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Microturbines
Design rules based on Homer documentation.

Use 60kW wind turbines based on default Homer values and plot the electircal and reusable heat power curves. Assume a linear trend for electrical power output efficiency, where the efficieny is 0.0 at 0 load and the maximum efficiency at full load is 0.2615. Assume a constant thermal efficiency of 0.4.

Plot the electrical output power based on microturbine load percentage.

Plot the electrical and thermal power output given a requested electrical power level.

Assume fixed cost for one 60 kW microturbine = $55000, operating cost = 0.6$/hour + cost of fuel.

cost of fuel = fuelCoefficient*naturalGasCost*outputPower
fuelCoefficient = 0.25 m^3/hr/(kw output)
naturalGasCost = 0.5$ per m^3

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