Analysis of Liquid Fuel to Gas Fuel Conversion at Power Plant as an Effort to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Its Economic Value  (Case Study on MPP Nias and MPP Duri)

Arivin Zebua; Aji Nur Widyanto; Faiz Husnayain

doi:10.62146/ijecbe.v3i4.125

Authors

Arivin Zebua Universitas Indonesia, PT PLN (Persero)
Aji Nur Widyanto Universitas Indonesia
Faiz Husnayain Universitas Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62146/ijecbe.v3i4.125

Keywords:

Power Plant, Net Zero Emission, Gasification, Reduce Carbon Dioxide.

Abstract

PT PLN actively supports the energy transition through accelerating New Renewable Energy. Global climate change is an urgent issue that requires a clean and sustainable energy transition. One strategy that has great potential is to improve the power generation performance of the mobile power plant such as teh TM2500 through conversion the fuel from liquid fuel to gas fuel. This process which is an innovative step to support the clean and sustainable energy transition has proven to be more environmentally friendly and efficient. This step not only increases thermal efficiency but can also reduce the main emissions that is , , CO, partikulate (dust) and greenhouse gas emissions. As a portable power generator, the TM2500 is designed for flexible operation, making it an ideal solution to meet the electricity needs throughout the Indonesian archipelago. Case studies in mobile power plant MPP Nias of in improving the performance of the TM2500 power plant is reliable with the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions () of around 36.705% to 37,299% and can reduce fuel costs significantly by 82.238%. While challenges such as gas infrastructure availability and initial investment costs remain, these solutions open up huge opportunities to accelerate the global energy transition to net zero emissions. It recommended to expand fuel conversion from liquid fuel to gas fuel as an integral part of future power plant systems.

Keywords: Mobile Power Plant, Fuel Conversion, Reduce Greenhouse gas emission.

Author Biographies

Arivin Zebua, Universitas Indonesia, PT PLN (Persero)

Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia PT PLN (Persero)

Faiz Husnayain, Universitas Indonesia

Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia

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