TY - JOUR
TI - Analysis of the behaviour of biofuel-fired gas turbine power plants
AU - Escudero Marcos
AU - Jiménez Ángel
AU - González Celina
AU - Nieto Rafael
AU - López Ignacio
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2012
VL - 16
IS - 3
SP - 849
EP - 864
PT - Article
AB - The utilisation of biofuels in gas turbines is a promising alternative to  fossil fuels for power generation. It would lead to a significant reduction  of CO2 emissions using an existing combustion technology, although  considerable changes appear to be required and further technological  development is necessary. The goal of this work is to conduct energy and  exergy analyses of the behaviour of gas turbines fired with biogas, ethanol  and synthesis gas (bio-syngas), compared with natural gas. The global energy  transformation process (i.e., from biomass to electricity) also has been  studied. Furthermore, the potential reduction of CO2 emissions attained by  the use of biofuels has been determined, after considering the restrictions  regarding biomass availability. Two different simulation tools have been used  to accomplish this work. The results suggest a high interest in, and the  technical viability of, the use of Biomass Integrated Gasification Combined  Cycle (BioIGCC) systems for large scale power generation.