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Study on woody biomass Stirling cycle for cold region houses
Author(s) -
Obara Shin'ya,
Kito Shunsuke,
Hoshi Akira,
Sasaki Seizi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.1431
Subject(s) - cogeneration , stirling engine , greenhouse gas , environmental science , base load power plant , combined cycle , electricity generation , greenhouse , engineering , process engineering , stirling cycle , automotive engineering , waste management , power (physics) , nuclear engineering , distributed generation , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , renewable energy , gas turbines , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , horticulture , biology
A Stirling engine (SEG) using woody biomass is a power generation system that can reduce greenhouse gas discharge. However, improvement of generation efficiency and development of a product are required strongly. In this paper, the energy flow is investigated in experimenting in Test SEG. These results are installed into the energy demand pattern of a cold region houses with much heat demand, and the amount of fuel consumption, power generation efficiency, and a greenhouse gas amount of emission are investigated. Operations of the proposed system are SEG base‐load operation and SEG power‐load‐following operation. Moreover, when there is less exhaust heat of the SEG than a heat demand amount, electric heat pump is operated. From analysis results, the energy cost, the greenhouse gas emission characteristic, the auxiliary heat source, and the operation plan of a heat storage tank due to the conventional method and the proposed system are described. It is thought that greenhouse gas and the energy cost of the SEG cogeneration made to follow power load are advantageous compared with the SEG base‐load operation. However, it turned out that improvement in the speed of the load response characteristic of the SEG is required as a future subject. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.