Journal of Cleaner Production 443 (2024) 141137 Available online 9 February 2024 0959-6526/© 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Design and thermo-enviro-economic analyses of an innovative environmentally friendly trigeneration process fueled by biomass feedstock integrated with a post-combustion CO 2 capture unit Caibo Liu a, b , Chou-Yi Hsu c, ** , Manoj Kumar Agrawal d , Jinxin Zhang a, e, * , Sayed Fayaz Ahmad f , Asiful H. Seikh g , V. Mohanavel h, i , Sohaib Tahir Chauhdary j , Fangfei Chi k a Business School, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China b Wuhan College, Wuhan, 430062, China c Department of Pharmacy, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan d GLA University, Mathura, UP, 281406, India e Research Center for China Agriculture Carbon Emission Reduction and Carbon Trading, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China f Department of Engineering Management, Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Pakistan g Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11421, Saudi Arabia h Centre for Materials Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, 600073, Tamil Nadu, India i Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chandigarh University, Mohali, 140413, Punjab, India j Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Dhofar University, Salalah, 211, Sultanate of Oman k Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Environment Research Group, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam A R T I C L E INFO Handling editor: Biagio Giannetti Keywords: Biomass combustion Sustainable production Environmentally friendly design Carbon dioxide capture unit Aspen HYSYS software Economic evaluation ABSTRACT The utilization of biomass feedstock in the energy system for sustainable production is essential due to its renewable nature and high energy density. However, the primary challenge lies in designing environmentally friendly biomass-use structures. This research introduces a novel trigeneration system that integrates power, cooling, and heat production through biomass combustion to address this issue. As another novelty in system development, the proposed system includes a carbon dioxide capture unit, further enhancing the system. The proposed framework consists of several subsystems: an organic Rankine cycle, an absorption chiller, a carbon dioxide capture cycle utilizing monoethanolamine solvent, a liquefed natural gas regasifcation unit, and a low- pressure steam production boiler. The newly developed system is modeled using the Aspen HYSYS software and is assessed from thermodynamic, economic, and environmental perspectives. Also, a parametric analysis is conducted to examine the impact of key design parameters on the system’s performance. Based on the study’s fndings, it can be observed that the energy and exergy effciencies amount to 58.4 % and 17.09 %, respectively. In addition, the suggested procedure exhibits a total exergy destruction of 53,636 kW. The fndings of the environmental impact assessment indicate that the shift from power generation to trigeneration scenario results in a substantial decrease in carbon dioxide emissions. Specifcally, the emission reduction potential ranges from 0.24 to 0.041 kg/kWh. Furthermore, the economic evaluation shows that the system reaches a cost per unit exergy of 0.249 $/kWh. This variable denotes a substantial decrease of 81.42 % compared to the power gen- eration operational mode. 1. Introduction Traditional fuels have been widely utilized as primary energy sour- ces; however, their continuous utilization results in notable environmental and sustainability problems (Cheng et al., 2021). The primary motive for moving away from conventional fuels is their adverse environmental effects, including air pollution and their contri- bution to climate change (Liu et al., 2022a; Wang et al., 2023a). Furthermore, conventional fuel reserves are limited and non-renewable, * Corresponding author. ** Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: t545316@gmail.com (C.-Y. Hsu), Zhanginjxin1988@163.com (J. Zhang). Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Cleaner Production journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jclepro https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141137 Received 14 October 2023; Received in revised form 21 January 2024; Accepted 5 February 2024