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Thermoeconomics, cost benefit analysis, and a novel way of dealing with revenue generating dissipative units applied to candidate decentralised energy systems for Indian rural villages

Take-up of energy-providing systems is governed by cost/benefit analysis and economic viability. Paper takes established exergy (available work) costing methods from chemical/process industries in developed world and adds new approaches so they can be applied to developing world. In particular, net cash revenues from "dissipative" units such as cold stores and water purification – driven by waste heat from diesel generators – are allowed for in electricity price. Work resulted from international collaboration involving University of Bristol, Aston University, IIT-Delhi (India), Warwick University and Leeds University, and led to first-author Banerjee's PhD. Work identified as research group highlight in REF5.