DEUS computer evaluation model. Volume 2. Program user's manual. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6633523· OSTI ID:6633523

Anand, A. K.; Hall, E. W.; Oplinger, J. L.; Priestley, R. R.; Sweeney, III, J. H.

The DEUS (Dual Energy Use Systems) Analysis of Cogeneration System was undertaken by EPRI to evaluate industrial cogeneration from the utility perspective and to determine the extent to which potential benefits would accure to a utility in representative site specific industrial applications. A computer program was developed that compares a cogeneration system to a noncogeneration system in an industry with specified heat and power requirements. The economic comparison is based on user specified utility rate data, which includes industrial rates and rates for purchases of electricity from cogenerators under Section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA rates). The industrial heat and power requirements as well as the utility rate data can be specified in a time varying profile for up to 36 periods in a year. For use as a screening tool, a data base of performance and cost for a noncogeneration and several cogeneration systems is built into the program. System part load performance and applicable fuel characteristics are included. For application studies, the user must determine and specify the performance and cost characteristics for particular systems. Based on system capital and operating costs, the economics are determined for industrial, utility, and third-party ownership. The computer program methodology is described in the Program Descriptive Manual for Computer Evalution of Dual Energy Use Systems, RP 1276-4. this report is the computer program user's manual.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6633523
• Report Number(s): EPRI-EM-2776-Vol.2; ON: DE83901130
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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