. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Jun 20 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5696601

Brown, K E

The Trenton District Energy Company (TDEC) is a cogenerated district heating system in Trenton, New Jersey which went into service in December 1983. A Trenton Integrated Community Energy System was originally conceived as a means of stimulating the revitalization of the central business district. The central plant uses two diesel engine driven generators and supplementally fired boilers which burn either natural gas or low sulphur oil (No. 2 oil for the engines and No. 6 for the boilers). The thermal distribution is via high pressure hot water (up to 400/sup 0/F, 205/sup 0/C). The district heating system presently serves 56 buildings including the State Capitol Complex. The entire net electric output of the central plant is wholesaled to the local electric utility. A total of nine miles of new insulated piping comprises the district heating distribution system. TDEC is now operating one of the first modern hot water district heating systems in the US. Nine miles of insulated pipeline distribute hot water to heat and cool public and private buildings in Trenton at a total project cost of just over $40 million. The district heating system is the culmination of over five years of planning efforts by the City and a private developer to accomplish what Mayor Arthur Holland enjoys calling his ''pipe dream''. Mayor Holland has long been an advocate for the development of such systems and has represented the US Conference of Mayors' support of district heating through his testimony before the House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications.

• Research Organization: Cogeneration Development Corp., Trenton, NJ (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-80CS24350
• OSTI ID: 5696601
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/24350-1; ON: DE85014671
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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