From cogeneration to trigeneration: Profitable alternatives in a competitive market

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 265-272

  Chicco, Gianfranco ^a   Mancarella, Pierluigi ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorption refrigerator; Cogeneration; Competitive market; Economic analysis; Energy system planning; Heat pump; Pay back time; Trigeneration

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION REFRIGERATOR; COMPETITIVE MARKET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY SYSTEM PLANNING; PAY-BACK-TIME; TRIGENERATION;

COGENERATION PLANTS;

EID: 33244464752     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2005.858089     Document Type: Article

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