Life Cycle Cost Analyses of U.S. Air Force Heating Plants

Abstract

The purpose of this study was the development of a life cycle costing forecasting methodology for U.S. Air Force heating plants and the translation of the resulting cost estimating relationships (CERs), algorithms, and data into a Heating Plant Cost Analysis Model. The model and methodology can be used for day-to-day cost trade-off analyses for both new equipment installation and modifications of existing facilities. The overall objective of the effort was to provide the Air Force, through Air Force Engineering and Services Center (AFESC) , a defensible plan to meet the provisions of a Defense Appropriation Act which directed that a program be implemented to rehabilitate and convert current heating plans at U.S. defense facilities to allow them to use coal. The report describes: 1) the approach including the methodology, data sources, data, and data analyses, 2) the Heating Plant Cost Analysis Model and the cost parameters for conventional stoker coal technology along with some typical results, and 3) the primary conclusions reached thus far in the study with some plans for additional work.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA212472

Entities

People

  • V. K. Wilkinson

Organizations

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Classification
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Models
  • Costs
  • Cycles
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Delphi Method
  • Economic Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Figure Of Merit
  • Heating Plants
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Plastic Explosives

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis