Natural gas-biomass dual fuelled microturbines: Comparison of operating strategies in the Italian residential sector

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 686-696

  Pantaleo, Antonio M ^a,b   Camporeale, Sergio ^c   Shah, Nilay ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass; CHP; Cofiring; EFGT; Microturbine; Operating strategies; Small scale

Indexed keywords

CHP; CO-FIRING; EFGT; MICRO TURBINE; OPERATING STRATEGY; SMALL-SCALE;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84899983506     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.10.056     Document Type: Article

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