Cogeneration and District Energy Systems : Modelling, Analysis and Optimization

District energy systems use central heating and/or cooling facilities to provide heating and/or cooling services for communities and can be particularly beneficial when integrated with cogeneration plants for electricity and heat. 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.

Topics covered include;

• brief introduction to district heating and cogeneration
• background material on thermodynamics and exergy analyses
• models for cogeneration, heating and district heating, and chilling and district cooling
• descriptions and analyses of configurations for integrating cogeneration and DE technologies
• economics of cogeneration and DE
• environmental impact of cogeneration systems, including wastes and carbon dioxide emissions and their allocations
• modelling and optimisation of cogeneration-based district energy systems accounting for economics and environmental impac
• developments and advances in technologies and systems for cogeneration and DE
• future directions

Preface
About The Authors
Acknowledgments
Nomenclature

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 : Modeling and Optimization 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

References
Index