Technoeconomic Analysis and Comparison of a Solar-Based Biomass ORC-VCC System and a PV Heat Pump for Domestic Trigeneration
Publication: Journal of Energy Engineering
Volume 143, Issue 2
Abstract
A great deal of energy is consumed annually for domestic heating and cooling. Meanwhile, the policies adopted for the reduction of emissions and fossil fuel consumption have led to the development of technological solutions based on renewable energy such as biomass and solar, along with the implementation of efficient multigeneration systems. In this study, two trigeneration systems, a microscale system based on a combined organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and a vapor compression cycle (VCC), incorporating a biomass boiler and parabolic trough collectors (PTC), are economically analyzed and evaluated against a heat pump (HP) powered by photovoltaic (PV) panels (PV heat pump). The thermal loads of a building located in Crete, Greece, are considered for the analysis. The efficiency of the ORC ranges between 3.7 and 10.05% for different organic fluids and conditions, while the cogeneration efficiency is up to 73.5%. For the PV heat pump, an average efficiency equal to 15% was calculated. The payback periods of the ORC-VCC and the PV heat pump systems were estimated to be 12.3 and 12.1 years, respectively.
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Acknowledgments
The optimization, design and the construction of the ORC-VCC unit presented in this work is part of the Bio-TRIC project, which is funded by the national funding program ARISTEIA II of the General Secretariat of Research and Technology, Greece (Grant number: 4988). The work on the technoeconomic comparison of the two systems (ORC-VCC and PV-HP) has been funded by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), Fellowships of Excellence for Postgraduate Studies in Greece—Siemens Program.
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Received: Feb 23, 2016
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Published online: Aug 16, 2016
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