Multi-objective optimization of steam power plants for sustainable generation of electricity

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 551-566

  Gutiérrez Arriaga, César G ^a   Serna González, Medardo ^a   Ponce Ortega, José María ^a   El Halwagi, Mahmoud M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Greenhouse gas emissions; Life cycle analysis; Multi objective optimization; Renewable energy; Solar energy; Steam power plants; Sustainable electricity generation

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PROFITABILITY; SOLAR ENERGY; STEAM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NONLINEAR SIMULATIONS; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; PARETO OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

STEAM POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84885387372     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-012-0556-4     Document Type: Article

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