Small-scale Cogeneration Handbook: Edition 5

Bernard F. Kolanowski

Feb 2022 · CRC Press

About this eBook

Cogeneration can now turn up to 90% of the fuel burned into usable energy – compared to just 52% of the fuel typically burned in a local power plant and in a separate existing hot water heating system. The fifth edition of this comprehensive reference provides a wealth of information to assist you in evaluating the feasibility and potential benefits of cogeneration for your facility. Covered are recent regulatory developments and their impact, system selection and sizing, permitting requirements, operation and maintenance, financing, technology basics, micro turbines, absorption chillers, distributed generation, and numerous case histories.

This new edition is updated with new material and comes with access to a useful program that can help determine the economic value of applying cogeneration for your clients’ benefit.

About the author

Bernard Kolanowski is a mechanical engineer having received his BSc degree from The Pennsylvania State University. His career spans the application of engineered products to various industries seeking solutions. Cogeneration is his current focus, applying systems both large and small to various commercial and industrial establishments, utilizing engines, microturbines, and gas turbines. He currently resides in Carlsbad, California.