Exergy and economic analyses of replacing feedwater heaters in a Rankine cycle with parabolic trough collectors
Fossil fuels are exhaustible and their consumption causes environmental problems. As a result, renewable energy resources, specifically solar energy, should be utilized more to overcome the aforementioned issues. The biggest problem with renewable energy utilization is that their capital cost is ver...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-11-01
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Series: | Energy Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484717303311 |