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- Page 5 and 6: ABSTRACTThe domestic sector account
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- Page 9 and 10: 2.4.3.3 Aggregated loads frequency
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- Page 23 and 24: ACRONYMS & ABBREVATIONSBMS Building
- Page 25 and 26: CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTIONChapter overvi
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- Page 47 and 48: [29] Lai, S.M. and Hui, C.W. "Feasi
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- Page 53 and 54: associated plant systems by simply
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- Page 61 and 62: Section 2.3.3.2, on the other hand,
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For each appliance in each househol
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Kolmogorof-Smirnov test exceeds the
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Fig. 2.13 - Electrical demand profi
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Fig. 2.18 - Daily electrical energy
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Fig. 2.22 - High efficiency electri
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Note that the domestic hot water pr
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Fig. 2.30 - High efficiency electri
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Fig. 2.31 - Occupancy model for a 3
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Fig. 2.34 - Internal heat gains emi
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The second aspect is that the inter
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‘time-use surveys’. In this cas
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annual average daily hot water usag
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Figure 2.39 shows the resulting agg
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2.8 Chapter References[1] "ESP-r",
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http://www.bicc.gov.mt/bicc/files_f
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Conference 2006. 2006. London[38] D
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3.1 Control strategies for the indo
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floors within a ‘dead band’ of
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elow the maximum comfortable temper
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duct 2 via the air node in the cool
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The dotted lines in Figure 3.2 repr
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Control Loop 6DescriptionTime - bas
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Time - basedcontrol scheme00.00-08.
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The refrigerant continues its therm
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a hypothetical control volume repre
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contained within it. Similarly as f
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equation (3.2), (3.4) and (3.6), th
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- (3.12)Assuming solution saturatio
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weak solution branch calculated usi
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Table 3.8 - Component coefficients
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Both the high pressure inside the c
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3.3.5.3 Calibration stage 3: Obtain
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Although the two sets of results sh
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Fig. 3.8 - Measured vs. modelled ch
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Similarly, Figure 3.10 and Figure 3
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Fig. 3.12 - Micro-trigeneration pla
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Fig. 3.13 - Micro-trigeneration pla
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3.6 Chapter References[1] National
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[22] Kohlenbach, P. and Ziegler, F.
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Systems" in eSim 2006 The Canadian
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4.1 Simulation methodology4.1.1 Sce
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trigeneration system performance. H
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4.1.2 Weekly, monthly, seasonal and
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In the deterministic approach, perf
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which is the energy absorbed by the
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Based on the data and profiles crea
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trigeneration system performance is
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The emission factor of LPG, e LPG ,
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Costs are based on personal communi
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Whilst keeping the price of LPG con
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4.2.3.3 Internal rate of returnThe
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4.4 Chapter References[1] "Feed-in
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[19] Herold, A. (2003). "Comparison
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5.1 Effect on thermal demand of imp
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has a larger glazed and wall area t
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profiles of the different floors in
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In terms of the daily electrical en
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Fig. 5.2 - Load duration curves for
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Table 5.5 - CHP unit fuel consumpti
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important aspect as it shows that i
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Table 5.6 - CHP Unit switching cycl
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set switching ‘On’ signal (65º
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Table 5.7 - Auxiliary boiler fuel c
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Except for Scenario 3 High , the mo
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of the household appliances does no
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esulted in higher net imports 4 , l
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Similarly to other operational char
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system efficiency is identical for
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2 High/High efficiency3 High/Curren
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5.3.6.2 Effect of improving the gri
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Fig. 5.7 - Sensitivity of PES to gr
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Table 5.12 - Micro-trigeneration em
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The same conclusions discussed for
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Fig. 5.9 - Sensitivity of annual ES
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Fig. 5.10 - Sensitivity of annual E
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Electricity tariff level when the m
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Given the different energy quantiti
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Multiple of current electricity tar
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Having discussed the effect that ch
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In the course of this chapter Scena
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LPG price level when the micro-trig
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Figures 5.18 and 5.19 shows how the
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Electricity tariff level when the m
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As explained, when assessing the IR
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Minimum threshold viability of the
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5.6 Integrated performance assessme
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Notwithstanding the diversity in re
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it can be deduced that reductions i
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years. Such a payback period would
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5.8 Chapter References[1] "Malta Bu
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6.1 IntroductionThis final chapter
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primarily include:i. Improving the
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households. Instantaneous electrica
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however, these operating conditions
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6.5 Chapter References[1] Borg, S.P
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Factors for use in equation (2.1) f
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Factors for use in equation (2.1) f
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Factors for use in equation (2.1) f
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Factors for use in equation (2.1) f
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Factors for use in equation (2.1) f
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Fig. B1 - Current efficiency electr
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Fig. B7 - High efficiency electrica
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Fig. B13 - Current efficiency elect
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Fig. B19 - Current efficiency elect
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Fig. B25 - High efficiency electric
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APPENDIX CCharacteristics of the ma
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0.0000 #49 Performance map: Elec. e
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Component Data:5.0000 #1 Component
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Name Assigned:Chilled Water PumpCon
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APPENDIX DSolving the partial diffe
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- (D4)The ‘cross coupling term’
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APPENDIX EAbsorption chiller plant
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C 17 Minimum chilled water temperat
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call edisp(iuout,' CMP73C: unresolv
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C downstream from the generator. (A
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End IfPlow=PlowC Calculate the satu
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C Set Maximum and Minimum Limits to
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XWK=4020 DWK=-(9.133128) + (0.94396
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C Calculations performed using equa
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IF(IONOFF.EQ.0) THENQi=0ElseC For N
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ELSE IF(IMPEXP.EQ.2) THENALPHA=RATI
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PCAOUT(IPCOMP,7)=COPPCAOUT(IPCOMP,8
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APPENDIX FMicro-trigeneration syste
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Fig. F.3 - IRR for scenarios with d
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Fig. F.7 - PP for scenarios with di