scholarly journals Co-generation: Increasing energy efficiency in Bosnia and Herzegovina

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-100
Author(s):  
Alija Lekic ◽  
Semsudin Hadziefendic

The main sources for power generation in Bosnia and Herzegovina are domestic coals, mainly lignite and brown coals, which are relatively characterized with a high content of sulphur (3-5%) and incombustibles (?30%). From the 70?s, use of this type of fuels was not allowed in the city of Sarajevo due to very unfavorable emissions to the atmosphere, during the heating period, and since then Sarajevo has been supplied with natural gas. All the heating installations in the city were reconstructed and adapted. The district heating system Toplane Sarajevo is supplied with electrical energy from the Public electrical distribution network (Elektrodistribucija Sarajevo) at low voltage (0.4 kV). The boiler-house Dobrinja III-2 (KDIII-2), from the district heating system of Sarajevo Suburb Dobrinja, which was not in use after the war 1992-1995, had a lot of advantages for the reconstruction into the co-generation plant. The Government of Canton Sarajevo financially supported this proposal. An analysis of co-generations for the district heating system and a selection of most appropriate co-generation systems were made. In the proposed conceptual design, the co-generation KDIII-2 was located in the existing boiler-house KDIII-2, connected with the heating system in Dobrinja. The operating costs of production of electricity and heat were evaluated in the study and compared with the costs of conventional energy supply to the district heating system. This analysis resulted in economic indicators, which showed that this investment was economically viable, and it also determined the payback period of the investment. In this paper results of the mentioned study and an overview of co-generation in Bosnia and Herzegovina are presented.

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (suppl.) ◽  
pp. 41-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mladen Stojiljkovic ◽  
Mirko Stojiljkovic ◽  
Bratislav Blagojevic ◽  
Goran Vuckovic ◽  
Marko Ignjatovic

Implementation of co-generation of thermal and electrical energy in district heating systems often results with higher overall energy efficiency of the systems, primary energy savings and environmental benefits. Financial results depend on number of parameters, some of which are very difficult to predict. After introduction of feed-in tariffs for generation of electrical energy in Serbia, better conditions for implementation of co-generation are created, although in district heating systems barriers are still present. In this paper, possibilities and effects of implementation of natural gas fired cogeneration engines are examined and presented for the boiler house that is a part of the district heating system owned and operated by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Nis. At the moment, in this boiler house only thermal energy is produced. The boilers are natural gas fired and often operate in low part load regimes. The plant is working only during the heating season. For estimation of effects of implementation of co-generation, referent values are taken from literature or are based on the results of measurements performed on site. Results are presented in the form of primary energy savings and greenhouse gasses emission reduction potentials. Financial aspects are also considered and triangle of costs is shown.


Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2347
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Hałaj ◽  
Jarosław Kotyza ◽  
Marek Hajto ◽  
Grzegorz Pełka ◽  
Wojciech Luboń ◽  
...  

Krakow has an extensive district heating network, which is approximately 900 km long. It is the second largest city in terms of the number of inhabitants in Poland, resulting in a high demand for energy—for both heating and cooling. The district heating of the city is based on coal. The paper presents the conception of using the available renewable sources to integrate them into the city’s heating system, increasing the flexibility of the system and its decentralization. An innovative solution of the use of hybrid, modular heat pumps with power dependent on the needs of customers in a given location and combining them with geothermal waters and photovoltaics is presented. The potential of deep geothermal waters is based on two reservoirs built of carbonate rocks, namely Devonian and Upper Jurassic, which mainly consist of dolomite and limestone. The theoretical potential of water intake equal to the nominal heating capacity of a geothermal installation is estimated at 3.3 and 2.0 MW, respectively. Shallow geothermal energy potential varies within the city, reflecting the complex geological structure of the city. Apart from typical borehole heat exchangers (BHEs), the shallower water levels may represent a significant potential source for both heating and cooling by means of water heat pumps. For the heating network, it has been proposed to use modular heat pumps with hybrid sources, which will allow for the flexible development of the network in places previously unavailable or unprofitable. In the case of balancing production and demand, a photovoltaic installation can be an effective and sufficient source of electricity that will cover the annual electricity demand generated by the heat pump installation, when it is used for both heating and cooling. The alternating demand of facilities for heating and cooling energy, caused by changes in the seasons, suggests potential for using seasonal cold and heat storage.


Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Soo Jeon ◽  
Young Jae Lee ◽  
Yeongsu Bak ◽  
Kyo-Beum Lee

This paper presents not only a hardware-simulator development for hydraulic turbine generation systems (HTGS) in a district heating system (DHS) but also its control strategies and sequence. Generally, a DHS uses a differential pressure control valve (DPCV) to supply high-pressure–high-temperature fluids for customers depending on distance. However, long-term exposure of the DPCV to fluids increases the probability of cavitation and leads to heat loss in an event of cavitation. Therefore, a HTGS was introduced to solve this problem. It performs differential pressure control of the fluids, replaces the DPCV, and converts excess energy wasted by the DPCV to electrical energy. In this paper, the development of a hardware-simulator for HTGSs with a back-to-back converter, which uses two-level topologies, is proposed; moreover, control strategies and sequence used in this design are presented. The performance and validity of the proposed hardware-simulator and its control strategies are demonstrated by experimental results.


Author(s):  
M Lemann

This paper outlines the system used by the authorities in Zurich to treat and recycle waste in an environmentally acceptable way. The waste incineration system produces power and incorporates a district heating system as well as a wet gas-cleaning process.


2021 ◽  
Vol 323 ◽  
pp. 00026
Author(s):  
Piotr Natkaniec ◽  
Piotr Dzierwa

This article presents the methods of specifying the potentiality of energy recovery in the turbine installations projected to hydraulic regulation of the heating medium in the Krakow District Heating System. To achieve this, creating hydraulic calculations enabling to indicate the best places to install turbines in District Heating System is necessary. For this reason, a great amount of work - like choosing a methodology and optimal calculation program, creating an actual database for calculations - has to be done. Hydraulic calculations will also help to determine optimal parameters of future instalments, select the most suitable devices necessary for the proper working of turbine installations and create the future impact assessment to District Heating System.


2019 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 01031
Author(s):  
Mereke Agilbayeva ◽  
Alexey Kalinin

The district heating system of Karaganda (Kazakhstan) is considered in the article. The characteristics of the existing cogenerators and the state of the pipeline networks are given. Given the analysis of the existing state of the entire district heating of Karaganda. Proposed the program for the integrated development of the heat supply system bringing world experience in implementing the main development and modernization of heating networks. Shown the experience of reconstruction of heat supply facilities in the city of Karaganda within the framework of the state loan program “Nurly Zhol”. Based on the statistical data on the development of the city of Karaganda and its heat supply system the predicted heat loads are given until 2030. Due to the shortage of available heat capacity, options for the development of a centralized heat supply system in Karaganda are given and analyzed.


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mieczysław Dzierzgowski ◽  
Ryszard Zwierzchowski

Abstract The biomass boiler house concept in the district heating applications, both from technical and economical point of view is detailed analyzed to assure the most effective investment and future operation. This paper is concerned with the application of the Bio-fuel Boilers (BfB) as a one of perspective way of the District Heating System (DHS) modernization programs in Poland. Considering use of bio-fuels, Poland has relatively big potential particularly in bio-mass. Appropriate bio-mass technology is mainly related to the potential and supply of the bio-mass in cosidered region of the country. Usually, due to supply of bio-fuel, bio-mass fired boiler house not exceeds 30–40 MW. For the purpose of selection of appropriate type and capacity of the BfB for installation in the District Heating Plant (DHP), operational analysis of the DHS and investigation of possible implementation of the Thermal Energy Storage (TES) systems were performed. Also, investment costs for the BfB and the TES system application in the DHS were assessed. Operational analysis of the DHS covered supply and demand side i.e., heat generation by the DHP and heat consumption by the consumers. Heat consumption analysis during summer season was carried out in order to increase operational efficiency of the BfB installations and for investigation of the TES systems application in the DHS. Heat storage in the DHS and its influence on capacity and operation of the BfB was also investigated. Both, heat accumulation by the District Heating Network (DHN) and by the non-pressure TES system were analyzed. Finally, results of calculation of the required capacity of the TES systems assuring continuous and efficient operation of the BfB installation in the DHS, especially during summer season were shown. Some advantages of the TES system implementation in the DHS in case where the BfB are applied in the DHP were presented as well.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 5037
Author(s):  
Ju-Hee Kim ◽  
Sin-Young Kim ◽  
Seung-Hoon Yoo

When South Korea develops a new city, the government has made a preliminary decision on one of two heating systems, an individual heating system (IHS) or a district heating system (DHS). However, it is still unclear which system is desirable in terms of maximizing the national economic effect. Thus, this article aims to derive quantitative information about the economic effects of the same amount of production or investment in the two systems through an input-output (IO) analysis using the recently published 2017 IO table. More specifically, the production-inducing effects, value-added creation effects, and wage-inducing effects are systematically analyzed focusing on the IHS and DHS sectors. The results show that one dollar of production or investment in IHS or DHS causes about 1.073 and 1.388 dollars of production, about 0.228 and 0.658 dollars of value-added, and about 0.051 and 0.108 dollars in wages, respectively, throughout the national economy. Overall, the economic effects of the DHS sector are greater than those of the IHS sector. That is, when the same amount of investment or production is made in the two sectors, DHS produces more economic effects than IHS.


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