Biomass gasification systems for residential application: An integrated simulation approach

Economic evaluation of common reed potential for energy production: A case study in Wuliangsuhai Lake (Inner Mongolia, China)

“…Therefore, even if the improvement of the distributed generation through the adoption of biomass stoves would be the scenario with the lower investment costs, it can be argued that the ultimate solution should be reducing indoor direct combustion, rather than reforming it [66]. In this perspective, the Scenario 2 considers a centralized CHP plant based on reed gasification, suiting a previously developed multistage model of a CHP biomass plant [71]. The power plant layout (Fig.…”

Monitoring of the energy performance of a district heating CHP plant based on biomass boiler and ORC generator

“…The subsidy consists of a high feed-in tariff on the electricity generated by the plant e main share of the incentive e and a bonus for the only electricity generated in high efficiency cogeneration [33] e negligible share of the incentive. Further information about the influence of the subsidisation on the business plan of a biomass CHP plant is reported in literature [21].…”

“…However, the performance in real operation can considerably differ from the nominal one due to the custom installation and the matching between heat supply and heat demand. Moreover, the national energy policy, with the subsidization of the electricity production from power plant based on non-photovoltaic renewable sources [20], distorts the worth of electricity and heat, strongly promoting the electric generation and penalising the heat valorisation [21]. As a consequence, CHP systems with low, or even negative, primary energy saving could have a positive cash flow.…”

Experimental characterization of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for micro-scale CHP applications

“…Taking these benefits into account, various conversion technologies have been used for CHP applications, such as steam Rankine cycle, Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), Stirling engine, internal combustion engine, gas turbine and fuel cell [1]. Each one exhibits own advantages according to the heat source used, fossil fuels or renewable energy, temperature application range or thermal and electrical power requirements [2].…”