Energy and environmental analysis of an indirect hybrid solar dryer of wood using TRNSYS software

Lamrani, Bilal; Khouya, Ahmed; Draoui, Abdeslam

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2019.03.014

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“…Consequently, supplementing solar drying with thermal storage material or an auxiliary heater (hybrid dryers) is proposed as a solution (Pirasteh et al, 2014). However, adding an electrical heater as proposed by Boughali et al (2009) and Lamrani et al (2019) may not be a good option for Africa due to very low electricity penetration density. Accordingly, one of the cheapest alternative sources of heat in Africa is the use of biomass waste from farms, agro processing operations and agro-industries.…”

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Exergetic sustainability and economic analysis of hybrid solar-biomass dryer integrated with copper tubing as heat exchanger

Ndukwu

Simo-Tagne²,

Abam

et al. 2020

Heliyon

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The aim of this study is to present a new hybrid solar-biomass dryer and carry out thermal analysis based on energy and exergo-sustainability analysis considering all the available exergy stream of solar radiation, air stream through the collector, and exergy of the moisture in the product. The research also presented the environmental impact and economic analysis of using the dryer. Performance evaluations show that at collector efficiency of 20.81%-21.89 %, the developed solar dryers can save between 10 -21hrs of drying time in drying 5 mm thick plantain slices to 15 % moisture content from initial moisture content of 66 % w.b when compared to drying under the open sun. The improvement potential ranged from 0.036 to 20.6W while the waste exergy ratios and sustainability index ranged from 0.38 -0.55 and 2.3-6.11 respectively. Application of the solar dryers can save between 44 -3074 of CO 2 entering the atmosphere per year while 2.94 to 205.43$ could also be saved at 10-100% rate of usage when compared to diesel fired dryer. The total energy consumption for drying ranges between 5.52 and 35.47 MJ, while the specific energy consumption ranged from 4.3 to 26.2 kWh/kg. The exergy efficiency ranges from 5.6 -95.13 % during the sunshine hours.

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Exergetic sustainability and economic analysis of hybrid solar-biomass dryer integrated with copper tubing as heat exchanger

Ndukwu

Simo-Tagne²,

Abam

et al. 2020

Heliyon

101

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“…Energy simulation software known as TRNSYS [84] was used to model and perform dynamic simulation of the energy systems. This simulation software is widely used by the scientific community, for instance, in [85,86] and validated by the Drake landing community, Canada [47]. In TRNSYS, the modules used were as follows: photovoltaic (TYPE 194), heat pump (TYPE 668), tank (TYPE 543), borehole thermal energy storage (TYPE 557a), control of set points (TYPE 2b), temperature control (TYPE 11f), and weather data (TYPE 15).…”

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EU Emission Targets of 2050: Costs and CO2 Emissions Comparison of Three Different Solar and Heat Pump-Based Community-Level District Heating Systems in Nordic Conditions

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In Finland, old apartments (1980s) contribute toward emissions. The objective is to reduce CO2 emissions to reach Europe’s targets of 2050. Three different centralized solar-based district heating systems integrated either with non-renovated or renovated old buildings in the community were simulated and compared against the reference city-level district heating system. The three proposed centralized systems were: Case 1: photovoltaic (PV) with a ground source heat pump (GSHP); Case 2: PV with an air-water heat pump (A2WHP); and Case 3: PV with A2WHPs, seasonal storage, and GSHPs. TRNSYS simulation software was used for dynamic simulation of the systems. Life cycle cost (LCC), CO2 emissions and purchased electricity were calculated and compared. The results show that the community-level district heating system (Case 3) outperformed Case 1, Case 2, and the city-level district heating. With non-renovated buildings, the relative emissions reduction was 83% when the reference energy system was replaced with Case 3 and the emissions reduction cost was 3.74 €/kg.CO2/yr. The relative emissions reduction was 91% when the buildings were deep renovated and integrated with Case 3 when compared to the reference system with non-renovated buildings and the emission reduction cost was 11.9 €/kg.CO2/yr. Such district heating systems could help in meeting Europe’s emissions target for 2050.

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“…The focus of the selected algorithm optimization is a unit commitment data convergence, but it has the drawbacks with negligence of environmental impact parameters and future demand growth. Lamrani et al 11 have done examinations on indirect utilization of the solar energy for the purpose of dryer application using the computer based computation modeling (TRASYS) software and have expressed suitable modeling equations for standalone renewable system optimizations.…”

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Techno economic performance analysis of hybrid renewable electrification system for remote villages of India

Jeyasudha¹,

Krishnamoorthy²,

Saisandeep³

et al. 2020

Int Trans Electr Energ Syst

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This paper mainly deals with the optimum design and performance of the hybrid renewable electrification system for remote villages of southern part of India. Constructed and simulated a hybrid renewable energy (HRE) system, which was consists of fully village owned renewable resources such as solar, wind and biomass energies. Through this case study a typical Indian village load demand wants to meet out by suitable hybrid renewable configuration with optimum performance and least investment. The proposed system's technical performance was ensuring by highest renewable fraction and least annual unmet load percentage. The economical performances of the system were witnessed by the least net present cost and minimum cost of energy. The further sensitivity analysis of the proposed remote village electrification system has been verified by NREL's HOMER software tool. The outcome of the different HRE configuration's competitions were established that the PV/wind/biomass based hybrid renewable power generations at standalone mode was highly commendable electrification system for remote village energy sustainability.

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Energy and environmental analysis of an indirect hybrid solar dryer of wood using TRNSYS software

Cited by 78 publications

References 39 publications

Exergetic sustainability and economic analysis of hybrid solar-biomass dryer integrated with copper tubing as heat exchanger

Exergetic sustainability and economic analysis of hybrid solar-biomass dryer integrated with copper tubing as heat exchanger

EU Emission Targets of 2050: Costs and CO2 Emissions Comparison of Three Different Solar and Heat Pump-Based Community-Level District Heating Systems in Nordic Conditions

Techno economic performance analysis of hybrid renewable electrification system for remote villages of India

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