Industrial process decarbonization and integration of Photovoltaic and Battery Energy Storage System
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Master's thesis
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2024-03-11
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Energy Systems and Markets
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ELEC3048
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Master's Programme in Advanced Energy Solutions
Language
en
Pages
64
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Abstract
This thesis investigates the possibility of decarbonizing the industrial process by using different steam generation sources along with integration of solar photovoltaic system and battery energy storage system. As the cost of photovoltaic system is rapidly decreasing, it can be coupled with the electrical steam generation system to reduce dependency on imported fuels or use other renewable fuel such as renewable diesel as the fuel for the steam generation and use photovoltaic system to supply electricity to other electrical loads. Either way enables the decarbonization of industrial process and many companies are looking forward implementing these technologies to meet their emission reduction targets. Therefore, this thesis provides guidelines and insight into different technologies and costs that could be helpful for manufacturing industries to reduce their carbon footprint in a cost-effective way. From the study it was found that the cost effective and environmentally friendly way to generate steam is by using electrical steam boiler due to the low utility electricity price and also due to possibility to use electricity generated from the solar photovoltaic system locally, which is getting cheaper. Furthermore, using electricity boiler also enables the demand side management. However, for industries that are using oil boiler and have investment budget scarcity, renewable diesel as a drop-fuel can be a best alternative since it can be used after simple modification of the boiler. With this way the emission can be reduced significantly in no time. Furthermore, battery energy storage system can be also integrated to increase self-utilization rate, but its economic feasibility is primary based on the stack revenue generated from different revenue streams such as energy arbitrage, ancillary service, and so on. Only limiting its application to store energy from renewable source is not enough to make the battery energy storage system economic feasible. Moreover, the shift from fossil-based steam generator to renewable or electric boilers helps to reduces the CO2 emission significantly and achieve CO2 abatement target.Description
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Lehtonen, MattiThesis advisor
Lehtonen, MattiKeywords
industrial process decarbonization, battery energy storage system, photovoltaics for manufacturing industries, industrial steam generation economics