Optimal Unit Sizing of Biogas-Fuelled Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems in a Sewage Treatment Plant
This paper investigates the optimum size of Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems (MGT-CGSs) in a sewage treatment plant in relation to its economic performance. A sewage treatment plant in a cold region was adopted as a model, and three units of MGT-CGS with power output capacity of 30, 65 and 200...
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| description | This paper investigates the optimum size of Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems (MGT-CGSs) in a sewage treatment plant in relation to its economic performance. A sewage treatment plant in a cold region was adopted as a model, and three units of MGT-CGS with power output capacity of 30, 65 and 200 kW were simulated to utilize biogas produced in-house in the plant. The energy balance of the system was first studied, and economic performance using Net Present Value method was carried out. It was found that a configuration with optimum combination of 3 types of MGTs (MGT-Combined) stated above had the highest power generation efficiency. However, MGT-Combinedneededmore units of MGT resulting in higher capital investment. Although all configurations of MGT-CGSs studied can generate Net Present Value (NPV) in the range of US$2,640,000-3,100,00, MGT-200had the highest NPV. MGT-200 had15% higher NPV compared to the lowest one,MGT-30. MGT-200 can generate the highest NPV because it had thelowest capital investment cost, while having high power cost savings. |
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| spelling | ump-102092018-02-01T04:16:53Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10209/ Optimal Unit Sizing of Biogas-Fuelled Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems in a Sewage Treatment Plant F., Basrawi Hassan, Ibrahim Yamada, Takanobu TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This paper investigates the optimum size of Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems (MGT-CGSs) in a sewage treatment plant in relation to its economic performance. A sewage treatment plant in a cold region was adopted as a model, and three units of MGT-CGS with power output capacity of 30, 65 and 200 kW were simulated to utilize biogas produced in-house in the plant. The energy balance of the system was first studied, and economic performance using Net Present Value method was carried out. It was found that a configuration with optimum combination of 3 types of MGTs (MGT-Combined) stated above had the highest power generation efficiency. However, MGT-Combinedneededmore units of MGT resulting in higher capital investment. Although all configurations of MGT-CGSs studied can generate Net Present Value (NPV) in the range of US$2,640,000-3,100,00, MGT-200had the highest NPV. MGT-200 had15% higher NPV compared to the lowest one,MGT-30. MGT-200 can generate the highest NPV because it had thelowest capital investment cost, while having high power cost savings. Elsevier Ltd 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10209/1/Optimal%20Unit%20Sizing%20of%20Biogas-Fuelled%20Micro%20Gas%20Turbine%20Cogeneration%20Systems%20in%20a%20Sewage%20Treatment%20Plant.pdf F., Basrawi and Hassan, Ibrahim and Yamada, Takanobu (2015) Optimal Unit Sizing of Biogas-Fuelled Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems in a Sewage Treatment Plant. Energy Procedia, 75. pp. 1052-1058. ISSN 1876-6102 . (Published) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.468 DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.468 |
| spellingShingle | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery F., Basrawi Hassan, Ibrahim Yamada, Takanobu Optimal Unit Sizing of Biogas-Fuelled Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems in a Sewage Treatment Plant |
| title | Optimal Unit Sizing of Biogas-Fuelled Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems in a Sewage Treatment Plant |
| title_full | Optimal Unit Sizing of Biogas-Fuelled Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems in a Sewage Treatment Plant |
| title_fullStr | Optimal Unit Sizing of Biogas-Fuelled Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems in a Sewage Treatment Plant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimal Unit Sizing of Biogas-Fuelled Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems in a Sewage Treatment Plant |
| title_short | Optimal Unit Sizing of Biogas-Fuelled Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems in a Sewage Treatment Plant |
| title_sort | optimal unit sizing of biogas-fuelled micro gas turbine cogeneration systems in a sewage treatment plant |
| topic | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
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