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Cogeneration at Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Date
1986-06Metadata
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The Iowa Methodist Medical Center of Des Moines, Iowa, is installing two 1,500 kW Fairbanks-Morse
turbocharged dual-fuel reciprocating engine-generators.
The system will be installed with recovery
of exhaust waste heat as steam and jacket,
lube oil, and intercooler waste heat as hot water.
During periods of high steam demand, the waste heat
boilers will be supplementally fired for additional
steam production.
The paper will present the feasibility study,
predesign report, and detailed design results. Both
gas turbines and reciprocating engines in numerous
configurations were considered. Sensitivity to
breakdown, capital costs, and varying escalation
rates were investigated.
The conclusion was that reciprocating engines
would meet the payback requirements with an acceptable
level of risk. To further reduce the risk, a
bid package for the engines was prepared during predesign.
Upon selection of the engines, a major portion
of the project cost was firmly established and
final design was authorized. Scheduled completion
is February, 1987.
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Citation
Thunem, C. B.; Schebler, S. J.; Love, G. I. (1986). Cogeneration at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /93076.