Thermo-economic analysis of pipe insulation for district heating piping systems

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 3929-3937

  Keebaş, Ali ^a   Ali Alkan, Mehmet ^b   Bayhan, Mustafa ^c  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

District heating; Optimum insulation thickness; Payback period; Pipe insulation; Saving

Indexed keywords

DISTRICT HEATING PIPELINES; FUEL TYPES; HOT WATER; INSULATION MATERIALS; LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; OPTIMUM INSULATION THICKNESS; PAYBACK PERIODS; PIPE INSULATION; ROCK WOOL; SAVING;

DISTRICT HEATING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FUELS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; INSULATION; INVESTMENTS; MINERAL WOOL;

PIPE;

EID: 80052944636     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.07.042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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