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The Chautauqua Institution is a summer
educational and cultural campus that consists of 50 buildings with 2.5
million square feet of floor space. Approximately 150,000 people visit
each year, and for a company of its size, and seasonal use, energy costs
are a big problem. The Chautauqua Institution has teamed up with NYSERDA
to install a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system that will result in
more than $100,000 savings in annual energy costs.
The objective of this project is to install three microturbines with
heat recovery to provide comfort heating in the winter. In the summer,
the waste energy will be put through an absorption chiller for space cooling.
The design will consider installing one of the microturbines in an innovative
configuration such that the high-temperature exhaust gases from the microturbine
will be introduced as supplemental intake air to the existing boiler.
This project is expected to have an overall fuel conversion efficiency
exceeding 70%. This high efficiency and the characteristics of the microturbines
will result in very low emissions. The project will be highlighted at
Chautauqua's internationally renowned theme week on Energy Efficiency.
NYSERDA has co-funded this project through its New York Energy $martSM
program to cover installation and equipment costs.
BENEFITS INCLUDE:
- Excellent model for demonstration of the effectiveness of microturbine-based
CHP with district energy;
- Over $100,000 in annual energy savings;
- Environmentally efficient system.
RESULTS TO DATE:
- Design in progress;
- Proposed installation on 27 kW microturbine for spring of 2004.
For more information about these services, contact NYSERDA toll free 1-866-NYSERDA, locally (518) 862-1090.
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