THE RESEARCH OF THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF THE HYBRID POWER PLANT OF THE VEHICLE IN DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS

The present work is focused on the development of a simulation model for an existing cogeneration power plant, which utilizes a solar thermal field with parabolic trough solar collectors coupled to an Organic Rankine Cycle engine. The power plant is modeled in the trnsys v.17 software package and its performance has been validated with real operating conditions. The simulated system (concentrated solar power (CSP) field and ORC engine) is the main part of a hybrid power plant located near “Ziloti” village of the Municipality of Xanthi, in northeastern Greece. The construction of the hybrid power plant was funded by the Strategic Co-Funded Project of the European Territorial Cooperation Program Greece–Bulgaria 2007–2013 with the acronym ENERGEIA. The power plant simulated in this paper includes a 234 kWth solar parabolic trough collector (PTC) field, a 5 m3 thermal energy storage tank, and a 5 kWe ORC engine for the production of thermal and electrical energies. The results of the simulations present small deviation in contrast to the real operating data of the CSP power plant coupled with the ORC engine, therefore the simulation model is considered as reliable.

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Experimental Investigation of a SOFC/MGT Hybrid Power Plant Test Rig: Impact and Characterization of Coupling Elements

Volume 3A: Coal, Biomass and Alternative Fuels; Cycle Innovations; Electric Power; Industrial and Cogeneration ◽

10.1115/gt2014-25918 ◽

2014 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Martina Hohloch ◽

Andreas Huber ◽

Manfred Aigner

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Gas Turbine ◽

Operating Conditions ◽

System Stability ◽

Test Rig ◽

Micro Gas Turbine ◽

Hybrid Power ◽

Hybrid Power Plant ◽

Plant Test

The main topic of the paper is the discussion of the operational behavior of the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)/micro gas turbine (MGT) hybrid power plant test rig with the pressure vessels of the SOFC emulator. In the first part a brief introduction to the test rig and its components is given. In the arrangement of the test rig the MGT is connected via an interface to the tubing system. Here, the preheated air after the recuperator can be led either to the emulator or via a bypass tube directly to the MGT. Furthermore, there is a direct connection between the compressor outlet and emulator for the startup and shutdown procedure. The facility is equipped with detailed instrumentation, including mass flow meters, thermocouples and pressure probes. In the second part of the paper the characterization of the hybrid power plant test rig is shown. To analyze the thermodynamic and fluid dynamic impact of the coupling elements various studies were carried out. Hereby, the influence of the coupling elements on the operational behavior, system stability and system performance of the micro gas turbine is shown for stationary load points, as well as during transient maneuvers like startup, load-change and shutdown. To avoid critical operating conditions limitations were defined and emergency maneuvers were developed and tested. Out of these investigations an operating concept for the hybrid power plant test rig can be derived.

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Exergy and Economic Evaluation of a Hybrid Power Plant Coupling Coal with Solar Energy

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app9050850 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 850 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Cristina Serrano-Sanchez ◽

Marina Olmeda-Delgado ◽

Fontina Petrakopoulou

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Solar Energy ◽

Fuel Consumption ◽

Capital Investment ◽

Power Plants ◽

Hybrid Plant ◽

Operating Conditions ◽

Levelized Cost Of Electricity ◽

Hybrid Power ◽

Hybrid Power Plant

Hybrid power plants that couple conventional with renewable energy are promising alternatives to electricity generation with low greenhouse gas emissions. Such plants aim to improve the operational stability of renewable power plants, while at the same time reducing the fuel consumption of conventional fossil fuel power plants. Here, we propose and evaluate the thermodynamic and economic viability of a hybrid plant under different operating conditions, applying exergy and economic analyses. The hybrid plant combines a coal plant with a solar-tower field. The plant is also compared with a conventional coal-fired plant of similar capacity. The results show that the proposed hybrid plant can emit 4.6% less pollutants due to the addition of solar energy. Fuel consumption can also be decreased by the same amount. The exergy efficiency of the hybrid power plant is found to be 35.8%, 1.6 percentage points higher than the efficiency of the conventional coal plant, and the total capital investment needed to build and operate a plant is 8050.32 $/kW. This cost is higher than the necessary capital investment of 5979.69 $/kW to build and operate a coal-fired power plant, and it is mainly due to the higher purchased equipment cost. Finally, the levelized cost of electricity of the hybrid plant is found to be 0.19 $/kWh (using both solar and coal resources) and 0.12 $/kWh when the plant is fueled only with coal.

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The Fault-Tolerant Generator for Vehicles with a Hybrid Power Plant Design and Optimization

International Review of Electrical Engineering (IREE) ◽

10.15866/iree.v13i2.14153 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 107

Author(s):

Flur Ismagilov ◽

Vajcheslav Vavilov ◽

Oksana Yushkova ◽

Vladimir Bekuzin ◽

Alexey Veselov

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Fault Tolerant ◽

Plant Design ◽

Design And Optimization ◽

Hybrid Power ◽

Hybrid Power Plant

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THERMO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A SOLAR-COAL HYBRID POWER PLANT

10.1615/ihmtc-2017.1940 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sunil ◽

Manoj S Soni

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Economic Analysis ◽

Hybrid Power ◽

Hybrid Power Plant

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Reliability Index of Wind-Solar Hybrid Power Plants using the Expected Energy Not Supplied Method

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.d9733.118419 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 9449-9456

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Power Systems ◽

Electricity Market ◽

Reliability Index ◽

Power Plants ◽

Initial Conditions ◽

Hybrid Plant ◽

Total Power ◽

Hybrid Power ◽

Hybrid Power Plant

This paper proposes the reliability index of wind-solar hybrid power plants using the expected energy not supplied method. The location of this research is wind-solar hybrid power plants Pantai Baru, Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The method to determine the reliability of the power plant is the expected energy not supplied (EENS) method. This analysis used hybrid plant operational data in 2018. The results of the analysis have been done on the Pantai Baru hybrid power plant about reliability for electric power systems with EENS. The results of this study can be concluded that based on the load duration curve, loads have a load more than the operating kW of the system that is 99 kW. In contrast, the total power contained in the Pantai Baru hybrid power plant is 90 kW. This fact makes the system forced to release the load. The reliability index of the power system in the initial conditions, it produces an EENS value in 2018, resulting in a total value of 2,512% or 449 kW. The EENS value still does not meet the standards set by the National Electricity Market (NEM), which is <0.002% per year. Based on this data, it can be said that the reliability of the New Coast hybrid power generation system in 2018 is in the unreliable category.

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