High efficiency micro trigeneration systems

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1480-1486

  Gluesenkamp, Kyle ^a   Hwang, Yunho ^a   Radermacher, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid cooling; Pinch analysis; Polygeneration; Prime movers; Trigeneration; Waste heat

Indexed keywords

HYBRID COOLING; PINCH ANALYSIS; POLY-GENERATION; PRIME MOVERS; TRI-GENERATION;

ADSORPTION; COOLING; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HUMIDITY CONTROL; POWER GENERATION; VAPORS; WASTE HEAT;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870789111     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.11.062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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