Within the context of the strategy known as "Sustainable Rural Electrification Plans (PERS) Cauca," an initiative led by the Institute for Planning and Promotion of Energy Solutions (IPSE) and the Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME), which primarily focuses on creating sustainable solut...
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| Summary: | Within the context of the strategy known as "Sustainable Rural Electrification Plans (PERS) Cauca," an initiative led by the Institute for Planning and Promotion of Energy Solutions (IPSE) and the Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME), which primarily focuses on creating sustainable solutions to provide energy services to disconnected rural regions from the national electrical grid. The Automation Research Group at the University of Cauca has concentrated its efforts on assessing the feasibility of using residual agricultural biomass generated in the panela production process at the sugar mill in the López Adentro hamlet, located in Caloto, Cauca Department. For this purpose, the Homer Pro software was used to simulate the proposed system, where technical and economic variables were compared with the alternative of connecting to the national electrical grid. The results indicated that the system with a biodigester fueled by the bagasse generated by the sugar mill is capable of meeting the load demand and its implementation is 37.8% more expensive than the cost of connecting to the national grid. |
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