Thermo-economic analysis and sizing of a PV plant equipped with a compressed air energy storage system

Renewable Energy

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 491-509

  Arabkoohsar, A ^a   Machado, L ^a   Farzaneh Gord, M ^b   Koury, R N N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CAES; NPV; PV farm; Sizing; Uncertainty assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY STORAGE; HEATING EQUIPMENT; PRESSURE VESSELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR HEATING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CAES; COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGES (CAES); ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS; NPV; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SIZING; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE;

COMPRESSED AIR; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER;

BRAZIL;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 84929583266     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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