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Centennial Campus Central Utility Plant & Cogeneration System

North Carolina State University - Raleigh, NC

References: EPC Contractor’s Role:
Jack Colby, Chief Sustainability Offi cer and Assistant Vice Chancellor Th e plant has been sized for an ultimate chilled water
for Facilities Operations and steam capacity of 24,000 tons and 320,000 pph. Th e
North Carolina State University design included detailed analysis for the type and location
P: (919) 515-2967 of thermal utility plants, as well as the type of equipment
E: jkcolby@ncsu.edu needed initially and for the future. AEI’s design incorporated
fl exibility for the installation of four (4) 80 kpph boilers
Project Description: and space for a (2) 5.5 MW gas fi red combustion turbines.
Th e latest phase of the plant is the addition of Combined Heat and Th e design incorporated fl exibility, while minimizing cost.
Power (CHP). Funded by North Carolina State. A single story two- System standards were developed for implementation of the
bay addition (90’x60’) was added to the existing Centennial Campus system to ensure consistency of future additions.
Central Utility Plant to house the CHP equipment. Th e project includes
the addition of a dual fuel (NG/#2 oil), 5.2MW combustion turbine Construction Dates:
generator (CTG) which is coupled to a heat recovery steam generator Professional Services: 3/2001-7/2004 (CUP) / 11/2015-Ongoing
(HRSG) which captures waste heat from the CTG to produce 30,000 (Current Phase)
lb/hr of 125psig saturated steam for campus. Th e HRSG is confi gured Construction: 07/2003-8/2004 (CUP) /4/2018 (Est.)
with a natural gas only duct-burner for supplementary fi ring which Current Phase)
increases the HRSG output to 60,000 lb/hr. An 815kW condensing Date of operation: 4/2018
steam turbine generator (STG) is provided to accept excess steam not used
by campus during lower load conditions to maximize power production. Current Operating Status:
Th e STG is equipped with a steam surface condenser which is cooled Operational
by the existing condenser water system.
Description of Claims:
Construction Cost: None
$13 Million Central Utility Plant / Other Phases N/A

Project Schedule:
Substantial completion met project schedule. Additional projects have
continued past that date.