Sizing of residential μcHP systems

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1991-2001

  Shaneb, O A ^a   Coates, G ^a   Taylor, P C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Internal combustion engine; Linear programming; Micro CHP; Residential energy system; Stirling engine

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL COST; CHP TECHNOLOGY; CHP-SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; ENGLAND; HEAT AND POWER; INTERNAL COMBUSTION; KEY PARAMETERS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; MICRO CHP; MICRO LEVEL; OPTIMAL SIZE; RESIDENTIAL DWELLING; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; STIRLING; THERMAL RATINGS;

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DECISION MAKING; ENGINES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; INVESTMENTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); STIRLING ENGINES;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 79957861992     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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