Performance improvement of the combined cycle power plant by intake air cooling using an absorption chiller

Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1700-1710

  Boonnasa, S ^a   Namprakai, P ^a   Muangnapoh, T ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Air cooler; Economics; Gas turbine; Monthly analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745952766     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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