Energy savings and emission reductions in industrial boilers

Thermal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 705-719

  Saidur, Rahman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Boiler energy savings; Emission reductions; Variable speed drive

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355167254     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI091014046S     Document Type: Article

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