Title :
Planning aspects and performance indicators for small-scale trigeneration plants
Author :
Chicco, Gianfranco ; Mancarella, Pierluigi
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettrica, Politecnico di Torino, Turin
Abstract :
This paper deals with some key issues and challenges concerning the planning and design of a trigeneration plant. Possible inaccuracies in the trigeneration plant design are discussed, focusing on the characteristics of the cooling side, with details on alternative cooling equipment. New indicators for assessing the production of different energy vectors in a multi-generation system are proposed. These indicators are computed by using the results of time-domain simulations run to compare different equipment and regulation strategies. The results provide a comparative view on the equivalent fuel efficiency in producing the single energy vectors
Keywords :
cogeneration; cooling; power generation planning; time-domain analysis; alternative cooling equipment; energy vectors; equivalent fuel efficiency; multigeneration system; performance indicators; planning aspects; small-scale trigeneration plants; time-domain simulations; Absorption; Cogeneration; Cooling; Fuels; Heat engines; Heat pumps; Refrigeration; Time domain analysis; Trigeneration; Water heating; absorption refrigerator; cogeneration; cooling equipment; distributed generation; efficiency indices; performance indicators; time-domain simulation; trigeneration;
Conference_Titel :
Future Power Systems, 2005 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
90-78205-02-4
DOI :
10.1109/FPS.2005.204203
