MICRO-CHP POWER GENERATION FOR RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS -- MICRO-CHP POWER GENERATION FOR RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORY -- THE MICRO-CHP SYSTEM -- DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION -- PRIME MOVERS -- RECIPROCATING ENGINES -- Application -- Heat Recovery -- Cost -- Advantages and Disadvantages -- MICROTURBINES -- Application -- Heat Recovery -- Cost -- Advantages and Disadvantages -- STIRLING ENGINES -- Application -- Heat Recovery -- Cost -- Advantages and Disadvantages -- Rankine Cycle Engines -- Application -- Heat Recovery -- Cost -- FUEL CELLS -- PEMFC -- SOFC -- PAFC -- MCFC -- Application -- Heat Recovery -- Cost -- Advantages and Disadvantages Need to de -- HEAT RECOVERY -- Technology Overview -- Application -- Gas-to-Gas Heat Exchangers -- Gas-to-Liquid Heat Exchangers -- Liquid-to-Liquid Heat Exchangers -- THERMALLY ACTIVATED DEVICES -- ABSORPTION CHILLERS -- Technology Overview -- REFRIGERANT-ABSORBENT SELECTION -- Types of Absorption Chillers -- Application -- Cost -- DESICCANT DEHUMIDIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES -- Sub-cooling Systems vs. Desiccant Systems -- Summary of the Principles of Sub-cooling Systems -- Summary of Principles of Desiccant Systems -- TYPES OF DESICCANT SYSTEMS -- General Classifications -- Solid Adsorbents -- Liquid Absorbents -- Regeneration -- Solid Desiccant Systems -- Cost Considerations -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- ADDITIONAL REFERENCES -- INDEX.