Selection of optimum working fluid for organic rankine cycles by exergy and exergy-economic analyses

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 15362-15383

  Darvish, Kamyar ^a   Ehyaei, Mehdi A ^b   Atabi, Farideh ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic; Exergy; Rankine

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; OPTIMIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84949501940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su71115362     Document Type: Article

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