Ecological efficiency in CHP: Biodiesel case

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 458-463

  Coronado, Christian Rodriguez ^a   Villela, Aparecida de Castro ^b   Silveira, José Luz ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Diesel; Ecological efficiency; Environmental impact; Gas turbine

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; BIO-DIESEL FUEL; COMBINED CYCLE; COMBINED CYCLE TECHNOLOGY; DIESEL; DIESEL COMBUSTION; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HEAT POWER; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; PARTICLE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER MATRIX; RENEWABLE FUELS;

AIR QUALITY; BIODIESEL; COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS TURBINES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POWER PLANTS; SYNTHETIC FUELS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; TURBOMACHINERY;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

EID: 74649083268     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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