10.1007/s40095-016-0204-6

Evaluation of an energy- and exergy-based generic modeling approach of combined heat and power plants

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  • Eike Mollenhauer*1,
  • Andreas Christidis1,
  • George Tsatsaronis1,
  1. Institute for Energy Engineering, Technische Universität, Berlin, DE
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Mollenhauer, E., Christidis, A., & Tsatsaronis, G. (2016). Evaluation of an energy- and exergy-based generic modeling approach of combined heat and power plants. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 7(2 (June 2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-016-0204-6
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Abstract

Abstract Reduced models of combined heat and power plants are required for different applications. Among other usages, they are implemented as mixed integer linear programs (MILP) in energy market models or price-based unit commitment problems to study the economic feasibility and optimal operation strategies of different units. Generic models are particularly useful when limited information is available for each considered plant. This paper presents a MILP modeling approach for combined heat and power (CHP) plants. The approach is based on energy and exergy balances and a few typical plant characteristics for different operating conditions. The reduction of electrical power output due to heat extraction is estimated by the transferred exergy to the district heating network. Furthermore, the accuracy, strengths and limitations of this approach are investigated for various CHP plant types with extraction condensing turbines designed for district heating systems. Therefore, detailed thermodynamic cycle simulations of CHP plants including part load operations are used to obtain the real plant operating conditions to compare them to the results of the described generic approach. The validation of the reduced, generic model shows that the accuracy mainly depends on the effectiveness of the heat extraction from the CHP plant. In addition, it can be seen that the main advantage of the presented exergy-based method is the inherent consideration of the feed flow temperature for the calculation of the power reduction due to heat extraction.

Keywords

  • CHP, combined heat and power,
  • Cogeneration,
  • MILP, mixed integer linear programs,
  • District heating,
  • Extraction condensing turbine,
  • Thermodynamic simulation,
  • Exergy,
  • Unit commitment
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