Central Heating Plant Modernization Study for Watervliet Arsenal, New York.

Abstract

The central heating plant (CHP) at Watervliet Arsenal, NY contains five boilers, two of which are 42 years old, two 40 years old, and one 17 years old. The age of this equipment warranted an investigation of alternatives for providing thermal energy for this facility. Watervliet Arsenal requested the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) to perform a study to determine the most viable options available to provide energy for the coming years. This study determined the status of the CHP, and identified and evaluated (both technically and economically) options for meeting current and future thermal energy needs at WVA. Two alternatives were recommended: (1) installation of a new natural gas fired plant with cogeneration, which has the lowest life-cycle costs (LCC) based on a 25-year facility life, or (2) installation of new gas/oil boilers in the existing facility, which has a larger LCC, but lower initial investment costs, than the first recommended alternative.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA318477

Entities

People

  • Martin J. Savoie
  • Thomas E. Durbin

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Cogeneration
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Electric Power
  • Electrical Loads
  • Energy Conservation
  • Energy Consumption
  • Engineering
  • Heating Plants
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Load Monitoring
  • Materials
  • Natural Gas
  • New York

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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