Small-scale cogeneration handbook

Cogeneration can now turn up to 90% of the fuel burned into usable energy ⁰́₃ compared to just 52% of the fuel typically burned in a local power plant and in a separate existing hot water heating system. The fifth edition of this comprehensive reference provides a wealth of information to assist you in evaluating the feasibility and potential benefits of cogeneration for your facility. Covered are recent regulatory developments and their impact, system selection and sizing, permitting requirements, operation and maintenance, financing, technology basics, micro turbines, absorption chillers, distributed generation, and numerous case histories. This new edition is updated with new material and comes with access to a useful program that can help determine the economic value of applying cogeneration for your clients⁰́₉ benefit.

Previous edition: Lilburn, Georgia: Fairmont Press, 2011.

Includes index.

<P>1. Introduction</P><P>2. History of Cogeneration</P><P>3. Regulatory Actions</P><P>4. Uses of Cogeneration</P><P>5. Applying Cogeneration to a Facility</P><P>6. Sizing the Cogenerator</P><P>7. Logistics of Installation</P><P>8. Permitting Requirements</P><P>9. Operation & Maintenance</P><P>10. Pitfalls of Cogeneration</P><P>11. Financing Cogeneration Projects</P><P>12. Case Histories</P><P>13. Small-scale Cogeneration Manufacturers</P><P>14. Do-it-yourself Cogeneration</P><P>15. Green Energy vs. Cogeneration</P><P>16. Microturbines and Cogenration</P><P>17. Absorber-Chillers in Cogeneration</P><P>18. Desiccant Drying and Cogeneration</P><P>19. Fuel Cells</P><P>20. Distributed Generation</P><P>21. National Combined Heat & Power Association</P><P>22. Cogeneration in Europe</P><P>23. The Organic Rankine Cycle</P><P>24. Pyrolysis</P><P>25. Available Technologies</P><P>Appendices</P><P>I. Typical Shared-Savings Agreement</P><P>II. Energy Conversion Tables</P><P>III. Heat Loss in Swimming Pools-Graphs</P><P>IV. Typical Small-scale Cogeneration Energy Production</P><P>V. Typical Utility Rate Schedules-Gas and Electricity</P><P>VI. Working a Cogeneration Project-A Model</P>

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: History of Cogeneration -- Chapter 3: Regulatory Actions -- Chapter 4: Uses of Cogeneration -- Chapter 5: Applying Cogeneration to a Facility -- Chapter 6: Sizing the Cogenerator -- Chapter 7: Logistics of Installation -- Chapter 8: Permitting Requirements -- Chapter 9: Operation &amp -- Maintenance -- Chapter 10: Pitfalls of Cogeneration -- Chapter 11: Financing Cogeneration Projects -- Chapter 12: Case Histories -- Chapter 13: Small-scale Cogeneration Manufacturers -- Chapter 14: Do-it-yourself Cogeneration -- Chapter 15: Green Energy vs. Cogeneration -- Chapter 16: Microturbines and Cogenration -- Chapter 17: Absorber-Chillers in Cogeneration -- Chapter 18: Desiccant Drying and Cogeneration -- Chapter 19: Fuel Cells -- Chapter 20: Distributed Generation -- Chapter 21: National Combined Heat &amp -- Power Association -- Chapter 22: Cogeneration in Europe -- Chapter 23: The Organic Rankine Cycle -- Chapter 24: Pyrolysis -- Chapter 25: Available Technologies -- Appendices -- I: Typical Shared-Savings Agreement -- II: Energy C…