Power and District Heating: Pram Majumdar
Power and District Heating: Pram Majumdar
Power and District Heating: Pram Majumdar
HEATING
PRAM MAJUMDAR
PRINCIPAL DRIVERS
Heatin
Power Needs Layout
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Hot
Fossil Civil
water Profiling
works
Solar Steam
Grid
Wind Gas Control
connects
Disrupted
Severe Imperative
GHG thermo-
Ozone Hole weather Low Carbon
emission haline
conditions Future
circulation
CORE ACTION IDENTIFICATIONS
Operation
Maintenanc
Control e Disaster
Protection recovery
Sizing and Interlocks
Rating of
Energy equipment Operate
sources for
Topology Heat and Commissi
Grid Power Erect on
Consumer
Heat Power connects for Procure
mix heat, power
Specify Preventive
Design QA norms Maintenance
Fault
Concept Optimize Tolerance
Cost Condition
Monitoring
Time
Optimize
Exergy
PRODUCING POWER AND HEAT Vector
Fuel • Port
• Rail
• Pipeline
Line
pack for
Layou • Effluent disposal
• Natural drainage
• Wind dispersion
Gas
Network Geology
Civil Works
t • Fire, Explosion
BLEVE
• VAR Compensation
Access Rights
Booster
stations
Grid • Sub-Harmonic Filters
• K-factor
• Load Flow studies
e-NTU (for
Heat
Exchanger G53/G98 G59 G99
sizing)
DUCK CURVE
In certain times of the year, net load curves
produce a “belly” appearance in the mid-
afternoon that quickly ramps up to produce an
“arch” similar to the neck of a duck—hence the
industry moniker of “The Duck Chart”.
Realistic
Scenario 1: Scenario 2:
Mitigation by
Overgeneratio Complete
Load
n Mitigation Balancing
Balancing
Levellize
d Cost of
Energy
CONTRACTUAL AWARENESS - DYNAMIC
WORLD
CONSUMERS ACTIVISTS
BALAN
CE
REGULATOR FINANCERS
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
PATIENCE.
QUESTIONS ?
PROS AND CONS OF DISTRICT HEATING
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monopoly
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Lower Re
Carbon Costs for
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Emissions ROI
fit
High Efficiency for Co- Di
generation ffi
LEVELLISED COST OF ELECTRICITY- LCOE- INPUT
Paramete Definition Unit
r
TCR Total Capital Requirement in base year £
FCF, FCFL Fixed Charge Factor, <Levellised> fraction
MW Net Power Output of Plant (MegaWatt) MW
CF, CFL Annual Electricity Generation = Capacity Factor x 8766 fraction
x MW , <Levellised>
FOM Fixed O&M Costs £/year
VOM Variable O&M Costs, excluding fuel £/MWh
HR Net Power Plant Heat Rate MJ/MWh
FC Fuel Costs £/MJ
r Interest rate or discount rate of capital fraction
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