Open AccessSMALL-SCALE CO-GENERATION FOR BUILDING APPLICATIONS - ENERGY DEMAND ANALYSIS AT DEMONSTRATION SITE AND OPTIMAL SIZING OF THE CHP PLANT
Author(s) -
Jacek Kalina,
J. Skorek
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of civil engineering and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.529
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1822-3605
pISSN - 1392-3730
DOI - 10.3846/13923730.2006.9636366
Subject(s) - sizing , scale (ratio) , engineering , power station , energy (signal processing) , energy demand , process engineering , environmental science , environmental economics , electrical engineering , mathematics , art , statistics , economics , visual arts , physics , quantum mechanics
Aspects of using the small‐scale combined heat and power modules in buildings is presented in this paper. At first the problems of energy demand analysis, which is the key point of a co‐generation plant sizing procedure, are discused. Then the demonstration project of a small‐scale co‐generation plant is presented. The plant is fuelled with natural gas, and it supplies energy to a group of three different buildings. Basing on this case, the problems of optimal sizing of a small‐scale CHP plant for a building energy supply system are presented and discussed. Calculation procedures are shown together with the results of sample analysis. The factors influencing the final configuration of the system are indicated.