Pfeifer, Antun and Dominković, Dominik Franjo and Ćosić, Boris and Duić, Neven (2016) Economic feasibility of CHP facilities fueled by biomass from unused agriculture land: Case of Croatia. = Economic feasibility of CHP facilities fueled by biomass from unused agriculture land: Case of Croatia. Energy conversion and management, 125. pp. 222-229. ISSN 0196-8904. Vrsta rada: ["eprint_fieldopt_article_type_article" not defined]. Kvartili JCR: Q1 (2016). Točan broj autora: 4.
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In this paper, the energy potential of biomass from growing short rotation coppice on unused agricultural land in the Republic of Croatia is used to investigate the feasibility of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facilities fueled by such biomass. Large areas of agricultural land that remain unused for food crops, represent significant potential for growing biomass that could be used for energy. This biomass could be used to supply power plants of up to 15 MWe in accordance with heat demands of the chosen locations. The methodology for regional energy potential assessment was elaborated in previous work and is now used to investigate the conditions in which such energy facilities could be feasible. The overall potential of biomass from short rotation coppice cultivated on unused agricultural land in the scenarios with 30% of the area is up to 10 PJ/year. The added value of fruit trees pruning biomass represents an incentive for the development of fruit production on such agricultural land. Sensitivity analysis was conducted for several parameters: cost of biomass, investment costs in CHP systems and combined change in biomass and technology cost.
| Item Type: | Article (["eprint_fieldopt_article_type_article" not defined]) |
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| Keywords (Croatian): | biomass; energy planning; combined heat and power; short rotation coppice; techno-economic analysis; unused agricultural land; renewable energy sources |
| Subjects: | TECHNICAL SCIENCE > Mechanical Engineering |
| Divisions: | 500 Department of Energy, Power Engineering and Environment > 510 Power Engineering and Energy Management Chair |
| Indexed in Web of Science: | Yes |
| Indexed in Current Contents: | Yes |
| Citations JCR: | 5 (16.03.2018.) |
| Quartiles: | Q1 (2016) |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2017 14:13 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2018 10:46 |
| URI: | http://repozitorij.fsb.hr/id/eprint/7513 |
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