Exergoeconomic methodology applied to energy efficiency analysis of industrial power transformers

Abstract

This work aims to develop a methodology based on exergoeconomic models to be used as a tool in the analysis of energy efficiency transformers arranged in distribution networks. The exergetic modelling method adopted is based on building of thermoeconomic functional diagram that will be used later as a reference for defining the allocation of costs associated with the transformer choose for analysis. The exergetic cost for each compound of transformer has a tendency to decrease because the value aggregated by device operation. Also exergetic production cost and final cost of power output have this same tendency. Finally these costs provide a payback period less than a year, which makes viable the investment in this system with operational set points. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.