Heating Plant Options Economic Analysis System (HPECON): User's Manual and Technical Reference

Abstract

HPECON is a PC-based software system that estimates the economic feasibility of alternative heating plant technologies. This system requires minimum input and offers its users insight into the justifiability of more costly analyses. HPECON compares technologies in terms of their capital costs, annual operating costs, and life-cycle costs. The system considers coal, oil, natural gas, and wood technologies for plant sizes from 5 to 150 Mbtu/hr. The system is divided into four primary programs: HPDATA, HEATLOAD, HPCALC, AND LCCID. Also included are two other programs that offer system administrator functions to authorized individuals: HPCREATE and HLCREATE. The HPECON system includes six floppy diskettes and this manual. The six disks contain the software necessary to install and run HPECON on either a two-floppy or hard-disk system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA234030

Entities

People

  • Ralph Moshage
  • Robert Flanigan
  • Robert Januzik
  • William Scherer

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Pollution
  • Calorific Value
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Cost Analysis
  • Economic Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Heat Energy
  • Heating Plants
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Mechanical Engineering

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  • Computer Science.
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis