Combined Heat & Power (CHP)

Edinburgh Napier University: 8th November 2012

Who it is for: Engineers, architects, professional installers. Managers and Directors intending to invest in this technology or who wish to find out how CHP works, and those who have to evaluate the benefits of adopting CHP technology.

Workshop content:

9:00 – 9:30: Arrival, Introductions

9:30 – 11:00: Part 1 – Background Knowledge Building

·         Introductory thermodynamic concepts: heat engines, power and heat, quality of heat, efficiency, performance and cost
·         Introduction to the concept of CHP
·         Small scale CHP: reciprocating engines (diesel and converted equivalents); Stirling engines; microturbines
·         Medium to large scale CHP: turbines (gas and steam)
·         Competition and comparisons: heat pumps and boilers

11:00 – 11:15: Break

11:15 – 12:30: Part 2 – Advanced and Further Concepts

·         Absorption refrigeration
·         Tri-generation/multi-generation
·         Efficiency and performance (revisited)
·         Supply-demand matching and characteristics of different CHP systems

12:30 – 13:15: Break / Lunch

13:15 – 13:45: Visit to Imperial College CHP Plant Installation (for the course taking place at Imperial College, London; participants at the other locations will be taken through a virtual tour of a CHP plant). The plant provides power to College buildings, lecture theatres, and halls of residence for 9,000 students. Providing annual savings of £900,000 on the energy costs.

13:45 – 15:00 Part 3 – CHP Systems Integration Into the Built Environment

·         CHP design integration into buildings
·         Good practice guidance, the ideal type of buildings and building services
·         CHP design for communities and the utilization of CHP into urban environments
·         Optimum building services design for CHP integration (co-generation and tri-generation)

15:00 – 15:15: Break

15:15 – 17:15: Part 4 – Commercial Aspects

·         Latest information and analysis of London and national policies related to CHP units
·         Fuels used and technical, economic and regulatory aspects
·         Financial and carbon CHP appraisals including future projections and risk management
·         Future projections and risk management

Certificate of Participation provided