Monday, January 30, 2017: 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Mission Critical Design and Operation
Chair:
James Freihaut, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Technical Committee: 1.10 Cogeneration Systems
CoSponsor: 6.2 District Energy
This session describes combined heat and power as a robust, efficient, economical and clean solution for critical infrastructure, microgrids and resiliency.
1 U.S. Department of Energy CHP for Resiliency Accelerator Progress Report
The US Department of Energy launched the Combined Heat and Power for Resiliency Accelerator on May 9, 2016. This collaborative effort with states, communities, utilities and other stakeholders is examining the perceptions of CHP among resiliency planners, identified gaps in current technologies or information relative to resilience needs and is developing plans for communities to capitalize on CHP’s strengths as a reliable, high efficiency, lower emissions electricity and heating source for critical infrastructure. This presentation reports on the results of the initial work and provides insight into how CHP will play in future resiliency plans throughout the nation.
2 Combined Heat and Power: A Robust, Efficient, Economical and Clean Solution for Critical Infrastructure, Microgrids and Resiliency
Bruce A. Hedman, has over 30 years of experience in energy technology research, development and commercialization, and is a recognized authority on combined heat and power (CHP) and distributed generation technologies, markets and policies. He is currently Managing Director of Entropy Research, providing consulting services on the technical, policy and market aspects of distributed generation and industrial energy efficiency to a variety of public and private clients, including U.S. DOE’s CHP deployment program.
3 Resilient CHP Design for Mission Critical Facilities while Minimizing the Impact on Energy and Water Usage
This presentation examines the design of resilient microgrids at hospitals that can support significantly more than the legally mandated emergency circuits and restore the full facility to near normal functionality. The presentation reviews the engineering issues to be considered when retrofitting resilient CHP into an existing facility as well as the environmental water use and overall economics of adding resilience to CHP at critical facilities such as hospitals and data centers.