June 14 Dedication Ceremony for Revolutionary DOE/Burns & McDonnell 'Recycled Energy' Facility Expected to Draw High-Ranking Officials.News & Energy Editors/Environmental Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2004 The Department of Energy (DOE) is excited to unveil its latest effort to diversify the nation's power supply at the dedication ceremony here for a revolutionary Cooling-Heating-Power (CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan ) facility. CHP is a form of distributed energy that recycles valuable waste heat produced in electrical generation. The 4.5 MW unit has a new technological approach -- it recycles the waste heat from the natural gas-fired generator, and this waste heat is the only fuel source for the chiller chill·er n. 1. One that chills. 2. A frightening story, especially one involving violence, evil, or the supernatural; a thriller. chiller Noun 1. that provides air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. and heating. A dedication for the facility will take place at 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 14, at an Austin Energy Austin Energy is the public utility providing electrical power service to a 421 square mile area including Austin, Texas and parts of the surrounding area in Travis and Williamson counties. It is owned by the City of Austin. site. Austin Mayor Will Wynn This page discusses the Mayor of Austin, Texas. For the California Representative, see William J. Wynn. For the NFL football player, see Will Wynn (football player). Will Wynn is the current mayor of Austin, Texas. will host the event and several officials representing the DOE, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a multiprogram science and technology national laboratory managed for the United States Department of Energy by UT-Battelle, LLC. ORNL is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near Knoxville. (ORNL ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory ), and the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) will be attending the ceremony. "This new facility will be 40 to 50 percent more efficient than conventional units in how it uses fossil fuels to generate power and thermal energy," said Ed Mardiat, director of CHP development for Burns & McDonnell, the prime design-build contractor. He estimates the plant will be at least 70 percent efficient. To achieve these results, the low emission, natural gas-fired combustion turbine was installed in conjunction with an absorption chiller that recycles waste heat produced by the turbine to produce chilled water without the need for any additional fuel. The chiller is capable of delivering 2,500 tons of chilled water, sufficient to air condition 1 million square feet of office space. Burns & McDonnell was awarded a project by the DOE and after an extensive site selection process partnered with Austin Energy to integrate this first of a kind system at The Domain Business Technology Park in Austin, Texas. DOE's Distributed Energy Program focuses on reducing the demand on the nation's electrical transmission grid and increasing efficiency of electrical supply through on-site cooling, heating and power. Onsite power also provides building owners with additional protection from power outages. By sponsoring research and development of new technologies, the DOE hopes to make these types of packaged integrated energy systems the preferred method of providing cooling, heating, and power. "Less complex than traditional one-of-a-kind designs which need extensive on-site engineering, these integrated systems result in lower capital costs, shorter construction schedules, easy replication for multiple applications and control systems that can optimize facility energy use," said Jan Berry, research and development program manager for ORNL. The plant is modular and is a test of off-the-shelf technology that can be scaled up or down to meet the needs of a wide variety of situations. Founded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell is an engineering, architectural, construction, and environmental services firm with more than 1,700 employees and 16 offices worldwide. For more information about Burns & McDonnell, visit their website at www.burnsmcd.com. |
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