Design and cost-benefit analysis of a novel anaerobic industrial bioenergy plant in Pakistan

Rizwan Rasheed, Naghman Khan, Abdullah Yasar, Yuehong Su and Amtul Bari Tabinda

Renewable Energy, 2016, vol. 90, issue C, 242-247

Abstract: The design and Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of a novel anaerobic bioenergy plant is presented. This plant can digest various feed sources including animal-manure, vegetable-fruit wastes, poultry wastes, sugar molasses etc. The fixed dome multi-digestor system enables a continuous feed and flow mechanism. It is also equipped with a biogas purification, compression and storage system. This medium scale bioenergy plant is the first of its kind in Pakistan. It has a total installation cost of US$105,000 and annual operation and maintenance cost of US$23,400. The average energy production is 142,380 kWh per annum. With a current average energy cost of US$0.315 per kWh from all sources in Pakistan, the cost-benefit ratio is 1.2 at an internal rate of return (IRR) of 19.76%, and short payback period.

Keywords: Biogas; Bio-fuels; Bioenergy generation; Pakistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.01.008

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