Exploration of economical sizing of gas engine and thermal store for combined heat and power plants in the UK

Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1659-1670

  Fragaki, Aikaterini ^a   Andersen, Anders N ^b   Toke, David ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EMD INTERNATIONAL A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CHP; Sustainable energy; Thermal store

Indexed keywords

COGENERATION PLANTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FINANCE; GAS PLANTS; HEATING; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; INVESTMENTS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; POWER PLANTS; RETAIL STORES;

A-PLANT; CHP; CHP PLANTS; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANTS; ELECTRICITY PRICING; HEATING LOADS; MARKET CONDITION; NET PRESENT VALUE; OPTIMUM SIZE; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; THERMAL STORE;

GAS ENGINES;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENGINE; HEATING; PRICING POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 52149088557     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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