Boiler System Efficiency

When natural gas cost $0.40 per therm* (1999), even a poorly designed boiler system would have positive payback. Hurricane Katrina changed that. According to the Energy Information Administration (www.iea.doe.gov), the cost of natural gas has increased 50% in the U.S. since last fall (due to Hurricane Katrina) and 200% in the last seven years. Electricity has increased only 20% in the same time frame (central Indiana). Winter 2006 natural gas cost as much as $1.40 per therm (100,000 Btu) and electricity costs around $0.07/kWh (3,413 Btu). The electric cost equates to $2.05 per therm.

Citation: ASHRAE Journal, vol. 48, no. 7, July 2006



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This product is related to: Performance of Combination Hydronic Systems

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