Publication detail

Potential of gas microturbines for integration in commercial laundries

MÁŠA, V. BOBÁK, P. VONDRA, M.

Original Title

Potential of gas microturbines for integration in commercial laundries

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Application potential of microturbines moved from back-up sources for electrical energy and island operation systems, and expended as a combined source for electrical energy and heat in commercial facilities and residential premises. In this paper, we wish to present an analysis of gas microturbine integration in a commercial laundry. We opted for a professional laundry care since it is a common representative of a well-known process which requires a lot of energy input. We focus on commercial laundries with a capacity over 1000 kg of processed laundry per shift. This type of laundries is very common. The gas microturbine was considered as a cogeneration unit as it has a process-adequate performance (30 kWe). Its flue gas helps heat main laundry input flows: hot water for the washing machines and hot flue gas for the dryers. Prices of commercial microturbines are still rather high and short payback period may be expected only if very specific conditions are met.

Keywords

combined heat and power, microturbine, commercial laundry, market potential, payback period

Authors

MÁŠA, V.; BOBÁK, P.; VONDRA, M.

Released

14. 10. 2017

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Location

Berlín

ISBN

1109-2858

Periodical

Operational Research

Year of study

17

Number

3

State

Federal Republic of Germany

Pages from

849

Pages to

866

Pages count

18

URL

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12351-016-0263-8

BibTex

@article{BUT140432,
  author="Vítězslav {Máša} and Petr {Bobák} and Marek {Vondra}",
  title="Potential of gas microturbines for integration in commercial laundries",
  journal="Operational Research",
  year="2017",
  volume="17",
  number="3",
  pages="849--866",
  doi="10.1007/s12351-016-0263-8",
  issn="1109-2858",
  url="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12351-016-0263-8"
}