District heating and cooling: Review of technology and potential enhancements

Applied Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 2-10

  Rezaie, Behnaz ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cogeneration; District cooling; District energy; District heating; Greenhouse gases; Thermal networks

Indexed keywords

DISTRICT HEATING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

COGENERATION; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; DISTRICT COOLING; DISTRICT ENERGY; DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING; DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; MAJOR FACTORS; POSSIBLE FUTURES; THERMAL NETWORK;

POWER GENERATION;

COGENERATION; COOLING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXERGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEATING; STATE ROLE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84858002654     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.04.020     Document Type: Article

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