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Unveiling the mystery of Combined Heat & Power (cogeneration)
Verbruggen, Aviel; Dewallef, Pierre; Quoilin, Sylvain et al.
2013In Energy, 61, p. 575–582
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Keywords :
CHP merit and quality; Design power-to-heat ratio; Virtual bliss point; Electricity–Heat production possibility set; CHP paradox
Abstract :
[en] The article unveils the mystery of cogeneration. Cogeneration is an add-on or embedded activity in thermal power plants, with as merit the use of part or whole of their point source heat exhausts. EU's talk of “high-efficiency cogeneration” is an unfounded transfer of responsibility from the hosting thermal power generation plant onto CHP (Combined Heat & Power) activity. The quality of a CHP activity is univocally defined by its design power-to-heat ratio σ, a tombstone parameter derived from the design characteristics of the power plant. A thermal power plant may house more than one cogeneration activity. Identifying σ requires positioning the bliss point in the electricity–heat production possibility set of the cogeneration activity. The bliss point is where after electric output is maximized, the sum of that output and the maximum recoverable quantity of heat occurs. Once CHP's mystery of virtual bliss points is unveiled, the proper σ are found. With known σ by CHP activity, the quantity of cogenerated electricity is reliably assessed as best indicator of cogeneration performance. Our analysis is applicable on all relevant thermal power cycles that host CHP activities, and illustrated with a numerical example. Our lean method is necessary and sufficient for proper CHP regulation.
Disciplines :
Energy
Author, co-author :
Verbruggen, Aviel;  University of Antwerp
Dewallef, Pierre ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Systèmes de conversion d'énergie pour un dévelop.durable
Quoilin, Sylvain  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Systèmes énergétiques
Wiggin, Michael
Language :
English
Title :
Unveiling the mystery of Combined Heat & Power (cogeneration)
Publication date :
01 November 2013
Journal title :
Energy
ISSN :
0360-5442
eISSN :
1873-6785
Publisher :
Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science, Oxford, United Kingdom
Volume :
61
Pages :
575–582
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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