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Economic Analysis of CHP System for Building by CHP Capacity Optimizer  

Yun, Rin (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanbat National University)
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Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.20, no.5, 2008 , pp. 321-326 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents and analyzes the effects of on-grid electricity cost, fuel price and initial capital cost of a CHP system, on the optimum DG and AC capacity and NPV, by using the ORNL CHP Capacity Optimizer, which was applied to a library in a university. By considering the current domestic energy cost and initial capital cost, it is shown that the installation and operation of the CHP system is not economical. However, with the current domestic CHP installation cost and fuel price, the NPV achieved by the installation of CHP system is greater when the on-grid electricity price is a factor of ${\times}1.5$ the present value. Regarding the initial capital cost of the CHP system, the reduction of the DG cost is much more economical than that of the AC cost, with respect to NPV. Electricity cost and fuel price have opposite effects on NPV, and NPV is more sensitive to an increase of the electricity cost than an increase of the fuel price.
Keywords
CHP; DG; AC; NPV; Optimum capacity;
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