Showing papers in "Energy for Sustainable Development in 2008"

TL;DR: In this article, the relative emissions from five common types of biomass combustion in order to investigate if there are cleaner options for families living in families using biomass to cook every day, the possibility of improved stoves helping to mitigate climate change is generating increasing attention.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors carried out an assessment of the current status of modern energy supply among the urban and peri-urban poor in Kenya and to identify viable policy options that can assist in providing cleaner and more sustainable energy services to the rapidly growing urban population in Kenya.

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between solar photovoltaic (PV) rural electrification and energy-poverty was assessed using social, economic and environmental indicator-based questionnaires in 96 solar-electrified and 113 nonelectrified households in rural Ghana.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a decision support system (DSS) that analyzes the feasibility of setting up micro-hydro power (MHP) plants under a sustainable development perspective, considering hydrological, topographical, geotechnical, environmental, energy, economic and social aspects of the target site.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of wood moisture content on the performance and emissions of biomass-fired stoves was assessed using the laboratory-based water boiling test, which yielded a number of performance indicators (time to boil water, specific fuel consumption and energy efficiency).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present research work on producing amorphous siliceous ash with low carbon content through combustion of rice husk in a fluidized bed combustor.

TL;DR: The average personnel requirement for a stand-alone biodiesel plant is E √ Q 0.5, where Q is plant capacity, indicating significant economies of scale for labour in biodiesel plants over the range of plants investigated as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, a methodology for evaluation of distributed generation (DG) as an alternative path to rural electrification in Bhutan is presented, where an algorithm based on a set of criteria is proposed to evaluate different DG options.

TL;DR: In this article, the impacts of solar PV lighting on indoor air smoke in rural households were assessed using the with/without comparison method, 209 solar-electrified and nonelectrified households were surveyed to assess impacts and the study results indicated that solar PV lights are likely to reduce the proportion of household members being affected by indoor smoke from kerosene lanterns by 50 %.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a non-destructive method to determine the winding details of a 3.7-kW motor without damaging the winding, which is applicable to motors of all efficiency categories including energy efficient designs.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed energy consumption and associated issues in the textile dyeing cluster of Tirupur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and found that the importance of energy among the inputs was established by estimating the Cobb-Douglas production function.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the current levels of access to clean forms of energy for cooking, lighting and productive/economic purposes, for the urban and peri-urban poor in Delhi, the capital of India, and identify challenges and policy measures to improve clean energy access.

TL;DR: In this paper, the status of peri-urban zones of Dakar, Senegal with respect to access to clean energy services for household use and also for productive purposes is investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the household energy situation in the rapidly growing poor urban and peri-urban areas of South Africa in general and analyses in greater depth a primary household energy survey conducted in Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the energy use pattern of slum-dwellers in two cities of Thailand, Bangkok and Khon Kaen, the energy expenditures, and the key factors for the high access to electricity and other modern forms of energy.

TL;DR: In this article, a new method is presented to determine the optimum generation capacity and storage needed for a hybrid (wind/PV/battery) system, based on instantaneous wind speed variations.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of a study on the living conditions and the energy access of the urban poor in Argentina based on primary data collection among poor inhabitants of Villa Fiorito and Budge, in southern Greater Buenos Aires.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present results of experience with simulation and measurement systems applied to local wind and hybrid (wind-diesel) isolated systems in south Patagonia, especially in Santa Cruz and Chubut provinces (Argentina) and the XII Region of Magallanes in Chile.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new computational model for the analysis of the suspension system of an innovative concept in vertical-axis wind turbines is introduced, where each blade slides over rails, mounted on a wagon formed by a reticulated structure supported by standard train bogies.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify alternative heat markets by exploring opportunities for efficient supply of district heating to the industrial sector in hot Asian countries, which lack heat demand in their households.

TL;DR: In this study a dynamic model of a HWH system was developed and an intelligent fuzzy logic operating strategy was designed to improve energy efficiency of the system.

TL;DR: In this paper, the economic impact of power supply interruptions and their economic impact on a sample of industrial consumers, estimating self-generation costs and environmental impacts, was examined and it was concluded that the impact of these outages on the economy is significant.

TL;DR: In this article, the characteristics of commercial farmers who grow and those who do not grow eucalyptus trees, a widely-cultivated fast-growing fuel-wood crop, in eastern Thailand, encompassing basic household, land and land-use, and farming characteristics.