Biomass District Heating Systems Based on Agriculture Residues

Applied Sciences

Jesús Lizana¹  Gonzalo Quirosa²  Víctor M. Soltero²  Carlos Ortiz³  Ricardo Chacartegui⁴ 

[1] Department of Building Construction, University of Seville, 41012 Seville, Spain;Department of Design Engineering, University of Seville, 41011 Seville, Spain;Department of Electronic and Electromagnetism, University of Seville, 41012 Seville, Spain;Department of Energy Engineering, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, Spain;

关键词: district heating;    biomass;    rural areas;    agriculture residues biomass;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app8040476

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents a methodology for analyzing the regional potential for developing biomass district heating systems combining forestry biomass and agriculture residues as fuel. As a case study, this methodology is applied to the continental region of Spain. With this analysis the potential for the implementation of biomass district heating systems based on the use of agriculture residues is applied to 501 rural municipalities in Spain. The renewable forestry biomass and agriculture residues resources availability is analyzed and the biomass required for heating is assessed. The results of applying the methodology show the interest of the combination of biomass sources in a relevant number of municipalities with estimated Internal Rate of Return (IRR) values above 10% and for the analyzed region an IRR mean value of 4.3%.

【 授权许可】

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