Monitoring of energy exergy efficiencies and exergoeconomic parameters of geothermal district heating systems (GDHSs)

WOS: 000265735300041In this work, the monitoring energy and exergy efficiency results of the last heating seasons of operation of the geothermal district heating systems (GDHSs) and their technical availability analysis and monitoring exergoeconomic parameters are presented. The case studies cover the actual system data taken from the systems in Afyon and Salihli GDHSs, Turkey. General energy, exergy, technical availability, and exergoeconomic analysis of the GDHSs are introduced. Furthermore, the average technical availability, real availability, capacity factor and energy and exergy efficiencies value of GDHSs have been analyzed. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.The authors are grateful for the financial support provided for the project under Project No. 106M166 by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), and gratefully acknowledge the technical support provided by the Manisa-Salihli Municipality, and the AFJET Inc. This study would not have been possible without the cooperation and assistance of the personnel at the TUBITAK, Manisa-Salihli Municipality, and AFJET Inc. Additional, but not last, we would like to thank editor and reviewers due to coordination in getting such constructive comments to help us improve the quality of the paper.Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) [106M166