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Coolant
Coolant
• Background on Encorp
• CHP Economics
Cost
Identify Yes
Savings
Sizing Determine Cogen Assessment
Cogeneration or
Options Cogen System of Financing
System Data Revenue
System Costs Generation and
Conceptual Ownership
Company Design •Capital Options
Data •O&M
Identify
Minimum Operating
Thermal Load Mode No
Criteria
Options Alternative
System Cost
Stop
Further Yes •Electric
Investigation •Thermal
Warranted?
No
Stop
• SAVES MONEY!!!
• MAKES MONEY!!!
Key Factors in making the Economics Work!
• “Spark Spread”
– The cost difference between the price of electricity and the
cost of natural gas
• Fuel Bill
– Gas or Oil to Run Boilers, Other HVAC, and/or Process
Equipment
– Customer Charge
– Cost per BTU
• Electric Bill
– Customer Charge
– Cost per kWh of Electrical Energy Used
– Cost per kW of Peak Power Used (Demand Charge)
– Cost per kW of Ratchet Demand (Regional)
– Each Charge May Vary With Level of Consumption
Non-Traditional Cogen Concepts
Desiccants?
Regeneration air
can be outside air
or exhaust air
Engine Driven Refrigeration
Industrial Refrigeration: Fire = Ice
• Colder Temperatures
• Customers:
– Food & Beverage
Manufacturers
– Food & Beverage Retail
– Food Warehouses
– Ice Manufacturers
• Ice cubes
• Ice rinks
Basic Refrigeration Cycle
• Evaporator &
WATER IN WATER OUT
Electric Condenser are “Off
CONDENSER
Package”
Compressor
Package
– unlike HVAC chiller
• Refrigeration Package
H.P. RECEIVER OIL SEPARATOR
is:
Electric
Motor Compressor – screw compressor
EXPANSION
VALVE – oil separator/cooler
– electric motor
OIL COOLER
– controls
EVAPORATOR
BRINE OUT BRINE IN WATER IN WATER OUT
Engine Driven Compressor Package
• Similarities
WATER IN WATER OUT
CONDENSER
Electric
Compressor
– Identical Functionality
Package – Same Footprint
– Same Option List
– exhaust pipe
OIL COOLER
– control panel
EVAPORATOR
BRINE OUT BRINE IN WATER IN WATER OUT
Typical Product