Fuels Selection Alternatives for Army Facilities

Abstract

This report provides background data for future revisions of Army documents pertaining to facilities fuels selection. Fuel price and availability forecasts are made for the years 1985 through 2009 for a variety of fuels, and costs are estimated for a number of combustion technologies, with emphasis on heating plants larger than 10 MBtu/hr. A life-cycle cost analysis procedure is described which integrates the fuel forecasts and the technology alternatives. The analysis procedure is used to rank the fuel alternatives in order of lowest total life-cycle cost. The ranking are relatively insensitive to the assumptions used in the analysis, and are seen to indicate a number of trends. The results consist of recommendations, based on these trends, which are grouped as general fuels selection criteria and criteria for solid fuels (such as coal), gas/oil fuels, and electricity. Keywords: Military facilities, Selection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA177062

Entities

People

  • David M. Joncich
  • E. B. Sigmon
  • E. T. Pierce
  • Edward C. Fox
  • Jack Barkenbus
  • John F. Thomas

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combustion
  • Construction
  • Cost Analysis
  • Economic Analysis
  • Energy Conservation
  • Energy Systems
  • Environmental Protection
  • Gaseous Fuels
  • Management Personnel
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Petroleum
  • Slurry Fuels
  • United States

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  • Business Analytics
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis