scholarly journals Thermodynamic and Cost Analysis of a Solar Dish Power Plant in Spain Hybridized with a Micro-Gas Turbine

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 5178
Author(s):  
Judit García-Ferrero ◽  
Irene Heras ◽  
María Jesús Santos ◽  
Rosa Pilar Merchán ◽  
Alejandro Medina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Power Systems ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Levelized Cost Of Electricity ◽  
High Solar Radiation ◽  
Parabolic Dish

Small-scale hybrid parabolic dish concentrated solar power systems are a promising option to obtain distributed electricity. During the day, solar energy is used to produce electricity, and the absence of sunlight can be overwhelmed with fuel combustion. This study presents a thermo-economic survey for a hybridized power plant in different regions of Spain, considering the local climatic conditions. The developed model considers the instant solar irradiance and ambient temperature dynamically, providing an estimation of the power output, the associated fuel consumption, and the most relevant pollutant emissions linked to combustion. Hybrid and combustion-only operating modes at selected geographical locations in Spain (with different latitudes, mean solar irradiances, and meteorological conditions) are analyzed. The levelized cost of electricity indicator is estimated as a function of investment, interest rate, maintenance, and fuel consumption actual costs in Spain. Values of about 124 €/MWhe are feasible. Fuel consumption and emissions in hybrid operation can be reduced above 30% with respect to those of the same turbine working in a pure combustion mode. This model shows the potential of hybrid solar dishes to become cost-competitive against non-renewable technologies from the point of view of costs and reduction in gas emission levels in regions with high solar radiation and low water resources.

Design Optimization of Sustainable Off-Grid Power Systems for the Developing World

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Bilton ◽  
Leah Kelley ◽  
Francesco Mazzini
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Power System ◽  
Hybrid Systems ◽  
System Reliability ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Small Hospital ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Method Show

Electrification of remote areas in the developing world can greatly improve the health and economic standing of the population. Unfortunately, providing power to these remote areas can be expensive and determining the most economical solution is not trivial. This paper presents a method to compare the economics of different small-scale power systems for developing world. In this method, models are developed to describe the performance of power systems composed of diesel generators, batteries with photovoltaics or wind turbines, and hybrid systems. These models are coupled to an optimizer to determine the lowest cost solution that meets the desired system reliability. The reliability is expressed as Loss of Load Probability, and is computed using hourly solar and wind data. In this paper, this method is used to design a power system for a small hospital in the developing world. The results are presented for three sample locations in Honduras, Pakistan, and Uganda. Results show that the economic attractiveness of different technologies varies greatly due to local climatic conditions. The variety and soundness of the solutions found using this method show that it can aid in the design of a small-scale power system for any location in the developing world.

scholarly journals Performance In-Live of Marine Engines: A Tool for Its Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (16) ◽  
pp. 5707
Author(s):  
Matteo Dodero ◽  
Serena Bertagna ◽  
Alberto Marino’ ◽  
Vittorio Bucci
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Live Performance ◽  
Marine Engines ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Generator Sets

Currently, most ships use internal combustion engines (ICEs) either as propulsion engines or generator sets. The growing concern in environmental protection along with the consequent international rule framework motivated shipowners and designers to replace conventional power systems in order to mitigate pollutant emissions. Therefore, manufacturers have made available on the market many technological solutions to use alternative fuels (Liquefied Natural Gas or LNG, methanol, etc.). However, the main energy source is still fossil fuel, so almost all the ICEs are made up of turbocharged diesel engines (TDEs). TDEs have still the potential to improve their efficiency and reduce fuel consumption and pollutant emissions. In particular, the interpretation of Industry 4.0 given by manufacturers enabled the installation of a robust network of sensors on TDEs, which is able to allow reliable power management systems and make ships much more efficient regarding operating costs (fuel consumption and maintenance) and environmental footprint. In this paper, a software tool that is capable of processing the in-live performance of TDEs is described. The great novelty consists in the ability to process all the information detected by the sensor network in-live and dynamically optimize TDEs’ operation, whereas the common practice involves the collection of performance data and their off-line processing.

scholarly journals Environmental Assessment of the Vehicle Operation Process

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Mrozik ◽  
Agnieszka Merkisz-Guranowska
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
So2 Emissions ◽  
Passenger Cars ◽  
Passenger Car

The environmental safety of a car is currently one of the most important indicators of vehicle competitiveness and quality in the consumer market. Currently, assessment of the ecological properties of vehicles is based on various criteria. In the case of combustion-powered cars, most attention is usually paid to the values characterizing their use, and in terms of environmental assessment, pollutant emissions, and operational fuel consumption are key factors. The current article considers the possibility of using the life cycle assessment (LCA) method to analyze the ecological properties of a passenger car during its operation. A simplified LCA method for vehicles, which, in strictly defined cases, can be used for the analysis of environmental impact and assessment of the energy analysis related to its operation, is presented. For this purpose, a vehicle life cycle model is developed. Data on the operation of 33 passenger cars from different manufacturers with similar operational characteristics, coming from different production periods, are analyzed in detail. The vehicle use model takes into account the environmental load due to fuel consumption and pollutant emissions from the internal combustion engine, as well as processes related to the maintenance of the car. The obtained results show that, from the point of view of a car’s impact on the environment throughout its life cycle, the phase of its operation plays the most important role. For the annual operation period, the results of the analysis lead to the conclusion that, in the assessment of energy inputs and related emissions throughout the life cycle of a passenger car, the mileage of the car, which is determined by both the periodicity of replacement of elements and materials subject to normal wear and the length of the adopted period, is of key importance. For the tested vehicles, both the energy input resulting from fuel consumption as well as CO2 and SO2 emissions constitute about 94% to 96% of the total input during the annual operation of the vehicle.

scholarly journals ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ ПРОЕКТНОЇ ХОЛОДОПРОДУКТИВНОСТІ СИСТЕМИ КОНДИЦІЮВАННЯ ПОВІТРЯ В КОНКРЕТНИХ КЛІМАТИЧНИХ УМОВАХ І РІЗНИМИ МЕТОДАМИ

2019 ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
Євген Іванович Трушляков ◽  
Андрій Миколайович Радченко ◽  
Сергій Анатолійович Кантор ◽  
Веніамін Сергійович Ткаченко ◽  
Сергій Георгійович Фордуй ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Maximum Rate ◽  
Cooling Capacity ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Temperate Climate ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Air Conditioning System ◽  
Air Conditioning Systems

The cold output for the heat-moisture treatment of ambient air in air conditioning systems depends on its parameters (temperature and relative humidity), which vary significantly during operation. To determine the installed (design) cooling capacity of air conditioning system chillers, it is proposed to use a reduction in fuel consumption of a power plant or cooling capacity generation following its current conditioning spending over a certain period, since both of these indicators characterize the efficiency of using the installed cooling capacities of the air conditioning system. To extend the results of the investigation to a wide range of air conditioning units, two methods were used to determine the design cooling capacity (refrigerating capacity): by the maximum annual value and by the maximum growth rate of the efficiency indicator. The first method allows choosing the design cooling capacity, which provides a maximum annual reduction in the specific fuel consumption due to air cooling or maximum cooling capacity generation, which is necessary for air cooling following current climatic conditions. The second method allows determining the minimum design (installed) cooling capacity of chillers, which provides the maximum rate of reduction in fuel consumption by the power plant and the increment in the annual cooling capacity generation following the installed cooling capacity of chillers. The efficiency of air conditioning systems was analyzed for different climatic conditions: a temperate climate using the example of Voznesensk city (Ukraine) and the subtropical climate of Nanjing city (China). It is shown that the design cooling capacity values calculated by both indicators of its use efficiency are the same for the same climatic conditions. Wherein, if to determine the design cooling capacity by both methods - by the maximum annual value and the maximum rate of growth of the indicator, its values turned out to be quite close for tropical climatic conditions and somewhat different for a temperate climate.

Administering and Comprehensive Utilization of Ash and Slag in Utility Hoiler

2011 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
Huai Qian Bao ◽  
Chang Tian Wang ◽  
Ning Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Technological Transformation ◽  
Comprehensive Utilization ◽  
Power Plant Boiler ◽  
Plant Boiler

In order to the comprehensive utilization of enterprise resources, reducing environmental pollution, from point of view of governance and utilization of ash and slag in utility boiler, to discuss power plant boiler ash, slag, water-saving technological transformation, etc., it is designed to minimize water consumption and reducing pollutant emissions, and achieved good economic and social benefits.

Influence of ambient temperature on diesel engine raw pollutants and fuel consumption in different driving cycles

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 877-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Manuel Luján ◽  
Héctor Climent ◽  
Santiago Ruiz ◽  
Ausias Moratal
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Thermal Efficiency ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
Driving Cycles ◽  
Light Duty

The effect of low ambient temperature on diesel raw pollutant emissions is analysed in two different driving cycles: NEDC and WLTC. The study is focused on hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and fuel consumption. Tests are conducted at cold start in a HSDI light-duty diesel engine with two levels of ambient temperature: 20 °C and −7 °C. Results showed a general detriment of pollutant emissions and break thermal efficiency at low ambient temperatures. NOx is increased around 250% in both cycles when running at low temperatures. Effect on hydrocarbons is more noticeable in the NEDC, where it rises in 270%, compared with the 150% of increase in the WLTC. In the case of carbon monoxide, uncorrelated tendencies are observed between both driving cycles. Concerning the NEDC, carbon monoxide emissions increase up to 125%, while at the WLTC, they are reduced up to 20%. Finally, from the point of view of the thermal efficiency, a reduction of nearly 10% in the NEDC is observed. However, no fuel penalty is spotted regarding the WLTC.

scholarly journals Hybrid Renewable Power Systems for Generation of Own Power by Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 00011
Author(s):  
Archishman Bose ◽  
Kiran Raj ◽  
Denitsa Kuzeva ◽  
Tommaso Mura ◽  
Jialei Xin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Power Systems ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Biomass Gasification ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Medium Scale

Decentralized power generation, from renewables, is an attractive option for the future energy transition. Through a case study, the techno-economic feasibility to produce own power from distributed renewable to de-carbonize the operations of the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) was critically analysed. The case study was performed on one of the leading printing outfits of Sri Lanka. Solar photovoltaic (PV) and biomass gasification systems are the most cost-efficient and easy to operate technologies for grid-connected, small-scale power generation, at present, for the context. Grid integration has been found as a major challenge, in both technical and economic parameters of the project. The low capacity factor of solar PV and complexity of the supply chain for biomass power systems are critical to the respective technologies. A hybrid Solar PV-Biomass gasification power plant would have superior techno-economic performances with lower environmental impact than stand-alone systems. An equal share of the net power capacity between the technologies was obtained as the most suitable combination for the proposed hybrid power plant. A net carbon dioxide reduction of more than eighty percent of the operations of the SMEs is feasible. Socio-political factors also have a high impact on overall viability of such small-scale systems.

scholarly journals DETERMINANTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILY FARMS BREEDING ANIMALS OF CONSERVATIVE BREEDS IN CONDITIONS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

2019 ◽  
Vol XXI (3) ◽  
pp. 552-560
Author(s):  
Janusz Żmija
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Reproductive Capacity ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
High Survival ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Family Farms ◽  
Indicator Method

The aim of the research was to determine the role and significance of natural, economic and social conditions influencing the development of family farms keeping animals of conservative breeds in conditions of sustainable agriculture. Family farms are conducive to the sustainable development of agriculture, particularly in farms which keep animals of conservative breeds. These breeds are well adapted to local, often difficult, environmental and climatic conditions, have a high reproductive capacity and high survival rate, and the products obtained from them have a high nutritional value. Conservation breeds are suitable for traditional breeding on family farms that farm in harmony with the natural and social environment. The research was carried out in family farms in south-eastern Poland. Taking into account the functions performed by family farms, especially those of small scale production, and the influence of various factors on their development, an evaluation of changes from a structural, social and environmental point of view was carried out in this study. In order to achieve the assumed objectives, the following research methods were used: indicator method, descriptive method, vertical and horizontal comparative method, cause and effect analysis. Research has shown that conservation breeds are well adapted to local environmental conditions; they can be maintained on poor fodder resources on the basis of permanent grassland, enabling areas of high landscape value to be managed and protected, and their products are of high quality. Family farms with conservative breeds also influence natural and landscape features as well as social and cultural features of a given region.

scholarly journals Efficiency of using inverter power plants as part of multifunctional energy technology complexes

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 244-253
Author(s):  
Ivan Ya. Redko ◽  
Andrey A. Malozemov ◽  
Georgiy A. Malozemov ◽  
Alexey V. Naumov ◽  
Dmitry V. Kozminykh
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Damage Accumulation ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Fuel Efficiency ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Simultaneous Increase ◽  
Boost Pressure ◽  
Engine Operation

A method has been developed for a comprehensive multi-criteria assessment of the efficiency of using inverter power plants as part of multifunctional energy-technological complexes with technical solutions aimed at reducing the negative consequences of the internal combustion engine operation with an optimal from the point of view of fuel efficiency speed. The method includes: synthesis of the optimal engine speed control algorithm, determination of the complex operating modes under operating conditions, assessment of changes in fuel consumption and harmful substances emissions with exhaust gases and resource consumption rate when the engine is switched to the operating mode with the optimal speed, complex technical and economic assessment of the inverter power plants efficiency. On the example of an inverter power plant with a capacity of 100 kW, the need to apply the method is proved. It was found that the engine operation with the optimal from the point of view of fuel efficiency speed and without additional design measures entails an increase in the damage accumulation rate by 1.7-2.1 times and therefore is economically inexpedient, despite a decrease in fuel consumption by 1% or more. It was found that a decrease in the compression ratio with a simultaneous increase in the boost pressure makes it possible to increase the engine resource up to a functional failure due to damage accumulation by 43% and to a parametric failure due to wear by 32%, while the operating costs of the inverter power plant will decrease by 3.7% relative to the base (no changes) power plants. The emission of soot particles will decrease by about 2 times, nitrogen oxides - by 2%, hydrocarbons - almost to zero.

scholarly journals Exergy and Economic Evaluation of a Hybrid Power Plant Coupling Coal with Solar Energy

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 850 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Serrano-Sanchez ◽  
Marina Olmeda-Delgado ◽  
Fontina Petrakopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Hybrid Plant ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Levelized Cost Of Electricity ◽  
Hybrid Power ◽  
Hybrid Power Plant

Hybrid power plants that couple conventional with renewable energy are promising alternatives to electricity generation with low greenhouse gas emissions. Such plants aim to improve the operational stability of renewable power plants, while at the same time reducing the fuel consumption of conventional fossil fuel power plants. Here, we propose and evaluate the thermodynamic and economic viability of a hybrid plant under different operating conditions, applying exergy and economic analyses. The hybrid plant combines a coal plant with a solar-tower field. The plant is also compared with a conventional coal-fired plant of similar capacity. The results show that the proposed hybrid plant can emit 4.6% less pollutants due to the addition of solar energy. Fuel consumption can also be decreased by the same amount. The exergy efficiency of the hybrid power plant is found to be 35.8%, 1.6 percentage points higher than the efficiency of the conventional coal plant, and the total capital investment needed to build and operate a plant is 8050.32 $/kW. This cost is higher than the necessary capital investment of 5979.69 $/kW to build and operate a coal-fired power plant, and it is mainly due to the higher purchased equipment cost. Finally, the levelized cost of electricity of the hybrid plant is found to be 0.19 $/kWh (using both solar and coal resources) and 0.12 $/kWh when the plant is fueled only with coal.

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