Title: A smarter and greener model of energy production in thermal power plants

Authors: Abed Inan Chowdhury; Akash Talapatra; M. Nahin Mahmood

Addresses: Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Chittagong, Bangladesh ' Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Chittagong, Bangladesh ' Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

Abstract: This paper analyses the efficacy of an environmentally friendly and sustainable energy production model which has the ability to reduce carbon dioxide emission from thermal power plants. The fundamental cycle of the model consists of five chemical reactions that include hydrogen production, fuel cell, and Sabatier reaction in a cycle. In this study, some of the principles of the precedent model have been modified to enhance its performance and a 20-year production forecast has been undertaken to check the applicability of the proposed model. The study reveals that carbon dioxide emission and methane consumption can be considerably reduced using this model. On the other hand, the oxygen concentration of air can be increased significantly. The results demonstrate that the model can prevent 15,000 litres of carbon dioxide emission per watt capacity in a year at the exchange of only 3% of the production capacity of a typical plant.

Keywords: air pollution; performance analysis; power plant; sustainable energy; emission control.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2022.128213

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 2022 Vol.30 No.3, pp.272 - 283

Received: 03 Aug 2019
Accepted: 23 Jun 2020
Published online: 12 Jan 2023 *

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