Techno-economic evaluation of commercial cogeneration plants for small and medium size companies in the Italian industrial and service sector

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 402-413

  Armanasco, Fabio ^a   Colombo, Luigi Pietro Maria ^b   Lucchini, Andrea ^b   Rossetti, Andrea ^a  

^a Ricerca sul Settore Energetico SpA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cogeneration; Distributed generation; Industrial sector; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

COGENERATION; ECONOMICAL ASPECTS; ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY MARKET; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY MARKETS; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; MEDIUM SIZE; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; PRODUCT CATEGORIES; SERVICE SECTORS; SINGLE PRODUCT; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION; TECHNO-ECONOMICS;

COGENERATION PLANTS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GAS TURBINES;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84862763973     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.04.048     Document Type: Article

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