Technical and Economic Analysis of the Implementation of a Self-Sustainable Briquetting Process for Electric Generation
The wood industry is an essential part of the economy of some regions in Brazil. Although the excess of wood residue is an environmental concern, it is also an alternative source for electricity generation. This allows for compliance with current legislation to minimize environmental impacts such as...
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| author | Rosa Martins Haylemar de Nazaret Cardenas-Rodriguez Levy Ely Lacerda Oliveira Erik Leandro Bonaldi Frederico de Oliveira Assuncao Germano Lambert-Torres Helcio Francisco Villa-Nova Wilson Cesar Sant’Ana Luiz Eduardo Borges-da-Silva Clodoaldo Barboza Bomfin Jamil Haddad Afonso Henriques Moreira Santos |
| author_facet | Rosa Martins Haylemar de Nazaret Cardenas-Rodriguez Levy Ely Lacerda Oliveira Erik Leandro Bonaldi Frederico de Oliveira Assuncao Germano Lambert-Torres Helcio Francisco Villa-Nova Wilson Cesar Sant’Ana Luiz Eduardo Borges-da-Silva Clodoaldo Barboza Bomfin Jamil Haddad Afonso Henriques Moreira Santos |
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| description | The wood industry is an essential part of the economy of some regions in Brazil. Although the excess of wood residue is an environmental concern, it is also an alternative source for electricity generation. This allows for compliance with current legislation to minimize environmental impacts such as strategies to control the emission of pollutants and the decarbonization in the wood exploration activity. Despite this, the thermoelectric plants based on wood residues face problems associated with the low efficiency in generation due to the high moisture content of the residues, and challenges related to transport and storage. In this sense, this work is to evaluate the application of a self-sustainable briquetting plant as an alternative for solving the problems associated with the high moisture content, transport, and storage of wood residues. The aspects related to the construction of the briquetting plant and economic indicators associated with the economic feasibility, such as, the estimation of the net present value over the project lifecycle, internal rate of return and pay-back period, are also presented and discussed. The results demonstrated the feasibility of the plant mainly due to the better energy/volume ratio of the briquette (drying and compaction) and the transportation cost savings associated to the density of the compacted material. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-afbb73f1190d4c019ae4e0d1e7e072652023-11-24T01:05:11ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-03-01156214610.3390/en15062146Technical and Economic Analysis of the Implementation of a Self-Sustainable Briquetting Process for Electric GenerationRosa Martins0Haylemar de Nazaret Cardenas-Rodriguez1Levy Ely Lacerda Oliveira2Erik Leandro Bonaldi3Frederico de Oliveira Assuncao4Germano Lambert-Torres5Helcio Francisco Villa-Nova6Wilson Cesar Sant’Ana7Luiz Eduardo Borges-da-Silva8Clodoaldo Barboza Bomfin9Jamil Haddad10Afonso Henriques Moreira Santos11Gnarus Institute, Itajuba 37500-052, MG, BrazilGnarus Institute, Itajuba 37500-052, MG, BrazilGnarus Institute, Itajuba 37500-052, MG, BrazilGnarus Institute, Itajuba 37500-052, MG, BrazilGnarus Institute, Itajuba 37500-052, MG, BrazilGnarus Institute, Itajuba 37500-052, MG, BrazilPro-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pos-Graduacao (PRPPG), Itajuba Federal University, Itajuba 37500-903, MG, BrazilGnarus Institute, Itajuba 37500-052, MG, BrazilGnarus Institute, Itajuba 37500-052, MG, BrazilGuaçu Geração de Energia S.A., Aripuanã 78325-000, MT, BrazilGnarus Institute, Itajuba 37500-052, MG, BrazilGnarus Institute, Itajuba 37500-052, MG, BrazilThe wood industry is an essential part of the economy of some regions in Brazil. Although the excess of wood residue is an environmental concern, it is also an alternative source for electricity generation. This allows for compliance with current legislation to minimize environmental impacts such as strategies to control the emission of pollutants and the decarbonization in the wood exploration activity. Despite this, the thermoelectric plants based on wood residues face problems associated with the low efficiency in generation due to the high moisture content of the residues, and challenges related to transport and storage. In this sense, this work is to evaluate the application of a self-sustainable briquetting plant as an alternative for solving the problems associated with the high moisture content, transport, and storage of wood residues. The aspects related to the construction of the briquetting plant and economic indicators associated with the economic feasibility, such as, the estimation of the net present value over the project lifecycle, internal rate of return and pay-back period, are also presented and discussed. The results demonstrated the feasibility of the plant mainly due to the better energy/volume ratio of the briquette (drying and compaction) and the transportation cost savings associated to the density of the compacted material.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/6/2146briquetteseconomic feasibilitywood residues |
| spellingShingle | Rosa Martins Haylemar de Nazaret Cardenas-Rodriguez Levy Ely Lacerda Oliveira Erik Leandro Bonaldi Frederico de Oliveira Assuncao Germano Lambert-Torres Helcio Francisco Villa-Nova Wilson Cesar Sant’Ana Luiz Eduardo Borges-da-Silva Clodoaldo Barboza Bomfin Jamil Haddad Afonso Henriques Moreira Santos Technical and Economic Analysis of the Implementation of a Self-Sustainable Briquetting Process for Electric Generation Energies briquettes economic feasibility wood residues |
| title | Technical and Economic Analysis of the Implementation of a Self-Sustainable Briquetting Process for Electric Generation |
| title_full | Technical and Economic Analysis of the Implementation of a Self-Sustainable Briquetting Process for Electric Generation |
| title_fullStr | Technical and Economic Analysis of the Implementation of a Self-Sustainable Briquetting Process for Electric Generation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Technical and Economic Analysis of the Implementation of a Self-Sustainable Briquetting Process for Electric Generation |
| title_short | Technical and Economic Analysis of the Implementation of a Self-Sustainable Briquetting Process for Electric Generation |
| title_sort | technical and economic analysis of the implementation of a self sustainable briquetting process for electric generation |
| topic | briquettes economic feasibility wood residues |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/6/2146 |
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