Open AccessDevelopment of a Polygeneration System for a Rural Community
Author(s) -
M. R. Kamesh,
G. S. Girishkumar,
Aneesha Kajampady
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/573/1/012044
Subject(s) - renewable energy , environmental economics , fossil fuel , work (physics) , energy consumption , energy engineering , biomass (ecology) , production (economics) , computer science , environmental pollution , turbine , environmental science , engineering , waste management , environmental protection , economics , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , macroeconomics , oceanography , geology
Energy plays a very important role in the economic development of a country. Almost 85% of the primary energy comes from fossil fuels. Meanwhile, it is necessary to reduce carbon footprints to protect environment from the way of production and consumption of energy. To overcome this, adoption of a poly-generation system is the most effective way. It can be said as one of the most effective method to enhance energy efficiency, reduce energy consumption and control environmental pollution. It is the combination of several renewable energy using systems in a way that the output of one system becomes the input for another. Also, a number of utility outputs are obtained. This way, the amount of useful energy in the given amount of input is harnessed to a maximum extent, thus maintaining a very high energy efficiency. In this present work, our objective is to propose a techno-economical and techno-feasible polygeneration system for the selected three villages by using Homer Pro software. For this number of renewable energy systems like solar PV, biomass, hydrokinetic systems, wind turbine, hydrogen etc. are combined in an optimal way suitable for 3 different villages in south India. This is done by taking into account the availability of resources in the corresponding geographic area and also the utility products/outputs and deliverables on demand with the aid of an energy software called Homer Pro.