Technical and economic evaluations about the integration of co-Trigeneration systems in the dairy industry

Abstract

The dairy industries are characterized by a high demand for electricity, and energy for heating and cooling, necessary for obtaining a finished quality product. The scope of this study is to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of a proposed intervention in the integration of a cogeneration and trigeneration system fueled with natural gas in an existing factory service, located in the north of Italy. The proposed intervention is analyzed in order to allow for the reduction of the overall energy demand of primary energy optimizing the activity management cost. The energy demand of this activity is analyzed below. The design choice are made in terms of energy production and distribution, as well as the economic and financial assessments related to the energy integration of either the cogeneration system or by tri-generation.