An investigation of a household size trigeneration running with hydrogen |
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Authors: | Yaodong Wang Ye Huang Elijah Chiremba Anthony P Roskilly Neil Hewitt Yulong Ding Dawei Wu Hongdong Yu Xiangping Chen Yapeng Li Jincheng Huang Ruzhu Wang Jingyi Wu Zaizhong Xia Chunqing Tan |
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Affiliation: | 1. Sir Joseph Swan Centre for Energy Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom;2. School of Built Environment, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey BT37 0QB, United Kingdom;3. Institute of Particle Science & Engineering, Leeds University, United Kingdom;4. Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China;5. Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China;6. Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IET), Beijing, China |
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Abstract: | This study examined the performance and emission characteristics of a household size trigeneration based on a diesel engine generator fuelled with hydrogen comparing to that of single generation, cogeneration using ECLIPSE simulation software. In single generation simulation, the engine genset is used to produce electricity only and the heat from the engine is rejected to the atmosphere. In cogeneration and trigeneration, in addition to the electricity generated from the genset, the waste heat rejected from the hot exhaust gases and engine cooling system, is captured for domestic hot water supply using heat exchangers and hot water tank; and a part of the waste heat is used to drive absorption cooling in trigeneration. Comparisons have been made for the simulated results of these three modes of operation for hydrogen and diesel. The results prove that hydrogen is a potential energy vector in the future which is a key to meeting upcoming stringent greenhouse gases emissions. The study show that hydrogen has very good prospects to achieve a better or equal performance to conventional diesel fuel in terms of energetic performance, and a near zero carbon emission, depending on the life cycle analysis of the way the hydrogen is produced. The results also show enormous potential fuel savings and massive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions per unit of useful energy outputs with cogeneration and trigeneration compared with that of single generation. |
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Keywords: | Hydrogen Trigeneration Household Simulation |
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