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Optimization of the wood pellet supply during the continued increase of the renewable energy’s proportion in the energy portfolio
The share of renewable energy (RE) in the energy portfolio has been increasing steadily during the past decades. While the trend contributes in lowering the emission of greenhouse gases, it presents new challenges in terms of costs and intermittency. This study evaluates enhanced utilization of biom...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9014971/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35464621 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11814-022-1111-6 |
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author | Jang, Namjin Cho, Ian Jeon, Hyelynn Koo, Jamin |
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description | The share of renewable energy (RE) in the energy portfolio has been increasing steadily during the past decades. While the trend contributes in lowering the emission of greenhouse gases, it presents new challenges in terms of costs and intermittency. This study evaluates enhanced utilization of biomass energy as a viable solution and presents the mathematical framework for evaluating the costs associated with supplying the required amount of wood pellets. The framework addresses the uncertainty in the future price of pellets, as well as variability in the shipping and storage cost with respect to the supplier and type of facility. A case study based on the latest RE plan of the Korean government shows how the costs and net CO(2) emission can change when the biomass energy is used to provide energy during the intermittency caused by the RE technologies. The results of the study suggest that a substantial difference in costs can occur depending on the supply strategy and that the biomass energy has the potential to resolve the intermittency issue while realizing the South Korean RE plan. |
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spelling | pubmed-90149712022-04-19 Optimization of the wood pellet supply during the continued increase of the renewable energy’s proportion in the energy portfolio Jang, Namjin Cho, Ian Jeon, Hyelynn Koo, Jamin Korean J Chem Eng Process Systems Engineering, Process Safety The share of renewable energy (RE) in the energy portfolio has been increasing steadily during the past decades. While the trend contributes in lowering the emission of greenhouse gases, it presents new challenges in terms of costs and intermittency. This study evaluates enhanced utilization of biomass energy as a viable solution and presents the mathematical framework for evaluating the costs associated with supplying the required amount of wood pellets. The framework addresses the uncertainty in the future price of pellets, as well as variability in the shipping and storage cost with respect to the supplier and type of facility. A case study based on the latest RE plan of the Korean government shows how the costs and net CO(2) emission can change when the biomass energy is used to provide energy during the intermittency caused by the RE technologies. The results of the study suggest that a substantial difference in costs can occur depending on the supply strategy and that the biomass energy has the potential to resolve the intermittency issue while realizing the South Korean RE plan. Springer US 2022-04-18 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9014971/ /pubmed/35464621 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11814-022-1111-6 Text en © The Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Process Systems Engineering, Process Safety Jang, Namjin Cho, Ian Jeon, Hyelynn Koo, Jamin Optimization of the wood pellet supply during the continued increase of the renewable energy’s proportion in the energy portfolio |
title | Optimization of the wood pellet supply during the continued increase of the renewable energy’s proportion in the energy portfolio |
title_full | Optimization of the wood pellet supply during the continued increase of the renewable energy’s proportion in the energy portfolio |
title_fullStr | Optimization of the wood pellet supply during the continued increase of the renewable energy’s proportion in the energy portfolio |
title_full_unstemmed | Optimization of the wood pellet supply during the continued increase of the renewable energy’s proportion in the energy portfolio |
title_short | Optimization of the wood pellet supply during the continued increase of the renewable energy’s proportion in the energy portfolio |
title_sort | optimization of the wood pellet supply during the continued increase of the renewable energy’s proportion in the energy portfolio |
topic | Process Systems Engineering, Process Safety |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9014971/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35464621 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11814-022-1111-6 |
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