Cogeneration: Where Will it Fit in the Deregulated Market?

Authors

  • Dr . Moisey Fridman Manager of Engineering Armstrong Service

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.1326

Abstract

Several states in the United States are opening their electric
power markets to competition. Among them California and Massa-
chusetts on Jan . 1, 1998 (currently California experiences a problem
with the trading computer's communication, so the implementation
has been delayed beyond Jan . 1, 1998), Rhode Island on July 1, 1998,
Pennsylvania on Jan . 1,1999, and Michigan will phase in competition
through 2002.
Cogeneration due to potentially high efficiency can be very com-
petitive in a deregulated market. Cogeneration can achieve
extremely high levels of thermal efficiency, much higher than the
most advanced and sophisticated combined cycle power plants gener-
ating only electric power.
And thermal efficiency is one of the key factors in determining
the power plant economics and feasibility. High efficiency means a
lesser amount of fuel is used to generate the same amount of energy .
In turn, burning a lesser amount of fuel means that fewer pollutants
will be emitted.

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Author Biography

Dr . Moisey Fridman, Manager of Engineering Armstrong Service

Dr . Moisey Fridman is the manager of engineering of the west
coast br anch of Armstrong Service located in Cerritos , California.
Armstrong Service is a leading company in steam and thermal en-
ergy supply. He is one of the exp erts in cogenerat ion and power
plants, industrial energy supply, District Heating and Central Cool-
ing systems. Pre viously he was with LG&E Power as a lead engine er
and consult an t , and with Sarg ent & Lundy's (Chicago, IL) analytical
divi sion as a seni or engineering specialist on cogener ation and com-
bined cycle power plant.
Dr. Fridman wa s invol ved in th e development, engineering and
design of num erous power plants in the United States, Europe a nd
Asia , serv ing as a group leader , project manager and advi sor to spe-
cial task groups. He has worked in the U.S. since 1977 . He received
h is MS degree in mechanical engine ering from Kiev Polytechnic In-
st itut e (USSR) and his Ph .D. degree in cogeneration from Moscow
En ergy Institut e. Having worked for major engineering and research
compan ies, he has over 30 yea rs exp eri ence in energy source develop-
m ent around the world. He is also a register ed professional engineer
in the sta tes of Illinois and California.

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Published

1998-03-19

How to Cite

Fridman, D. . M. . (1998). Cogeneration: Where Will it Fit in the Deregulated Market?. Distributed Generation &Amp; Alternative Energy Journal, 13(2), 47–60. https://doi.org/10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.1326

Issue

1998: Vol 13 Iss 2

Section

Articles