Exergy costs and inefficiency diagnosis of a dual-purpose power and desalination plant

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 186-192

  Uche, J ^a   Serra, L ^a   Valero, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; DESALINATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

DESALINATION PLANTS; EXERGY COSTS; PHYSICAL COSTS; THERMOECONOMIC COSTS;

STEAM POWER PLANTS;

EID: 33845693845     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2213276     Document Type: Article

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