Exergy assessment and exergy cost analysis of a renewable-based and hybrid trigeneration scheme for domestic water and energy supply

Sergio Usón, Javier Uche, Amaya Martínez, Alejandro del Amo, Luis Acevedo and Ángel Bayod

Energy, 2019, vol. 168, issue C, 662-683

Abstract: Exergy and exergy cost analyses are proposed as complementary methods for the assessment and better understanding of the efficiency of a hybrid trigeneration system based on renewable energy sources. The system combines photovoltaic/thermal collectors, an evacuated tube collector and a wind turbine and produces electricity, sanitary hot water and desalted fresh water for a single family house. The system includes two desalination technologies (reverse osmosis and membrane distillation) that consume power and heat respectively, and two kinds of energy storage devices (a hot water tank and two lead-acid batteries).

Keywords: Renewable energy; Hybrid systems; Polygeneration; Desalination; Photovoltaic-thermal collector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.11.124

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