Thermodynamic and economic analysis of diesel engine based trigeneration systems for an Indian hotel

The paper proposes an engine based trigeneration system that would aid in harnessing the energy from engine jacket water and engine exhaust gases for cooling loads via an absorption chiller. A thermal stabilizer is proposed for stabilizing the temperature fluctuations at the desorber inlet of absorp...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Sustainable energy technologies and assessments 2016-02, Vol.13, p.60-67
Main Authors: Shelar, Mahesh, Kulkarni, G.N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Economic analysis
Hotel
Thermodynamic model
Trigeneration
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The paper proposes an engine based trigeneration system that would aid in harnessing the energy from engine jacket water and engine exhaust gases for cooling loads via an absorption chiller. A thermal stabilizer is proposed for stabilizing the temperature fluctuations at the desorber inlet of absorption chiller. Two systems are considered for meeting variable thermal and power demand. One configuration includes only absorption chiller with an auxiliary water heater while the other has a compression chiller in addition to absorption chiller and the auxiliary water heater. A comparison of both these alternative options is attempted on thermodynamic and annualized life cycle costing basis for a typical hotel. It is seen that trigeneration systems with compression chillers are more efficient than trigeneration systems without the use of compression chillers for a hotel located in inland peninsular region of India.
ISSN:2213-1388
DOI:10.1016/j.seta.2015.11.008