Thermodynamic, economic and environmental assessment of energy systems including the use of gas from manure fermentation in the context of the Spanish potential

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dc.contributor.authorSkorek-Osikowska, Anna
dc.contributor.authorMartin-Gamboa, Mario
dc.contributor.authorIribarren, Diego
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Gusano, Diego
dc.contributor.authorDufour, Javier
dc.contributor.institutionTecnalia Research & Innovation
dc.contributor.institutionPLANIFICACIÓN ENERGÉTICA
dc.date.issued2020-06-01
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2020 The Authors
dc.description.abstractOne of the prospective technologies that can be used for energy generation in distributed systems is based on biogas production, usually involving fermentation of various types of biomass and waste. This article aims to bring novelty on the analysis of this type of systems, joining together thermodynamic, economic and environmental aspects for a cross-cutting evaluation of the proposed solutions. The analysis is made for Spain, for which such a solution is very promising due to availability of the feedstock. A detailed simulation model of the proposed system in two different cases was built in Aspen Plus software and Visual Basic for Applications. Case 1 involves production of biogas in manure fermentation process, its upgrading (cleaning and removal of CO2 from the gas) and injection to the grid. Case 2 assumes combustion of the biogas in gas engine to produce electricity and heat that can be used locally and/or sold to the grid. Thermodynamic assessment of these two cases was made to determine the most important parameters and evaluation indices. The results served as input values for the economic analysis and environmental evaluation through Life Cycle Assessment of the energy systems. The results show that the analysed technologies have potential to produce high-value products based on low-quality biomass. Economic evaluation determined the break-even price of biomethane (Case 1) and electricity (Case 2), which for the nominal assumptions reach the values of 16.77 €/GJ and 28.92 €/GJ, respectively. In terms of environmental assessment the system with the use of biogas in gas engine presents around three times better environmental profile than Case 1 in the two categories evaluated, i.e., carbon and energy footprint.en
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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dc.identifier.citationSkorek-Osikowska , A , Martin-Gamboa , M , Iribarren , D , García-Gusano , D & Dufour , J 2020 , ' Thermodynamic, economic and environmental assessment of energy systems including the use of gas from manure fermentation in the context of the Spanish potential ' , Energy , vol. 200 , 117452 , pp. 117452 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.117452
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.energy.2020.117452
dc.identifier.issn0360-5442
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEnergy
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.keywordsBiogas
dc.subject.keywordsThermodynamic analysis
dc.subject.keywordsEconomic analysis
dc.subject.keywordsLife cycle assessment
dc.subject.keywordsManure fermentation
dc.subject.keywordsBiogas upgrading
dc.subject.keywordsBiogas
dc.subject.keywordsThermodynamic analysis
dc.subject.keywordsEconomic analysis
dc.subject.keywordsLife cycle assessment
dc.subject.keywordsManure fermentation
dc.subject.keywordsBiogas upgrading
dc.subject.keywordsCivil and Structural Engineering
dc.subject.keywordsBuilding and Construction
dc.subject.keywordsModeling and Simulation
dc.subject.keywordsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
dc.subject.keywordsFuel Technology
dc.subject.keywordsEnergy Engineering and Power Technology
dc.subject.keywordsPollution
dc.subject.keywordsGeneral Energy
dc.subject.keywordsMechanical Engineering
dc.subject.keywordsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering
dc.subject.keywordsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law
dc.subject.keywordsElectrical and Electronic Engineering
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.keywordsProject ID
dc.subject.keywordsinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/799439/EU/SUStainability assessment of ADvanced Energy Systems: towards new methodological approaches/SUSADES
dc.subject.keywordsinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/799439/EU/SUStainability assessment of ADvanced Energy Systems: towards new methodological approaches/SUSADES
dc.subject.keywordsFunding Info
dc.subject.keywordsThis project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 799439. Dr. Martín-Gamboa states that thanks are due to FCT/MCTES for the financial support to CESAM (UID/AMB/50017/2019), through national funds.
dc.subject.keywordsThis project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 799439. Dr. Martín-Gamboa states that thanks are due to FCT/MCTES for the financial support to CESAM (UID/AMB/50017/2019), through national funds.
dc.titleThermodynamic, economic and environmental assessment of energy systems including the use of gas from manure fermentation in the context of the Spanish potentialen
dc.typejournal article
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