Abstract
Osmotic power generation is one of the cleaner and sustainable methods for energy generation. This paper presents a study on the optimal size and design of pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) power plant as a viable source of renewable energy in the selected site in Bahmanshir river of Iran. The optimal sizing and design problem is formulated as a Non-Linear Programming (NLP) optimization problem and solved using the standard optimization software titled generalized algebraic modeling system (GAMS). The objective function is minimizing the total cost while considering the technical and economic constraints. Optimization results show that the optimal capacity of the PRO osmotic power plant is 77.8MW. Economic analysis is performed for the obtained results and it was observed that construction of this type of power plants will not be attractive for private sector investors with the market energy prices (i.e. 8cents/kWh).The effect of the future development in power density of membrane and membrane unit price in economic feasibility of the osmotic power plant is studied.
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