村镇人口密度对生物质热电厂运输成本的影响

Biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plants have higher energy efficiency than biomass power plants. They can meet the demand of heating in winter, and they are more suitable for cold regional village and town system to develop biomass energy. However, such development is limited by cost, especially operation cost, and transportation cost. To improve the transportation cost of biomass CHP plants according to rural population density data in the research area, the GIS analysis tool of network analysis, adjacent points, overlay analysis, as well as and other methods on the basis of the distribution status of different crops biomass potential are used and position and service area relying on the population distribution and biomass CHP plants' energy demand data are determined. In the meantime, the raw material supply area of the biomass CHP plants and the transportation cost were calculated, which contains a variety of charges, fuel consumption, and traffic interference factors of the formula, and then regional scale optimization of transportation paths was obtained. Results show that biomass CHP plants are only suitable for low population density villages and towns systems according to the assumption of energy being completely self-sufficient. The supply area presented an inversed S curve pattern as rural population density increased, and transport costs presented an exponential curve pattern as rural population density increased. The overall operating efficiency of the biomass CHP plants was higher when the rural population density was not more than 65 people/km².