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Murphy, JD,McKeogh, E,Kiely, G;
2004
April
Applied Energy
Technical/economic/environmentaI analysis of blogas utilisation
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biogas CHP CH4-enriched biogas OFMSW pig slurry gate fee greenhouse-gas sustainable
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Biogas may be utilised for Combined Heat and Power (CHP) production or for transport fuel production (CH4-enriched biogas). When used to produce transport fuel either electricity is imported to power the plant or some of the biogas is used in a small CHP unit to meet electricity demand on site. The potential revenue from CH4-enriched biogas when replacing petrol is higher than that for replacing diesel (Irish prices). Transport fuel production when replacing petrol requires the least gate fee. The production of greenhouse-gas is generated with cognisance of greenhouse-gas production with the scheme not in place; landfill of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) (20% of biomass) with and without combustion of landfill gas is investigated. The transport scenario with importation of brown electricity generates more greenhouse-gas than petrol or diesel,,when the 'do-nothing' case involves combustion of landfill gas. The preferred solution involves transport fuel production with the production of CHP to meet electricity demand on site. A shortfall of this solution is that only 53% of biogas is available for export. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
DOI 10.1016/j.apenergy.2003.07.005
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