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| dc.contributor.author | Lin, Mike C. J. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Kinast, John A. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (U.S.) | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-03T20:26:07Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-03T20:26:07Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 1996-01 | - |
| dc.identifier.govdoc | USACERL Technical Report 96/35 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/30633 | - |
| dc.description | Technical Report | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Fiscal year 1986 Defense Appropriations Act (PL-99-190) Section 8 I I 0 directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to implement the rehabilitation and conversion of central heating plants to coal firing, where a cost benefit can be realized. To help Army installations comply with this law, the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) has developed the Central Heating Plant Economic Evaluation Program (CHPECON), a PC~based software program that includes a series of screening and life cycle cost estimating models to determine when and where specific coal combustion technologies could be implemented in DOD central heating plants using coal, gas, or oil. This study incorporated several new heating plant options to enhance CHPECON's current retrofit screening and life cycle cost models with a sensitivity analysis capability that may relate to changes in boiler load, fuel price, escalation factors, discount rate, operations and maintenance (O&M) costs, plant life, etc., and also to resolve issues raised during beta testing. An addendum to the User Manual was written to describe the use of enhancements to the program, and recommendations for further program improvement were made. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This study was conducted for Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC) and Assistant Secretary of Defense (Production & Logistics) under Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request (MIPR) No. N0537A94MP00007; Work Unit N0537-A94MP00007, "Further Enhancement of CHPECON Program." The technical monitors were Steven Guzinski, NFESC and Millard Carr, ODUSD/ES/C&I. | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | SF 298 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 List of Figures and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.2 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.3 Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.4 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1.5 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1.6 Metric Conversion Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1.7 Mode of Technology Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2 Background of Enhancements to CHPECON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2.1 Cost Sensitivity Analysis for Retrofit Cases . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2.2 Calculation Procedures for Implementation of Retrofit Cost Sensitivity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.3 Assumptions and Defaults for Cost Sensitivity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.4 Boiler Load Sensitivity Analysis for Retrofit Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.5 Calculation Procedures for Implementation of Retrofit Boiler Load Sensitivity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.6 Assumptions and Defaults tar Retrofit Boiler Load Sensitivity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2.7 Multiple Run Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2.8 Calculation Procedures for Implementation of Retrofit Multiple Run Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.9 Assumptions for Retrofit Multiple Run Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3 User's Manual Addendum Covering CHPECON Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3.1 Installation of CHPECON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3.2 User Interface-Cost Sensitivity Analysis for Retrofit Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3.3 User Interface for Implementation of Retrofit Cost Sensitivity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3.4 Review of Output From Retrofit Cost Sensitivity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3.5 Operating and Maintenance-Labor Portion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 3.6 Operating and Maintenance-Nonlabor Portion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 3.7 Major Repair and Replacement Costs ............................ 33 3.8 Initial Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 3.9 Discount Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 3.10 Plant Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 3.11 User Interface - Boiler Load Sensitivity Analysis for Retrofit Cases . . . . . . 36 3.12 User Interface for Implementation of Retrofit Boiler Load Sensitivity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 3.13 Review of Output from Boiler Load Sensitivity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 3.14 User Interface- Multiple Run Analysis for Retrofit Cases ............. 41 3.15 User Interface for Implementation of Multiple Run Analysis For Retrofit Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 4 Resolution of Beta-Test Issues .................................... 48 4.1 Averaging of Yearly Steam Production ............................ 48 4.2 Cogeneration Options: Personnel Requirements for Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 4.3 Cogeneration Options: Annual Fuel Usage ........................ 51 4.4 Cogeneration Options: Standby Power Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 4.5 Cogeneration Options: Cogen Sizing Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 4.6 Installation Costs Seemingly Excessive With Respect to Equipment Costs .................................................... 54 4.7 Breakdown of Costs for Gas/Oil Facilities Is Different From Those for Coal Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 4.8 Piping and Stack System Cost Discrepancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 4.9 Insurance Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 4.10 EPA Testing Costs .......................................... 56 4.11 Sensitivity, Multiple-run, or Load Sensitivity Analysis for the Retrofit Option ................................................... 57 4.12 Calculation of Tank Sizing for Slurry Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 4.13 Changing Oil/Gas Fuels Used Not Tracked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 4.14 Costs Based on Initial and Modified Screening Cases Show Different Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 4.15 Supplementary Costs for Some Items Are Displayed as $0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 4.16 Source of Natural Gas Composition Displayed on Printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 4.17 Apparent Discrepancies Between Micronized Coal and Pulverized Coal Equipment Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 4.18 Facility Installation Cost Differs for Retrofitted Micronized Coal vs. New Plant Pulverized Coal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 4.19 Electricity Consumption Differences in Cost Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 4.20 Installation Costs on Retrofit Equipment Is at Times Less Than New Plant Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 4.21 Failure in Meeting Emission Requirements Not Noted in Life Cycle Costing .................................................. 64 4.22 Distribution System Explanation Unclear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 4.23 Electrical Distribution System Question Unclear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 4.24 Ability To Move Between Screens in Both Directions Desirable .......... 66 4.25 Storage of Escalation Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 4.26 Water in Ash Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 4.27 No Comparison to Status Quo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 4.28 Costs for Electricity Generation Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 4.29 Incremental Costs for Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 4.30 Flyash Reinjection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 4.31 Natural Gas Compositions Should Be Expanded .................... 70 4.32 Cogeneration and Consolidation Retrofit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 4.33 Rail Car Thawing Question Automatic Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 4.34 Facility Average Electrical Load Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 4.35 Peak Steam Generation Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 5 Summary and Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 | - 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| dc.format.extent | 81 pages / 6.192Mb | - |
| dc.format.medium | PDF/A | - |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (U.S.) | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Technical Report (Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (U.S.));no. 96/35 | - |
| dc.rights | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited | - |
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| dc.subject | Heating from central stations--Economic aspects | en_US |
| dc.subject | Military bases--Heating and ventilation--Evaluation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Life cycle costing | en_US |
| dc.title | Enhancement of the Central Heating Plant Economic Evaluation Program (CHPECON) | en_US |
| dc.type | Report | - |
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