Energy and exergy analysis of repowering options for greek lignite-fired power plants

Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization and Simulation of Energy Conversion Systems and Processes, ECOS 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 128-142

  Karellas, S ^a   Doukelis, A ^a   Zanni, G ^a   Kakaras, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Economics; Energy and exergy analysis; Lignite fired power plants; Repowering

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; EXERGY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS TURBINES; LIGNITE; WASTE HEAT;

ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS; LIGNITE-FIRED POWER PLANTS; REPOWERING; TECHNOLOGICAL CONCEPT;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896368952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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