CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS VOL. 56, 2017 A publication of The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering Online at www.aidic.it/cet Guest Editors: Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Peng Yen Liew, Wai Shin Ho, Jeng Shiun Lim Copyright © 2017, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l., ISBN 978-88-95608-47-1; ISSN 2283-9216 PoPA – SHARPS: A New Framework for Cost-Effective Design of Hybrid Power Systems Nor Erniza Mohammad Rozali* ,a , Sharifah Rafidah Wan Alwi b,c , Wai Shin Ho b,c , Zainuddin Abdul Manan b,c , Jiří Jaromír Klemeš d a Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia. b Process Systems Engineering Centre (PROSPECT), Research Institute on Sustainable Environment (RISE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia c Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia d Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, H-1083 Budapest, Hungary erniza.rozali@petronas.com.my Development of Power Pinch Analysis (PoPA) for the design and optimisation of Hybrid Power Systems (HPS) is steadily progressing. Even though PoPA has been developed for widespread applications in HPS design analysis, the economic aspect still needs more attention. This work presents a new framework for the design of a cost-effective HPS by incorporating PoPA with a cost-screening tool known as the Systematic Hierarchical Approach for Resilient Process Screening (SHARPS). SHARPS which was originally developed to screen various process changes options in water network is adapted to imbed cost analysis and renewable energy (RE) technology screening in power network. Demonstration on an illustrative case study shows that the proposed framework can provide the best HPS scheme considering the system efficiency, while satisfying the desired payback period. 1. Introduction Power Pinch Analysis (PoPA) has been among the next-generation of the insight-based graphical and algebraic Process Integration tools. Following the development of earlier pinch analysis techniques, PoPA was initially introduced to complement the relatively established modelling tools for the optimal planning and design of Hybrid Power Systems (HPS). To date, PoPA has been developed for widespread applications including electricity targeting and allocations (Mohammad Rozali et al., 2012), optimal sizing (Mohammad Rozali et al., 2014), load shifting (Mohammad Rozali et al., 2015b), storage design (Mohammad Rozali et al., 2015c), and diesel plant expansion (Mohammad Rozali et al., 2015a). Though PoPA could lead to optimal renewable energy (RE) utilisation and electricity cost reduction, some RE generation technologies in HPS may be costly and thus affect the economics. Numerous researches on the design of HPS considering the economic analysis have been conducted. Ramli et al. (2016) determined the best size for wind-solar hybrid system components based on the minimum cost of energy production. The economic model was developed in HOMER software, using the net present cost (NPC) and levelised cost of energy (COE). Stadler et al. (2016) formulated an optimal HPS design using a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) to achieve the maximum cost benefits in the view of both the consumer and the distribution network operator. The operating expenses have been successfully minimised while maximising the self-sufficiency of the system. The economic feasibility of integrating hybrid solar thermal-PV with micro- cogeneration system in a building was scrutinised by Romero Rodríguez et al. (2016) using TRNSYS software. Life Cycle Cost Analysis for different system configurations was performed in order to establish the most optimal solution with minimum energy consumption and emissions. Sensitivity analysis of costs has also been done by the authors to address the continuous changing of renewable technologies costs. The aforementioned works mostly focus on the finding of minimum system and energy costs, given a specific technology of the RE. It has never been considered to screen various applicable RE generation technologies at DOI: 10.3303/CET1756094 Please cite this article as: Mohammad Rozali N.E., Wan Alwi S.R., Ho W.S., Manan Z.A., Klemeš J.J., 2017, Popa-sharps: a new framework for cost-effective design of hybrid power systems, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 56, 559-564 DOI:10.3303/CET1756094 559