Heilongjiang is the most northeastern province of China. The climate of Heilongjiang consists of very cold winters, leading to large energy demands for space heating by local residents. Rich food crop yields in Heilongjiang results in large amounts of crop residues. To fully accommodate rural...

The efficiencies of coal-fired CHP (combined heat and power) plants used in the district heating systems of China were analyzed with a thermodynamic model in the Hysys program. The influences of four parameters were evaluated by the Taguchi method. The results indicated that the extraction steam...