『Abstract
We have undertaken a case study of a Combined Heat and Power
(CHP) plant applied to a mixture of buildings comprising residential
premises, offices, hospitals, stores, and schools in Korea. We
proposed five Plans for grouping buildings in the complex and
estimated the annual 8760-hourly demands for electricity, cooling,
heating, and hot water. For each Plan, we built about ten Scenarios
for system construction. Then, we simulated the operation of the
system to find the fuel consumption, electricity purchase, and
heat recovery. Applying the local rates to the amounts of fuel
and electricity, we estimated the operating costs. Combining the
operating cost with the initial cost associated with the purchase
and construction of the system, we calculated the payback periods
for the scenarios. We found that the payback period can be as
short as two years for smartly grouped buildings with a generator
capacity of around 50% of the peak electricity demand. A progressive
electricity rate that applies only to residential premises currently
plays a key role in the economic merits. We recommend extending
a sound progressive system to other types of building in Korea
to promote distributed power production and enhance energy saving
practices in general.
Keywords: Cost-benefit assessment; Building energy demand; Cogeneration
planning』
1. Introduction
2. Material and methods
2.1. Simulation overview
2.2. Step 1: Building load estimation
2.3. Step 2: Equipment and device selection
2.4. Step 3: Operation simulation
2.5. Step 4: Cost estimation and economic assessment
3. Case study
3.1. Project description
3.2. Making scenarios through device selection
4. Results and discussion
4.1. Results for load estimation
4.2. Results of operation simulation
4.3. Results of cost estimation
4.4. Scenario comparison
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Appendix
A. Device Selection Interface
B. Monthly Physical Quantities
References