Showing papers in "Applied Energy in 2015"

TL;DR: A comprehensive and clear picture of the state-of-the-art technologies available, and where they would be suited for integration into a power generation and distribution system is provided in this article.

TL;DR: In this article, the state of the art of the energy storage systems for wind power integration support from different aspects is reviewed, including the selection of the ESS type, and the optimal sizing and siting of an ESS.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the development and design of coherent smart energy systems as an integrated part of achieving future 100% renewable energy and transport solutions, which can potentially pave the way to a bioenergy-free, renewable energy- and transport system.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the potential of dark fermentation of organic biomasses and its potential in green energy-efficient green chemistry applications is presented, with a brief review on the simulation and modeling of the dark fermentation processes and their energy balance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized existing research on PV self-consumption and options to improve it, namely energy storage and load management, also called demand side management (DSM), and showed that it is possible to increase the relative selfconsumption with a battery storage capacity of 0.5-1. kW.

TL;DR: In this paper, the current status of heat transfer fluid, which is one of the critical components for storing and transferring thermal energy in concentrating solar power systems, is reviewed in detail, particularly regarding the melting temperature, thermal stability limit and corrosion issues.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss how energy justice can serve as a conceptual tool for philosophers and ethicists that better integrates usually distinct distributive and procedural justice concerns, and present a useful decision-making tool that can assist energy planners and consumers in making more informed energy choices.

TL;DR: In this paper, the benefits and drawbacks of using CO2 as a working fluid for shale gas production were analyzed using a combination of new experimental and modeling data at multiple scales, and the potential advantages of CO2 including enhanced fracturing and fracture propagation, reduction of flow blocking mechanisms, increased desorption of methane adsorbed in organic-rich parts of the shale, and a reduction or elimination of the deep re-injection of flow-back water that has been linked to induced seismicity and other environmental concerns.

TL;DR: In this article, the basic concepts of the thermoelectric and discusses its recent material researches about the figure of merit are discussed, and the recent applications of the thermal generator, including the structure optimization, low temperature recovery, the heat resource and its application area.

TL;DR: In this article, a review on three streams of life cycle studies that have been frequently applied to evaluate the environmental impacts of building construction with a major focus on whether they can be used for decision making is provided.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the recent technologies of thermal energy storage (TES) using phase change materials (PCM) for various applications, particularly concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) generation systems.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the important works on the modelling and parameters estimation of photovoltaic (PV) cells for PV simulation is presented, which provides the concepts, features, and highlights the advantages and drawbacks of three main PV cell models, namely the single diode RS-, RP- and the two-diode.

TL;DR: In this paper, a hybrid phase change materials (PCM) and forced air convection (FA) system is presented to prevent heat accumulation in a battery pack and maintain the maximum temperature under 50°C in all cycles.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a method to improve the efficiency of the PO only several lines of additional software codes are to be embedded into the conventional P&O MPPT control program.

TL;DR: The availability of increasing amounts of data to electricity utilities through the implementation of domestic smart metering campaigns has meant that traditional ways of analysing meter reading information such as descriptive statistics has become increasingly difficult.

TL;DR: In this article, a tree-shaped fin with one and two bifurcations was proposed to enhance the performance of a shell-and-tube LHTES unit.

TL;DR: In this article, various types of direct ethanol fuel cells are reviewed with emphasis on ethanol sources and production methods, cell construction materials, operating regime, cell and stack fabrication, performance and life time issues, technology status and market applications.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors comprehensively review the recent advances for chemical-looping reforming of CH4 (CLR) technology, which breaks down the traditional CH4 reforming process (including steam and dry reforming) into two separate half-steps, namely CH4 oxidation and replenishment of oxygen carrier (OC) with appropriate oxidizing agents.

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential of industrial waste heat for heating and cooling applications is investigated and the maximum acceptable investment cost for each technology is estimated and compared with the current investment cost depending on the operating hours of the system.

TL;DR: The Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit as mentioned in this paper is the largest and most complete grid integration data set publicly available to date for wind energy integration studies in the United States.

TL;DR: This paper provides a review on the most relevant research works conducted to solve natural gas transportation problems via pipeline systems and presents a detailed discussion of the efforts made in optimizing natural gas transmission lines.

TL;DR: A novel method for real-time RUL estimation of Li ion batteries is proposed that integrates classification and regression attributes of Support Vector (SV) based machine learning technique.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review of cold gas and hot gas syngas cleanup for major contaminants (tar, NH3, H2S, HCl and trace metals) is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) based on a novel integrated vehicle simulation framework, which allows for consistency in vehicle parameter settings and consideration of future technological progress.

TL;DR: In this article, a combined heat and power (CHP) based district heating (DH) system with RES and energy storage system (ESS) is studied and a modeling and optimization method is developed for planning and operating such CHP-DH systems.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the gas production from methane hydrate-bearing sediments, and compared the three methods: depressurization, two-cycle warm-water injection and a combination of the two methods.

TL;DR: In this paper, a pumped hydro storage system is proposed, which is considered as a promising technology for solar energy penetration and particularly for small autonomous systems in remote areas The mathematical models for the major components are developed, and system reliability and economic criteria are discussed as a benchmark for optimization The genetic algorithm (GA), along with Pareto optimality concept, is used for the system technoeconomic optimization: to maximize power supply reliability and minimize system lifecycle cost simultaneously.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of typical typical RTMs in North America, Australia and Europe, focusing on their market architectures and incentive policies for integrating distributed energy resources (DER) and demand response (DR) in electricity markets is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors employed a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method to consider some subjective but important criteria for EVCS site selection to reflect the ambiguity and vagueness due to the subjective judgments of decision makers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the dynamic programming (DP) approach to deal with the integrated optimization problem for deriving the best configuration and energy split strategies of a hybrid energy storage system (HESS), including a battery and a supercapacitor (SC), for an electric city bus.