The development of trigeneration systems is especially important in the buildings sector, where the thermal loads are imposed by the needs of heating, domestic hot water, and cooling. A strong seasonal character is indicated, since the demands depend totally on local climatic conditions and vary...

The necessity of considering the environment as an additional design factor arises due to increasing environmental conscience worldwide and stricter requirements to reduce the environmental impact of energy systems. Designing such systems very often involves conflicting objectives as...

This paper reports on early work and concept development for Optimal Mine Site Energy Supply, where the specific energy supply requirements and constraints for mineral production operations are considered against methodologies that have been applied for other sectors and in other energy policy...