Already used for cooking, Calor LPG was chosen to power the CHP unit, displacing oil which had previously been used for heating.
It was established that there would be a base electrical load 24 h a day, seven days a week. For most of the year, there was also a base heat requirement — making CHP a good choice.
SJH Design Services recommended a Baxi DACHs mini CHP unit with sufficient capacity to meet the needs of the new catering facilities. It acts as a lead boiler and also generates electricity. The CHP unit is support by standby LPG-fired condensing boilers controlled by the BMS.
By generating heat and electricity from a single source, CHP can achieve overall fuel efficiencies of 75 to 90%, considerably reducing energy costs and carbon emissions compared with electricity from a centralised power station.
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