TY - JOUR
T1 - Natural gas displacement by wind curtailment utilization in combined-cycle power plants
AU - Rao, A. Gangoli
AU - van den Oudenalder, F. S.C.
AU - Klein, S. A.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The energy scenario is currently undergoing a rapid transition in the pursuit of increasing the share of renewable energy sources in order to reduce the global anthropogenic CO2 emission. However, since several of the renewable energy sources are intermittent in nature, like wind and solar, this intermittency gives rise to several problems in energy production, distribution and management. A novel solution to store and utilize excess energy from intermittent renewable energy sources (IRES) in a combined cycle power plant (CCPP) is introduced. The overall thermal to electricity conversion efficiency of the proposed method is higher as compared to other contemporary energy storage solutions. The techno-economic feasibility analysis of the proposed method indicates that it can lead to annual fuel savings up to approximately 0.8%, thereby saving 3600 tonnes of CO2 emission annually for a typical power plant. The proposed concept paves the way to change the role of a combined-cycle power plant from being solely an energy provider to a contributor in energy storage and energy management.
AB - The energy scenario is currently undergoing a rapid transition in the pursuit of increasing the share of renewable energy sources in order to reduce the global anthropogenic CO2 emission. However, since several of the renewable energy sources are intermittent in nature, like wind and solar, this intermittency gives rise to several problems in energy production, distribution and management. A novel solution to store and utilize excess energy from intermittent renewable energy sources (IRES) in a combined cycle power plant (CCPP) is introduced. The overall thermal to electricity conversion efficiency of the proposed method is higher as compared to other contemporary energy storage solutions. The techno-economic feasibility analysis of the proposed method indicates that it can lead to annual fuel savings up to approximately 0.8%, thereby saving 3600 tonnes of CO2 emission annually for a typical power plant. The proposed concept paves the way to change the role of a combined-cycle power plant from being solely an energy provider to a contributor in energy storage and energy management.
KW - Combined-cycle
KW - Curtailment modelling
KW - Curtailment utilization
KW - Latent heat storage
KW - Natural gas preheating
KW - Thermal energy storage
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85057811324&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.energy.2018.11.119
DO - 10.1016/j.energy.2018.11.119
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85057811324
VL - 168
SP - 477
EP - 491
JO - Energy
JF - Energy
SN - 0360-5442
ER -
