Improvement of the LNG (liquid natural gas) regasification efficiency by utilizing the cold exergy with a coupled absorption - ORC (organic Rankine cycle)

Energy

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 645-653

  Tomków, Łukasz ^a   Cholewiński, Maciej ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Energy production; Exergy utilization; LNG; Organic Rankine cycle

Indexed keywords

EXERGY; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS;

ABSORPTION POWER CYCLE; COMPUTER MODELING; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; EXERGETIC EFFICIENCY; EXERGY UTILIZATION; LIQUID NATURAL GAS; LOCAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES;

RANKINE CYCLE;

COLD AIR; ENERGY; EVAPORATION; EXERGY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84930872598     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.05.041     Document Type: Article

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