ASSESSMENT OF ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL WITH USING COGENERATION SYSTEM IN A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

Cogeneration technologies are a positive application in terms of the environment as well as important in terms of the energy economy. Especially when electrical energy is derived from fossil fuels, these matters are much more important. In 2014, the average electricity generation efficiency from fossil fuels was 47.6% in the European Union (EU). However, this rate was 41.8% for our country and the other two non-EU countries (Iceland and Norway). These values indicate the importance of cogeneration applications. In this study, an assessment of total energy saving potential for a University Campus is presented using a cogeneration application. All data has been obtained from Istiklal Campus of Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. A system is modelled for heating and electricity requirements. Because of the campus geography difficulties and distances from the faculty buildings suggested system capacity is limited. So the heating energy requirement of some faculty buildings can be produced by the system. However, the total electricity requirement can be obtained with the system. Economical and energetic evaluations are made for this strategy. The results are presented with tables.