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ENERGY
Volume 133, Issue -, Pages 969-985Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.05.160
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CHP; CCHP; ORC; Biomass availability; Biomass cost
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A previously developed procedure to evaluate a biomass plant feasibility has been improved, now considering availability and cost of the biomass resources around the plant's location. The plant is an organic Rankine cycle cogeneration facility located in mainland Spain. All the villages over 15.000 inhabitants have been considered as potential locations. Partial load operation is considered as well as cogeneration (CHP) and trigeneration (CCHP) schemes. Biomass calculations were performed using BIORAISE (a free GIS tool) showing that, in all the locations, the available biomass within a 30-km radius is larger than the demand, with an average cost of 10 (sic)/MWh. No subsidies have been considered. In CHP operation, all the locations lead to high efficiency cogeneration plants, with the best profitability in medium-severe to severe-winter climate zones. In CCHP mode, only locations in medium-to severe winter climate zones reach high efficiency. This mode is worthwhile in climate zones with mild winters and medium to hot summers. The optimum plant size is found to be smaller in CCHP compared to CHP in all the locations and the biggest plants are situated in climate zones with severe winters. Avoided CO2 emissions reach higher values in CHP mode compared to CCHP. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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