Performance of a solar aided power plant in fuel saving mode

Applied Energy

Volumn 160, Issue , 2015, Pages 873-881

  Hou, Hongjuan ^a   Wu, Junjie ^a   Yang, Yongping ^a   Hu, Eric ^b   Chen, Si ^c  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedwater heating; Matrix Thermal Balance Equation; Solar aided power generation; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; COAL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

COAL CONSUMPTION RATE; COAL-FIRED POWER GENERATION; FEEDWATER; FOSSIL FUEL FIRED POWER PLANTS; OFF DESIGN CONDITION; OFF-DESIGN PERFORMANCE; THERMAL BALANCE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

COAL; DESIGN; EXHAUST EMISSION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HEATING; INSTRUMENTATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBINE;

EID: 84947039100     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.092     Document Type: Article

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