Changuinola peat deposit of northwest Panama (in English; Spanish)
We studied the economics of generating electricity in a 30-MW power plant using peat as a fuel. We calculated the breakeven point; that is, the point at which the cost of producing electricity from a coal- or an oil-fueled facility was equal to the cost of producing electricity from a peat-fueled facility, both a fluidized-bed and a conventional suspension boiler and for wet-mined and milled peat production. In the base case, the price range for oil was assumed to be $0.09 to $0.108 per liter, and the price range for coal was assumed to be $35 to $42 per metric ton. Parametric studies were done varying the capacity factor, real cost of money, and the mining costs. The parametric studies indicate that a peat-fueled plant can remain competitive with an oil-fueled plant when each of the parameters, considered separately, have the following values: (1) capacity factor greater than 65%; (2) real cost of money less than 9%; and (3) actual peat mining cost, not exceeding the estimated cost by more than 25%. 9 refs., 15 figs., 8 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 6471545
- Report Number(s):
- LA-11211-Vol.3; ON: DE91000886
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English; Spanish
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CAPACITY
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CENTRAL AMERICA
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COMBUSTION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST
COST ESTIMATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIESEL FUELS
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