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Fuel Costs

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Primary and auxiliary fuel costs are accessed on the Fuel Costs parameter screen . The following parameters are provided:

•Primary Fuel Costs: The primary fuel for the combustion plant type may be a single fuel, or a blend of coal, biomass and/or waste coal. The costs associated with the primary fuel have been simplified and contain only the total as-fired cost.

•Total Delivered Cost (as-fired): This is the unit cost of delivered primary on a wet ton basis. It is assumed to contain any costs of cleaning and transportation. This is by default the value shown on the Other screen.

•Total Delivered Cost (as-fired): This cost is also provided in units of $/MBtu for reference. This value cannot be edited. It is based on the value given above.

•Auxiliary Gas Costs: Natural gas is an auxiliary fuel used as an option for the combustion NOx control and some CO2 capture configurations.

•Auxiliary Gas Cost: This is the unit cost of natural gas.

•Auxiliary Gas Cost: The cost of natural gas is also provided in units of $/MBtu for reference. This value cannot be edited.