Smart energy systems for a sustainable future

Applied Energy

Volumn 194, Issue , 2017, Pages 225-235

  Dincer, Ibrahim ^a,b   Acar, Canan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Energy; Exergy; Multigeneration; Renewables; Smart energy; Sustainability; System integration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXERGY; FOSSIL FUELS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY; MULTI GENERATIONS; RENEWABLES; SMART ENERGIES; SYSTEM INTEGRATION;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXERGY; FOSSIL FUEL; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; POWER GENERATION; SMART GRID; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 85082370291     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.12.058     Document Type: Article

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