Cogeneration/District heating-the opportunity and the challenge
Conference
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· Alternative Energy Sources; (United States)
OSTI ID:6944698
The Departments of Energy and Housing and Urban Development have undertaken a major new initiative to accelerate the implementation of district heating in cities throughout the United States. District heating is a system for the distribution of thermal energy from a central source to residential, commercial, and industrial users. A proposed National district heating program has the potential to conserve scarce fuels by (1) substituting alternative sources of energy for the oil and natural gas that are now burned in individual buildings, and (2) more efficiently utilizing existing energy sources through the use of cogeneration powerplants. Over 90 percent of the energy required for space and hot water heating in the United States is supplied by oil and natural gas. A district heating system not only can provide energy for space heating, industrial process heat, and hot water, it can also be used for cooling purposes by absorption chilling. Energy sources for district heating include coal, nuclear, industrial waste heat, solid wastes, geothermal reservoirs, and solar radiation.
- Research Organization:
- Office of Advanced Nuclear Systems and Projects U.S. Department of Energy Washington, DC
- OSTI ID:
- 6944698
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-801210-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Alternative Energy Sources; (United States) Journal Volume: 7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320304* -- Energy Conservation
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DEUS
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EFFICIENCY
ENERGY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
ENERGY SYSTEMS
HEAT
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
HOT WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POWER GENERATION
PROCESS HEAT
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
SPACE HEATING
STEAM GENERATION
URBAN AREAS
USA
WATER
320304* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Waste Heat Recovery & Utilization
COGENERATION
DEUS
DISTRICT HEATING
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
ENERGY SYSTEMS
HEAT
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
HOT WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POWER GENERATION
PROCESS HEAT
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
SPACE HEATING
STEAM GENERATION
URBAN AREAS
USA
WATER