An innovative biomass-driven energy systems for green energy and freshwater production with less CO2 emission: Environmental and technical approaches

Yun Bai; Haitao Lin; Azher M Abed; Mohamed Fayed; Ibrahim Mahariq; Bashir Salah; Waqas Saleem; Ahmed Deifalla

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139008

An innovative biomass-driven energy systems for green energy and freshwater production with less CO2 emission: Environmental and technical approaches

Chemosphere. 2023 Sep:334:139008. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139008. Epub 2023 May 23.

Authors

Yun Bai¹, Haitao Lin², Azher M Abed³, Mohamed Fayed⁴, Ibrahim Mahariq⁵, Bashir Salah⁶, Waqas Saleem⁷, Ahmed Deifalla⁸

Affiliations

¹ Xi'an Jiaotong University. No.28, Xianning West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, PR China; Yuxi Normal University, Yuxi, Yunnan, 653100, China. Electronic address: vvxc60@163.com.
² Yuxi Normal University, Yuxi, Yunnan, 653100, China. Electronic address: drhtlin@yxnu.edu.cn.
³ Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technologies Engineering Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Babylon, 51001, Iraq. Electronic address: azhermuhson@uomus.edu.iq.
⁴ College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait. Electronic address: Mohamed.fayed@aum.edu.kw.
⁵ College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait. Electronic address: Ibrahim.Maharik@aum.edu.kw.
⁶ Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh, 11421, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: bsalah@ksu.edu.sa.
⁷ Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Institute of Technology, F91 YW50, Sligo, Ireland. Electronic address: saleem.waqas@itsligo.ie.
⁸ Full Professor Future University in Egypt; South Teseen, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt.

PMID: 37230303
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139008

Abstract

Considering the current crisis of fossil energies, the exploitation of renewables and green technologies is necessary and unavoidable. Additionally, the design and development of integrated energy systems with two or more output products and the maximum usage of thermal losses in order to improve efficiency can boost the yield and acceptability of the energy system. In this regard, this paper develops a comprehensive multi-aspect assessment of the operation of a new solar and biomass energies-driven multigeneration system (MGS). The main units installed in MGS are three electric energy generation units based on a gas turbine process, a solid oxide fuel cell unit (SOFCU) and an organic Rankine cycle unit (ORCU), a biomass energy conversion unit to useful thermal energy, a seawater conversion unit into useable freshwater, a unit for converting water and electricity into hydrogen energy and oxygen gas, a unit for converting solar energy into useful thermal energy (based on Fresnel collector), and a cooling load generation unit. The planned MGS has a novel configuration and layout that has not been considered by researchers recently. The current article is based on presenting a multi-aspect evaluation to study thermodynamic-conceptual, environmental and exergoeconomic analyzes. The outcomes indicated that the planned MGS can produce about 6.31 MW of electrical power and 0.49 MW of thermal power. Furthermore, MGS is able to produce various products such as potable water (∼0.977 kg/s), cooling load (∼0.16 MW), hydrogen energy (∼1.578 g/s) and sanitary water (∼0.957 kg/s). The total thermodynamic indexes were calculated as 78.13% and 47.72%, respectively. Also, the total investment and unit exergy costs were 47.16 USD per hour and 11.07 USD per GJ, respectively. Further, the content of CO₂ emitted from the desgined system was equal to 10.59 kmol per MWh. A parametric study has been also developed to identify influencing parameters.

Keywords: Biomass; Environmental impacts; Freshwater; Green energy; Hydrogen.

MeSH terms

Biomass
Carbon Dioxide*
Fresh Water*
Hydrogen
Water

Substances

Carbon Dioxide
Water
Hydrogen