10.1186/2251-6832-3-1

Advanced exergy-based analyses applied to a system including LNG regasification and electricity generation

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  • Tatiana Morosuk*1,
  • George Tsatsaronis1,
  • Alicia Boyano1,
  • Camilo Gantiva1,
  1. Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, 10587, DE
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Published in Issue 2012-04-13

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Morosuk, T., Tsatsaronis, G., Boyano, A., & Gantiva, C. (2012). Advanced exergy-based analyses applied to a system including LNG regasification and electricity generation. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 3(1 (December 2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/2251-6832-3-1
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Abstract

Abstract Liquefied natural gas (LNG) will contribute more in the future than in the past to the overall energy supply in the world. The paper discusses the application of advanced exergy-based analyses to a recently developed LNG-based cogeneration system. These analyses include advanced exergetic, advanced exergoeconomic, and advanced exergoenvironmental analyses in which thermodynamic inefficiencies (exergy destruction), costs, and environmental impacts have been split into avoidable and unavoidable parts. With the aid of these analyses, the potentials for improving the thermodynamic efficiency and for reducing the overall cost and the overall environmental impact are revealed. The objectives of this paper are to demonstrate (a) the potential for generating electricity while regasifying LNG and (b) some of the capabilities associated with advanced exergy-based methods. The most important subsystems and components are identified, and suggestions for improving them are made.

Keywords

  • LNG,
  • Exergy analysis,
  • Advanced exergy analysis,
  • Exergoeconomics,
  • Advanced exergoeconomic analysis,
  • Exergoenvironmental analysis,
  • Advanced exergoenvironmental analysis
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