Energy-Exergy, Environmental and Economic Criteria in Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plants: Indexes for the Evaluation of the Cogeneration Potential

In the first part of this work, combined heat and power (CHP) criteria pertaining to energy, exergy, environmental (pollutant emission) and economic aspects, have been investigated and compared. Although the constraints in legislation usually refer to energy efficiency, primary energy savings and gr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marco F. Torchio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-05-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/6/5/2686