Life cycle energy and carbon analysis of domestic combined heat and power generators

2011 IEEE PES Trondheim PowerTech: The Power of Technology for a Sustainable Society, POWERTECH 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gazis, Evangelos ^a   Harrison, Gareth P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed Microgeneration; Domestic Boiler; Embodied Energy Carbon; Energy Efficiency; Life Cycle Assessment; Micro CHP; Stirling Engine

Indexed keywords

EMBODIED ENERGY-CARBON; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MICRO-CHP; MICROGENERATION; STIRLING;

CARBON; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; STIRLING ENGINES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 80053348034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PTC.2011.6019410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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