Modeling and experimental study of a small scale olive pomace gasifier for cogeneration: energy and profitability analysis
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Journal Article
Abstract
A thermodynamic model of a combined heat and power (CHP) plant, fed by syngas produced by dry olive pomace gasification is here presented. An experimental study is carried out to inform the proposed model. The plant is designed to produce electric power (200 kWel) and hot-water by using a cogenerative micro gas turbine (micro GT). Before being released, exhausts are used to dry the biomass from 50% to 17% wb. The ChemCad software is used to model the gasification process, and input data to inform the model are taken from experimental tests. The micro GT and cogeneration sections are modeled assuming data from existing commercial plants. The paper analyzes the whole conversion process from wet biomass to heat and power production, reporting energy balances and costs analysis. The investment profitability is assessed in light of the Italian regulations, which include feed-in-tariffs for biomass based electricity generation.
Date Issued
2017-12-01
Date Acceptance
2017-11-17
Citation
Energies, 2017, 10 (12)
ISSN
1996-1073
Publisher
MDPI AG
Journal / Book Title
Energies
Volume
10
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Energy & Fuels
olive pomace gasification
combined heat and power
thermo-economic analysis
ChemCad model
microturbines
INTEGRATED BIOMASS GASIFICATION
FLUIDIZED-BED GASIFICATION
FIRED GAS-TURBINE
DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER
INDUSTRY WASTES
THERMOECONOMIC ASSESSMENT
STEAM GASIFICATION
POWER-GENERATION
OIL INDUSTRY
NATURAL-GAS
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
1930
Date Publish Online
2017-11-23