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Investigation on zero grid-electricity design strategies of solid oxide fuel cell trigeneration system for high-rise building in hot and humid climate
Fong, K.F.; Lee, C.K. - In: Applied Energy 114 (2014) C, pp. 426-433
Trigeneration, which is able to provide cooling, heating and power, has been advocated to be a sustainable solution for building use in the urban area. With the high-temperature feature and maintenance convenience, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) becomes a promising prime mover of trigeneration. In...
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Experimental investigation of a biomass-fuelled micro-scale tri-generation system with an organic Rankine cycle and liquid desiccant cooling unit
Jradi, M.; Riffat, S. - In: Energy 71 (2014) C, pp. 80-93
The drastic rise in the conventional fossil fuel prices along with the global warming and climate change have urged the need to switch towards renewable energy resources and use alternative means for more efficient energy resources utilization. Tri-generation technology has attracted...
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Optimum sizing and tracking of combined cooling heating and power systems for bulk energy consumers
Jayasekara, Saliya; Halgamuge, Saman K.; Attalage, Rahula A. - In: Applied Energy 118 (2014) C, pp. 124-134
The optimization of combined cooling heating and power (CCHP) systems involves two major tasks: searching for optimum …
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A new operation strategy for CCHP systems with hybrid chillers
Liu, Mingxi; Shi, Yang; Fang, Fang - In: Applied Energy 95 (2012) C, pp. 164-173
Performance and economical efficiency of the combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) system mainly depend on the … CCHP system with hybrid chillers, consisting of a combined electric and absorption chiller, whose electric cooling to cool … variational electric cooling to cool load ratio, for the CCHP system with unlimited and limited power generation unit (PGU …
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Developing a model for process improvement using multiple regression technique
Sarkar, Ashok; Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Arup; Kumar Ghosh, … - In: The TQM Journal 26 (2014) 6, pp. 625-638
and output variables and their optimization and control. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate, with the help of a …-stage flash evaporator efficiency, and the associated input process variables and their optimization using appropriate statistical … application of quality and optimization tools in a real world situation.  …
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Explicit cost-risk tradeoff for optimal energy management in CCHP microgrid system under fuzzy-risk preferences
Ji, Ling; Zhang, Bei-Bei; Huang, Guo-He; Xie, Yu-Lei; … - In: Energy economics 70 (2018), pp. 525-535
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Research, development and the prospect of combined cooling, heating, and power systems
Xu, Jianzhong; Sui, Jun; Li, Bingyu; Yang, Minlin - In: Energy 35 (2010) 11, pp. 4361-4367
The development of a combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) system in China is presented in this paper. The key … scientific problems of a distributed energy system and the integration principles of a CCHP system are also pointed out. Moreover …, two corresponding CCHP systems: one with the complementarities of fossil fuels energy and renewable energy, and the other …
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Sizing the prime mover of a residential micro-combined cooling heating and power (CCHP) system by multi-criteria sizing method for different climates
Ebrahimi, Masood; Keshavarz, Ali - In: Energy 54 (2013) C, pp. 291-301
strategy of the prime mover of a residential micro-combined cooling heating and power (CCHP) system. The CCHP prepares the …
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A combined effect absorption chiller for enhanced performance of combined cooling heating and power systems
Jayasekara, Saliya; Halgamuge, Saman K. - In: Applied Energy 127 (2014) C, pp. 239-248
Most industrial waste heat (e.g. waste heat from engines) is available as two or more heat sources or in a wider temperature range. Additionally, solar thermal energy has a higher harnessing efficiency at low temperatures while its work potential increases with temperature. However,...
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Mathematical modeling and experimental verification of an absorption chiller including three dimensional temperature and concentration distributions
Jayasekara, Saliya; Halgamuge, Saman K. - In: Applied Energy 106 (2013) C, pp. 232-242
One of the main drawbacks in modeling absorption chillers is the lack of justified hypotheses of heat and mass diffusion in an annular flow on the outer surface of horizontal tubes. Heat and mass transfer in diffusion is a three-dimensional problem with vector characteristics. This paper...
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