“…At the meantime, the investment costs of the hydrate slurry tank were notably reduced. In addition to common indicators, such as cooling load, power consumption and life cycle cost (summation of initial capital cost and operation cost) [14], environmental considerations need also be included in evaluation of a CHB-VCRS incorporating CTES technologies. For instance, Dai et al introduced a life cycle climate performance to indicate the CO2 emissions of the CO2 system over the whole lifetime [15], an indicator including pollution emissions to express the environmental performance for different strategies [16].…”