TY  - JOUR
EP  - 248
PB  - Elsevier Ltd
SN  - 03605442
N1  - cited By 36
TI  - Techno-economic performance of biogas-fueled micro gas turbine cogeneration systems in sewage treatment plants: Effect of prime mover generation capacity
SP  - 238
AV  - none
JF  - Energy
A1  - Basrawi, F.
A1  - Ibrahim, T.K.
A1  - Habib, K.
A1  - Yamada, T.
A1  - Daing Idris, D.M.N.
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013321963&doi=10.1016%2fj.energy.2017.02.066&partnerID=40&md5=b5a2325f744b8809e2fd434d0beac939
VL  - 124
Y1  - 2017///
N2  - 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
ID  - scholars9362
KW  - Biogas; Cogeneration plants; Gas plants; Gas turbines; Investments; Life cycle; River pollution
KW  -  Cogeneration systems; Economic performance; Life cycle cost analysis; Micro gas turbine co-generation systems; Micro gas turbines; Optimum configurations; Power generation capacities; Sizing
KW  -  Sewage treatment plants
KW  -  biofuel; biogas; cogeneration; economic analysis; energy efficiency; life cycle analysis; performance assessment; power generation; sewage treatment; size; technological change; turbine; wastewater treatment plant
ER  -