Energy Control via Combined Heat & Power
Control your own energy.
Increased efficiency. Decreased costs. Reduced emissions.
Burns & McDonnell combined heat and power (CHP) experts can help you have it all.
It's like winning the trifecta:
- Increased efficiency
- Lower costs
- Reduced emissions
New Applications for New Technologies in CHP
CHP can help energy providers reach lofty goals: increased efficiency, decreased energy costs, reduced emissions.
A CHP system can put you on the path to your energy use goals. Burns & McDonnell has the experience to make it happen.
Burns & McDonnell recently helped design and build an award-winning CHP facility in Austin, Texas, with support from the Department of Energy. The system uses a 5-MW combustion turbine to power a business park. Turbine exhaust powers a 2,500-ton absorption chiller to cool buildings.
In the video below, Steve Swinson, president and CEO of Thermal Energy Corp. (TECO), explains how Burns & McDonnell's innovative solutions have helped TECO implement its central utility plant master plan at the Texas Medical Center.
Capital cost reduction: Packaged CHP systems can cut system capital costs by 15% to 30%.
Shorter and less expensive installation: An Integrated Energy System (IES) can reduce CHP system installation time by as much as two-thirds and provide corresponding installation cost savings.
Replicability: Packaged system designs are suitable for multiple applications in facilities around the country.
Optimized facility energy use: Packaged systems allow facility operators to manage power generation, cooling and heating to optimize energy use as well as reduce electricity use during peak periods.
Simplified systems: The use of exhaust-fired absorption chillers eliminates the need for steam/hot water generation equipment.
Modularity: This system can be built up in modular increments matched to your facility needs and can be easily expanded as the need arises.
- Energy uses for prototype Integrated Energy System (IES): electricity to local area and electric grid; chilled water for air conditioning and inlet air cooling for gas turbine; space heating for IES plant.
- Cost savings through efficiency: as high as 70% to 80%.
- Integrated control system that will allow ease of operations and remote monitoring.
- Modular design will be adaptable to meet various capacity requirements, space limitations and grid interconnection.
- Improve reliability with proven on-site generation technologies that isolate facilities from grid power quality problems and outages.