creator Abankwa, Kevin creator Alhassan, Kolade creator Apampa, Kunle creator Bukowska, Angelika creator Drecoll, Daniel creator Ernst, William creator Ibrahim, Suliman creator Jung, Young creator Kunkel, Emily creator Morton, Stacy creator Mulcany, Liam creator Munoz, Matthew creator Olorunoje, Kamaldeen creator Kyeong Park, Bo creator Pham, Anne creator Singh, Java The IPRO 347 team intends to seize the opportunity given by Robbins Community Power (RCP) to improve the efficiency of the power plant. RCP plans to convert the facility from its original role as an incinerator into a wood biomass electricity plant. Working with RCP, the team will look at thermodynamic values to determine how to best utilize the excess heat generated from the boiler that currently radiates out the cooling towers. Additionally, the team will research and discuss possible solutions to be implemented on the 22 acre site. The intricacies that arise from the nontraditional nature of our plan require we split into two groups. One sub-team will look into exactly where the waste heat exists and the values of viable energy available in the form of steam or hot water. This team will seek interdisciplinary advice as part of the energy analysis. The second, but most influential, sub-team will predominantly be researching feasible outlets for the recovered energy. Some solutions they will pursue include supplying nearby greenhouses with CO2, providing on-site and local heat, and increasing the efficiency of the plant through drying processes. Submitted by Vishal Patel (vpatel87@iit.edu) on 2011-01-09T07:30:37Z No. of bitstreams: 5 RCPIPRO347ProjectPlanF10.pdf: 189058 bytes, checksum: a05e9a789ccbc690b0fdc40068934810 (MD5) RCPIPRO347PosterF10.pdf: 708181 bytes, checksum: d3454642c2dd182ca32624ab746ed782 (MD5) RCPIPRO347MidTermPresentationF10.pdf: 602187 bytes, checksum: e95be07dfde0df1a5766147ee287520d (MD5) RCPIPRO347FinalReportF10.pdf: 1025807 bytes, checksum: 29442af1edc7a21ea6b694e126085684 (MD5) RCPIPRO347FinalPresentationF10.pdf: 1076050 bytes, checksum: fe013c907b845c059ba3ab81e1dc8097 (MD5) Approved for entry into archive by Charles Uth(uth@iit.edu) on 2011-01-11T19:35:18Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 5 RCPIPRO347ProjectPlanF10.pdf: 189058 bytes, checksum: a05e9a789ccbc690b0fdc40068934810 (MD5) RCPIPRO347PosterF10.pdf: 708181 bytes, checksum: d3454642c2dd182ca32624ab746ed782 (MD5) RCPIPRO347MidTermPresentationF10.pdf: 602187 bytes, checksum: e95be07dfde0df1a5766147ee287520d (MD5) RCPIPRO347FinalReportF10.pdf: 1025807 bytes, checksum: 29442af1edc7a21ea6b694e126085684 (MD5) RCPIPRO347FinalPresentationF10.pdf: 1076050 bytes, checksum: fe013c907b845c059ba3ab81e1dc8097 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-01-11T19:35:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 5 RCPIPRO347ProjectPlanF10.pdf: 189058 bytes, checksum: a05e9a789ccbc690b0fdc40068934810 (MD5) RCPIPRO347PosterF10.pdf: 708181 bytes, checksum: d3454642c2dd182ca32624ab746ed782 (MD5) RCPIPRO347MidTermPresentationF10.pdf: 602187 bytes, checksum: e95be07dfde0df1a5766147ee287520d (MD5) RCPIPRO347FinalReportF10.pdf: 1025807 bytes, checksum: 29442af1edc7a21ea6b694e126085684 (MD5) RCPIPRO347FinalPresentationF10.pdf: 1076050 bytes, checksum: fe013c907b845c059ba3ab81e1dc8097 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-12 Robbins Community Power Plant Deliverables 2010 2010-12 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/1368 en water heat and carbon dioxide utilization at robbins community power waste energy plan biomass wood chips RCP heat exchanger heat exchanger algae carbon dioxide Project deliverable born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Open Access IPRO / Interprofessional Projects Program Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department