CHP and Fog Humidification Cut Energy and O&M Costs
Army Research Laboratory Switches to More Efficient System
While it would be great if life were simple, all too often solving a problem in one area leads to difficulties in another. But sometimes what at first seems a problem may open up the door to further opportunities for improvement.
The Army Research Lab (ARL) in Adelphi, Md., found this recently. The facility is going through a series of programs to improve its energy efficiency. One step called for installing an onsite generator and using the waste heat to replace the boiler generated hot water. But the boiler was also producing steam to humidify some of the laboratory’s clean rooms.