Chapter 8, Problem 8.4E

Situational Analysis: If you are the engineer or consultant of a company and the owner ask your opinion to what type of power plant the company would invest that would yield higher ROI (Return of Investment) & why?

a) Write a comprehensive note on a Combined Heat Power Plant and briefly introduce its components .

Estimate the greenhouse gas emissions from power production. Focus on the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the operational energy, not the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the manufacture of theproduct or end of life processes.1) All power during an hour of up to 5 kW is drawn from a baseload coal powerplant. Any power in excess of that amount is drawn from a peaker plant running as anatural gas combined cycle power plant.2) Localized solar energy production is provided in the table on the next page.Energy demand by the house is first met by this solar generation. If the total hourlyenergy demand is below 5 kW, then any extra energy required beyond that provided bythe solar panels is drawn from a coal power plant. If the total hourly demand is above 5kW, then any extra hour demand beyond 5 kW is met by a natural gas combined cyclepower plant. No credit is given if the solar energy production exceeds the energydemand.3) Same as (2), but any excess energy generated by the…