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CPOTE2024 | 8th International Conference on
Contemporary Problems of Thermal Engineering
23-26 September 2024 | Gliwice, Poland | Hybrid event

Abstract CPOTE2024-1022-A

Energy analysis of an integrated model of a Stirling Engine coupled with a biomass boiler

Francisco Javier UCHE, universidad de zaragoza, Spain
Sergio USÓN, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Juan Anat GÓMEZ, University of Zaragoza, Spain

Combined heat and power production in houses is a long-term sustainable option which, in the case of isolated rural areas with low insolation, can be supplied with biomass collected from clearing nearby forests and crops. In this context, the integration of a biomass boiler with a Stirling engine allows the operation of the boiler as long as the engine has a limited power output. This is the case of the model being developed for a pyrotubular biomass condensing boiler with a thermal power of 25 kWt, coupled to a Free Piston Stirling engine (FPSE), whose nominal power is one kWe and consumes around four kWt of the thermal power of the boiler. The model results have been validated with data from both the boiler and the FPSE manufacturers, as a preliminary part of the installation being set up in the university facilities. The model allows the partial load of the boiler and the fuel composition to be modified, thus estimating both the boiler efficiency and the derived electrical output. The results show that this scheme can be an excellent complement to PV-batteries installations in rural dwellings by providing electricity and heat in winter, when solar contribution is low, with appropriate management of the number of hours of operation, prioritising the maximum load at times of greatest thermal demand.

Keywords: Biomass boiler, Energy modeling, Stirling engines, Cogeneration, Integrated systems
Acknowledgment: ENSURE project TED2021-131397B-I00