Cogeneration-Combined Heat and Power (Chp): Thermodynamics and Economics - Hardcover

Horlock, J. H.

9780894649288: Cogeneration-Combined Heat and Power (Chp): Thermodynamics and Economics

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0894649280 ISBN 13: 9780894649288

Publisher: Krieger Pub Co, 1996

This text provides a sound introduction to all aspects of combined heat and power (CHP) thermodynamics, design, economics, and utilization. Specific emphasis is placed on the performance of combined heat and power plants compared with conventional plants, and the economic considerations in combined heat and power utilization. There are numerous CHP installations now in commission and, where applicable, the text describes practical examples of CHP use.

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About the Author:

Sir John Horlock is an authority on turbomachinery and power plants and his books on axial compressors, axial turbines, actuator disk theory, combined heat and power and combined power plants are widely used and cited. He founded Whittle Laboratory at Cambridge in 1973 and acted as its first Director. He was the Vice-Chancellor firstly at Salford University and subsequently of the Open University. Sir John has been an advisor to Government and industry for forty years and has been a non-executive director of several UK companies. He was recently Treasurer and Vice-President of the Royal Society and was knighted for services to science, engineering and education in 1996.

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