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In this chapter, the concept of conversion efficiency by exploring multi-fuel (MF) energy systems is discussed. An MF system can be defined as a system with various fuel energy inputs and useful product outputs. The difficulty in defining a performance index for MF systems lies in quantifying the contribution of each input fuel to the total output energy.
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An isentropic expansion and an isothermal compression is made up of an isobaric heat absorption during the process of heat exchange. The hot source temperature decreases from T Q to T 0 .
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Branchini, L. (2015). Performance Indexes and Output Allocation for Multi-fuel Energy Systems. In: Waste-to-Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13608-0_7
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