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Combination power-heat system created
Monsters and Critics.com & UPI ^ | 8-12-05

Posted on 08/14/2005 6:27:59 AM PDT by HangnJudge

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To: HangnJudge
Most of Oak Ridge's efforts go into other uses for energy and allied research

I'm very glad you posted this article. This technology looks like a step in the right direction and I hope to see it spread.

21 posted on 08/14/2005 8:24:53 AM PDT by syriacus (Cindy Sheehan is guilty of a FAUX CAUSE -- Cindy Sheehan is guilty of a FAUX CAUSE)
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To: Fog Nozzle
What is the source in a supermarket?

(Cogeneration Article)

Absorption cooling may be worth considering if your site requires cooling, and if at least one of the following applies:
You have a combined heat and power CHP) unit and cannot use all of the available heat, or if you are considering a new CHP plant
Waste heat is available
A low-cost source of fuels is available
Your boiler efficiency is low due to a poor load factor
Your site has an electrical load limit that will be expensive to upgrade
Your site needs more cooling, but has an electrical load limitation that is expensive to overcome, and you have an adequate supply of heat.

In short, absorption cooling may fit when a source of free or low-cost heat is available, or if objections exist to using conventional refrigeration.
Essentially, the low-cost heat source displaces higher-cost electricity in a conventional chiller.
22 posted on 08/14/2005 8:26:13 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: Fog Nozzle
Looks like they are using some kind of fuel to generate electricity and using the waste heat from the generator to provide cooling.

Therefore the cooling is a "freebie".

23 posted on 08/14/2005 8:27:25 AM PDT by OSHA (I've got a hole in my head too, but that's beside the point.)
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To: Nuc1
But...Don't they get it??? It' PEAK OIL time. It's the end of the world. Don't they know they are supposed to roll over and give up?;)

Dems are fightn' words here
Oak Ridge - The Vision Lives On
24 posted on 08/14/2005 8:30:20 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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Here's hoping they can soon size 'em down for home use.


25 posted on 08/14/2005 8:45:32 AM PDT by not_apathetic_anymore
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To: HangnJudge

Islam has Mecca. Genius has Oak Ridge.


26 posted on 08/14/2005 9:05:09 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: IronJack
Islam has Mecca. Genius has Oak Ridge

Grin ;^)
27 posted on 08/14/2005 9:18:36 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: HangnJudge

Now if they can shrink it down to something that fits in a car . . .


28 posted on 08/14/2005 9:19:40 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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29 posted on 08/14/2005 9:36:07 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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read later bump


30 posted on 08/15/2005 9:09:48 AM PDT by Kevin OMalley (No, not Freeper#95235, Freeper #1165: Charter member, What Was My Login Club.)
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You betcha the vision lives on!


31 posted on 08/15/2005 6:14:22 PM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668)
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