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California BioEnergy: Waste-to-Energy, Combined Heat and Power, and Energy Efficiency for Farmers and Food Processors
April 18-20, 2007
The Pacific Regional Combined Heat and Power Application Center (PRAC), the University of California, Davis, the California Energy Commission (CEC), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invite you to participate in this second annual California Clean Fuels Workshop.More
7th Annual National Roadmap Workshop
September 21, 2006
The members of the U.S. CHP Association (USCHPA) and other CHP advocates will gather to organize and target their efforts going forward to raise the profile of CHP in policy, technology development and regulatory affairs. This workshop will be held in conjunction with the Annual meeting of the National Association of State Energy Offices (NASEO) in Seattle. More information.
The US Green Building Council Acknowledges the Energy Benefits of CHP Systems by Developing a Methodology to Calculate LEED Credit
The ORNL team, led by Jan Berry, worked with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Committee to provide information on CHP energy generation and use and to facilitate deliberations regarding an appropriate methodology for calculating LEED credits for CHP systems. More.
DOE and ORNL Announce a Webcast on Integrated Energy Systems
September 21, 2005
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have scheduled a webcast on September 21, 2005, from 12-4pm, to discuss Integrated Energy Systems. More information and webcast registration.
ORNL Project (SEMCO Revolution) Wins an R&D 100 Award
July 5, 2005
Jim Sand (ORNL) working with John Fischer (SEMCO) won the award for the high-efficiency and effective roof-top air conditioning system, SEMCO Revolution, marketed by SEMCO, Inc., incorporates desiccant dehumidification technology developed with DOE and ORNL assistance. More
ORNL Announces Partnership with the Energy Solutions Center for Disseminating Information on the Benefits of Desiccant Systems for Dehumidification, Indoor Air Quality and Energy Cost Savings
June 24, 2005
The Energy Solutions Center Inc. (ESC), a gas industry organization based in Washington, DC, and ORNL/DOE will cofund the exhibition of the DOE Dessicant Humidity Control Van (DHCV) at four gas industry sites in July and August. More
Dedication Event Held for the CHP System at Ft. Bragg
June 10, 2005
The Ft. Bragg Directorate of Public Works hosted the event that was attended by representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers in Huntsville, ORNL, DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Distributed Energy Program and Federal Energy Management Program, and the industry team of Honeywell, Broad Air Conditioning, and I.C. Thomasson, and the co-chair of the Southeast Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Application Center from North Carolina State University. More
Dedication Ceremony Held for the CHP System at the A&P Supermarket in Mt. Kisco, New York
May 17, 2005
A&P becomes the first U.S. customer for the new PurComfort 240M, developed under a joint program of DOE, ORNL and the United Technologies Research Corporation (UTRC). The event was attended by the representatives from UTRC, DOE and ORNL. More
Ground Breaking Ceremony Held for a Hospital in Central Texas that Use a Second-Generation CHP Packaged System
April 18, 2005
The ceremony was held in Austin, TX for the Dell Children Medical Center of Central Texas. The hospital, part of the Seton Healthcare Network, will use a modular CHP system as its primary source for cooling, heating and power. More
Burns & McDonnell, an ORNL Contractor, Receives an Engineering Excellence Award for its Innovative CHP System
April 18, 2005
The award was given by the Texas Council of Engineering Companies for the CHP system that has been operating in Austin, TX since Fall 2004. More
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Success Stories
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UTRC Commercializes the Integrated Energy System Developed in Partnership with ORNL and DOE
In March 2006, UTC Power introduced its PureComfort™ 330R. It is an innovative product that provides cooling, heating and power solutions. More.
CHP Capacity Optimizer Development Completed
A CHP Capacity Optimizer is a spreadsheet-based tool for determining the optimum combination of prime mover and absorption chiller capacities in CHP applications. Fact sheet, spreadsheet and user’s manual for the optimizer can be downloaded online.
The HUD CHP Screening Tool Development Completed
Completed with the collaborative efforts of the U.S. Departments of Energy (DOE) and the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the HUD CHP Screening Tool is a useful tool for performing a first order of screening of multifamily buildings for their potential for economic installation and operation CHP systems. Program and related information are available for downloading. More.
New Features Available in the BCHP Screening Tool
ORNL developed the BCHP Screening Tool for evaluations of CHP systems in commercial buildings. Now new features are available in this screening tool, available free from ORNL.
SEMCO, Inc. Commercializes the Desiccant Dehumidification Technology Developed with the Assistance of the U.S. Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
SEMCO Inc. has started producing the first packaged rooftop unit that can
maintain both temperature and humidity. Now, we finally have a system that can
be selected and specified for actually matching the sensible and latent loads
required by the space. More
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Publications
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The Role of Demand Resources In Regional Transmission Expansion Planning and Reliable Operations
A report prepared for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in July 2006. More.
Cost-Causation-Based Tariffs for Wind Ancillary Service Impacts
A paper presented at the WINDPOWER 2006 Conference & Exhibition in June 2006. More.
A Preliminary Analysis of the Economics of Using Distributed Energy as a Source of Reactive Power Supply
First quarterly report for fiscal 2006, prepared by ORNL and Energetics Incorporated, published in April 2006. More
Field Monitoring (May - August 2005) of the Modular Integrated Energy System at Fort Bragg, NC
Final performance report , authored by Steve Gabel (Honeywell Laboratories), was published in April 2006. More
Fort Bragg Integrated Energy System Reference Designs for 1.2 MW-5.7 MW Capacities
Honeywell Laboratories' final performance report on the above subject was published in April 2006. More
Ancillary Services Provided by DER
A report (coauthored by J.B. Campbell, T. J. King, B. Ozpineci, D. T. Rizy, L. M. Tolbert, and Y. Xu) published in December 2005 presents an assessment of DER technologies for their design versatlity for providing 10 different ancillary services. More
Field Test and Performance of an Integrated Active Desssicant Rooftop (IADR) Hybrid System Installed in a School
Final report, coauthored by John Fischer (SEMCO, Inc.) and James Sand (ORNL), on the IADR installed at an elementary school in the Atlanta, Georgia area was published in November 2005. More
Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Using FACTS, STATCOM, SVC and Synchronous Condensers for Dynamic Systems Control for VAR
A paper, coauthored by David Eromon (NCSU) and John Kueck and Tom Rizy (ORNL), was presented at the 2005 National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT) Convention, held in St. Louis, MO on November 16-19. More
Domain CHP System Performance in May 2005
Final report by Burns & McDonnell on the CHP system at the Domain Industrial Park, Austin TX was published in November 2005. More
Fort Bragg Integrated Energy System Reference Designs for 1.2 MW-5.7 MW Capacities
Honeywell Laboratories' report on the above subject was published in October 2005. More
Field Monitoring (January - April, 2005) of the Modular Integrated Energy System at Fort Bragg, NC
An interim report , authored by Steve Gabel (Honeywell Laboratories), was published in July 2005. More
Advanced Absorption Chiller Converts Turbine Exhaust to Air Conditioning
A paper, coauthored by Jan Berry, was presented at the International Sorption Heat Pump Conference, June 22–24, 2005; Denver, CO, USA. More
A paper, coauthored by
S. W. Hadley and T.K. Stovall, published in Public Utilities Fortnightly, May 2005. More
Distributed Generation: Benefit Values in Hard Numbers
A paper, coauthored by S. W. Hadley, J. W. VanDyke and T.K. Stovall, published in Public Utilities Fortnightly, April 2005. More
Distributed Generation: Who Benefits?
A paper, coauthored by T.K Stovall, S. W. Hadley, and D.T. Rizy, published in Public Utilities Fortnightly, March 2005. More
Dynamic Performance of a 30-kW Microturbine-Based CHP System
A paper, coauthored by A. Y. Petrov, A. Zaltash, S.D. Labinov, D.T. Rizy, and R.L. Linkous, published in ASHRAE Winter February 2005 Conference Proceeding.
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