An alternative to mitigate the consumption of fossil fuels is use biomass as an energy source. In this sense, rural sector in Latin America has great potential due its multiple sources. For reason, study aims analyze technologies related production from and application American sector. To achieve this, four key processes are analyzed. First conditioning through solar dryers. Next thermochemical...

The problem of malfunction diagnosis in energy systems can be approached using an expert system which compares the experimental data measured by the plant acquisition system and the calculated data evaluated by a plant simulator under the same operating conditions. In this paper the rules that form the "knowledge base" of the expert system are not assigned heuristically by trying to code the ex...

The current study investigates experimentally the potential of integrating a scroll expander into a micro cogeneration steam Rankine cycle. This expander technology is not an existing technical option for such applications; consequently an existing oil-free scroll compressor is adapted to run in an expander mode with water as working fluid. The performance of the adapted scroll expander, with d...

In this work thermoeconomics is applied to a central thermal system covering three buildings that consists of cogeneration engine, an aerothermal heat pump and natural gas condensing boiler. Cogeneration systems integrated with renewable energy technologies are very attractive solutions in the building sector. Nevertheless, use together active envelope solutions, such as one encountered work, s...

Sustainable energy systems are necessary to save the natural resources avoiding environmental impacts which would compromise the development of future generations. Delivering sustainable energy will require an increased efficiency of the generation process including the demand side. The architecture of the future energy supply can be characterized by a combination of conventional centralized po...

Abstract With the rapid development of renewable energy, demand for frequency regulation and peak shaving coal-fired power plants is increasing. As utilization hours are gradually reduced, economy reduced. In order to improve economic benefits thermal plants, changing from income model dominated by generation “cogeneration auxiliary service”. Among them, energy storage system Lingwu plant Ningx...