Sustainability and exergoeconomic assessments of a new MSW-to-energy incineration multi-generation process integrated with the concentrating solar collector, alkaline electrolyzer, and a reverse osmosis unit

Yi S., Lin H., Abed A. M., Shawabkeh A., Marefati M., Deifalla A.

Sustainable Cities and Society, cilt.91, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 91
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.scs.2023.104412
  • Dergi Adı: Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Compendex, INSPEC
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Incineration process, Multi -generation, Parabolic trough collector, Sustainability, Exergoeconomic
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2023 Elsevier LtdThe current article develops a conceptual study and simulation of a multigeneration process based on the solid waste-incineration power plant coupled with a field of solar thermal system. The considered multi-generation layout is comprised of a municipal solid waste incineration unit, a steam cycle, the concentrating solar thermal collectors (based on the parabolic trough collectors), an organic steam cycle, a desalination unit (based on a reverse osmosis unit), and a hydrogen fuel production unit (based on the alkaline electrolyzer). The planned multi-generation process can produce electricity, thermal energy, hydrogen energy, and freshwater. The paper addresses a multi-generation process with a new structure, configuration and relationships between the units of the process. A comprehensive thermodynamic-conceptual, exergoeconomic and sustainability evaluations of the multi-generation process is developed. The findings indicated that the process can achieve energetic and exergetic efficiencies of 21.72% and 16.94%, respectively. Moreover, approximately 42.2 MW of the exergy is destroyed by the process. In such a context, the total cost and sustainability index of the proposed process were 653.03 USD/h and 1.72, respectively. It was also found that the Levelized Cost of Energy of the system was almost 0.072 USD/kWh. A parametric analysis is also provided to identify influencing factors.