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Tomorrow`s energy today for cities and counties: Cogeneration powers up cost-competitive energy

Publication year - 1995

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osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/179201

Subject(s) - cogeneration , heating system , engineering , water heating , pipeline (software) , electricity , civil engineering , architectural engineering , waste management , electrical engineering , electricity generation , mechanical engineering , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics

Cities and counties build many multi-million dollar facilities, and supplying energy to run these facilities is a long-term obligation for a community. Cogeneration offers local governments an opportunity to reduce the cost of providing electricity, heating, and cooling to their buildings. Sometimes cogeneration is combined with district heating and cooling systems. This kind of cogeneration results in system efficiencies as high as 70%--about twice the efficiency of a conventional power plant that produces only electricity! The article describes cogeneration combined with district cooling in Trenton, NJ, and cogeneration on a small scale in San Jose, California

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