Analysis of a combined cooling, heating, and power system model under different operating strategies with input and model data uncertainty

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2231-2240

  Smith, Aaron ^a   Luck, Rogelio ^a   Mago, Pedro J ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CCHP system operation strategies; CCHP Systems; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ATLANTA; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CCHP SYSTEM; CCHP SYSTEMS; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; COOLING , HEATING , AND POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ENGINE EFFICIENCY; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; INPUT PARAMETER; MODEL DATA; MODEL INPUTS; NATURAL GAS PRICE; NON-LINEARITY; OPERATING STRATEGY; OPERATIONAL COSTS; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SYSTEM MODELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORECASTING; GLOBAL WARMING; HEATING; MACHINE DESIGN; NATURAL GAS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956173596     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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