Triage of Oil and Gas Retrofits for Residential/Light Commercial Heating Systems

摘要

The objective of this report was to assemble all known information about oil and gas retrofits for residential/light-commercial heating system applications and classify them into five distinct groups. It is meant to be used as a guideline for the US DOE to use in considering support of retrofit programs that are being conducted on the city and state levels. Those five classifications are: (1) Retrofits with proven savings potential. (2) Retrofits with potential savings requiring additional verification. (3) Retrofits with unknown savings potential requiring engineering analysis. (4) Retrofits for research programs. (5) Retrofits with no significant savings. All known material and documentation in terms of laboratory and field reports were assembled to support and verify the retrofits potential for both oil and gas fired equipment. This documentation included BNL laboratory reports, BNL field studies, Battelle Columbus Laboratory studies, AGA reports, NBS reports, and other research project reports. (ERA citation 11:036131)