Energy-exergy, environmental and economic criteria in combined heat and power (CHP) plants: Indexes for the evaluation of the cogeneration potential

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2686-2708

  Torchio, Marco F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Combined heat and power (CHP); Economic indexes; Energy indexes; Environmental indexes; Exergy indexes

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; GREENHOUSE GASES;

COGENERATION POTENTIAL; COGENERATION SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; ECONOMIC INDEXES; ENERGY INDEXES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDEXES; PRIMARY ENERGY SAVINGS;

COGENERATION PLANTS;

EID: 84879024632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6052686     Document Type: Article

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