Publication detail

Sustainable waste-to-energy facility location: Influence of demand on energy sales

HRABEC, D. ŠOMPLÁK, R. NEVRLÝ, V. VIKTORÍN, A. PLUHÁČEK, M. POPELA, P.

Original Title

Sustainable waste-to-energy facility location: Influence of demand on energy sales

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Waste-to-Energy facility location with practical insights into its economic sustainability is assessed by two mathematical models. The first model minimising transportation and investment costs leads to a mixed-integer linear problem, for which commercial solvers perform very well. However, economic performance, which is needed for long-term projects requiring large investments, is not met when the capacity of the plant is not fully utilised. This can be resolved by a revenue model defining gate fees for potential plant capacities. Therefore, a second model including penalty cost functions associated with reduced energy sales and unutilised capacity of plants is developed. This leads to a non-linear model where solvers perform well for small and medium-size instances and so a modified meta-heuristic algorithm is proposed. Both models are applied to data from the Czech Republic. Insights into performance of the models and their economical sustainability using demand influence on the energy sales are provided. While the solution of the linear model proposes a higher number of facilities with less total capacity repletion, the non-linear model suggests a smaller number of facilities with higher total repletion presenting a reasonable sustainable solution. The strategy supports the decision-making of authorities for the sustainable planning of new projects.

Keywords

Waste-to-Energy (WtE) facility location; economic sustainability; energy recovery; heat demand; energy sales; meta-heuristic

Authors

HRABEC, D.; ŠOMPLÁK, R.; NEVRLÝ, V.; VIKTORÍN, A.; PLUHÁČEK, M.; POPELA, P.

Released

15. 9. 2020

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Location

UK

ISBN

0360-5442

Periodical

Energy

Year of study

207

Number

1

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1

Pages to

15

Pages count

15

URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118257

BibTex

@article{BUT164362,
  author="Dušan {Hrabec} and Radovan {Šomplák} and Vlastimír {Nevrlý} and Adam {Viktorín} and Michal {Pluháček} and Pavel {Popela}",
  title="Sustainable waste-to-energy facility location: Influence of demand on energy sales",
  journal="Energy",
  year="2020",
  volume="207",
  number="1",
  pages="1--15",
  doi="10.1016/j.energy.2020.118257",
  issn="0360-5442",
  url="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118257"
}