Continuous power supply from a baseload renewable power plant

Applied Energy

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-93

  Al musleh, Easa I ^a   Mallapragada, Dharik S ^a   Agrawal, Rakesh ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbonaceous; Methane; Methanol; Storage

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY STORAGE; EXERGY; FUELS; LIQUEFACTION; LIQUEFIED GASES; METHANE; METHANOL; MOLECULES;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CARBON MOLECULES; CARBONACEOUS; ENERGY STORAGE EFFICIENCIES; LIQUID CARBON DIOXIDE; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SYNERGISTIC INTEGRATION;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; PURIFICATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; VOLUME;

EID: 84896814589     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.02.015     Document Type: Article

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