relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/9362/ title: Techno-economic performance of biogas-fueled micro gas turbine cogeneration systems in sewage treatment plants: Effect of prime mover generation capacity creator: Basrawi, F. creator: Ibrahim, T.K. creator: Habib, K. creator: Yamada, T. creator: Daing Idris, D.M.N. description: The optimum size of Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration Systems (MGT-CGSs) in a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in terms of its economic performance was investigated. A STP operating in a cold region was adopted as a model and was scaled down to obtain different size ratios. It was also assumed to operate in different regions to obtain different heat demand patterns. MGT-CGSs with power output capacity of 30, 65 and 200 kW were simulated to utilize biogas produced by the STP. Instead of multiple units of the same size of MGT-CGSs, combination of different sizes of MGT-CGSs was also investigated. Life Cycle Cost Analysis was carried out to compare the economic performance of MGT-CGSs. It was found that optimum combination of three types of MGTs (MGT-Combined) stated above had the highest power generated and efficiency. However, MGT-Combined also had larger power generation capacity and low usage ratio, thus resulting in higher capital investment. Although all configurations of MGT-CGSs can generate Net Present Value, optimum configuration was obtained when the rated fuel input of MGT-CGS is approximately equal to the biogas production of the STP. However, when heat demand fluctuates throughout the year smaller size of MGT is preferred. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd publisher: Elsevier Ltd date: 2017 type: Article type: PeerReviewed identifier: Basrawi, F. and Ibrahim, T.K. and Habib, K. and Yamada, T. and Daing Idris, D.M.N. (2017) Techno-economic performance of biogas-fueled micro gas turbine cogeneration systems in sewage treatment plants: Effect of prime mover generation capacity. Energy, 124. pp. 238-248. ISSN 03605442 relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013321963&doi=10.1016%2fj.energy.2017.02.066&partnerID=40&md5=b5a2325f744b8809e2fd434d0beac939 relation: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.02.066 identifier: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.02.066