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dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-22T07:58:57Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-07-22T07:58:57Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Spiteri, M. (2015). Design and build of a domestic scale micro-CHP for local application (Master's dissertation). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/78536 | - |
dc.description | M.SC.ENG. | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | The Master research involved the analyses of three different CHP machines, each within their respective application. The first system covered was a micro-CHP (5.5kWe/11kWth) running on diesel and used to feed in electricity into the grid and supply thermal energy into a constant mass o± water within a calorifier. An existing medium scale CHP (49kWe/90kWth) running on LPG used to feed in electricity into the grid and supply thermal energy into a public pool, replacing a boiler, was analyzed and compared to a boiler system. Finally, a micro CHP was designed and constructed based on a research of domestic scale micro-CUP systems and their requirements and shortcomings. The constructed micro-CHP (1.5kWe/3kWth) runs on gasoline and is used to feed electricity into the grid and supply thermal energy for space heating through a water to air heat exchanger. Analysis and testing was performed for the main components of the constructed CHP unit, both as separate entities and as a whole unit. Through the testing performed, the efficiency of the constructed CHP was calculated, and areas of improvement identified. A market and economic analysis was performed, in order to identify the financial feasibility of such a system. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Cogeneration of electric power and heat | en_GB |
dc.subject | Thermodynamics | en_GB |
dc.subject | Electric generators | en_GB |
dc.title | Design and build of a domestic scale micro-CHP for local application | en_GB |
dc.type | masterThesis | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Malta | en_GB |
dc.publisher.department | Faculty of Engineering. Department of Mechanical Engineering | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | N/A | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Spiteri, Matthew (2015) | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacEng - 2015 Dissertations - FacEngME - 1968-2015 |
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