Small-scale Cogeneration Handbook

Cogeneration can now turn up to 90% of the fuel burned into usable energy – compared to just 52% of the fuel typically burned in a local power plant and in a separate existing hot water heating system. The fifth edition of this comprehensive reference provides a wealth of information to assist you in evaluating the feasibility and potential benefits of cogeneration for your facility. Covered are recent regulatory developments and their impact, system selection and sizing, permitting requirements, operation and maintenance, financing, technology basics, micro turbines, absorption chillers, distributed generation, and numerous case histories. This new edition is updated with new material and comes with access to a useful program that can help determine the economic value of applying cogeneration for your clients’ benefit.

1. Introduction 2. History of Cogeneration 3. Regulatory Actions 4. Uses of Cogeneration 5. Applying Cogeneration to a Facility 6. Sizing the Cogenerator 7. Logistics of Installation 8. Permitting Requirements 9. Operation & Maintenance 10. Pitfalls of Cogeneration 11. Financing Cogeneration Projects 12. Case Histories 13. Small-scale Cogeneration Manufacturers 14. Do-it-yourself Cogeneration 15. Green Energy vs. Cogeneration 16. Microturbines and Cogenration 17. Absorber-Chillers in Cogeneration 18. Desiccant Drying and Cogeneration 19. Fuel Cells 20. Distributed Generation 21. National Combined Heat & Power Association 22. Cogeneration in Europe 23. The Organic Rankine Cycle 24. Pyrolysis 25. Available Technologies Appendices I. Typical Shared-Savings Agreement II. Energy Conversion Tables III. Heat Loss in Swimming Pools—Graphs IV. Typical Small-scale Cogeneration Energy Production V. Typical Utility Rate Schedules—Gas and Electricity VI. Working a Cogeneration Project—A Model

Bernard Kolanowski is a mechanical engineer having received his BSc degree from The Pennsylvania State University. His career spans the application of engineered products to various industries seeking solutions. Cogeneration is his current focus, applying systems both large and small to various commercial and industrial establishments, utilizing engines, microturbines, and gas turbines. He currently resides in Carlsbad, California.