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Fuel cell-based cogeneration system covering data centers’ energy needs

Guizzi, Giuseppe Leo; Manno, Michele - In: Energy 41 (2012) 1, pp. 56-64

The Information and Communication Technology industry has gone in the recent years through a dramatic expansion, driven by many new online (local and remote) applications and services. Such growth has obviously triggered an equally remarkable growth in energy consumption by data centers, which...

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Thermoeconomic analysis of a power/water cogeneration plant

Hamed, Osman A.; Al-Washmi, Hamed A.; Al-Otaibi, Holayil A. - In: Energy 31 (2006) 14, pp. 2699-2709

Cogeneration plants for simultaneous production of water and electricity are widely used in the Arabian Gulf region …

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Optimization of CHCP (combined heat power and cooling) systems operation strategy using dynamic programming

Facci, Andrea Luigi; Andreassi, Luca; Ubertini, Stefano - In: Energy 66 (2014) C, pp. 387-400

In this paper we introduce an enhanced methodology to determine the optimal control strategy for a complex trigeneration plant. The plant is designed to meet the thermal and electrical loads of a user and is connected to the electrical grid. We consider a single working-day and the plant...

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Optimal structural design of residential cogeneration systems in consideration of their operating restrictions

Wakui, Tetsuya; Yokoyama, Ryohei - In: Energy 64 (2014) C, pp. 719-733

An optimal structural design model of a residential cogeneration system, known as combined heat and power, considering … cogeneration units, a constant power output operation, a daily start–stop operation, and a continuous operation are focused on. The … simultaneously optimized. Moreover, the model is applied to the structural design of a residential cogeneration system, consisting of …

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Short-term scheduling of industrial cogeneration systems for annual revenue maximisation

Tina, G.M.; Passarello, G. - In: Energy 42 (2012) 1, pp. 46-56

This paper addresses the optimisation of short-term hourly scheduling (one week ahead) of (CHPs) cogeneration plants …

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Exergetic and exergoeconomic optimization of a cogeneration pulp and paper mill plant including the use of a heat transformer

Cortés, E.; Rivera, W. - In: Energy 35 (2010) 3, pp. 1289-1299

cogeneration plant has been carried out. The optimization was realized with a methodology which includes exergy, exergoeconomics …

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Some problems with the development of combined generation of electricity and heat in Russia

Zeigarnik, Yuri A. - In: Energy 31 (2006) 13, pp. 2387-2394

The current state of cogeneration in Russia is analyzed. It is characterized by a sharp decrease in industrial heat … consumption and a reduction in the demand for electricity. As a result many cogeneration plants presently operate under off …-design conditions, which change their economic indexes to the worse. The ways of introducing small-scale cogeneration installations are …

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Integration of absorption heat pumps in a Kraft pulp process for enhanced energy efficiency

Costa, Andrea; Bakhtiari, Bahador; Schuster, Sebastian; … - In: Energy 34 (2009) 3, pp. 254-260

A preliminary feasibility study of the implementation of various absorption heat pump configurations in a Kraft pulping process has been performed. Three different cases were considered: (i) integration of a double lift heat transformer into the heat recovery circuit of the wood chips digesters...

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Matrix modelling of small-scale trigeneration systems and application to operational optimization

Chicco, Gianfranco; Mancarella, Pierluigi - In: Energy 34 (2009) 3, pp. 261-273

Combined production of electricity, heat and cooling power in trigeneration represents a key option for the development of high-efficiency and cost-effective integrated energy systems. The complexity of the possible plant schemes calls for the adoption of general models handling multiple...

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Cogeneration from poultry industry wastes: Indirectly fired gas turbine application

Bianchi, M.; Cherubini, F.; De Pascale, A.; Peretto, A.; … - In: Energy 31 (2006) 10, pp. 1417-1436

The availability of wet biomass as waste from a lot of industrial processes, from agriculture and farms and the need to meet the environmental standards force to investigate all options in order to dispose this waste. The possible treatments usually strongly depend on biomass characteristics,...

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