Use of low/mid-temperature solar heat for thermochemical upgrading of energy, part I: Application to a novel chemically-recuperated gas-turbine power generation (SOLRGT) system

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Na ^a   Lior, Noam ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemically recuperated gas turbine; Fossil fuel saving; Hybrid power system; Solar heat; Thermochemical exergy upgrading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865301622     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006083     Document Type: Article

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