On solving the profit maximization of small cogeneration systems

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 7335 LNCS, Issue PART 3, 2012, Pages 147-158

  Ferreira, Ana C M ^a   Rocha, Ana Maria A C ^a   Teixeira, Senhorinha F C F ^a   Nunes, Manuel L ^a   Martins, Luís B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

cogeneration model; numerical optimization; thermoeconomics

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL WORTH; BUILDING SECTORS; COGENERATION SYSTEMS; DECENTRALIZED ENERGY; DECISION VARIABLES; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; LOCAL OPTIMIZATIONS; MICRO-SCALES; NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION MODEL; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PROFIT MAXIMIZATION; REASONABLE VALUE; SQP METHOD; THERMO-ECONOMIC MODEL; THERMO-ECONOMICS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 84863930689     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31137-6_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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