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Environmental evaluation of a power plant using conventional and advanced exergy-based methods

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  • Petrakopoulou, Fontina
  • Tsatsaronis, George
  • Morosuk, Tatiana
  • Paitazoglou, Christopher

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An advanced exergoenvironmental analysis combines an advanced exergetic analysis with a life cycle assessment. This allows the environmental impacts of an energy conversion system to be split into avoidable/unavoidable and endogenous/exogenous parts, revealing improvement potential and component interactions. This paper presents the application of an advanced exergoenvironmental analysis to a combined-cycle power plant based on results obtained by a life cycle assessment and a conventional exergoenvironmental analysis. The results are discussed, while possible improvements for reducing the environmental impacts are noted.

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  • Petrakopoulou, Fontina & Tsatsaronis, George & Morosuk, Tatiana & Paitazoglou, Christopher, 2012. "Environmental evaluation of a power plant using conventional and advanced exergy-based methods," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 45(1), pages 23-30.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:45:y:2012:i:1:p:23-30
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.01.042
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