• The Steam System Assessment Tool (SSAT) was developed to allow help steam users estimate cost, energy, and emission savings for key steam opportunities that typically exist in steam systems.
• The SSAT can be used to develop a model for a steam system and then perform "what if?" calculations for key improvement opportunities.
• One of the opportunities that can be modeled with SSAT is the use of backpressure steam turbines to let down steam - a CHP opportunity where the turbine generates electrical power as well as providing steam for process use.
• There are presently more than 7,500 registered users of the SSAT.
• Download the free SSAT software at the Industrial Technology Program’s Software Tools website.
• THEKDI CHP Tool
• Plant Energy Profiler
• This PC-based software is geared toward helping plant managers and engineers understand energy cost and consumption, as well as helping to identify energy savings opportunities.

Soon to be available through the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program, register to receive a copy when the profiler is released at http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumerinfo/industry/self.html

Guidebooks

"Guide to CHP Systems for Boiler Owners and Operators" By C.B. (Barry) Oland is being developed in collaboration with the Council Of Industrial Boiler Owners (CIBO), The American Boiler Manufacturers Association (ABMA), And the DOE.
• It provides information on the relevance of combined heat and power system to boiler owners and operators. • • • • Descriptive information on the types of CHP systems that are relevant to boiler owners and operators, environmental and other issues that must be considered in implementing CHP systems, and tools and resources available for assessing CHP potential are provided in the report.

Combined Heat & Power Resource Guide
• The CHP Resource Guide, prepared by the Midwest CHP Application Center, is a guidebook covering the basic principles of CHP systems, and may provide specific information that would be helpful during a first-level feasibility screening.
• The guide focuses on CHP systems that are under 20 MW
• The resource guide can be downloaded in PDF format at the following site: http://www.chpcentermw.org/pdfs/chp_resource_guide_2003sep.pd

Marketing brief for gas cooling:
http://www.gastechnology.org/webroot/downloads/en/gascooling/ApplicationBriefs/abshosp.pdf

IAC Self-Assessment Workbook for Small Manufacturers
• This workbook, wirrten by the Industrial Assessment Center, details a methodology for identifying and calculating energy savings, reducing waste, and enhancing production.
• It also contains information on specific energy- and cost-savings projects that are commonly implemented in manufacturing plants
• The workbook can be downloaded in Adobe's PDF format from the Industrial Self-Assessment Online Resource Center

Technical assistance

• U.S. Department of Energy
• Regional CHP Application Centers
• Industrial Assessment Centers program enables eligible small and medium-sized manufacturers to have comprehensive industrial assessments performed at no cost to the manufacturer. Teams of engineering faculty and students from the centers, located at 26 universities around the country, conduct energy audits or industrial assessments and provide recommendations to manufacturers to help them identify opportunities to improve productivity, reduce waste, and save energy. Recommendations from industrial assessments have averaged about $55,000 in potential annual savings for each manufacturer.
• Industrial Technology Program’s Plant-Wide Assessments investigate overall energy consumption in manufacturing facilities. Energy management techniques will be evaluated and the adoption of energy-efficient technologies will be recommended. Industries can except a minimum annual energy savings of $1 million resulting from this assessment. Interested companies must submit proposals and are expected to cost share 50% of the project. More information on Plant-Wide Assessments can be found on the Industrial Technologies Program website.
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory can also provide limited technical assistance.
• U.S. EPA’s CHP Partnership
• Staff has hands-on project development experience and can help end-users better understand both technical and regulatory aspects of implanting CHP.