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This book provides information on district energy and cogeneration technologies, and the systems that combine them, with a focus on their modelling, analysis and optimisation.
List of contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Thermodynamic analysis: fundamentals, energy and exergy
- Chapter 3: Cogeneration systems
- Chapter 4: Heating and district heating systems
- Chapter 5: Chilling and district cooling systems
- Chapter 6: Integrated systems for cogeneration and district energy
- Chapter 7: Comparison of systems for integrated cogeneration and district energy
- Chapter 8: Economics of cogeneration and district energy
- Chapter 9: Environmental impact of cogeneration systems: wastes and their allocation
- Chapter 10: Climate change and cogeneration: addressing carbon dioxide emissions
- Chapter 11: Modelling and optimisation of cogeneration-based district energy systems accounting for economics and environmental impact
- Chapter 12: Developments and advances in technologies and systems for cogeneration and district energy
- Chapter 13: Closing and future considerations
About the author
Marc A. Rosen is a Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. He is former President of the Engineering Institute of Canada and the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, and has served in many professional capacities, including Editor-in-Chief of several journals and a member of the Board of Directors of Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation. Dr Rosen is an active teacher and researcher in energy, sustainability, cogeneration and environmental impact. Much of his research has been carried out for industry, and he has written numerous books. He was a member of an International Energy Agency Experts Group on cogeneration/district cooling, and the Canadian Experts Group on the same topic.
Summary
This book provides information on district energy and cogeneration technologies, and the systems that combine them, with a focus on their modelling, analysis and optimisation.
