Title: New optimum multi-generation system configuration for cooling, heating, power, natural gas and hydrogen production

Authors: Mohammad Javad Mehrabian; Mojtaba Babaelahi; Mohammad Hasan Khoshgoftar Manesh

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Qom, Qom, Iran ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Qom, Qom, Iran ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Qom, Qom, Iran; Centre of Environmental Research, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

Abstract: One of the vital problems is access to energy systems that produce multiple products simultaneously. This paper aims to provide an optimal power plant that simultaneously generates cooling and heating loads, power, natural gas, and hydrogen. The proposed cycle includes various thermodynamic processes. The proposed system was evaluated using thermodynamics' first and second laws. In this research, Thermoflex software was used for system evaluation. Finally, multi-objective optimisation is performed to achieve maximum efficiency.

Keywords: cooling; heating; power; hydrogen; optimisation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2022.126829

International Journal of Exergy, 2022 Vol.39 No.4, pp.377 - 394

Received: 19 Nov 2021
Received in revised form: 30 Mar 2022
Accepted: 06 Apr 2022
Published online: 08 Nov 2022 *

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