Wood Gasification Upgrade

The wood gasification upgrade converts wood into biogas. The gas can be used by any gas-consuming entities in the district.

Attribute	Description	Standard value	Unit	Data type
`deployment`	If set to ‘true’, the technology will be considered in the energy system model (this does not necessarily mean it will be used). Only relevant for optimisation.	False	—	bool
`color`	Color for plot	#904D11	hex	str
`efficiancy`	Conversion efficiency	0.625	—	float
`fluid`	does the process have a fluidised bed	True	—	bool
`capacity_kWh`	maximum output	inf	kWh	float
`co2_intensity`	Carbon-dioxide intensity of technology output (annual average value).	0.33	kg CO2/kWh	float
`lifetime`	Expected lifetime of technology before replacement is required.	25	years	int
`capital_cost`	CAPEX cost of technology per unit of capacity.	2315	CHF/kWp	float
`maintenance_cost`	OPEX cost of technology per unit of capacity.	10	CHF/kWp/year	float
`interest_rate`	Interest rate for computing levelised costs (if required).	0.025	—	float

The relationship between the in- and outflows is given by

\[\mathtt{v\_gas\_wgu} = \mathtt{efficiency} \cdot \mathtt{u\_wd\_wgu}\]

The symbols and names of the flows are