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.

1. Introduction2. History of Cogeneration3. Regulatory Actions4. Uses of Cogeneration5. Applying Cogeneration to a Facility6. Sizing the Cogenerator7. Logistics of Installation8. Permitting Requirements9. Operation & Maintenance10. Pitfalls of Cogeneration11. Financing Cogeneration Projects12. Case Histories13. Small-scale Cogeneration Manufacturers14. Do-it-yourself Cogeneration15. Green Energy vs. Cogeneration16. Microturbines and Cogenration17. Absorber-Chillers in Cogeneration18. Desiccant Drying and Cogeneration19. Fuel Cells20. Distributed Generation21. National Combined Heat & Power Association22. Cogeneration in Europe23. The Organic Rankine Cycle24. Pyrolysis25. Available TechnologiesAppendicesI. Typical Shared-Savings AgreementII. Energy Conversion TablesIII. Heat Loss in Swimming Pools⁰́₄GraphsIV. Typical Small-scale Cogeneration Energy ProductionV. Typical Utility Rate Schedules⁰́₄Gas and ElectricityVI. Working a Cogeneration Project⁰́₄A Model