Oreggioni, Gabriel D., Gowreesunker, Baboo Lesh, Tassou, Savvas A. et al. (5 more authors) (2017) Potential for energy production from farm wastes using anaerobic digestion in the UK:An economic comparison of different size plants. Energies. 1396. ISSN 1996-1073
Abstract
Anaerobic digestion (AD) plants enable renewable fuel, heat, and electricity production, with their efficiency and capital cost strongly dependent on their installed capacity. In this work, the technical and economic feasibility of different scale AD combined heat and power (CHP) plants was analyzed. Process configurations involving the use of waste produced in different farms as feedstock for a centralized AD plant were assessed too. The results show that the levelized cost of electricity are lower for large-scale plants due to the use of more efficient conversion devices and their lower capital cost per unit of electricity produced. The levelized cost of electricity was estimated to be 4.3 p/kWhe for AD plants processing the waste of 125 dairy cow sized herds compared to 1.9 p/kWhe for AD plants processing waste of 1000 dairy cow sized herds. The techno-economic feasibility of the installation of CO2 capture units in centralized AD-CHP plants was also undertaken. The conducted research demonstrated that negative CO2 emission AD power generation plants could be economically viable with currently paid feed-in tariffs in the UK.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Authors. |
Keywords: | Biogas fueled gas engines,CO capture,Levelized cost of electricity,Organic Rankine cycles,Power generation in AD plants |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Biology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2020 14:10 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 16:23 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/en10091396 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/en10091396 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:156650 |