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Showing papers in "Energy Conversion and Management in 2016"


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TL;DR: In this article, the pyrolysis process for each type of plastics and the main process parameters that influenced the final end product such as oil, gaseous and char were reviewed.

1,150 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on the classification of various paraffins and salt hydrates, and provided an understanding on how to maximize thermal utilization of PCM and how to improve the phase transition rate, thermal conductivity, latent heat storage capacity and thermo-physical stability.

484 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of number of channels, inlet mass flow rate, flow direction, and width of channels on the thermal behavior of the battery pack were analyzed and the results showed that the mini-channel cold-plate thermal management system provided good cooling efficiency in controlling the battery temperature at 5C discharge.

348 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a swarm-based artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm is applied for optimal sizing of components, and the results are compared with the results obtained from the standard software tool, hybrid optimization model for electric renewable (HOMER) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm.

328 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, an alternative cooling technique for photovoltaic (PV) panels that includes a water spray application over panel surfaces is presented, where both sides of the PV panel were cooled simultaneously, to investigate the total water spray cooling effect on the PV panels performance in circumstances of peak solar irradiation levels.

317 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, an hourly resolved model has been created based on linear optimization of energy system parameters under given constrains, which is comprised of five scenarios for 100% renewable energy power systems in North-East Asia with different high voltage direct current transmission grid development levels, including industrial gas demand and additional energy security.

273 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors optimize the biodiesel production process parameters (methanol-to-oil ratio, agitation speed and concentration of the potassium hydroxide catalyst) of a biodiesel derived from non-edible feedstocks, namely Jatropha curcas and Ceiba pentandra, using response surface methodology based on Box-Behnken experimental design.

272 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of the nanoparticle volumetric concentration and inlet fluid velocity on the efficiency and heat transfer enhancement of a water-cooled photovoltaic thermal collector were simulated.

271 citations


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TL;DR: A proper optimization algorithm, called Moth-Flame Optimizer (MFO), is proposed as a new optimization algorithm for the parameter extraction process of the three tested models based on data measured at laboratory and other data reported at previous literature.

244 citations


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TL;DR: The low cost and efficient CaO catalysts have been successfully prepared from chicken manure by a simple calcination, in this article, and the Hammett indicator test showed that the obtained CaO catalyst has the basic strength in a range of 15.

244 citations


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TL;DR: An overview of experimental results about the heat transfer capabilities of graphene nanofluids is reviewed in this paper, where a number of publications are available on this issue and only few studies provide quantitative estimates on a complete set of experimental conditions so far.

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TL;DR: In this article, the melting and solidification of a phase change materials (PCM) within three various horizontal annulus configurations including two circular cylinders, one elliptical cylinder in a circular cylinder and one finned cylinder in circular cylinder are investigated numerically in terms of the aspect ratio and the orientation of the ellipse.

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TL;DR: In this article, an optimization technique based on cat swarm optimization (CSO) algorithm is proposed to estimate the unknown parameters of single and double diode models, and the evaluation for the quality of identified parameters is also given.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a micro-scale tri/co-generation system capable of combined heat and power production and refrigeration, based on the joint operation of an organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) and a vapor Compression Cycle (VCC), is presented.

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TL;DR: A review of different waste heat recovery systems has been conducted, to lay out the potential recovery efficiencies and suitability for marine applications as discussed by the authors, which helps in identifying the most suitable heat recovery technologies for maritime use depending on the properties of shipboard waste heat.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the feasibility of running a hybrid diesel/PV/Wind/battery power generation system for a non-residential large electricity consumer in the south of Iran was investigated.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of using cerium oxide (CeO 2 ) nanoparticle as additive in Lemongrass Oil (LGO) emulsion fuel was experimentally investigated in a single cylinder, constant speed diesel engine.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the effectiveness of six numerical methods is evaluated to determine the shape (k) and scale (c) parameters of Weibull distribution function for the purpose of calculating the wind power density.

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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of fatty acid methyl esters proportion on combustion and emission characteristics of a biodiesel fueled diesel engine in terms of heat release rate, cylinder pressure, indicated power and formation of NOx emission were investigated.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview on the various aspects of device development i.e. from synthesis of high ZT thermoelectric materials to issues & design aspects of the TEG.

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TL;DR: The knowledge of thermodynamic and transport properties of CO2-mixtures is important for designing and operating different processes in carbon capture and storage systems as mentioned in this paper, and a literature survey is presented in this paper.

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a review on important knowledge that needs to be taken into account while designing and implementing standalone PV systems, including configurations of standalone photovoltaic system, evaluation criteria for unit sizing, sizing methodologies, and highlights on challenges and limitations of standalone PV system size optimization techniques.

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TL;DR: In this article, pyrolysis kinetics of pine wood, rice husk and bamboo (Bambusa chungii ) were studied via thermo-gravimetric analysis technique under low heating rates.

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TL;DR: The results of this study show that the proposed crisscross optimization algorithm has significant advantage over the back-propagation algorithm and particle swarm optimization in addressing the prematurity problems when applied to train the neural network.

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TL;DR: In this article, the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) and an artificial neural network (ANN) were combined for 1-h ahead wind speed forecasts, and the performance results showed the mean absolute percentage errors (MAPE) of 2.2598, 3.3530% and 3.8589% at three different locations for daily average wind speeds.

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TL;DR: In this paper, different types of trigeneration systems are classified according to the prime mover, size and energy sequence usage, and a leveled selection procedure is subsequently listed in consecutive sections.

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Xinzhi Wang1, Yurong He1, Gong Cheng1, Lei Shi1, Xing Liu1, Jiaqi Zhu1 
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of solar power density and carbon-nanotube concentration on solar steam-generation performance were investigated experimentally in the present work and the evaporation rate increases with an increase in solar power and carbon nanotubes concentration.

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TL;DR: In this article, the phase change material (PCM) is introduced into the photovoltaic-thermoelectric (PV-TE) system to mitigate the temperature fluctuations of the PV cell and the TE modules and keep the hybrid PV-TE system operating under a fixed operating condition.

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TL;DR: In this paper, models for predicting wind speed at 10-min intervals up to 1h have been built based on linear and non-linear autoregressive moving average models with and without external variables.

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TL;DR: In this article, a flat and v-corrugated plate solar air heaters with built-in PCM as thermal energy storage material were designed and tested under prevailing weather conditions of Tanta city (30° 43′N, 31°E).