Improved performance of hybrid photovoltaic-trigeneration systems over photovoltaic-cogen systems including effects of battery storage

Energy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 366-374

  Nosrat, Amir H ^a   Swan, Lukas G ^b   Pearce, Joshua M ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cogeneration; Combined heat and power; Greenhouse gas emissions; Photovoltaic; Solar energy; Trigeneration

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COGENERATION PLANTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEATING; HYBRID SYSTEMS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WASTE HEAT;

ABSORPTION CHILLERS; BATTERY STORAGE; COGENERATION; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; COOLING LOAD; EMISSIONS MODEL; END-USES; FUEL UTILIZATION; HEATING TECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PENETRATION LEVEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR PVS; TRI-GENERATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

COOLING; EMISSION CONTROL; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; WASTE;

CANADA;

EID: 84871722933     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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