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| Preface | |
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| Author's Notes | |
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| Introduction and Background Glossary | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Battery, Electric | |
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| Fuel Cell | |
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| Gas Turbine | |
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| Microturbines | |
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| Abbreviations and Acronyms | |
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| Basic Microturbines | |
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| Distributed Generation and Microturbines | |
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| Design and Components of Microturbines | |
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| Thermodynamic Heat Cycle | |
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| Microturbine Package | |
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| Recuperators | |
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| Bearings | |
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| Generator | |
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| Inlet Air Cooling | |
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| Firing (Turbine Inlet) Temperature | |
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| Fuel Gas Compressors | |
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| Combined Heat and Power Operation | |
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| Microturbine Application and Performance | |
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| Power-Only | |
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| Combined Heat and Power | |
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| Cost and Performance Characteristics | |
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| Microturbine Design Considerations | |
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| Part-Load Performance | |
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| Effects of Ambient Conditions on Performance | |
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| Combined Heat and Power Performance | |
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| Microturbine Economics and Market Factors | |
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| Sample Cost Data: Microturbine CHP Systems | |
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| Sample Cost Data: Microturbine Power-Only Systems | |
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| Determining Project Economics and ROI | |
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| Microturbine Fuels and Emissions | |
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| Fuels | |
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| Emission Characteristics | |
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| System Emissions | |
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| Microturbine Performance Optimization and Testing | |
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| Technology Paths to Increased Performance | |
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| Ceramic Materials | |
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| Microturbine Installation and Commissioning | |
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| Site Selection | |
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| Floor Planning | |
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| Recommended Service Clearances | |
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| Factors Affecting Performance | |
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| System Airflow Requirements | |
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| Indoor Installation | |
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| Microturbine Maintenance, Availability, and Life Cycle Usage | |
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| Maintenance | |
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| Availability and Life | |
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| Microturbine System Applications and Case Studies | |
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| Microturbines Operating in Power-Only Applications | |
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| Chemical Plant | |
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| Factory Commissary | |
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| Hospital | |
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| Dairy Farm | |
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| Mass Transit HEV Buses | |
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| Office/Factory Building | |
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| University | |
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| Consumer Electronics Manufacturing | |
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| Project Development | |
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| Combined Head and Power With Microturbines | |
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| Types of Plants | |
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| MicroCHP | |
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| What Makes a Plant a Good Candidate for CHP? | |
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| Microturbine CHP Systems | |
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| CHP Funding Oportunities | |
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| Economics of CHP | |
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| Unconventional Microturbine Fuels | |
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| Microturbine Generator Running on Landfill Gas in Florida | |
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| Fuel Gas from Cow Manure | |
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| Extracts from "Economic and Financial Aspects of Landfill Gas to Energy Project Development in California | |
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| Competition for the Microturbine Industry | |
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| Competing Distributed Energy Systems | |
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| Wind Hybrids and Other Sources | |
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| Biodiesel Fueled Wind-Diesel Hybrids | |
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| Producer Gas Hybrids | |
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| Biogas Hybrids | |
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| Solar Hybrids | |
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| Micro-Hydroelectric Hybrids | |
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| In General | |
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| Microturbines in Integrated Systems, Fuel Cells, and Hydrogen Fuel | |
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| 1-MW Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-Hybrid Fuel Cell/Microturbine System | |
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| Microturbine-Wind Hybrids | |
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| Fuel Cells | |
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| Biofuels for Fuel Cells | |
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| Fuel Reforming | |
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| Stationary and Transport Applications of Fuel Cells | |
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| Fuel Cell Case Studies | |
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| The Hydrogen Energy Vector | |
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| Microturbine Manufacturing and Packaging | |
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| Component Development | |
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| Business Risk and Investment Considerations | |
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| Internet Purchase and Internet Paid-Membership Sites | |
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| Stock Offerings | |
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| Government Support and New Legislation | |
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| Cultural Considerations | |
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| Federal Life-Cycle Costing Procedures | |
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| The Future for Microturbine Technology | |
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| "Thumbnail"-Sized Personal Turbines | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |