• DocumentCode
    1975035
  • Title

    Sustainability assessment of algae cofiring in a coal-fired power plant: A hybrid LCA model

  • Author

    Kucukvar, M. ; Tatari, O.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Civil Eng., Ohio Univ. in Athens, Athens, OH, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    16-18 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    THE environmental performance of various algae cofiring scenarios in a 300 MW coal-fired power plant were investigated using an ecologically based hybrid LCA model. Scenarios included cofiring options utilizing 100% Coal, 75% Coal & 25% Algae, 50% Coal & 50% Algae, 25% Coal & 75% Algae, and 100% Algae. These percentage values represent the share of energy production (MJ) by algae and coal resources to generate the same amount of electricity in the power plant.
  • Keywords
    bioenergy conversion; ecology; hybrid power systems; steam power stations; sustainable development; algae cofiring; algae energy production; coal resources; coal-fired power plant; ecologically based hybrid LCA model; power 30 MW; power plant; sustainability assessment; Algae; Biological system modeling; Coal; Electricity; Firing; Natural gas; Power generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • ISSN
    2157-524X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-394-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936848
  • Filename
    5936848