The Value of Efficiency in Transforming and Distributing Energy
Charles E. LuckeAbstract
Realizing that cheaper heat and cheaper power are closely related national problems requiring engineering methods for their solution, the author in this paper gives valuable data to serve as a guide for the efficient transformation and distribution of energy. Costs of primary energy at the source, transportation or transmission costs, and costs at point of use are presented in tables and charts. Methods and costs for the preparation of a suitable working fluid for the generation of water and steam power are given, and the transformation of working-fluid energy into brake-horsepower energy is shown by means of numerous tables. Other tables give hydroelectric, steam-turbine, and Diesel oil-engine power costs. The paper concludes with an interesting summation of total costs and a comparison of economies of small and large stations.