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Efficient planning of energy production and maintenance of large-scale combined heat and power plants

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dc.creator Kopanos, Georgios M.
dc.creator Murele, Oluwatosin C.
dc.creator Silvente, Javier
dc.creator Zhakiyev, Nurkhat
dc.creator Akhmetbekov, Yerbol
dc.creator Tutkushev, Damir
dc.date 2018-07-03T11:56:13Z
dc.date 2018-07-03T11:56:13Z
dc.date 2018-05-31
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:36:50Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:36:50Z
dc.identifier Kopanos GM, Murele OC, Silvente J, et al., Efficient planning of energy production and maintenance of large-scale combined heat and power plants, Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 169, Issue August, 2018, pp. 390-403
dc.identifier 0196-8904
dc.identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.05.022
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13308
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182167
dc.description In this study, an efficient optimization framework is presented for the simultaneous planning of energy production and maintenance in combined heat and power plants, and applied in the largest coal-fired cogeneration plant of Kazakhstan. In brief, the proposed optimization model considers: (i) unit commitment constraints for boilers and turbines; (ii) minimum and maximum runtimes as well as minimum idle times for boilers and turbines; (iii) bounds on the operating levels for boilers and turbines within desired operating regions; (iv) extreme operating regions for turbines; (v) energy balances for turbines; (vi) total electricity and heat balances for satisfying the corresponding demands for electricity and heat (for each heat network); and (vii) maintenance tasks for units that must occur within given flexible time-windows. The minimization of the annual total cost of the cogeneration plant constitutes the optimization goal here, and consists of startup and shutdown costs, fixed operating and fuel costs, maintenance costs, and penalties for deviation from heat and electricity demands, and penalties for turbines for operating outside the desired operating regions. An extensive data analysis of historical data has been performed to extract the necessary input data. In comparison to the implemented industrial solution that follows a predefined maintenance policy, the solutions derived by the proposed approach achieve reductions in annual total cost more than 21% and completely avoid turbines operation outside their desired operating regions. Our solutions report substantial reductions in startup/shutdown, fuel and fixed operating costs (about 85%, 15%, and 13%, respectively). The comparative case study clearly demonstrates that the proposed approach is an effective means for generating optimal energy production and maintenance plans, enhancing significantly the resource and energy efficiency of the plant. Importantly, the proposed optimization framework could be readily applied to other cogeneration plants that have a similar plant structure.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Cogeneration
dc.subject Combined heat and power
dc.subject Energy planning
dc.subject Energy efficiency
dc.subject Maintenance
dc.subject Optimization
dc.title Efficient planning of energy production and maintenance of large-scale combined heat and power plants
dc.type Article


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