Thermoeconomic diagnosis for improving the operation of energy intensive systems: Comparison of methods

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 699-711

  Usón, Sergio ^a   Valero, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Linear regression; Neural networks; Plant monitoring; Thermoeconomic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

COAL; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; LINEAR REGRESSION; NEURAL NETWORKS;

CAUSALITY ANALYSIS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMPARISON OF METHODS; PLANT MONITORING; THERMODYNAMIC DESCRIPTION; THERMODYNAMIC INDICATORS; THERMOECONOMIC DIAGNOSIS; THERMOECONOMIC PARAMETERS;

MONITORING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; MONITORING SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78149357937     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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