Feasibility Study: Utilization of Waste Heat from the William J. Neal Station for Commercial Greenhouses

摘要

The objective of this study was to determine if a commercial scale greenhouse facility, using power plant waste heat as the primary heat source, was technically and economically feasible. To do so, a scope of work was initiated with two separate studies geared to determining the overall project feasibility. The results of the technical study indicate that the power plant in question, the William J. Neal Station (Neal Station) near Velva, N.D. could supply up to 97.2 percent of the required greenhouse heat on a long-term average basis if the power plant continues to operate in the future as it did in 1980. If the plant operates at a reduced output in the future, the waste heat source may still be acceptable because of the operating characteristics of the station.