Central Heating Plant Modernization Study for the Defense Personnel Support Center.

Abstract

This report documents a study to determine alternatives for modernizing the central heating plant at the Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC), Philadelphia, PA. The central heating plant contains five boilers; four are 50 years old and one is 14 years old. The age of this equipment warranted an investigation of alternatives for providing thermal energy to the installation. These alternatives include maintaining the status quo, upgrading the existing system, installing new boilers, cogeneration, and absorption chilling. Heating and cooling loads were analyzed using computer simulations. Based on the simulations and design temperatures, life cycle costs were developed for each alternative. (MM)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA293543

Entities

People

  • Martin J. Savoie
  • Russ Price
  • Spiro J. Deligiannis
  • Travis L. Mccammon

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Pollution
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Cooling
  • Cost Analysis
  • Economic Analysis
  • Electric Power
  • Energy Consumption
  • Environmental Protection
  • Feed Water
  • Fuel Oils
  • Gas Turbines
  • Gases
  • Heat Loss
  • Heating
  • Load Monitoring

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.