Performance comparison of three trigeneration systems using organic rankine cycles

Fahad A. Al-Sulaiman; Feridun Hamdullahpur; Ibrahim Dincer I

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2011.06.003

Performance comparison of three trigeneration systems using organic rankine cycles

Fahad A. Al-Sulaiman^*, Feridun Hamdullahpur, Ibrahim Dincer I

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

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In this paper, energetic performance comparison of three trigeneration systems is presented. The systems considered are SOFC-trigeneration, biomass-trigeneration, and solar-trigeneration systems. This study compares the performance of the systems considered when there is only electrical power and the efficiency improvement of these systems when there is trigeneration. Different key output parameters are examined: energy efficiency, net electrical power, electrical to heating and cooling ratios, and (GHG) GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions. This study shows that the SOFC-trigeneration system has the highest electrical efficiency among the three systems. Alternatively, when trigeneration is used, the efficiencies of all three systems considered increase considerably. The maximum trigeneration efficiency of the SOFC-trigeneration system is around 76% while it is around 90% for the biomass-trigeneration system. On the other hand, the maximum trigeneration efficiencies of the solar-trigeneration system is around 90% for the solar mode, 45% for storage and storage mode, and 41% for the storage mode. In addition, this study shows that the emissions of CO₂ in kg per MWh of electrical power are high for the biomass-trigeneration and SOFC-trigeneration systems. However, by considering the emissions per MWh of trigeneration, their values drop to less than one fourth.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5741-5754
Number of pages	14
Journal	Energy
Volume	36
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2011.06.003
State	Published - Sep 2011

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Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the support of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

Keywords

Biomass
Combined cooling heating and power
Organic rankine cycle
Solar energy
Solid oxide fuel cell
Trigeneration

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Civil and Structural Engineering
Modeling and Simulation
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Building and Construction
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Pollution
Mechanical Engineering
General Energy
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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