Solar energy-gas driven micro-CHP system for an office building

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 14-15, 2006, Pages 1604-1610

  Yagoub, W ^a   Doherty, P ^a   Riffat, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CHP; HFE 301; Micro turbine; n pentane; Rankine cycle; Solar thermal energy

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; RANKINE CYCLE; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL INSULATION;

CHP; HFE-301; N-PENTANE; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 33646485664     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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