DESCRIPTION: DESIGN, ENGINEERING, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A BACK PRESSURE STEAM TURBINE (BPST) SYSTEM TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION FOR THE CAMPUS WHICH WILL REDUCE ELECTRICAL GRID DEMAND AND PROMOTE BETTER UTILIZATION OF STEAM GENERATED FROM THE CAMPUS COGENERATION PLANT. THIS WILL INCREASE THE RESILIENCY OF THE CAMPUS MICROGRID. UNH HAS UNIQUE DISTRICT ENERGY SYSTEMS THAT WILL BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW BPST SYSTEM. THE NEW SYSTEM WILL INCREASE UNH’S POWER GENERATION CAPACITY BY APPROXIMATELY 10%. THIS WILL BENEFIT NOT ONLY UNH BUT ALSO THE LOCAL ENERGY GRID. THE BPST WILL PRIMARILY BE RUN ON UNFIRED, HIGH-PRESSURE STEAM AVAILABLE FROM UNH’S COGENERATION TURBINE. CURRENTLY, MUCH OF THIS STEAM IS RUN THROUGH PRESSURE REDUCING VALVES TO CREATE LOW PRESSURE STEAM IN THE PLANT THAT IS SUBSEQUENTLY USED TO RUN PUMPS AND PROVIDE HEAT TO THE CAMPUS. THE BPST WILL BE INSTALLED IN PARALLEL WITH THE EXISTING PRESSURE REDUCING VALVES SO THAT ELECTRICITY CAN BE GENERATED. THE OVERALL RESULT OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE TO INCREASE THE OVERALL EFFICIENCY AND RESILIENCY OF THE UNH COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANT.