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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"combined heat and power"”.
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Enabling Grid Integration of Combined Heat and Power Plants
… louder by the day, the role of renewable energy and energy efficient generation sources has become extremely important. One such energy efficient resource that can increase the penetration of renewable energy into the grid is the Combined Heat and Power technology. Combined Heat and Power (CHP) …
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Local alternative sources for cogeneration combined heat and power system
<p>"Global demand for energy continues to grow while countries around the globe race to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions by implementing policy measures and advancing technology. Sustainability has become an important issue in transportation and infrastructure …
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Micro combined heat and power management for a residential system
… cells in application areas such as residential power systems, automobile engines and driving of industrial manufacturing processes. This thesis gives an overview of the current state of fuel cell-based technology research and development, introduces a μCHP system sizing strategy and proposes …
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The Application of Combined Heat and Power to a Hospital Environment
… (UHW) is the premier teaching hospital in Wales and one of the largest medical facilities in Europe. This thesis has shown that installation of CHP at UHW has resulted in benefits to the hospital in reduced energy consumption and costs, and also a reduction in environmental emissions to the …
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Combined heat and power: technology review and analysis for a residential building
This thesis intends to show the current state of Combined Heat and Power Systems and highlights the different aspects of the technologies. A manufacturer directory was developed and the theoretical principals for planning and analysis of a CHP system are described. In the second part, a case study …
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Value of distribution-level reactive power for combined heat and power systems
… help cost-effectively maintain grid resilience and reliability. One such approach is to create a transactive market for DER to provide grid services, which are services required to support reliable grid operation. Though work has been done to understand some of the technical mechanisms of this …
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Sustainable design and durability of domestic micro combined heat and power scroll expander systems.
Research to understand the mechanisms of wear within the main components of three different micro-CHP scroll expander systems was conducted. This was performed in order to identify the possible tribo-mechanical effects (abrasion, adhesion, cavitation, fatigue) which occur on the substrate of these …
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Advanced control of combined heat and power systems for optimal energy usage in commercial buildings
Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-113).
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Design Intent compared with Performance in Practice: Residential Heat Networks with Combined Heat and Power
… to adopt a range of energy efficient measures and low/zero carbon technologies to reduce CO2 emissions below the Building Regulations baseline. Such polices have consequently formed a new aspect of the planning appraisal process, where the assessment of energy, CO2 and technology is now a …
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The clean development mechanism potential of a combined heat and power plant in Stellenbosch, South Africa
… Mechanism (CDM) potential of a proposed Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant that will utilise a sawmill's byproducts, or waste residues, as its fuel source; the sawmill is located in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The sawmill employs standard production techniques as found in large sawmills …
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Integration of Phasor Measurement and Communication Capability in a Flexible-Combined Heat and Power Converter Testbed
… energy that can be reliably integrated into the power grid. One such existing resource is the CHPs, which are distributed throughout the US electric grid. The integration of the CHPs into the grid requires technological innovations. One idea is to design an F-CHP converter that would facilitate …
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The effect upon UK energy supply schedules of the use of combined heat and power with district heating
The widescale use of combined heat and power with district heating will have a significant effect upon the quantities of primary and secondary fuels used in the United Kingdom. A new methodology for investigating the complex technological interactions between supplies and demands for fuels is …
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Bagasse as a Fuel for Combined Heat and Power (CHP): An Assessment of Options for Implementation in Iran.
… increasing importance of sugar cane by-products and side industries. Furthermore, with the advancement of science; awareness of inharmonious growth of materials and energy consumption, and the desire to minimize the negative impacts of industrial pollutants and materials, the scope for using …
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The road still not taken : how combined heat and power can contribute to a sustainable energy future in Massachusetts
In order to address rising energy costs and global climate change, Massachusetts has adopted greenhouse gas reduction goals and implemented programs and policies to promote the clean and efficient use of energy. Despite these efforts, however, the rate of development of distributed generation (DG) …
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A comparison of ground source heat pumps and micro-combined heat and power as residential greenhouse gas reduction strategies
Both ground source heat pumps operating on electricity and micro-combined heat and power systems operating on fossil fuels offer potential for the reduction of green house gas emissions in comparison to the conventional approaches for providing heating, air conditioning and electric power to …
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Analysis on the impacts of electricity tariffs on the attractiveness of gas fired distributed combined heat and power systems
… a more sustainable energy system, regulators and the industry are trying to balance among many challenging issues such as environmental concerns, economic efficiency and security of supply. In Europe, the environmental concerns are getting a higher weight in current discussions. While it is …
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Optimal operation an sizing of a combined heat and power system integrated with demand side response in a smart energy hub
… high-efficient generation technology, combined heat and power(CHP) has been widely applied to generate thermal and electrical energy in residentialand commercial buildings. This thesis aims to investigate the efficient operation and optimal sizing problems of CHP to guide optimal …
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Development of sustainable energy technologies in changing institutional and socio-political contexts: the case of combined heat and power in the UK
The emergence and development of innovative, sustainable ideas and their interaction with incumbent regimes is one of the key focal areas of Transitions Research. While many authors publishing in the field focus on analysing successful transition processes, a smaller group of scholars reviews less …
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