Economic and environmental based operation strategies of a hybrid photovoltaic-microgas turbine trigeneration system

Applied Energy

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 174-183

  Basrawi, Firdaus ^a   Yamada, Takanobu ^b   Obara, Shin'ya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic; Emissions; Hybrid energy system; Microgas turbine; Photovoltaic; Trigeneration system

Indexed keywords

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYBRID SYSTEMS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PROFITABILITY;

COMBINED CYCLE GAS TURBINE; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HEATING AND COOLING LOADS; HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEM; MICRO GAS TURBINES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; TRIGENERATION SYSTEMS;

COSTS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PROFITABILITY; TURBINE;

EID: 84896865681     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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