Airport to use cogenerated steam, electricity to run chillers

Journal Article · Mon Jan 27 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Energy User News; (United States)

OSTI ID:5990120

Goldreyer, N

Miami International Airport will install a 3.5 MW cogeneration system to power three 2500 chillers that will meet cooling needs through the end of the century while reducing electricity costs by about $1 million a year. The $4 million topping-cycle system will include a heat-recovery boiler and a steam turbine that will directly turn one of the centrifugal chillers. A microprocessor-based control system will bring the other two chillers on line as needed. If this phase proves successful, a second system with three more chillers will continue the expansion program. A feasibility study indicated that cogeneration could reduce the airport's $8 million energy costs by 2%. A major factor in the project's payback will be whether the power will be wheeled back from the utility grid or sold outright to the utility on an as available basis.

• OSTI ID: 5990120
• Journal Information: Energy User News; (United States), Journal Name: Energy User News; (United States) Vol. 11:4; ISSN EUSND
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320104* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Commercial & Industrial Buildings-- (-1987)
AIR CONDITIONING
AIRPORTS
COGENERATION
DEUS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY EXPENSES
ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HEAT RECOVERY EQUIPMENT
PAYBACK PERIOD
POWER GENERATION
STEAM GENERATION