Modelling of a CHP SOFC system fed with biogas from anaerobic digestion of municipal waste integrated with solar collectors and storage unit

International Journal of Thermodynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-35

  Borello, Domenico ^a   Evangelisti, Sara ^a   Tortora, Eileen ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Distributed generation; Fuel cells; Integrated TRNSYS Aspen Plus model; Transient model; Waste to energy

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; INTEGRATED STORAGE SYSTEM; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; TRANSIENT MODEL; WASTE TO ENERGY;

BIOGAS; COGENERATION PLANTS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FUEL CELLS; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 84878507301     PISSN: 13019724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5541/ijot.451     Document Type: Article

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