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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKipnuk Waste Heat Correspondence 1993MEMORANDUM STATE OF ALASKA ALASKA ENERGY AUTHORITY To: Clois Versyp Date: 3/5/93 jen Steve Stassel Re: Clois... Kipnuck Site Visit The community of Kipnuck has expressed an interest in using waste heat from the City power plant to heat community facilities. If time permits while you are in Kipnuck, could you collect some information for me for my files. Attached is a 1980 aerial photo for reference. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Identify the location of current power plant Identify the location of the Community Hall, City Office and PHS Garage and any other community facilities that are near the power plant. Identify the proposed location of new power plant. If possible, identify a location for the new power plant that is within 200 feet of a major heating fuel user (i.e., school, water treatment plant, etc.). Take pictures of the piping routes from the present power plant to the potential end-user facilities Take pictures of the power plant cooling system. Take pictures of the mechanical rooms of the potential end-user buildings listed above showing how the piping enters and exits the boilers. Most importantly, if possible, try to get some estimate of the fuel use of each potential end-user facility. There isn't a ledger code for this effort, but if you find that you have the time the information would certainly be appreciated. Alaska Energy Authority A Public Corporation April 2, 1992 Mr. Paul Dock, Manager Kipnuk Light Plant P.O. Box 71 Kipnuk, AK 99614 SUBJECT: Reply to Request for Waste Heat Project Funding Dear Mr. Dock: Thank you for your letter of March 10, 1992, requesting to be included as a potential waste heat project site. As Mr. Stassel of my staff informed you by telephone March 18, 1992, the Energy Authority does not currently have funding for waste heat project construction. However, there are several funding sources available for these projects including Department of Community and Regional Affairs RDA and CDBG grant programs, as well as the HUD CDBG grant program. Based on information provided by you and John Gary, there appears to be the potential to save between 2,500 and 3,500 gallons of heating fuel annually if waste heat is provided to the Community Hall Building, City Office and the PHS Garage. Ata cost of $2.00/gallon this corresponds to between $5,000 and $7,000 per year. Based on preliminary information provided by Harlon Hanson of Alaska Power Systems regarding the power plant modifications required, and a distance of about 150 feet from the power plant to the end-user buildings, we estimate a waste heat project would cost between $50,000 and $60,000 to construct. Steve Stassel of my staff spoke with Tim Edwards of PHS regarding the design of the PHS garage. Mr. Edwards informed him that the garage is not designed to be heated full time. Therefore, we recommend that the garage only be heated for short durations when the building is being occupied. Continued heating of the facility could cause the building foundation to fail resulting in uneven settling of the structure or collapse. PO. Box AM Juneau, Alaska 99811 (907) 465-3575 W PO. Box 190869 701 EastTudor Road Anchorage, Alaska 99519-0869 (907) 561-7877 If you have any questions, please call Steve Stassel (Remote Systems Engineer II) at 1-800-478-7877. Sin¢erely, / fuidh a avid Denig-CHakré Director/Rural Programs SS/dde ce: Tim Edwards, U.S. Public Health Service SN RECEIVED | a March 10, 1992 Alaska Energy Authority Attn: Dave Denig-chakroft P.O. Box 190869 Anchorage, Alaska 99519-0869 Subject; Waste Heat Program Dear Mr. Denig-chakroft, We have been informed of the state funded program which we are interested in called the Waste Heat Program. After reading the project description and the objectives of the program we are requesting to be included as a potential project site. The distance between the plant facility, waste heat recovery site, and the buildings, which would recieve the recaptured heat,is about 100 to 150 feet. The installation expenses of the waste heat recovery equipment would be minimal at that distance and there are two buildings which have high potential of benefitting from the project. If you are in need of more information about the plant facility or the buildings please call (907) 896-5427 or write Kipnuk Light Plant, P.O. Box 71, Kipnuk, Alaska 99614. Your consideration of this request will be appreciated. Sincerely, ' oe 7 NI ee Paul Dock, Manager Kipnuk Light Plant So RE May 29, 1985. MEMORANDUM Tot Brent N. Fetrie From: Peter N. Hansen Subject: Kipnuk I called Burlington Electric Company, Inc. which has provided the quote on which the funding request was made. Mr. William Gober, who had dealt with the project was unavailable and I was told that someone else would get in touch with me. I then got a call from Cummins Northwest, and I was told that they had been asked to give a quote on two 398 kw prime power generators. They had done no engineering. I then tried to call Yupit Professional Design, Inc. (YPD) which however was not listed with the ATTU. YFD has a business licence as an Architectural and Engineering Company, however no professionals are employed. I finally reached the principal, Mr. Carl Jack at his home phone (same address as YPD), and he told me that he requested bids from Cummins, Caterpillar and John Deere for "Two 388 kw generators". The sizing of the 388 kw generators were the responsibility of the Village Council since “they now have two 155 kw generators and they are peaked out". Mr. Jack and the Village Council reviewed the bids and chose the Cummins package even though it was more expensive than the Caterpillar package. This was based on the fact that the Cummins package was believed to "burn less gaseline". No engineer was involved in the bid review process. Conclusion: No engineering has been done at all. It is far fram proven that the sizing of generators are corrects no recards of generation has been available to the APA as Kipnuk does not recieve PCE. The choice of equipment has been based "gut feelings" and vendor claims.