Incorporating the Variability of Wind Power with Electric Heat Pumps

With the mass introduction of wind power in Northern China, wind power variability has appeared. In this article, both existing electric heat pumps (EHPs) and coal-fired combined heat and power (CHP) facilities, which are generally equipped with extraction-condensing steam turbines coupled with dist...

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Main Authors: Hongyu Long, Ruilin Xu, Jianjun He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-10-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/4/10/1748/