DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR

KANPUR- 208016 (INDIA)
CAD of Thermal Systems (ME 648)
Home Assignment- 12

1: Consider an overall system consisting of the gasification and cogeneration systems shown
in Figure below. The numbers given for each stream represent exergy flows. The levelized cost
per exergy unit of stream 1 is c1 = Rs 3.O/GJ. The cost associated with stream 7 (combustion
air and water) is zero. The levelized cost rates associated with capital investment and operating
and maintenance expenses are:
Gasification system Zgas = Rs 1.0/s
Cogeneration system Zcogen= Rs 0.5/s
The flue gas (stream 6) and ash (stream 3) are discharged to the environment without any
additional expenses.
Calculate: (a) the exergy destruction rates and the exergy destruction ratios for the gasification
system and the cogeneration system; (b) the exergetic efficiencies of the gasification system,
the cogeneration system, and the overall system; (c) the cost rates and the costs per exergy unit
associated with streams 2 (fuel gas), 4 (steam), and 5 (electricity).

2: For the above system, (a) calculate all thermoeconomic variables associated with the
gasification system and the cogeneration system, and (b) discuss options for improving the cost
effectiveness of the overall system.