Impact of carbon tax on internal combustion engine size selection in a medium scale CHP system

Meybodi, Mehdi Aghæi; Behnia, Masud

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.07.025

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“…Based on previously reported results (Meybodi and Behnia 2011;Onovwiona et al 2007;Fuentes-Cortes et al 2015a), the optimal configuration since a purely economic point of view is the ICE, but when the environmental impact is taken into account other technologies have better results. In the presented case, a combination of technologies is the best solution to trade of the considered objectives.…”

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Involving Environmental Assessment in the Optimal Design of Domestic Cogeneration Systems

Morales-Durán

Fuentes-Cortés

González-Brambila

et al. 2017

Process Integr Optim Sustain

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This paper presents a multi-objective optimization formulation for designing domestic cogeneration systems to satisfy thermal and electric energy demands. The proposed model is formulated as a multi-objective mixed-integer nonlinear programming model, which incorporates as economic objective function the minimization of the total annual cost, which includes the capital costs for the new units and the thermal storage system as well as the operating and maintenance costs. The model also incorporates an environmental objective function, which accounts for the life cycle assessment through the Eco-indicator 99 method to account for the damages to the resources, human health, and ecosystem quality. The proposed model allows considering the interaction with the external users and the external electric grid. The optimization formulation is solved to generate design alternatives to establish tradeoffs among the considered objectives.

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Involving Environmental Assessment in the Optimal Design of Domestic Cogeneration Systems

Morales-Durán

Fuentes-Cortés

González-Brambila

et al. 2017

Process Integr Optim Sustain

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“…The remaining capital costs for the alternate prime movers were obtained from published literature. The equations for microturbine ($) , gas turbine ($/kW) , generator ($) , heat recovery boiler ($/kW GT,Nom ) and back‐up boiler ($/kW th ) are reproduced here in Eqs. (22–26) respectively.…”

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“…A similar total O&M costing for the gas turbine system was obtained at a value of $0.0055/kWh . If required, the back‐up boiler was assigned an O&M cost of $0.0027/kW th h .…”

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A methodology to compare the economic feasibility of fuel cell-, gas turbine- and microturbine-based combined heat and power systems

Gibson

Meybodi

Behnia

2016

Int. J. Energy Res.

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Combined heat and power (CHP) systems are a proven technology to reduce emissions. A methodology was presented to compare the economic feasibility of fuel cell-based CHP systems with more alternative prime movers (microturbine and gas turbine). For demonstration purposes, the methodology was applied to three distinct case studies of varying size. The developed methodology allowed for the analysis of the system from various economic points of view. Because of the scarcity of complete equation sets modeling the off-design performance of fuel cells, several novel equations were proposed. All systems utilizing alternative prime movers were unprofitable. The fuel cell-based systems exhibited some economic potential; however, the results showed it would take close to the entire system lifetime to recover the capital costs. This is consistent with the reviewed literature and hence validates the new methodology and partial load equations proposed. Based on this analysis the fuel cell-based system for the medium sized case study showed the most economic potential. Because of the susceptibility of emerging technologies (fuel cells) to changes in capital costs, an in-depth sensitivity analysis was performed. The analysis showed that a 5% decrease in capital costs could reduce the payback period by as much as six months. This indicates that only a small decrease in price is necessary to potentially lead to the adoption of these systems in the near future.

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“…Di Cosmo and Hyland (2013) [14] studied carbon tax scenarios and their effects on the Irish energy sector. Meybodi and Behnia (2011) [15] researched the impact of carbon tax on internal combustion engine size selection in a medium-scale CHP system.…”

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Impact of Electricity Production Tax on China’s Economy, Energy, and Environment: A CGE-Based Study

Wang¹,

Dong²,

Yong³

et al. 2018

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Impact of carbon tax on internal combustion engine size selection in a medium scale CHP system

Cited by 51 publications

References 22 publications

Involving Environmental Assessment in the Optimal Design of Domestic Cogeneration Systems

Involving Environmental Assessment in the Optimal Design of Domestic Cogeneration Systems

A methodology to compare the economic feasibility of fuel cell-, gas turbine- and microturbine-based combined heat and power systems

Impact of Electricity Production Tax on China’s Economy, Energy, and Environment: A CGE-Based Study

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