Showing papers in "Energy Reports in 2015"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of economic growth and CO 2 emissions on energy consumption for a global panel of 58 countries using dynamic panel data model estimated by means of the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) for the period 1990-2012.

TL;DR: In this article, the solar PV plant design aspects along with its annual performance is elaborated and various types of power losses (temperature, internal network, power electronics, grid connected etc.) and performance ratio are also calculated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of cell temperature on photovoltaic parameters of mono-crystalline silicon solar cell is undertaken, and the results show that cell temperature has a significant effect on the PV parameters and it controls the quality and performance of the solar cell.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a theoretical framework for the energy and exergy evaluation of a basic as well as three modified organic Rankine Cycles (ORCs) considered incorporating turbine bleeding, regeneration and both of them.

TL;DR: Modified plant growth simulation algorithm has been applied here successfully to minimize real power loss because it does not require barrier factors or cross over rates because the objectives and constraints are dealt separately.

TL;DR: In this article, three isotropic and same number of anisotropic sky models were employed by using average monthly mean value of solar radiation on daily basis at Bhopal, local climatic condition, located in central region of India.

TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of series and parallel connected mono-crystalline silicon (mono-Si) solar cell employing solar simulator was investigated at constant light intensity 550 W/m2 with cell temperature in the range 25-60 oC.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the impact of clean energy on economic growth in Nigeria and concluded that Nigeria has potential of clean energies to be reaped in near future, and further revealed a significant positive relationship between combustible renewables and waste and economic growth.

TL;DR: In this article, an isolated microgrid comprising of renewable energy (RE) sources like wind, solar, biogas and battery is considered, where a central controller takes the decision based on the status of the loads and sources.

TL;DR: Considering the limitations of the single model and the model uncertainty, this article presented a combinative method to forecast natural gas consumption by Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA), which effectively handled the uncertainty associated with model structure and parameters, and thus improved the forecasting accuracy.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed an energy management system with integration of smart meters for electricity consumers in a smart grid context. But the integration of two types of smart meter (SM) are developed: (i) consumer owned SM and (ii) distributor owned SM).

TL;DR: In this article, oil was extracted from Beauty leaf tree seeds through three different oil extraction methods and the important physical and chemical properties of these extracted Beauty leaf oils were experimentally analyzed and compared with other commercially available vegetable oils.

TL;DR: In this paper, a hybrid model constructed by the Cuckoo Search Optimization (CSO)-based Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN) is proposed to establish wind speed interval forecasts (IFs) by estimating the lower and upper bounds.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors considered the impact of the losses in the conductors associated with the efficiency of the equipment, allowing better use of the available energy, and proposed an investment analysis of efficiency and sustainable street lighting via simulation and experimental results.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of thermal properties of soil on performance of an Earth Air Tunnel Heat Exchanger (EATHE) was analyzed using a validated three-dimensional, transient numerical model for three different types of soil.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the energy use efficiency in four double cropping systems including: wheat-silage corn (W-SC), barely-grain corn (B-GC) and barely-rice (B−R) in the arid regions of Isfahan province, Iran.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a regression model of average monthly intake temperatures for open loop and recirculating cooling pond systems and integrated that information into a thermodynamic model of energy flows within each power plant to determine the change in cooling water temperature that occurs at each plant and the relationship of that water temperature to other plants in the river system.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify scenarios for dramatically reducing future GHG emissions from the US transportation sector, specifically from light-duty vehicles (LDVs), by phasing in ammonia (NH3)-fueled vehicles in place of vehicles using petroleum-based fuels.

TL;DR: In this paper, a super thin-conductive thermal absorber is developed to regulate the working temperature of photovoltaic (PV) working temperature by retrofitting a retrofitting circuit.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared full and reduced irrigation systems in terms of irrigation water energy use efficiency (IWEUE), energy budget and economic analysis, and the results showed that higher return was gained by the full irrigation system due to higher yield compared to the reduced irrigation system.

TL;DR: In this article, a flat plate solar thermal collector with a bottom reflector was shown to increase the solar radiation absorbed by the reflector even if there was a gap between the collector and reflector.

TL;DR: In this paper, an on-shore variable speed wind turbine with doubly fed induction generator and under supervisory control is presented, where an event-based supervisor for the supervision level and fuzzy proportional integral or discrete adaptive linear quadratic as proposed controllers for the execution level are evaluated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the microalgal dewatering efficiency of a belt filter system for feed concentrations below 10g dry-water-weight (LW) using a mixed laboratory culture of freshwater species dominated by three eukaryotic green microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris, Scenedesmus sp., and Kirchneriella sp.) in wastewater effluent.

TL;DR: In this article, the pore system of sandstones from the so-called Utrillas Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Iberian Peninsula) after CO2 injection has been investigated in a laboratory on a micro scale.

TL;DR: In this paper, a numerical investigation for heat transfer with natural convection and nanofluid flow subjected to changeable thermal boundary conditions and inclined magnetic field has been performed, and the effect of problem's parameters on each other has been monitored.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors deal with water management for renewable, sustainable and clean energy in Turkey and the main aim is to manage and use the water resources for renewable and sustainable energy.

TL;DR: In this article, the development of a supersonic water-misting cooling system with a fuzzy control system is proposed to optimize existing condenser noise, space, and energy consumption, as well as to address problems with cooling capacity resulting from improper control between compressors and condensers.

TL;DR: In this article, single crystal CdTe based solar cell devices were prepared by vacuum evaporation method and have undergone for different temperature at various illumination levels to enhance the cell efficiency.

TL;DR: The Energy Efficiency Strategy Paper as discussed by the authors was recently conveyed to the prime minister's office via the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR), for formal approval by the High Planning Council (YPK).

TL;DR: In this article, an exploratory analysis on the potentiality of constructal theory, that can be considered a law of thermodynamics, has been finally outlined in order to assess the energy performance in building design.