Economic assessment of a distributed energy system in a new residential area with existing grid coverage in China

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 165-174

  Zhou, Zhe ^a   Liu, Pei ^a   Li, Zheng ^a   Ni, Weidou ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Distributed energy system; Energy systems engineering; Optimization; Power grid

Indexed keywords

CHINESE GOVERNMENT; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; END-USES; ENERGY GENERATIONS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENERGY SYSTEMS ENGINEERINGS; GRID CONNECTIONS; GRID COVERAGE; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PEAK DEMAND; POWER GRIDS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES; STORAGE TECHNOLOGY;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84866983156     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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