US Army recycles heat. and dollars (with a heat pump). [Templifier]

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978 · Mech. Eng.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5758939

The Templifier (temperature amplifier) is an industrial heat pump developed by Westinghouse Electric Corp. to use waste heat in fluid form, usually water, at 16/sup 0/ to 71/sup 0/C to produce hot water at 49/sup 0/ to 104/sup 0/C. The Templifier will provide heat for the offices and laboratories of the US Army Corps of Engineers Ice Engineering facility at a first cost estimated to be about $10,000 less than the oil-fired boiler system originally planned. Also, operating costs are over 25% lower, exceeding by a 38% margin the Corps' criterion of 11,600 Btu/kWh or source energy used. Heat is provided by the laboratory's ammonia refrigeration system condensers and captured in a closed circulating glycol loop, and a ground water well provides additional heat. With glycol as the heat source, average heating costs are cut to $2.18/million Btu delivered with the current area cost of electricity at $0.035/kWh and to $3 to $4/million Btu with ground water as a heat source. Oil heat would have cost $4.35/million Btu at about $0.42/gal and 70% boiler system efficiency.

• OSTI ID: 5758939
• Journal Information: Mech. Eng.; (United States), Journal Name: Mech. Eng.; (United States) Vol. 100:1; ISSN MEENA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320102* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
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320103 -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- School
Municipal
& Other Public Buildings-- (-1987)
BUILDINGS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY RECOVERY
HEAT PUMPS
HEAT RECOVERY
OFFICE BUILDINGS
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
RECOVERY
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION