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This section contains checklist/survey, information and/or links to technical briefs, electronic spreadsheets and software available for facilitating data collection and analyses, and evaluating the economics of CHP systems.
Is My Facility a Good Candidate for CHP? (Survey)
To determine if your facility is a good candidate for CHP, please complete the following survey and submit it to the Midwest CHP Application Center. This survey was developed by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency's CHP Partnership program. Survey.
Technical Briefs
Does Cogeneration Make Sense for Me?
The First Step in Examining the Cogeneration/CHP Opportunity
Download - 374Kb (PDF)
Download - 3,485Kb (Microsoft Word format)
Spreadsheets
CHP/BCHP Environmental Permitting Guidebook
January 23, 2003
Volume A: Roadmapping the Permitting Process
Emissions Calculator Spreadsheet
Download - 28Kb (Microsoft Excel format)
Spreadsheet for Evaluating Economics of CHP Systems
September 13, 2004
Download - 300Kb (Microsoft Excel format)
A Walkthrough Checklist for Gathering Information for Performing Preliminary Economic Assessment of a CHP System for a Facility
November 7, 2002
Download - 66Kb (Microsoft Excel format)
Software Tools
There are several software tools available evaluating the economics of CHP systems. Many consulting firms and energy service companies offer services in this area. If you choose to do the analysis in-house, you may want to consider one of the software tools recently surveyed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A full version of that survey is provided here in PDF format (PDF 2,895 Kb). The list (alphabetical) of software tools surveyed (and their costs) is as follows:
Click on the software tool name to obtain specific information from the ORNL survey.
* A fully-functional demonstration version (1.2) is available from DOE/ORNL
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