Economic feasibility of combined heat and power and absorption refrigeration with commercially available gas turbines

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1559-1573

  Mone C D ^a   Chau, D S ^a   Phelan, P E ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption refrigeration; Combined heat and power; Economic analysis; Gas turbines

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COOLING; GAS TURBINES; HEATING;

ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER (CHP) SYSTEMS;

REFRIGERATION;

EID: 0035452912     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(00)00157-6     Document Type: Article

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