| Article ID: | iaor19951686 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 51 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 19 |
| End Page Number: | 38 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1995 |
| Journal: | Applied Energy |
| Authors: | Mohanty B., Panda H. |
| Keywords: | programming: linear, developing countries |
In Part I of the paper, a model of an integrated energy system for an industrial estate (IESIE) was introduced. In this part the model is applied to assess the potential of an integrated energy system in an existing industrial estate in India which has time varying electrical, heating and cooling loads. Results indicate that an after-tax IRR of 11.2% can be obtained from a coal-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant under the prevailing conditions of loans and costs and a utility transportation distance of 10km. Considering a 4% statutory return of the Indian public utilities, the rate of return for this system seems substantial. There is a net annual energy saving of 72 million t of coal (calorific value of 5000kcal/kg) with the associated reductions in environmental pollution.