Heating - Boiler - Process heating - Food processing
Template assignment
Base case
The worked-out solution is the data file selected from within the RETScreen Project Database. The user automatically downloads the Project Database file while downloading the RETScreen software.
Template assignment
Base case
- 2,000 kW natural gas-fired boiler with a seasonal efficiency of 73%
- Natural gas rate is $8/GJ
- Process heating equipment runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the months of August, September and October; and only half of the time during the other months of the year
- Two 1,000 kW natural gas-fired boilers with a seasonal efficiency of 82%
- Process requires saturated steam at 225 kPa; return temperature
is 80°C - Superheated temperature of steam is 124°C
- Boiler replacement cost is $100/kW of capacity
The worked-out solution is the data file selected from within the RETScreen Project Database. The user automatically downloads the Project Database file while downloading the RETScreen software.
