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Summary
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A user-oriented guide to both the engineering and the economic aspects of gas-fired cogeneration systems. This updated edition (1st was in 1987) contains 41 chapters in eight sections: advantages of natural gas-fired cogeneration, economic and engineering feasibility analysis, natural gas prime movers, natural gas for efficient electric generation, regulatory considerations, marketing cogenerationnatural gas distribution and pipeline company perspectives, case studies, and technological developments. A great deal of related information is presented in six appendices. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Choice Review
Cogeneration is a booming field in the energy business. This book outlines the many facets of the topic. The authors are knowledgeable and the work compares favorably with existing material on this subject. Cogeneration is simple in concept, i.e., the deriving of both useful heat (steam) and electricity from one fuel source. In practice, the myriad combinations of varying demands for steam and electrical power over a day or a year in a particular application makes the decisions complex. A further set of choices must be made about fuel type, engine type, backup power, utility contracts, economic viability, financing and government regulations. Case studies, charts, clear illustrations, and several appendixes are useful inclusions, but the lack of a bibliography is unfortunate. This work will serve well those for whom it is clearly intended: executives who must make decisions about cogeneration in specific installations. -J. C. Comer, Northern Illinois University
