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APPLIED ENERGY
Volume 102, Issue -, Pages 327-335Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.07.020
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Combined heat and power; Internal combustion engine; Power generation; Heat recovery
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This paper presents a power generation and heat recovery model for reciprocating internal combustion engines (ICES). The purpose of the proposed model is to provide realistic estimates of performance/efficiency maps for both electrical power output and useful thermal output for various capacities of engines for use in a preliminary CHP design/simulation process. The proposed model will serve as an alternative to constant engine efficiencies or empirical efficiency curves commonly used in the current literature for simulations of CHP systems. The engine performance/efficiency calculation algorithm has been coded to a publicly distributed FORTRAN Dynamic Link Library (DLL), and a user friendly tool has been developed using Visual Basic programming. Simulation results using the proposed model are validated against manufacturer's technical data. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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