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Techno-economic analysis of decentralized biomass energy system and CO2 reduction in the Himalayan region

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Sufficient accessibility of pine needles in hilly regions is not only resource wastage but also a cause of forest fire threat. The primary motivation of the present study is to utilize locally available abundant pine needles to complement the diesel-based generation/backup unit. In the present study techno-economic and environmental assessment of off-grid dispersed biomass energy system has been carried out to quench the electricity demand of an educational building load currently run by the state grid. Moreover, a comparative analysis of diesel generator also has been investigated to determine the optimal system configuration for the study area. The biomass gasifier energy system integrated with battery storage was found to be the most favorable configuration with a total net present cost of $78,964 and cost of energy of 0.192$/kWh, and it saves 27.7 Mt of CO2/year relative to only diesel system. The study will provide insights to designers, researchers, investors, and policy originators in the field of biomass energy systems.

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Abbreviations

HRES:

Hybrid renewable energy system

BG:

Biomass gasifier

d :

Day of a year

t :

Hour of a day

DG:

Diesel generator

SOC:

Battery state of charge

MATLAB:

Matrix Laboratory

i-HOGA:

Improved Hybrid Optimization by Genetic Algorithm

NREL:

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

TRNSYS:

Transient Energy System Simulation Program

RETScreen:

Renewable Energy Project Analysis Software

TNPC:

Total net present cost

COE:

Cost of energy

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    Prashant Malik & Mamta Awasthi

  2. Centre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, 302017, Rajasthan, India

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Malik, P., Awasthi, M. & Sinha, S. Techno-economic analysis of decentralized biomass energy system and CO2 reduction in the Himalayan region. Int J Energy Environ Eng 12, 239–249 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-020-00370-0

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