Analysis of Cogeneration Systems and Electricity Consumption—Second Edition

Dear Colleagues, 

The complexity of issues related to the generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption of energy has greatly increased in recent times along with the worsening of global environmental problems, climate change, and restrictions on conventional power sources. Therefore, the current concerns in the field of energy production are oriented towards the application of technologies that have the least impact on the environment. Moreover, energy consumption must be controlled and managed, especially by careful monitoring of energy efficiency and by diversifying primary energy sources. In this context, cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is significantly more efficient than the separate generation of heat and electricity. CHP is flexible, has low greenhouse gas emissions, and allows rapidly responding to energy needs. Competition on liberalized power markets creates incentives that lead to more efficient decisions in the operation of power systems and investments in energy sources. Currently, the promotion of high efficiency cogeneration based on the demand for useful heat is a priority for the governments of many countries. 

This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the original research or review articles on the important topic of cogeneration systems. The call for papers seeks to collect several empirical, theoretical, or case studies and innovative technical developments, with practical implications for the design, installation, and operation of cogeneration systems. Areas of application can range from the individual residential and non-residential buildings to urban and industrial sectors. 

This is the second edition of the Special Issue "Analysis of Cogeneration Systems and Electricity Consumption"

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/Cogeneration_Systems_Electricity_Consumption

Topics of interest for publication (research articles, reviews articles) include but are not limited to:

• CHP technologies (steam turbine, gas turbine, gas–steam combined cycle, microturbines; internal combustion engine; Stirling engines; fuel cells; organic Rankine cycle; other types of technologies);
• Cogeneration systems in buildings;
• Trigeneration;
• Applications of cogeneration systems;
• Modeling, simulating, monitoring, optimization, case studies;
• Economic dispatch of multiple energy carriers;
• District heating and cooling systems;
• Generating energy from waste;
• Heat recovery systems;
• Distributed generation;
• Use of renewable sources in cogeneration applications;
• Reliability and availability of cogeneration systems;
• Cost benefit analysis of cogeneration systems;
• Feasibility study and economic analysis;
• Cost allocation in cogeneration;
• Indicators for assessing the performance of cogeneration systems;
• Support schemes, regulatory and legal framework;
• Integration of energy storage systems for improved efficiency and flexibility of CHP plants.

Dr. Pavel Atanasoae
Prof. Dr. Constantin Filote
Prof. Dr. Laurențiu Dan Milici
Prof. Dr. Radu Dumitru Pentiuc
Guest Editors

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• cogeneration
• combined heat and power plants
• trigeneration
• primary energy savings
• high efficiency cogeneration
• cost allocation in cogeneration
• operating strategies of CHP plants
• electricity and heat prices
• electricity consumption
• power to heat ratio

• Analysis of Cogeneration Systems and Electricity Consumption in Energies (4 articles)

Title: Enhancing the Energy Performance of a Gas Turbine, Component of a High-Efficiency Cogeneration Plant
Author: Grigore
Highlights: - The benefits of cogeneration, the most efficient method of electricity generation -The paper focuses on the energy efficiency analysis of a 14 MW cogeneration unit, which uses a modernized gas turbine as its primary component - The document aims to transition the gas turbine’s operation to a blend of methane gas and up to 20% hydrogen