num_pages: 208
description: Steam cycles in combined heat and power plants. Efficiency of combined heat and power systems. Characteristics of steam-turbine CHP plants. Choice of equipment in CHP generating systems. Economic effects of combined heat and power production. Costs and energy produced CHP generating systems. Future development trends in CHP generating systems. This new series of books from the IET brings together the engineering aspects of renewable energy technology, power generation and systems integration. Covering all aspects of renewable and sustainable power and highlighting the key principles behind each technology, its state of development and its relevance in the power industry. With energy and sustainability being areas of primary concern, these books are practical in approach and appeal to specialists and non-specialists alike, providing a thorough understanding to the economical and environmental issues as well as key engineering features. Also Profiting from Low-Grade Heat - ISBN 9780852968352Tidal Power - ISBN 9780863411892 The Institution of Engineering and Technology is one of the world's leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community. The IET publishes more than 100 new titles every year; a rich mix of books, journals and magazines with a back catalogue of more than 350 books in 18 different subject areas -Power &amp; Energy-Renewable Energy-Radar, Sonar &amp; Navigation-Electromagnetics-Electrical Measurement-History of Technology-Technology Management
language: English
title: Combined Heat and Power Generating Systems
titlecomplete: Combined Heat and Power Generating Systems (Institution of Electrical Engineers//IEEE Energy Series)
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publisher: The Institution of Engineering and Technology