A combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) microgrid with distributed cogeneration
units and renewable energy sources provides an effective solution to energy-related …

The combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) system–a typical representative of the
decentralized energy system–has been increasingly attracting attention in academia and …

The recent development of efficient thermal prime movers for distributed generation is
changing the focus of the production of electricity from large centralized power plants to local …

The serious energy supply problems along with the conventional resources depletion and
the environmental conscience regarding global warming and climate change have urged …

An overview of options and potential barriers and risks for reducing the energy consumption,
peak demand, and emissions for seven key energy consuming residential products …

More than half of the input fuel energy to marine engines, tractive diesel engine, and
electricity generators is wasted as exhaust and cooling water heat, at temperatures sufficient …

Cogeneration is one of the methods to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy
consumption and control environmental pollution. Downsizing the cogeneration system …

The decision making for trigeneration systems is a compositive project and it should be
evaluated and compared in a multi-criteria analysis method. This paper presents a fuzzy …

In this paper, various aspects of trigeneration power plants including advantages,
challenges and criteria for high efficiency operation are discussed. In trigeneration systems …

In recent years, great attention, both in research and application fields, has been focused on
the transition from centralized to decentralized (or Distributed Generation, DG) energy …