Combined Heat and Power Sizing Methodology

As deregulation of the electric market finds legitimate global acceptance, more efficient alternatives to centralized power production, such as the Combined Heat and Power (CHP), also known as cogeneration, are finding growing reception. Advances in sizing methodologies, selection criteria, and control technologies, as well as development of associated regulatory issues, must accompany this favorable disposition. This paper presents an overview of some important applications of a heat recovery system and discusses a simplified method of sizing a CHP as a part of an early feasibility decision.Copyright © 2002 by ASME