Techno-environmental assessment of a micro-cogeneration system based on natural gas for residential application
The advantage of using in-situ electricity generation facilities versus conventional generators, being evaluated from the environmental point of view, was studied. For this, an environmental analysis on the production of CO2 has been applied to two scenarios of electricity generation for a residenti...
- Autores:
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Colmenares Quintero, Ramón Fernando
Latorre Noguera, Luis Fernando
Colmenares Quintero, Juan Carlos
Dibdiakova, Janka
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2018
- Institución:
- Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UCC
- Idioma:
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/42990
- Acceso en línea:
- https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v37i2.2893
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78650454208&doi=10.3233%2fNRE-2010-0614&partnerID=40&md5=35b56b2b003663f09f626e1acf25ae1e
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/42990
- Palabra clave:
- building
carbon dioxide
cogeneration
electricity generation
energy use
environmental assessment
fossil fuel
greenhouse effect
natural gas
numerical model
power plant
residential energy
scenario analysis
software
Antioquia [Colombia]
Colombia
Medellin
- Rights
- closedAccess
- License
- http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb
| Summary: | The advantage of using in-situ electricity generation facilities versus conventional generators, being evaluated from the environmental point of view, was studied. For this, an environmental analysis on the production of CO2 has been applied to two scenarios of electricity generation for a residential building in Medellin city (Colombia). First refers to La Sierra thermo-electric plant located in La Sierra, municipality of Puerto Nare, in the Antioquiashire, which is the most efficient plant in Colombian thermal generation. The second comparison scenario refers to the annual operation of a micro-cogeneration facility, which satisfies the building's hot water and electrical energy needs. Using the capabilities of the TRNSYS v17R energy simulation software and the emission equations available in the public domain, the comparative environmental analysis was performed between one and the other for the same load. The losses in electric transmission are assumed to be 10%. The analysis showed a difference of more than 50% in emissions generation, due mainly to the amount of fuel used, which for both cases, is natural gas. The environmental advantages in the use of in-situ generators include the decrease in transmission losses. |
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