Chapter 1

Introduction

Decentralized combined heat and power production-cogeneration is a very flexible

and efficient way of utilizing fuels. Cogeneration based on biomass is environmentally
friendly, and all kinds of biomass resources can be used. The role combined heat and
power production plays in Danish energy supply originates from the decision in 1978 to
establish a national natural gas grid. At present the natural gas system is one factor
blocking the utilization of biomass and natural gas in decentralized cogeneration plants,
because a great part of the heat market is lost for decentralized cogeneration due to the
individual gas supply (Raja et.al).

This study will focus on one of the available power source in the country–a
cogeneration power plant (CHP). Most design parameters considered by the
proponents are with reference to new technologies employed in the said
manufacturing plant using equipment available in the market.

Cogeneration and Sugar Industry is likely to go hand in hand during the

production of sugar, with power being produced using a bagasse-fired power plant.
The Philippines is the 9th largest sugar producer in the world and 2nd largest sugar
producer among the ASEAN countries second to Thailand according to Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Statistics Division (FAO 2005).