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Volume 88, issue 8, 2011

Effect of H2S in methane/air flames on sulfur chemistry and products speciation pp. 2593-2600

H. Selim, A. Al Shoaibi and A.K. Gupta

Experimental examination of flame chemistry in hydrogen sulfide-based flames pp. 2601-2611

H. Selim, A. Al Shoaibi and A.K. Gupta

Partial oxidative gasification of phenol for hydrogen in supercritical water pp. 2612-2616

Qingqing Guan, Chaohai Wei, Huashun Shi, Chaofei Wu and Xin-Sheng Chai

Co-evaporative multi-component fuel design for in-cylinder PLIF measurement and application in gasoline direct injection research pp. 2617-2627

Xiao Ma, Xu He, Jian-xin Wang and Shijin Shuai

Residential pellet boilers in Belgium: Standard laboratory and real life performance with respect to European standard and quality labels pp. 2628-2634

V.K. Verma, S. Bram, . Vandendael, P. Laha, A. Hubin and J. De Ruyck

An experimental and modeling study of ash deposition behaviour for co-firing peat with lignite pp. 2635-2640

Yuanyuan Shao, Jinsheng Wang, Xu, Chunbao (Charles), Jesse Zhu, Fernando Preto, Guy Tourigny, Chadi Badour and Hanning Li

Infantry mobility hybrid electric vehicle performance analysis and design pp. 2641-2652

Francisco José Jimenez-Espadafor, Juan José Ruiz Marín, José A. Becerra Villanueva, Miguel Torres García, Elisa Carvajal Trujillo and Francisco José Florencio Ojeda

Development of variable timing fuel injection cam for effective abatement of diesel engine emissions pp. 2653-2662

G. Amba Prasad Rao and Syed Kaleemuddin

Investigation on the effect of injection system parameters on performance and emission characteristics of a twin cylinder compression ignition direct injection engine fuelled with pongamia biodiesel-diesel blend using response surface methodology pp. 2663-2676

M. Pandian, S.P. Sivapirakasam and M. Udayakumar

Exergoeconomic analyses of a gas engine driven heat pump drier and food drying process pp. 2677-2684

Aysegul Gungor, Zafer Erbay and Arif Hepbasli

Nano-magnetic catalyst KF/CaO-Fe3O4 for biodiesel production pp. 2685-2690

Shengyang Hu, Yanping Guan, Yun Wang and Heyou Han

Optimization of tri-reformer reactor to produce synthesis gas for methanol production using differential evolution (DE) method pp. 2691-2701

Z. Arab Aboosadi, A.H. Jahanmiri and M.R. Rahimpour

Modeling of a 1Â MW cogenerative internal combustion engine for diagnostic scopes pp. 2702-2712

L. Barelli, E. Barluzzi and G. Bidini

The use of Koroch seed oil methyl ester blends as fuel in a diesel engine pp. 2713-2725

T.K. Gogoi and D.C. Baruah

Disruption of sugarcane bagasse lignocellulosic structure by means of dilute sulfuric acid pretreatment with microwave-assisted heating pp. 2726-2734

Wei-Hsin Chen, Yi-Jian Tu and Herng-Kuang Sheen

Efficient preparation of biodiesel from rapeseed oil over modified CaO pp. 2735-2739

Ying Tang, Mei Meng, Jie Zhang and Yong Lu

Performance comparison and parametric optimization of subcritical Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) and transcritical power cycle system for low-temperature geothermal power generation pp. 2740-2754

Zhang Shengjun, Wang Huaixin and Guo Tao

Economic feasibility and optimisation of an energy storage system for Portland Wind Farm (Victoria, Australia) pp. 2755-2763

Mir-Akbar Hessami and David R. Bowly

Overview of thermal energy storage (TES) potential energy savings and climate change mitigation in Spain and Europe pp. 2764-2774

Pablo Arce, Marc Medrano, Antoni Gil, Eduard Oró and Luisa F. Cabeza

Modeling the variability of solar radiation data among weather stations by means of principal components analysis pp. 2775-2784

Manuel Zarzo and Pau Martí

Feasibility of photovoltaic - Thermoelectric hybrid modules pp. 2785-2790

W.G.J.H.M. van Sark

Optimizing opening dimensions for naturally ventilated buildings pp. 2791-2801

Louis Stephan, Alain Bastide and Etienne Wurtz

Energetic and exergetic analysis of CO2- and R32-based transcritical Rankine cycles for low-grade heat conversion pp. 2802-2808

Huijuan Chen, D. Yogi Goswami, Muhammad M. Rahman and Elias K. Stefanakos

Experimental performance evaluation of a vapour compression refrigerating plant when replacing R22 with alternative refrigerants pp. 2809-2815

Vincenzo La Rocca and Giuseppe Panno

Experimental investigation on performance improvement of electro-osmotic regeneration for solid desiccant pp. 2816-2823

Ronghui Qi, Changqing Tian, Shuangquan Shao, Mingsheng Tang and Lin Lu

Modeling and control of a push-pull converter for photovoltaic microinverters operating in island mode pp. 2824-2834

C.L. Trujillo, D. Velasco, E. Figueres, G. Garcerá and R. Ortega

An interval-parameter minimax regret programming approach for power management systems planning under uncertainty pp. 2835-2845

C. Dong, G.H. Huang, Y.P. Cai and Y. Xu

An interval full-infinite mixed-integer programming method for planning municipal energy systems - A case study of Beijing pp. 2846-2862

Y. Zhu, G.H. Huang, Y.P. Li, L. He and X.X. Zhang

Procedure to carry out quality checks in photovoltaic grid-connected systems: Six cases of study pp. 2863-2870

J.V. Muñoz, G. Nofuentes, J. Aguilera, M. Fuentes and P.G. Vidal

Numerical simulation of cooling energy consumption in connection with thermostat operation mode and comfort requirements for the Athens buildings pp. 2871-2884

C. Tzivanidis, K.A. Antonopoulos and F. Gioti

Electricity consumption and real GDP causality nexus: Evidence from ARDL bounds testing approach for 11 MENA countries pp. 2885-2892

Ilhan Ozturk and Ali Acaravcı

Environment-adjusted regional energy efficiency in Taiwan pp. 2893-2899

Jin-Li Hu, Mon-Chi Lio, Fang-Yu Yeh and Cheng-Hsun Lin

Effect of Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) on performance, emissions, deposits and durability of a constant speed compression ignition engine pp. 2900-2907

Deepak Agarwal, Shrawan Kumar Singh and Avinash Kumar Agarwal

Do demand and supply shocks explain USA's oil stock fluctuations? pp. 2908-2915

Aziz Hayat and Paresh Kumar Narayan

Volume 88, issue 7, 2011

Photovoltaic modules and their applications: A review on thermal modelling pp. 2287-2304

G.N. Tiwari, R.K. Mishra and S.C. Solanki

Dual-injection: The flexible, bi-fuel concept for spark-ignition engines fuelled with various gasoline and biofuel blends pp. 2305-2314

Xuesong Wu, Ritchie Daniel, Guohong Tian, Hongming Xu, Zuohua Huang and Dave Richardson

Modeling the prospects of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to reduce CO2 emissions pp. 2315-2323

Reed T. Doucette and Malcolm D. McCulloch

Dynamics of cycle-to-cycle variations in a natural gas direct-injection spark-ignition engine pp. 2324-2334

Asok K. Sen, Jianjun Zheng and Zuohua Huang

Thermal performance of a meso-scale liquid-fuel combustor pp. 2335-2343

V. Vijayan and A.K. Gupta

Artificial Neural Network based prediction of performance and emission characteristics of a variable compression ratio CI engine using WCO as a biodiesel at different injection timings pp. 2344-2354

Shivakumar, P. Srinivasa Pai and B.R. Shrinivasa Rao

High swirl-inducing piston bowls in small diesel engines for emission reduction pp. 2355-2367

B.V.V.S.U. Prasad, C.S. Sharma, T.N.C. Anand and R.V. Ravikrishna

The use of Artificial Neural Network models for CO2 capture plants pp. 2368-2376

Nikolett Sipöcz, Finn Andrew Tobiesen and Mohsen Assadi

Characterization and transesterification of Iranian bitter almond oil for biodiesel production pp. 2377-2381

Mehdi Atapour and Hamid-Reza Kariminia

Available power generation cycles to be coupled with the liquid natural gas (LNG) vaporization process in a Spanish LNG terminal pp. 2382-2390

E. Querol, B. Gonzalez-Regueral, J. García-Torrent and Alberto Ramos

Exhaust odor and smoke reduction of stationary DI diesel engines to acceptable level by water-scrubbing and air-dilution system pp. 2391-2399

Murari Mohon Roy, Riaz Parvez and Rabiul Islam Sarker

Combustion and NOx emission characteristics of a retrofitted down-fired 660Â MWe utility boiler at different loads pp. 2400-2406

Zhengqi Li, Guangkui Liu, Qunyi Zhu, Zhichao Chen and Feng Ren

Toward a positive-net-energy residential building in Serbian conditions pp. 2407-2419

Milorad Bojic, Novak Nikolic, Danijela Nikolic, Jasmina Skerlic and Ivan Miletic

Adaptive thermal comfort model for different climatic zones of North-East India pp. 2420-2428

Manoj Kumar Singh, Sadhan Mahapatra and S.K. Atreya

Effect of wall orientation on the optimum insulation thickness by using a dynamic method pp. 2429-2435

Meral Ozel

An analytical model for coupled heat and mass transfer processes in solar collector/regenerator using liquid desiccant pp. 2436-2444

Donggen Peng and Xiaosong Zhang

Effects of porous media on thermal and salt diffusion of solar pond pp. 2445-2453

Yufeng Shi, Fang Yin, Lihua Shi, Sun Wence, Nan Li and Hong Liu

Experimental and numerical investigation of a phase change material: Thermal-energy storage and release pp. 2454-2462

Annabelle Joulin, Zohir Younsi, Laurent Zalewski, Stéphane Lassue, Daniel R. Rousse and Jean-Paul Cavrot

Multiple architecture system for wind speed prediction pp. 2463-2471

Hassen Bouzgou and Nabil Benoudjit

Step-change flow rate liquid hot water pretreatment of sweet sorghum bagasse for enhancement of total sugars recovery pp. 2472-2479

Qiang Yu, Xinshu Zhuang, Zhenhong Yuan, Wen Wang, Wei Qi, Qiong Wang and Xuesong Tan

Estimation of monthly-mean daily global solar radiation based on MODIS and TRMM products pp. 2480-2489

Jun Qin, Zhuoqi Chen, Kun Yang, Shunlin Liang and Wenjun Tang

Economic limit of Outer Continental Shelf Gulf of Mexico structure production pp. 2490-2508

Mark J. Kaiser

The Smart Grid - A saucerful of secrets? pp. 2509-2518

Matthias Wissner

What information should be provided in communications on biomass power generation? pp. 2519-2529

Naoto Tagashira and Yasuko Senda

Distributed Generation in an isolated grid: Methodology of case study for Lesvos - Greece pp. 2530-2540

E.D. Giannoulis and D.A. Haralambopoulos

Households' self-selection of dynamic electricity tariffs pp. 2541-2547

Torgeir Ericson

Effect of optimal spinning reserve requirement on system pollution emission considering reserve supplying demand response in the electricity market pp. 2548-2558

Mahdi Behrangrad, Hideharu Sugihara and Tsuyoshi Funaki

Nonlinear control of fuel cell hybrid power sources: Part I - Voltage control pp. 2559-2573

N. Bizon

Nonlinear control of fuel cell hybrid power sources: Part II - Current control pp. 2574-2591

N. Bizon

Volume 88, issue 6, 2011

Developments in biobutanol production: New insights pp. 1999-2012

Manish Kumar and Kalyan Gayen

How can we improve biomethane production per unit of feedstock in biogas plants? pp. 2013-2018

Zaki-ul-Zaman Asam, Tjalfe Gorm Poulsen, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Rashad Rafique, Ger Kiely and Jerry D. Murphy

Hydrogen-rich gas production from waste plastics by pyrolysis and low-temperature steam reforming over a ruthenium catalyst pp. 2019-2026

Tomoaki Namioka, Atsushi Saito, Yukiharu Inoue, Yeongsu Park, Tai-jin Min, Seon-ah Roh and Kunio Yoshikawa

Optimization of hydrogen production via coupling of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction and dehydrogenation of cyclohexane in GTL technology pp. 2027-2036

M.R. Rahimpour and A.M. Bahmanpour

Determining the regional potential for a grass biomethane industry pp. 2037-2049

Beatrice M. Smyth, Henry Smyth and Jerry D. Murphy

Biodiesel production from mixed soybean oil and rapeseed oil pp. 2050-2055

Fengxian Qiu, Yihuai Li, Dongya Yang, Xiaohua Li and Ping Sun

A multi-variant approach to optimize process parameters for biodiesel extraction from rubber seed oil pp. 2056-2063

D.F. Melvin Jose, R. Edwin Raj, B. Durga Prasad, Z. Robert Kennedy and A. Mohammed Ibrahim

A facile and feasible method to evaluate and control the quality of Jatropha curcus L. seed oil for biodiesel feedstock: Gas chromatographic fingerprint pp. 2064-2070

Rui Wang, Baoan Song, Wanwei Zhou, Yuping Zhang, Deyu Hu, Pinaki S. Bhadury and Song Yang

Morphological, physico-chemical and micropropagation studies in Jatropha curcas L. and RAPD analysis of the regenerants pp. 2071-2079

T. Leela, B. Naresh, M. Srikanth Reddy, N.Ch. Madhusudhan and Prathibha Devi Cherku

Interactions and kinetic analysis of oil shale semi-coke with cornstalk during co-combustion pp. 2080-2087

Qing Wang, Weizhen Zhao, Hongpeng Liu, Chunxia Jia and Shaohua Li

Life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions and energy balances of sugarcane ethanol production in Mexico pp. 2088-2097

Carlos A. García, Alfredo Fuentes, Anna Hennecke, Enrique Riegelhaupt, Fabio Manzini and Omar Masera

An integrated thermal and mechanical investigation of molten-salt thermocline energy storage pp. 2098-2105

Scott Flueckiger, Zhen Yang and Suresh V. Garimella

Effects of nano-SiO2 on morphology, thermal energy storage, thermal stability, and combustion properties of electrospun lauric acid/PET ultrafine composite fibers as form-stable phase change materials pp. 2106-2112

Yibing Cai, Huizhen Ke, Ju Dong, Qufu Wei, Jiulong Lin, Yong Zhao, Lei Song, Yuan Hu, Fenglin Huang, Weidong Gao and Hao Fong

Performance of shape-stabilized phase change material wallboard with periodical outside heat flux waves pp. 2113-2121

Guobing Zhou, Yongping Yang and Hong Xu

Potential of autonomous ground-coupled heat pump system installations in Greece pp. 2122-2129

A. Michopoulos, K.T. Papakostas and N. Kyriakis

Effect of physico-chemical parameters on biohydrogen production and growth characteristics by batch culture of Rhodobacter sphaeroides CIP 60.6 pp. 2130-2135

Dahbia Akroum-Amrouche, Nadia Abdi, Hakim Lounici and Nabil Mameri

Numerical simulation and experimental validation of a helical double-pipe vertical condenser pp. 2136-2145

D. Colorado, J.A. Hernández, O. García-Valladares, A. Huicochea and J. Siqueiros

The energy-saving characteristic of silica gel regeneration with high-intensity ultrasound pp. 2146-2156

Weijiang Zhang, Ye Yao, Beixing He and Rongshun Wang

An analytical model to predict the thermal performance of a novel parallel flow packed bed solar air heater pp. 2157-2167

Prashant Dhiman, N.S. Thakur, Anoop Kumar and Satyender Singh

Development and impact of sandwich wettability structure for gas distribution media on PEM fuel cell performance pp. 2168-2175

Yongxin Wang, S. Al Shakhshir and Xianguo Li

An investigation of a household size trigeneration running with hydrogen pp. 2176-2182

Yaodong Wang, Ye Huang, Elijah Chiremba, Anthony P. Roskilly, Neil Hewitt, Yulong Ding, Dawei Wu, Hongdong Yu, Xiangping Chen, Yapeng Li, Jincheng Huang, Ruzhu Wang, Jingyi Wu, Zaizhong Xia and Chunqing Tan

Dynamic modeling and optimal control strategy of waste heat recovery Organic Rankine Cycles pp. 2183-2190

Sylvain Quoilin, Richard Aumann, Andreas Grill, Andreas Schuster, Vincent Lemort and Hartmut Spliethoff

Behavioural, physical and socio-economic factors in household cooling energy consumption pp. 2191-2200

Geun Young Yun and Koen Steemers

Designing effective and efficient incentive policies for renewable energy in generation expansion planning pp. 2201-2209

Ying Zhou, Lizhi Wang and James D. McCalley

Land application of organic waste - Effects on the soil ecosystem pp. 2210-2218

M. Odlare, V. Arthurson, M. Pell, K. Svensson, E. Nehrenheim and J. Abubaker

Exergy-based analysis of gas transmission system with application to Yamal-Europe pipeline pp. 2219-2230

M. Chaczykowski, A.J. Osiadacz and F.E. Uilhoorn

Determining optimal electricity technology mix with high level of wind power penetration pp. 2231-2238

Cedric De Jonghe, Erik Delarue, Ronnie Belmans and D'haeseleer, William

Parameters extraction from commercial solar cells I-V characteristics and shunt analysis pp. 2239-2244

Yifeng Chen, Xuemeng Wang, Da Li, Ruijiang Hong and Hui Shen

Energy renovation of single-family houses in Denmark utilising long-term financing based on equity pp. 2245-2253

J. Kragh and J. Rose

Economic evaluation of renewable energy systems under varying scenarios and its implications to Korea's renewable energy plan pp. 2254-2260

Jamin Koo, Kyungtae Park, Dongil Shin and En Sup Yoon

The development and application of a temporal MARKAL energy system model using flexible time slicing pp. 2261-2272

Ramachandran Kannan

CO2 emissions of Turkish manufacturing industry: A decomposition analysis pp. 2273-2278

Elif AkbostancI, Gül Ipek Tunç and Serap Türüt-AsIk

Decomposition analysis of energy consumption in Chinese transportation sector pp. 2279-2285

Ming Zhang, Huanan Li, Min Zhou and Hailin Mu

Volume 88, issue 5, 2011

Challenges and options for a large wind power uptake by the European electricity system pp. 1461-1469

Arturs Purvins, Alyona Zubaryeva, Maria Llorente, Evangelos Tzimas and Arnaud Mercier

Review of building energy-use performance benchmarking methodologies pp. 1470-1479

William Chung

Thermodynamic analysis of a hard coal oxyfuel power plant with high temperature three-end membrane for air separation pp. 1480-1493

Renzo Castillo

Spark spread - A screening parameter for combined heating and power systems pp. 1494-1499

Amanda D. Smith, Nelson Fumo and Pedro J. Mago

Bottoming cycles for electric energy generation: Parametric investigation of available and innovative solutions for the exploitation of low and medium temperature heat sources pp. 1500-1509

M. Bianchi and A. De Pascale

Existing large steam power plant upgraded for hydrogen production pp. 1510-1518

Leandro Galanti, Alessandro Franzoni, Alberto Traverso and Aristide F. Massardo

Industrial combined heat and power (CHP) planning: Development of a methodology and application in Greece pp. 1519-1531

Myrsine Salta, Heracles Polatidis and Dias Haralambopoulos

Thermally driven cooling coupled with municipal solid waste-fired power plant: Application of combined heat, cooling and power in tropical urban areas pp. 1532-1542

Seksan Udomsri, Andrew R. Martin and Viktoria Martin

Heat transfer and thermophotovoltaic power generation in oil-fired heating systems pp. 1543-1548

T.A. Butcher, J.S. Hammonds, E. Horne, B. Kamath, J. Carpenter and D.R. Woods

Experimental investigation of frost formation on a parallel flow evaporator pp. 1549-1556

Jianghong Wu, Guang Ouyang, Puxiu Hou and Haobin Xiao

On cycle-to-cycle heat release variations in a simulated spark ignition heat engine pp. 1557-1567

P.L. Curto-Risso, A. Medina, A. Calvo Hernández, Laura Triana Vargas and F. Angulo-Brown

Modeling and multi-objective optimization of parallel flow condenser using evolutionary algorithm pp. 1568-1577

Sepehr Sanaye and Masoud Dehghandokht

Optimal location of Hybrid Flow Controller considering modified steady-state model pp. 1578-1585

A. Lashkar Ara, A. Kazemi and S.A. Nabavi Niaki

Drying control system for spray booth with optimization of fuel consumption pp. 1586-1595

Zbigniew Ogonowski

Geometry development of the internal duct system of a heat pump tumble dryer based on fluid mechanic parameters from a CFD software pp. 1596-1605

Kamal Rezk and Jan Forsberg

Study on preparation and thermal property of binary fatty acid and the binary fatty acids/diatomite composite phase change materials pp. 1606-1612

Min Li, Hongtao Kao, Zhishen Wu and Jinmiao Tan

Kinetics of woodchips char gasification with steam and carbon dioxide pp. 1613-1619

.I. Ahmed and A.K. Gupta

Effects of ultra-high injection pressure and micro-hole nozzle on flame structure and soot formation of impinging diesel spray pp. 1620-1628

Xiangang Wang, Zuohua Huang, Wu Zhang, Olawole Abiola Kuti and Keiya Nishida

Emission of impinging swirling and non-swirling inverse diffusion flames pp. 1629-1634

H.S. Zhen, C.W. Leung and C.S. Cheung

Heat transfer in HCCI multi-zone modeling: Validation of a new wall heat flux correlation under motoring conditions pp. 1635-1648

N.P. Komninos and G.M. Kosmadakis

Characteristics of cyclic heat release variability in the transition from spark ignition to HCCI in a gasoline engine pp. 1649-1655

A.K. Sen, G. Litak, K.D. Edwards, C.E.A. Finney, C.S. Daw and R.M. Wagner

Char and char-supported nickel catalysts for secondary syngas cleanup and conditioning pp. 1656-1663

Duo Wang, Wenqiao Yuan and Wei Ji

Acetylation of corn distillers dried grains pp. 1664-1670

Narendra Reddy, Chunyan Hu, Kelu Yan and Yiqi Yang

Dominance evaluation of structural factors in a passive air-breathing direct methanol fuel cell based on orthogonal array analysis pp. 1671-1680

Wei Yuan, Yong Tang, Qinghui Wang and Zhenping Wan

Passive direct methanol fuel cells for portable electronic devices pp. 1681-1689

F. Achmad, S.K. Kamarudin, W.R.W. Daud and E.H. Majlan

A high-flexibility DC load for fuel cell and solar arrays power sources based on DC-DC converters pp. 1690-1702

E. Durán, J.M. Andújar, F. Segura and A.J. Barragán

Models for obtaining daily global solar radiation with measured air temperature data in Madrid (Spain) pp. 1703-1709

J. Almorox, C. Hontoria and M. Benito

Effect of manual tilt adjustments on incident irradiance on fixed and tracking solar panels pp. 1710-1719

William David Lubitz

Silk cocoon drying in forced convection type solar dryer pp. 1720-1726

Panna Lal Singh

Thermal performance investigation of double pass-finned plate solar air heater pp. 1727-1739

A.A. El-Sebaii, S. Aboul-Enein, M.R.. Ramadan, S.M. Shalaby and B.M. Moharram

Modeling and design of a solar thermal system for hybrid cooking application pp. 1740-1755

U.R. Prasanna and L. Umanand

Measured and modelled improvement in solar energy yield from flat plate photovoltaic systems utilizing different tracking systems and under a range of environmental conditions pp. 1756-1771

M. Koussa, A. Cheknane, S. Hadji, M. Haddadi and S. Noureddine

Experimental results and simulation with TRNSYS of a 7.2Â kWp grid-connected photovoltaic system pp. 1772-1783

B. Quesada, C. Sánchez, J. Cañada, R. Royo and J. Payá

Optical performance of vertical axis three azimuth angles tracked solar panels pp. 1784-1791

Yi Ma, Guihua Li and Runsheng Tang

Evaluation of an adapted inhibitor-tolerant yeast strain for ethanol production from combined hydrolysate of softwood pp. 1792-1796

Shen Tian, Junyong Zhu and Xiushan Yang

Unique occurrence of unusual fatty acid in the seed oil of Aegle marmelos Corre: Screening the rich source of seed oil for bio-energy production pp. 1797-1802

Kariyappa S. Katagi, Ravindra S. Munnolli and Kallappa M. Hosamani

Influence of biodiesel on engine combustion and emission characteristics pp. 1803-1812

Breda Kegl

Dynamic simulation of fouling in a circulating fluidized biomass-fired boiler pp. 1813-1824

Jan Sandberg, Rebei Bel Fdhila, Erik Dahlquist and Anders Avelin

Heat pipe with PCM for electronic cooling pp. 1825-1833

Ying-Che Weng, Hung-Pin Cho, Chih-Chung Chang and Sih-Li Chen

Simultaneous measurement of thermal properties by thermal probe using stochastic approximation method pp. 1834-1840

Wenlong Cheng, Ran Ma, Kun Xie, Na Liu and Yonghua Huang

Experimental study of an air-source heat pump for simultaneous heating and cooling - Part 1: Basic concepts and performance verification pp. 1841-1847

Paul Byrne, Jacques Miriel and Yves Lenat

Estimation of wind energy potential using different probability density functions pp. 1848-1856

Tian Pau Chang

Evaluation of hydrogen production capabilities of a grid-assisted wind-H2 system pp. 1857-1863

José G. García Clúa, Ricardo J. Mantz and Hernán De Battista

Power quality assessment of wind turbines and comparison with conventional legal regulations: A case study in Turkey pp. 1864-1872

A. Tascikaraoglu, M. Uzunoglu, B. Vural and O. Erdinc

Perceptions of opinion leaders towards CCS demonstration projects in China pp. 1873-1885

Xi Liang, David Michael Reiner and Jia Li

Examining crude oil price - Exchange rate nexus for India during the period of extreme oil price volatility pp. 1886-1889

Sajal Ghosh

Implementation of energy efficiency standards of household refrigerator/freezer in China: Potential environmental and economic impacts pp. 1890-1905

Jing Tao and Suiran Yu

Assessment of the technological development and economic potential of photobioreactors pp. 1906-1919

Timm Holtermann and Reinhard Madlener

Visualizing energy consumption activities as a tool for making everyday life more sustainable pp. 1920-1926

Kajsa Ellegård and Jenny Palm

Modeling and forecasting of Turkey's energy consumption using socio-economic and demographic variables pp. 1927-1939

Murat Kankal, Adem AkpInar, Murat Ihsan Kömürcü and Talat Sükrü Özsahin

Optimal charging of electric drive vehicles in a market environment pp. 1940-1948

Trine Krogh Kristoffersen, Karsten Capion and Peter Meibom

China's energy security: The perspective of energy users pp. 1949-1956

Malavika Jain Bambawale and Benjamin K. Sovacool

Estimating vehicle emissions from road transport, case study: Dublin City pp. 1957-1964

H. Achour, J.G. Carton and A.G. Olabi

Energy recovery in petrochemical complexes through heat integration retrofit analysis pp. 1965-1982

Xiao Feng, Jing Pu, Junkun Yang and Khim Hoong Chu

Double internal combustion piston engine pp. 1983-1985

Zbyszko Kazimierski and Jerzy Wojewoda

A note on the environmental Kuznets curve for CO2: A pooled mean group approach pp. 1986-1996

Hiroki Iwata, Keisuke Okada and Sovannroeun Samreth

Volume 88, issue 4, 2011

A review of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Technology, applications, and needs on fundamental research pp. 981-1007

Yun Wang, Ken S. Chen, Jeffrey Mishler, Sung Chan Cho and Xavier Cordobes Adroher

A critical review of the applicability of biodiesel and grass biomethane as biofuels to satisfy both biofuel targets and sustainability criteria pp. 1008-1019

Thanasit Thamsiriroj and Jerry D. Murphy

Opportunities and challenges for biodiesel fuel pp. 1020-1031

Lin Lin, Zhou Cunshan, Saritporn Vittayapadung, Shen Xiangqian and Dong Mingdong

Paradigm shift in urban energy systems through distributed generation: Methods and models pp. 1032-1048

Massimiliano Manfren, Paola Caputo and Gaia Costa

An integrated control method for a wind farm to reduce frequency deviations in a small power system pp. 1049-1058

Toshiaki Kaneko, Akie Uehara, Tomonobu Senjyu, Atsushi Yona and Naomitsu Urasaki

Cogeneration planning under uncertainty: Part I: Multiple time frame approach pp. 1059-1067

Enrico Carpaneto, Gianfranco Chicco, Pierluigi Mancarella and Angela Russo

Influence of injector technology on injection and combustion development - Part 1: Hydraulic characterization pp. 1068-1074

R. Payri, F.J. Salvador, J. Gimeno and J. De la Morena

Cogeneration planning under uncertainty. Part II: Decision theory-based assessment of planning alternatives pp. 1075-1083

Enrico Carpaneto, Gianfranco Chicco, Pierluigi Mancarella and Angela Russo

Design and performance of a pressurized cyclone combustor (PCC) for high and low heating value gas combustion pp. 1084-1095

K.A. Al-attab and Z.A. Zainal

Investigation of reverse flow distributed combustion for gas turbine application pp. 1096-1104

Vaibhav K. Arghode and Ashwani K. Gupta

Pyrolysis gasification of dried sewage sludge in a combined screw and rotary kiln gasifier pp. 1105-1112

Young Nam Chun, Seong Cheon Kim and Kunio Yoshikawa

Numerical study on NOx/CO emissions in the diffusion flames of high-temperature off-gas of steelmaking converter pp. 1113-1119

Sen Li, Xiaolin Wei and Linxin Yu

The energy consumption and environmental impacts of SCR technology in China pp. 1120-1129

Zengying Liang, Xiaoqian Ma, Hai Lin and Yuting Tang

Influence of injector technology on injection and combustion development - Part 2: Combustion analysis pp. 1130-1139

R. Payri, F.J. Salvador, J. Gimeno and J. De la Morena

Multi-dimensional scavenging analysis of a free-piston linear alternator based on numerical simulation pp. 1140-1152

Jinlong Mao, Zhengxing Zuo, Wen Li and Huihua Feng

Experimental investigation on the effect of intake air temperature and air-fuel ratio on cycle-to-cycle variations of HCCI combustion and performance parameters pp. 1153-1163

Rakesh Kumar Maurya and Avinash Kumar Agarwal

Study of optimal pulverized coal concentration in a four-wall tangentially fired furnace pp. 1164-1168

Houzhang Tan, Yanqing Niu, Xuebin Wang, Tongmo Xu and Shien Hui

Experimental study of combustion and emission characteristics of ethanol fuelled port injected homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion engine pp. 1169-1180

Rakesh Kumar Maurya and Avinash Kumar Agarwal

A method for evaluating the efficiency of PEM fuel cell engine pp. 1181-1186

Yongping Hou, Bowen Wang and Zhihua Yang

An integrated power generation system combining solid oxide fuel cell and oxy-fuel combustion for high performance and CO2 capture pp. 1187-1196

Sung Ku Park, Tong Seop Kim, Jeong L. Sohn and Young Duk Lee

Strategies for optimizing the opening of the outlet air circuit's nozzle to improve the efficiency of the PEMFC generator pp. 1197-1204

R. Tirnovan, S. Giurgea and A. Miraoui

Effect of wheat gluten proteins on bioethanol yield from grain pp. 1205-1210

Iva Buresová and Ludek Hrivna

Direct dimethyl ether (DME) synthesis through a thermally coupled heat exchanger reactor pp. 1211-1223

R. Vakili, E. Pourazadi, P. Setoodeh, R. Eslamloueyan and M.R. Rahimpour

Techno-economic evaluation of thermo-chemical biomass-to-ethanol pp. 1224-1232

Jie He and Wennan Zhang

Bio-energy and youth: Analyzing the role of school, home, and media from the future policy perspectives pp. 1233-1240

Pradipta Halder, Sari Havu-Nuutinen, Janne Pietarinen and Paavo Pelkonen

Forest biomass supply logistics for a power plant using the discrete-event simulation approach pp. 1241-1250

Mahdi Mobini, Taraneh Sowlati and Shahab Sokhansanj

Biocatalytic production of biodiesel from cottonseed oil: Standardization of process parameters and comparison of fuel characteristics pp. 1251-1256

Soham Chattopadhyay, Ankush Karemore, Sancharini Das, Asoke Deysarkar and Ramkrishna Sen

Experimental study of vertical ground-source heat pump performance evaluation for cold climate in Turkey pp. 1257-1265

Omer Ozyurt and Dundar Arif Ekinci

Pneumatic and thermal design procedure and analysis of earth-to-air heat exchangers of registry type pp. 1266-1280

Viorel Badescu and Dragos Isvoranu

Optimal operation conditions for a single-stage heat transformer by means of an artificial neural network inverse pp. 1281-1290

D. Colorado, J.A. Hernández, W. Rivera, H. Martínez and D. Juárez

Experiments and simulations on low-temperature waste heat harvesting system by thermoelectric power generators pp. 1291-1297

Cheng-Ting Hsu, Gia-Yeh Huang, Hsu-Shen Chu, Ben Yu and Da-Jeng Yao

Error analysis of short term wind power prediction models pp. 1298-1311

Maria Grazia De Giorgi, Antonio Ficarella and Marco Tarantino

Energy efficiency criteria in uninterruptible power supply selection pp. 1312-1321

A. Moreno-Munoz, Juan José González de la Rosa, J.M. Flores-Arias, F.J. Bellido-Outerino and A. Gil-de-Castro

Transient analysis of variable-speed wind turbines at wind speed disturbances and a pitch control malfunction pp. 1322-1330

R. Melício, V.M.F. Mendes and J.P.S. Catalão

Optimization of insulation thickness for different glazing areas in buildings for various climatic regions in Turkey pp. 1331-1342

Derya B. Özkan and Cenk Onan

Design and performance of energy-efficient solar residential house in Andorra pp. 1343-1353

Jordi Llovera, Xavi Potau, Marc Medrano and Luisa F. Cabeza

Desiccant wheel regenerated by thermal energy from a microcogenerator: Experimental assessment of the performances pp. 1354-1365

Giovanni Angrisani, Alfonso Capozzoli, Francesco Minichiello, Carlo Roselli and Maurizio Sasso

Wet and dry cooling systems optimization applied to a modern waste-to-energy cogeneration heat and power plant pp. 1366-1376

G. Barigozzi, A. Perdichizzi and S. Ravelli

CO2 emissions, GDP and energy intensity: A multivariate cointegration and causality analysis for Greece, 1977-2007 pp. 1377-1385

Emmanouil Hatzigeorgiou, Heracles Polatidis and Dias Haralambopoulos

Development of a multicriteria tool for optimizing the renovation of buildings pp. 1386-1394

Fanny Pernodet Chantrelle, Hicham Lahmidi, Werner Keilholz, Mohamed El Mankibi and Pierre Michel

Solar thermal collector augmented by flat plate booster reflector: Optimum inclination of collector and reflector pp. 1395-1404

Hiroshi Tanaka

ARMA based approaches for forecasting the tuple of wind speed and direction pp. 1405-1414

Ergin Erdem and Jing Shi

A case study of a typical 2.32Â kWP stand-alone photovoltaic (SAPV) in composite climate of New Delhi (India) pp. 1415-1426

Arvind Chel and G.N. Tiwari

Optimization of tilt angle for solar panel: Case study for Madinah, Saudi Arabia pp. 1427-1433

M. Benghanem

Prediction of compressed air transport properties at elevated pressures and high temperatures using simple method pp. 1434-1440

Alireza Bahadori

Cost efficiency of Japanese steam power generation companies: A Bayesian comparison of random and fixed frontier models pp. 1441-1446

A. George Assaf, Carlos Pestana Barros and Shunsuke Managi

Experimental diagnosis of the influence of operational variables on the performance of a solar absorption cooling system pp. 1447-1454

M. Venegas, M.C. Rodríguez-Hidalgo, R. Salgado, A. Lecuona, P. Rodríguez and G. Gutiérrez

A comparative study of solar irradiation models on various inclined surfaces for India pp. 1455-1459

Chanchal Kumar Pandey and A.K. Katiyar

Volume 88, issue 3, 2011

Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) combustion: Implementation and effects on pollutants in direct injection diesel engines pp. 559-567

Suyin Gan, Hoon Kiat Ng and Kar Mun Pang

Heat distribution and the future competitiveness of district heating pp. 568-576

Urban Persson and Sven Werner

The MIND method: A decision support for optimization of industrial energy systems - Principles and case studies pp. 577-589

Magnus Karlsson

Carbon price volatility: Evidence from EU ETS pp. 590-598

Zhen-Hua Feng, Le-Le Zou and Yi-Ming Wei

Planning regional energy system in association with greenhouse gas mitigation under uncertainty pp. 599-611

Y.P. Li, G.H. Huang and X. Chen

Methodology for characterising domestic electrical demand by usage categories pp. 612-621

R.A.R. Kilpatrick, P.F.G. Banfill and D.P. Jenkins

Parametric sensitivity analysis for techno-economic parameters in Indian power sector pp. 622-629

Subhash Mallah and N.K. Bansal

An LCA based indicator for evaluation of alternative energy routes pp. 630-635

M.A. Rubio Rodríguez, J. De Ruyck, P. Roque Díaz, V.K. Verma and S. Bram

Modeling of a hydronic ceiling system and its environment as energetic auditing tool pp. 636-649

Néstor Fonseca Diaz

Particle sticking behavior near the throat of a low-NOx axial-swirl coal burner pp. 650-658

Zhengqi Li, Lingyan Zeng, Guangbo Zhao, Shanping Shen and Fucheng Zhang

Energy and economic analysis of an ICE-based variable speed-operated micro-cogenerator pp. 659-671

Flavio Caresana, Caterina Brandoni, Petro Feliciotti and Carlo Maria Bartolini

The impact of a growing bioethanol industry on food production in Brazil pp. 672-679

Martin Gauder, S. Graeff-Hönninger and W. Claupein

Determination of free cooling potential: A case study for Istanbul, Turkey pp. 680-689

Hüsamettin Bulut and Mehmet Azmi Aktacir

Study of the effect of finned tube adsorber on the performance of solar driven adsorption cooling machine using activated carbon-ammonia pair pp. 690-698

Mohamed Louajari, Abdelaziz Mimet and Ahmed Ouammi

Thermoeconomic diagnosis for improving the operation of energy intensive systems: Comparison of methods pp. 699-711

Sergio Usón and Antonio Valero

Relationship between indoor thermal comfort conditions and the Time Weighted Preservation Index (TWPI) in three Brazilian archives pp. 712-723

E.L. Krüger and W. Diniz

Comprehensive evaluation of ARMA-GARCH(-M) approaches for modeling the mean and volatility of wind speed pp. 724-732

Heping Liu, Ergin Erdem and Jing Shi

The use of cost-generation curves for the analysis of wind electricity costs in Spain pp. 733-740

Norberto Fueyo, Yosune Sanz, Marcos Rodrigues, Carlos Montañés and César Dopazo

Developing the dual system of wind chiller integrated with wind generator pp. 741-747

Chen-Ching Ting, Chen-Wei Lai and Chien-Bang Huang

Transient simulation of household refrigerators: A semi-empirical quasi-steady approach pp. 748-754

Bruno N. Borges, Christian J.L. Hermes, Joaquim M. Gonçalves and Cláudio Melo

Multi-objective congestion management by modified augmented [epsilon]-constraint method pp. 755-766

Masoud Esmaili, Nima Amjady and Heidar Ali Shayanfar

Multi-objective optimization of internal combustion engine by means of 1D fluid-dynamic models pp. 767-777

G. D'Errico,, T. Cerri and G. Pertusi

A new HBMO algorithm for multiobjective daily Volt/Var control in distribution systems considering Distributed Generators pp. 778-788

Taher Niknam

Continuous hydrino thermal power system pp. 789-798

Randell L. Mills, Guibing Zhao and William Good

Component sizing optimization of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles pp. 799-804

Xiaolan Wu, Binggang Cao, Xueyan Li, Jun Xu and Xiaolong Ren

Comparative study of speed estimators with highly noisy measurement signals for Wind Energy Generation Systems pp. 805-813

O. Carranza, E. Figueres, G. Garcerá and L.G. Gonzalez

Backstepping-based nonlinear adaptive control for coal-fired utility boiler-turbine units pp. 814-824

Fang Fang and Le Wei

Synthesis of TiO2 submicro-rings and their application in dye-sensitized solar cell pp. 825-830

Ming Li, Yong Liu, Hai Wang and Hui Shen

Simulation and experimental investigation of solar absorption cooling system in Reunion Island pp. 831-839

Jean Philippe Praene, Olivier Marc, Franck Lucas and Frédéric Miranville

Estimation of sky luminance in the tropics using artificial neural networks: Modeling and performance comparison with the CIE model pp. 840-847

Serm Janjai and Piyanuch Plaon

Localized surface plasmon resonance enhanced organic solar cell with gold nanospheres pp. 848-852

Linfang Qiao, Dan Wang, Lijian Zuo, Yuqian Ye, Jun Qian, Hongzheng Chen and Sailing He

Energy analysis of an improved concept of integrated PV panels in an office building in central Greece pp. 853-866

Olympia Zogou and Herricos Stapountzis

Experimental study of the interactions between long and short-term unsteady heat transfer responses on the in-cylinder and exhaust manifold diesel engine surfaces pp. 867-881

G.C. Mavropoulos

Exergetic analysis and evaluation of a new application of gas engine heat pumps (GEHPs) for food drying processes pp. 882-891

Aysegul Gungor, Zafer Erbay and Arif Hepbasli

Power-based performance comparison between carbon dioxide and R125 transcritical cycles for a low-grade heat source pp. 892-898

Young-Jin Baik, Minsung Kim, Ki Chang Chang and Sung Jin Kim

Downdraft gasification of pellets made of wood, palm-oil residues respective bagasse: Experimental study pp. 899-908

Catharina Erlich and Torsten H. Fransson

Investigation of electrodeposited Ni-based coatings for biodiesel storage pp. 909-913

Yuttanant Boonyongmaneerat, Chamaiporn Sukjamsri, Ukrit Sahapatsombut, Sawalee Saenapitak and Sittha Sukkasi

Life cycle assessment of a semi-indirect ceramic evaporative cooler vs. a heat pump in two climate areas of Spain pp. 914-921

F.J. Rey Martínez, E. Velasco Gómez, C. Martín García, J.F. Sanz Requena, L.M. Navas Gracia, S. Hernández Navarro, A. Correa Guimaraes and J. Martín Gil

Thermochemical treatment of E-waste from small household appliances using highly pre-heated nitrogen-thermogravimetric investigation and pyrolysis kinetics pp. 922-929

E. Kantarelis, W. Yang, W. Blasiak, C. Forsgren and A. Zabaniotou

Thermal testing and numerical simulation of gypsum wallboards incorporated with different PCMs content pp. 930-937

Ana M. Borreguero, M. Luz Sánchez, José Luis Valverde, Manuel Carmona and Juan F. Rodríguez

Incineration of diesel particulate matter using induction heating technique pp. 938-946

K.V. Dilip, Nilesh J. Vasa, Kopp Carsten and K.U. Ravindra

Characterization of animal manure and cornstalk ashes as affected by incineration temperature pp. 947-952

Y. Huang, H. Dong, B. Shang, H. Xin and Z. Zhu

Efficiency enhancement in transonic compressor rotor blades using synthetic jets: A numerical investigation pp. 953-962

Ernesto Benini, Roberto Biollo and Rita Ponza

Development of high intensity CDC combustor for gas turbine engines pp. 963-973

Vaibhav K. Arghode and Ashwani K. Gupta

Preparation of a high performance Pt-Co/C electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction in PEM fuel cell via a combined process of impregnation and seeding pp. 974-980

Wiruyn Trongchuankij, Kejvalee Pruksathorn and Mali Hunsom

Volume 88, issue 2, 2011

Towards 100% renewable energy systems pp. 419-421

Henrik Lund, Poul Alberg Østergaard and Ingo Stadler

The baseline in bottom-up energy efficiency and saving calculations - A concept for its formalisation and a discussion of relevant options pp. 422-431

Johannes Reichl and Andrea Kollmann

The potential of demand-side management in energy-intensive industries for electricity markets in Germany pp. 432-441

Moritz Paulus and Frieder Borggrefe

Preliminary experimental evaluation of a four wheel motors, batteries plus ultracapacitors and series hybrid powertrain pp. 442-448

Lorenzo Rambaldi, Enrico Bocci and Fabio Orecchini

Design optimization of a polygeneration plant fuelled by natural gas and renewable energy sources pp. 449-457

Carlos Rubio-Maya, Javier Uche-Marcuello, Amaya Martínez-Gracia and Angel A. Bayod-Rújula

Electrification using solar photovoltaic systems in Nepal pp. 458-465

Ramchandra Bhandari and Ingo Stadler

Increasing the penetration of renewable energy resources in S. Vicente, Cape Verde pp. 466-472

Raquel Segurado, Goran Krajacic, Neven Duic and Luís Alves

Effects of Kosovo's energy use scenarios and associated gas emissions on its climate change and sustainable development pp. 473-478

Skender Kabashi, Sadik Bekteshi, Skender Ahmetaj, Gazmend Kabashi, Dimitrij Najdovski, Aleksander Zidansek and Ivo Slaus

A renewable energy system in Frederikshavn using low-temperature geothermal energy for district heating pp. 479-487

Poul Alberg Østergaard and Henrik Lund

100% Renewable energy systems, climate mitigation and economic growth pp. 488-501

Brian Vad Mathiesen, Henrik Lund and Kenneth Karlsson

The first step towards a 100% renewable energy-system for Ireland pp. 502-507

D. Connolly, H. Lund, B.V. Mathiesen and M. Leahy

How to achieve a 100% RES electricity supply for Portugal? pp. 508-517

Goran Krajacic, Neven Duic and Maria da Graça Carvalho

Potential of renewable energy systems in China pp. 518-525

Wen Liu, Henrik Lund, Brian Vad Mathiesen and Xiliang Zhang

A global renewable energy system: A modelling exercise in ETSAP/TIAM pp. 526-534

T. Helene Ystanes Føyn, Kenneth Karlsson, Olexandr Balyk and Poul Erik Grohnheit

Human health-related externalities in energy system modelling the case of the Danish heat and power sector pp. 535-544

Erika Zvingilaite

Regional renewable energy and resource planning pp. 545-550

Hon Loong Lam, Petar Sabev Varbanov and Jirí Jaromír Klemes

Rural tourism: A sustainable alternative pp. 551-557

M. Victoria Sanagustín Fons, José A. Moseñe Fierro and María Gómez y Patiño

Volume 88, issue 1, 2011

Development of micro power generators - A review pp. 1-16

S.K. Chou, W.M. Yang, K.J. Chua, J. Li and K.L. Zhang

Competitive liquid biofuels from biomass pp. 17-28

Ayhan Demirbas

Investigation of forward flow distributed combustion for gas turbine application pp. 29-40

Vaibhav K. Arghode and Ashwani K. Gupta

Comparison of two different flow types on CO removal along a two-stage hydrogen permselective membrane reactor for methanol synthesis pp. 41-51

M.R. Rahimpour, S. Mazinani, B. Vaferi and M.S. Baktash

Non-isothermal transport phenomenon and cell performance of a cathodic PEM fuel cell with a baffle plate in a tapered channel pp. 52-67

Shiang-Wuu Perng and Horng-Wen Wu

Experimental investigation on the dynamic performance of a hybrid PEM fuel cell/battery system for lightweight electric vehicle application pp. 68-76

Yong Tang, Wei Yuan, Minqiang Pan and Zhenping Wan

Experimental investigation on heat recovery from diesel engine exhaust using finned shell and tube heat exchanger and thermal storage system pp. 77-87

V. Pandiyarajan, M. Chinna Pandian, E. Malan, R. Velraj and R.V. Seeniraj

Effects of multiple-injection strategies on overall spray behavior, combustion, and emissions reduction characteristics of biodiesel fuel pp. 88-98

Su Han Park, Seung Hyun Yoon and Chang Sik Lee

A 7Â year long measurement period investigating the correlation of corrosion, deposit and fuel in a biomass fired circulated fluidized bed boiler pp. 99-110

Jan Sandberg, Christer Karlsson and Rebei Bel Fdhila

Investigating the effect of crevice flow on internal combustion engines using a new simple crevice model implemented in a CFD code pp. 111-126

C.D. Rakopoulos, G.M. Kosmadakis, A.M. Dimaratos and E.G. Pariotis

Investigation of the thermal resistance of timber attic spaces with reflective foil and bulk insulation, heat flow up pp. 127-137

M. Belusko, F. Bruno and W. Saman

Production of microbial oil with high oleic acid content by Trichosporon capitatum pp. 138-142

Hong Wu, Yuanyuan Li, Lei Chen and Minhua Zong

Control performance of a dedicated outdoor air system adopting liquid desiccant dehumidification pp. 143-149

Fu Xiao, Gaoming Ge and Xiaofeng Niu

Performance of a micro engine with heptane as working fluid pp. 150-155

Yang Wang, Zhijun Zhou, Junhu Zhou, Jianzhong Liu, Zhihua Wang and Kefa Cen

A study on optimum insulation thickness in walls and energy savings in Tunisian buildings based on analytical calculation of cooling and heating transmission loads pp. 156-164

Naouel Daouas

Characteristics of syngas from co-gasification of polyethylene and woodchips pp. 165-174

.I. Ahmed, N. Nipattummakul and A.K. Gupta

Oxidative desulfurization of diesel with TBHP/isobutyl aldehyde/air oxidation system pp. 175-179

Wei Guo, Chengyong Wang, Peng Lin and Xiaoping Lu

Thermally activated building systems (TABS): Energy efficiency as a function of control strategy, hydronic circuit topology and (cold) generation system pp. 180-191

B. Lehmann, V. Dorer, M. Gwerder, F. Renggli and J. Tödtli

Costs and CO2 benefits of recovering, refining and transporting logging residues for fossil fuel replacement pp. 192-197

Leif Gustavsson, Lisa Eriksson and Roger Sathre

Supervisory and optimal control of central chiller plants using simplified adaptive models and genetic algorithm pp. 198-211

Zhenjun Ma and Shengwei Wang

Ethanol production from mahula (Madhuca latifolia L.) flowers with immobilized cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Luffa cylindrica L. sponge discs pp. 212-215

Shuvashish Behera, Rama Chandra Mohanty and Ramesh Chandra Ray

An estimation of the performance limits and improvement of dry cooling on trough solar thermal plants pp. 216-223

Huifang Deng and Robert F. Boehm

Performance of PV-Trombe wall in winter correlated with south façade design pp. 224-231

Wei Sun, Jie Ji, Chenglong Luo and Wei He

Life cycle cost and energy analysis of a Net Zero Energy House with solar combisystem pp. 232-241

Mitchell Leckner and Radu Zmeureanu

Optimization and design of energy transport system for solar cooking application pp. 242-251

U.R. Prasanna and L. Umanand

Performance study of the inverted absorber solar still with water depth and total dissolved solid pp. 252-264

Rahul Dev, Sabah A. Abdul-Wahab and G.N. Tiwari

Loss evaluation and design optimisation for direct driven permanent magnet synchronous generators for wind power pp. 265-271

Sandra Eriksson and Hans Bernhoff

Performance comparison of six numerical methods in estimating Weibull parameters for wind energy application pp. 272-282

Tian Pau Chang

A case study of energy use and economical analysis of irrigated and dryland wheat production systems pp. 283-288

Reza Ghorbani, Farzad Mondani, Shahram Amirmoradi, Hassan Feizi, Surror Khorramdel, Mozhgan Teimouri, Sara Sanjani, Sepideh Anvarkhah and Hassan Aghel

Life-cycle energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for electricity generation and supply in China pp. 289-297

Xunmin Ou, Yan Xiaoyu and Xiliang Zhang

Effect of kaolin addition on ash characteristics of palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) upon combustion pp. 298-305

Supatchaya Konsomboon, Suneerat Pipatmanomai, Thanid Madhiyanon and Suvit Tia

Kinetic study for the reduction of residual char particles using oxygen and air pp. 306-315

H. Molintas and A.K. Gupta

Products properties from fast pyrolysis of enzymatic/mild acidolysis lignin pp. 316-322

Rui Lou and Shu-bin Wu

Performance characteristics of a glowplug assisted low heat rejection diesel engine using ethanol pp. 323-329

B. Karthikeyan and K. Srithar

Modeling technological learning and its application for clean coal technologies in Japan pp. 330-336

Toshihiko Nakata, Takemi Sato, Hao Wang, Tomoya Kusunoki and Takaaki Furubayashi

Air fuelled zero emission road transportation: A comparative study pp. 337-342

Haisheng Chen, Yulong Ding, Yongliang Li, Xinjing Zhang and Chunqing Tan

The renewable energy consumption-growth nexus in Central America pp. 343-347

Nicholas Apergis and James E. Payne

Agricultural policy and its impact on fuel usage: Empirical evidence from farm household analysis pp. 348-353

Hung-Hao Chang, Ashok K. Mishra and Michael Livingston

Volatility spillover from world oil spot markets to aggregate and electricity stock index returns in Turkey pp. 354-360

Ugur Soytas and Adil Oran

Substitution between energy and classical factor inputs in the Chinese steel sector pp. 361-367

Russell Smyth, Paresh Kumar Narayan and Hongliang Shi

Modeling and prediction of Turkey's electricity consumption using Support Vector Regression pp. 368-375

Kadir Kavaklioglu

Determinants of carbon dioxide emissions: Empirical evidence from 69 countries pp. 376-382

Susan Sunila Sharma

Developing sustainable residential buildings in Saudi Arabia: A case study pp. 383-391

Hanan M. Taleb and Steve Sharples

Experimental study of commercial size proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance pp. 392-396

Wei-Mon Yan, Xiao-Dong Wang, Duu-Jong Lee, Xin-Xin Zhang, Yi-Fan Guo and Ay Su

Investigating price clustering in the oil futures market pp. 397-402

Paresh Kumar Narayan, Seema Narayan and Stephan Popp

Utilization of pineapple stem juice to enhance enzyme-hydrolytic efficiency for sugarcane bagasse after an optimized pre-treatment with alkaline peroxide pp. 403-408

J.R. Monte, M. Brienzo and A.M.F. Milagres

Are shocks to commodity prices persistent? pp. 409-416

Paresh Kumar Narayan and Ruipeng Liu