In the context of CO2 emission mitigation in power generation, energy conversion technologies enabling the implementation of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) need to be considered.
Instead, district energy systems have the capacity to obtain several benefits, regarding the practical, environmental and safety by taking advantage of large poly-generation energy conversion technologies.
A distributed energy system refers to an energy system where energy production is close to end use, typically relying on various small-scale energy generation, conversion and storage technologies.
Compared the contribution of various electricity generation technologies to the medium power demand, it presents that different electricity conversion technologies have various generation quantities under changed pollutants emission- cutting scenarios.
Energy conversion technologies, especially for power generation and refrigeration, driven by the low temperature heat source are gathering the momentum recently.
Solid-state energy conversion technologies such as thermoelectric and thermionic refrigeration and power generation require materials with low thermal conductivity but good electrical conductivity, which are difficult to realize in bulk semiconductors.
It indicates that environment-friendly electricity conversion technologies should better serve interests of the pollutants emission reduction and be chosen for power generation to meet the ever-increasing electricity demands and gradually enhancing pollutants emission reduction requirements.
It is known that the technology of IC engine has its advantages as compared with other energy conversion technologies used on vehicles: The IC engine is a proven cost-effective technology with a long history of dominating the markets of power generation, indicating that the technology has stood firm with the test of time.
Thermochemical conversion technologies have certain advantages and disadvantages over biochemical conversion technologies [6].
