Showing papers in "Energy Procedia in 2016"

TL;DR: In this article, the status quo of green finance in the field of renewable energy was investigated and some inadequacies were found out by revealing the internal contradictions between green finance and environmental protection.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a numerical approach of the reduction of temperature of the photovoltaic panels by using the air cooled heat sinks, conceived as a ribbed wall, realized of a high thermal conductivity material.

TL;DR: Test results show that P2P energy trading is able to balance local generation and demand, therefore, has a potential to enable a large penetration of RESs in the power grid.

TL;DR: In this article, a value chain design for transportation fuels and a respective business case taking into account hybrid PV-Wind power plants, electrolysis and hydrogen-to-liquids (H2tL) based on hourly resolved full load hours (FLh) were introduced.

TL;DR: In this paper, an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license is presented, which is an open access article under a CC-BY-NC ND license.

TL;DR: In this article, the direct and indirect greenhouse gases emissions of two model municipal WWTPs were estimated using carbon footprint analyses using a new estimation model based on measurements at eight Austrian WTPs and showed that the direct nitrous oxide emission from the activated sludge tanks dominated the carbon footprint of WWTP with a moderate nitrogen removal.

TL;DR: In this paper, a simulation model for the prediction of the gain of bifacial PV modules (standalone and integrated in a PV field) is presented, and the results obtained by applying the tool to various relevant system configurations (ground albedo, geographical locations, module height and tilt, diffuse irradiation fraction) are shown.

TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental study on acoustic properties improvement of rigid polyurethane closed-cell foam, by incorporating various quantities of textile waste into the matrix, was conducted.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between energy costs of building taller and transportation and infrastructure energy benefits of building denser, by varying building height and other urban characteristics related to density, with the aim of identifying the most influential parameters with regard to energy consumption.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the air cooling capability on the temperature uniformity and hotspots mitigation of a compact battery pack subject to various air flow paths, airflow rates, and the numerical results show that the improvement of effective heat transfer areas between air-coolant and battery surfaces is able to obviously lower the maximum temperature and improve the maximum difference in the densely packed battery box.

TL;DR: In this paper, the optical properties of n-and p-type polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) layers were investigated using variable-angle spectroscopic ellipsometry.

TL;DR: In this paper, a single phase hybrid multilevel inverter with a minimum number of switches for a photovoltaic application is introduced, where a Perturb and observe maximum power point tracking is used for tracking maximum power from solar panel.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provided an overview of current energy mix, key dimensions, gap between supply and demand and potential of energy sources to meet the future demand in Pakistan, which is an energy deficient country with a shortfall within power output of around 6500MW in the form of load shedding.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of factors which influence the thermal comfort inside of vehicle and calculate Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) which represents the average thermal sensation felt by a group of people placed in the vehicle and determining the Predicted Percentage of Dissatisfied (PPD) index.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated Power-to-Gas (PtG) options for variable renewable electricity storage into hydrogen through lowtemperature (alkaline and PEM) and high-temperature water electrolysis technologies, and provided the assessment of the cost of the final product when hydrogen is employed for mobility (on-site refueling stations), electricity generation (by fuel cells in PowertoPower systems) and grid injection in the natural gas network.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the resilience of the integrated energy system (IES) and the interdependence among its subsystems, and compared and evaluated existing studies, including resilience evaluation methods.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of PCL on crystalline morphology, isothermally crystallization of PLA in PLA/PCL blends using POM on investigation was focused on the effect that PCL incorporated were varied from 0-30% by weight.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the most popular methods for assessing thermal comfort in cars and compared them with the indoor environmental quality in buildings and vehicles, and concluded that the ambience quality is an important criterion in marketing this type of products, and that it influences not only the thermal comfort inside the car, but also reduces the risk of accidents by reducing the driver's stress and ensuring a good visibility.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the findings of an analysis of the existing concepts and case studies and propose a new approach for characterization of these elements, which can make a significant and viable contribution to meeting the EU's 2020 targets.

TL;DR: In this paper, a literature review on methodologies to quantify the energy flexibility of buildings is presented, where the authors aim to improve the flexibility of the electrical system by taking advantage of renewable energy generation capacities and demand response measures in buildings.

TL;DR: In this paper, a facile, green and eco-friendly approach was introduced for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles using dragon fruit peel extract (DPE) as reducing as well as capping agent.

TL;DR: A key finding is that circularity-values emerge at the intersection of specific intrinsic properties (material and product characteristics) and relational properties (building design and use characteristics), whilst combining multiple parameters.

TL;DR: In this article, the carrier lifetime evolution of different passivation layers under illumination and at elevated temperatures is investigated. But the degradation was found to depend strongly on surface passivation type, but is independent of the surface doping and oxide charge.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present actual knowledge concerning the indirect evaporative cooling (IEC), which is promising to develop in the near future due to its very low energy consumption and high efficiency in its range of applications.

TL;DR: In this article, a novel use of artificial neural network (ANN) for fault detection and fault location in a low voltage DC bus microgrid system is presented, which can be fast detected and then isolated without de-energizing the entire system, hence achieving a more reliable DC microgrid.

TL;DR: In this article, a new denoising technique based on ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) was proposed for seismic signals in real seismic traces recorded in the Algerian Sahara.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors linked the shared economy with urban sustainability from the perspective of social, economic and environmental sustainability, and revealed that both positive and negative impacts on the above sustainable aspects existed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the AHP method was used for the ranking of ten commercial phase change materials (PCM) taking into consideration the technical specification of the materials, and an effective evaluation approach is essential.

TL;DR: In this article, the rate constants and activation energies of CO 2 adsorption on activated carbon and zeolite 5A were estimated at various temperatures (298, 308, 318 and 338K) and supply pressures (1, 5, 10 and 20bar).

TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation that was conducted to recommend the most suitable dose level of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) into biodiesel-diesel fuel blend at which the optimum diesel engine performance is attained.