A tri-generation plant fuelled with olive tree pruning residues in Apulia: An energetic and economic analysis

Renewable Energy

Volumn 89, Issue , 2016, Pages 411-421

  Amirante, Riccardo ^a   Clodoveo, Maria Lisa ^b   Distaso, Elia ^a   Ruggiero, Francesco ^a   Tamburrano, Paolo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural residues; Economic analysis; Organic Rankine Cycle; Tri generation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRPORTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARNINGS; FORESTRY; INVESTMENTS; RANKINE CYCLE; TRIGENERATION PLANT;

GOVERNMENT INCENTIVE; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; OLIVE TREE PRUNING RESIDUES; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE(ORC); ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; STRATEGIC LOCATIONS; TRI-GENERATION; TRI-GENERATION PLANTS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRPORT; BIOENERGETICS; BIOMASS POWER; CARBON EMISSION; COMPETITIVENESS; CROP RESIDUE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL POWER; EMISSION CONTROL; EVERGREEN TREE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; PRUNING; THERMODYNAMICS;

BARI [PUGLIA]; ITALY; PUGLIA;

EID: 84951050077     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.11.085     Document Type: Article

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