Abstract
This paper proposed a combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) energy system to supply electricity to agrarian communities. The work focused on the thermoeconomic analysis of the proposed plant to assess the techno-economic viability of the plant. It is shown that the agro-wastes briquette (cassava peeling, sawdust and palm fruit fibre) fired ORC CCHP plant has the potential of generating up to 676.28, 1258.58 and 384.02 MW of electricity, cooling and heating, respectively, based on 100% briquette conversion efficiency. It is shown that the proposed CCHP ORC plant has the potential of generating 0.65 MWh of electricity per ton of the briquette. The overall system efficiency was obtained as 52.84%; whereas the efficiency for electricity generation was 32.44% and the maximum theoretical obtainable coefficient of performance of the cooling system is 1.75. The unit cost of electricity from the proposed plant was 0.128 $/kWhel with 7.8 years breakeven point and specific investment cost of 3783.42 $/kWel. Optimal operating parameters of the CCHP energy system were obtained from the process simulation done in the Engineering Equation Solver (EES). The proposed plant has the potential to solve the perennial problem of perishable farm produce in Nigeria.
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