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Combined Cooling, Heating and Power
Decision-Making, Design and Optimization
1st Edition - October 8, 2014
Authors: Masood Ebrahimi, Ali Keshavarz
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780080999852
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eBook ISBN:9780080999920
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A professional reference title written primarily for researchers in thermal engineering, Combined Cooling, Heating and Power: Decision-Making, Design and Optimization summarizes current research on decision-making and optimization in combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) systems. The authors provide examples of using these decision-making tools with five examples that run throughout the book.
Offers a unique emphasis on newer techniques in decision-making
Provides examples of decision-making tools with five examples that run throughout the book
Dedication
Preface
1: CCHP Literature
Abstract
1.1. Introduction
1.2. CCHP in the Last Decade
2: CCHP Technology
Abstract
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Basic CCHP Cycles
2.3. Thermally Activated Cooling Systems
2.4. Problems
3: CCHP Evaluation Criteria
Abstract
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Technological Subcriteria
3.3. Economic Subcriteria
3.4. Environmental Subcriteria
3.5. Miscellaneous Subcriteria
3.6. Problems
4: CCHP Decision-Making
Abstract
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Multicriteria Decision-Making (MCDM)
4.3. Case Studies
4.4. The Effect of μ and ξ on λ and GIG
4.5. Problems
5: CCHP Load Calculations
Abstract
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Weather Information
5.3. Load Calculators
5.4. Load Calculation Example
5.5. Problems
6: CCHP Design
Abstract
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Maximum Rectangle Method (MRM)
6.3. Developed-MRM
6.4. EMS Sizing Methods
6.5. Thermodynamic Sizing Methods
6.6. Thermoeconomic Sizing Methods
6.7. Multicriteria Sizing Methods
6.8. Case Study
6.9. Problems
7: CCHP Solar Heat Collectors
Abstract
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Solar Heat Gain Calculation [10, 11, 14, and 15]
7.3. Collector Size
7.4. Case Study
7.5. Problems
8: CCHP Thermal Energy Storage
Abstract
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Thermal Energy Storage (TES)
8.3. Charge and Discharge of TES
8.4. Sizing of TES
9: CCHP Operation and Maintenance
Abstract
9.1. Introduction
9.2. General O&M Program
10: CCHP the Future
Abstract
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Benefits of CCHP for Consumers and Governments
10.3. Future of CCHP Systems
Symbols
Appendix
No. of pages: 218
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: October 8, 2014
Imprint: Elsevier
Hardback ISBN: 9780080999852
eBook ISBN: 9780080999920
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Masood Ebrahimi
Masood Ebrahimi received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the K. N. Toosi University of Technology. He has taught widely on power plants, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, turbomachinery, heat exchangers, engines, operation and maintenance of industrial equipment and troubleshooting procedures. He has published papers across power generation technologies in international journals and conference venues, and he has written one book on cogeneration. His industrial experience is high with multiple successful power plants and turbomachinery projects completed.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechical Engineering, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
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Ali Keshavarz
Ali Keshavarz received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University in 1990. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, internal combustion engines and power plants. In addition, he has been collaborating in joint research projects with Kansas State University as an adjunct research professor. His research interests include numerical and experimental analysis and application of heat transfer in heat engines and the related systems.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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