The continuously growing population and urban growth rates are responsible for the sharp
rise in energy consumption, which leads to increased CO 2 emissions and demand-supply …

This paper presents a review on combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) systems.
This work summarizes the methods used to perform energetic and exergetic analyses …

Integrated energy system are an effective way to achieve sustainable energy development
and build a low-carbon society. However, the combination of different units needs further …

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

Electricity is conceivably the most multipurpose energy carrier in modern global economy,
and therefore primarily linked to human and economic development. Energy sector reform is …

A distributed energy system is a multi-input and multi-output energy system with substantial
energy, economic and environmental benefits. The optimal design of such a complex system …

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 path towards energy sustainability is commonly referred to the incremental adoption of
available technologies, practices and policies that may help to decrease the environmental …

The technical, economical and environmental performances of combined cooling, heating
and power (CCHP) system are closely dependent on its design and operation strategy. This …

The aim of the paper is to describe a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model for
determining the optimal capacity and operation of seven combined cooling, heating and …