Cycling of conventional power plants: Technical limits and actual costs

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 97, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-77

  Van Den Bergh, Kenneth ^a   Delarue, Erik ^a  

^a Mechanical Engineering   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cycling costs; Power plant cycling; Power plant scheduling

Indexed keywords

SCHEDULING;

CONVENTIONAL GENERATION; CONVENTIONAL POWER PLANTS; DYNAMIC PARAMETERS; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION SYSTEM; GENERATION PORTFOLIOS; OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS; UNIT COMMITMENT SCHEDULING;

COSTS;

EID: 84925840623     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.03.026     Document Type: Article

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