Carbon emissions, and financial impacts from the incorporation of CHP and CCHP systems in existing UK hotel buildings

Bahadori-Jahromi, Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0405-7146, Mylona, Anastasia, Salem, Radwa, Godfrey, Paulina and Cook, Darren (2018) Carbon emissions, and financial impacts from the incorporation of CHP and CCHP systems in existing UK hotel buildings. Energies, 11 (5). pp. 1-15. ISSN 1996-1073

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Abstract

In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the incorporation of distributed energy resource (DER) systems such as combined heat and power (CHP) and combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) in commercial building applications as they have shown considerable environmental and financial benefits when compared to conventional energy generation. This paper aims to investigate the potential energy, carbon emissions, and financial impact of the size of co/tri-generation systems on a real case scenario of an existing UK hotel. The analysis is carried out using Thermal Analysis Simulation software (TAS) and a payback methodology is adopted to carry out the financial analysis. The results show that the average percentage decrease in carbon emissions with CHP is 32% and with CCHP it is 36%. Whilst both CHP and CCHP systems increase energy consumption in the building, the costs are reduced, and a CHP system contributes to a higher percentage of cost savings and shorter payback periods. The incorporation of a CCHP system leads to lower energy consumption for a similar-sized CHP system. Further simulations under future climate projections revealed that a CCHP system outperforms a CHP system.

Item Type: Article
Identifier: 10.3390/en11051219
Keywords: combined heat and power (CHP); trigeneration; thermal analysis simulation; energy analysis
Subjects: Construction and engineering > Civil and environmental engineering
Construction and engineering > Built environment
Depositing User: Ali Bahadori-Jahromi
Date Deposited: 15 May 2018 11:29
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2024 15:57
URI: https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/4976

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