Extending existing combined heat and power plants for synthetic natural gas production

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 670-681

  Heyne, Stefan ^a   Thunman, Henrik ^a   Harvey, Simon ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Energy systems; Modelling; Process integration; Synthetic natural gas

Indexed keywords

AIR DRYERS; BIOMASS CHP; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; COLD GAS EFFICIENCY; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANTS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENERGY SYSTEMS; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOWER HEATING VALUE; MODELLING; PINCH TECHNOLOGY; PROCESS INTEGRATION; PRODUCTION PROCESS; STEAM FLOWS; STEAM POWER CYCLE; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS; THERMAL INTEGRATION;

BIOFUELS; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DRYING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

STEAM;

EID: 84856723275     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1828     Document Type: Article

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