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Power Systems Project Example
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Project Title: Old Chatham Sheepherding Microturbine Demonstration
Old Chatham Sheepherding Company, Old Chatham, NY
BACKGROUND
About two-thirds of national electric energy is consumed in residential
and commercial buildings. Changes that improve the efficiency of electric
generating equipment will have significant cost reduction and beneficial
environmental impacts. In the evolving distributed power generation
market, microturbines are a commercially viable option. The advantages
of microturbines over diesel engine generators include longer life and
maintenance cycles, a smaller physical size-to-power ratio, and lower
noise and emission levels. Fuel cells have lower noise and emission
levels than microturbines, but are further from commercial availability,
and have lower power density. Efficiency of unrecuperated microturbines
is low at around 15%. With recuperation, efficiency is increased to
30%, but the remaining fuel energy is discarded. One way to recover
a significant portion of this wasted energy is through cogeneration,
such as hot water production for heating or process use.
OBJECTIVE
The project objective is to design, install, and operate a microturbine
cogeneration system to produce electric power and hot water for on-site
processing equipment.
DESCRIPTION
A microturbine cogeneration system design for the Old Chatham Sheepherders
creamery and cheese production facility will be developed and evaluated.
After the technical and economic evaluation, a decision will be made
to either continue with equipment procurement and installation, or to
end the project.
BENEFITS
The propane-fueled microturbine cogeneration system is expected to reduce
operating costs at the creamery and cheese production facility, and
could provide the incentive for increasing production and employment
at the site.
SCHEDULE AND STATUS
The project will be conducted in two phases. A Phase I engineering and
economic evaluation study followed by a decision point before proceeding
with equipment procurement and installation.
Staff Contact
Joseph Sayer
Sr. Project Manager
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