Competitiveness of a natural gas microturbine

Author

Singh, Sushil ; Srinivasan, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of New Brunswick-Fredericton, Fredericton, NB, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

April 29 2012-May 2 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The potential of distributive technologies in meeting future energy demand and reducing greenhouse gas emissions are enormous. However, improvements in efficiency and a reduction in capital cost are essential for them to be competitive against conventional energy sources. Natural gas microturbines are an example of distributive technologies that are growing in popularity among commercial and industrial energy consumers. This paper analyzes the cost of energy produced by a natural gas microturbine compared to electrical energy purchased from the existing electrical grid. It also assesses the cost effectiveness of using a natural gas microturbine as a combined heat and power system on a small chemical manufacturing company in Atlantic Canada.

Keywords

air pollution control; cogeneration; costing; gas turbine power stations; power generation economics; power grids; Atlantic Canada; capital cost reduction; chemical manufacturing company; combined heat and power system; commercial energy consumers; distributive technologies; electrical grid; energy demand; energy sources; greenhouse gas emission reduction; industrial energy consumers; natural gas microturbine; Cogeneration; Energy consumption; Fuels; Heat recovery; Natural gas; Resistance heating;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2012 25th IEEE Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1431-2

Electronic_ISBN

0840-7789

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2012.6334969

Filename

6334969