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Cogeneration/District heating-the opportunity and the challenge

Conference · · 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