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2012, volume 97, articles C

Feasibility study of small Hydro/PV/Wind hybrid system for off-grid rural electrification in Ethiopia pp. 5-15

Getachew Bekele and Getnet Tadesse

Influence of household biogas digester use on household energy consumption in a semi-arid rural region of northwest China pp. 16-23

Wenguang Ding, Hewen Niu, Jinsong Chen, Jun Du and Yang Wu

Temperature control in energy grass pellet production – Effects on process stability and pellet quality pp. 24-29

Sylvia H. Larsson and Magnus Rudolfsson

Simulation and energy optimization of a pulp and paper mill – Evaporation plant and digester pp. 30-37

Xiaoyan Ji, Joakim Lundgren, Chuan Wang, Jan Dahl and Carl-Erik Grip

Introduction of a wind powered pumped storage system in the isolated insular power system of Karpathos–Kasos pp. 38-48

Dimitris Al. Katsaprakakis, Dimitris G. Christakis, Kosmas Pavlopoylos, Sofia Stamataki, Irene Dimitrelou, Ioannis Stefanakis and Petros Spanos

Synthetic gas production from dry black liquor gasification process using direct causticization with CO2 capture pp. 49-55

Muhammad Naqvi, Jinyue Yan and Erik Dahlquist

Liquid product from hydrothermal treatment of cellulose by direct GC/MS analysis pp. 56-60

Ze Wang, Weigang Lin and Wenli Song

Optimum PV-diesel hybrid systems for remote consumers of the Greek territory pp. 61-67

John Kaldellis, Dimitrios Zafirakis, Kosmas Kavadias and Emilia Kondili

Presentation of a stochastic model estimating the wind energy contribution in remote island electrical networks pp. 68-76

J.K. Kaldellis, M. Kapsali and D. Tiligadas

A knowledge representation model for the optimisation of electricity generation mixes pp. 77-83

Aidid Chee Tahir and René Bañares-Alcántara

Modelling and analysis of oil import tariff and stockpile policies for coping with supply disruptions pp. 84-90

Y. Bai, D.Q. Zhou and P. Zhou

Targets and results of the Brazilian Biodiesel Incentive Program – Has it reached the Promised Land? pp. 91-100

Régis Rathmann, Alexandre Szklo and Roberto Schaeffer

A case study for energy issues of public buildings and utilities in a small municipality: Investigation of possible improvements and integration with renewables pp. 101-114

Daniele Fiaschi, Romeo Bandinelli and Silvia Conti

Regional total factor energy efficiency: An empirical analysis of industrial sector in China pp. 115-123

Zhao-Hua Wang, Hua-Lin Zeng, Yi-Ming Wei and Yi-Xiang Zhang

Power plant investments in the Turkish electricity sector: A real options approach taking into account market liberalization pp. 124-134

Reinhard Madlener and Simon Stoverink

Measuring social welfare, energy and inequality in Germany pp. 135-142

Holger Schlör, Wolfgang Fischer and Jürgen-Friedrich Hake

Energy security level assessment technology pp. 143-149

Juozas Augutis, Ricardas Krikstolaitis, Linas Martisauskas and Sigita Peciulyte

The determinants of aggregated electricity intensity in China pp. 150-156

DongLan Zha, DeQun Zhou and Ning Ding

Climate protection and China’s energy security: Win–win or tradeoff pp. 157-163

Gang Wu, Lancui Liu, Zhi-Yong Han and Yi-Ming Wei

Carbon capture with low energy penalty: Supplementary fired natural gas combined cycles pp. 164-169

Hailong Li, Mario Ditaranto and Jinyue Yan

Economic evaluation of IGCC plants with hot gas cleaning pp. 170-184

Tobias Melchior and Reinhard Madlener

A feasible process for simultaneous removal of CO2, SO2 and NOx in the cement industry by NH3 scrubbing pp. 185-191

Ruifeng Dong, Hongfang Lu, Yunsong Yu and Zaoxiao Zhang

The meaning of energy systems for the genesis of the concept of sustainable development pp. 192-200

Holger Schlör, Wolfgang Fischer and Jürgen-Friedrich Hake

Hydrodynamic viability of chemical looping processes by means of cold flow model investigation pp. 201-216

Aldo Bischi, Øyvind Langørgen, Jean-Xavier Morin, Jørn Bakken, Masoud Ghorbaniyan, Marie Bysveen and Olav Bolland

“DOSSA”, highway to energy self-sustainability pp. 217-224

Noe Abejon Aparicio, Cynthia Lai and Catherine Chan-Halbrendt

Assessing the co-benefits of CO2 mitigation on air pollutants emissions from road vehicles pp. 225-237

Takayuki Takeshita

Integrated assessment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the German power sector and comparison with the deployment of renewable energies pp. 238-248

Peter Viebahn, Vallentin Daniel and Höller Samuel

Renewable energy investment: Policy and market impacts pp. 249-254

Wolf Heinrich Reuter, Jana Szolgayová, Sabine Fuss and Michael Obersteiner

Effects of flue gas recycle on oxy-coal power generation systems pp. 255-263

Yukun Hu, Jinyue Yan and Hailong Li

Pyrolysis and combustion characteristics of coals in oxyfuel combustion pp. 264-273

Wang, Chang’an, Xiaoming Zhang, Yinhe Liu and Defu Che

Impact of climate change on building energy use in different climate zones and mitigation and adaptation implications pp. 274-282

Kevin K.W. Wan, Danny H.W. Li, Wenyan Pan and Joseph C. Lam

Experimental studies on simultaneous removal of CO2 and SO2 in a polypropylene hollow fiber membrane contactor pp. 283-288

Yuexia Lv, Xinhai Yu, Shan-Tung Tu, Jinyue Yan and Erik Dahlquist

Colloidal processing and CO2 capture performance of sacrificially templated zeolite monoliths pp. 289-296

Farid Akhtar, Linnéa Andersson, Neda Keshavarzi and Lennart Bergström

Experimental study of a thermochemical compressor for an absorption/compression hybrid cycle pp. 297-304

R. Ventas, C. Vereda, A. Lecuona and M. Venegas

Study of an ejector-absorption refrigeration cycle with an adaptable ejector nozzle for different working conditions pp. 305-312

C. Vereda, R. Ventas, A. Lecuona and M. Venegas

The effects of external wall insulation thickness on annual cooling and heating energy uses under different climates pp. 313-318

Dongmei Pan, Mingyin Chan, Shiming Deng and Zhongping Lin

The EU CONCERTO project Class 1 – Demonstrating cost-effective low-energy buildings – Recent results with special focus on comparison of calculated and measured energy performance of Danish buildings pp. 319-326

Ove Mørck, Kirsten Engelund Thomsen and Jørgen Rose

An experimental investigation on reverse-cycle defrosting performance for an air source heat pump using an electronic expansion valve pp. 327-333

Minglu Qu, Liang Xia, Shiming Deng and Yiqiang Jiang

Application of zeolitic materials prepared from fly ash to water vapor adsorption for solar cooling pp. 334-339

D. Karamanis and E. Vardoulakis

Experimental characterisation of an indirect evaporative cooling prototype in two operating modes pp. 340-346

Eloy Velasco Gómez, Ana Tejero González and Francisco Javier Rey Martínez

Use of rubber crumbs as drainage layer in green roofs as potential energy improvement material pp. 347-354

Gabriel Pérez, Anna Vila, Lídia Rincón, Cristian Solé and Luisa F. Cabeza

Predicted vs. actual energy performance of non-domestic buildings: Using post-occupancy evaluation data to reduce the performance gap pp. 355-364

Anna Carolina Menezes, Andrew Cripps, Dino Bouchlaghem and Richard Buswell

A quantitative methodology to evaluate thermal bridges in buildings pp. 365-373

Francesco Asdrubali, Giorgio Baldinelli and Francesco Bianchi

Suitability of coupling a solar powered ejection cycle with a vapour compression refrigerating machine pp. 374-383

Andrea Chesi, Giovanni Ferrara, Lorenzo Ferrari and Fabio Tarani

European project Educa-RUE: An example of energy efficiency paths in educational buildings pp. 384-395

Umberto Desideri, Daniela Leonardi, Livia Arcioni and Paolo Sdringola

Streamlined life cycle assessment of transparent silica aerogel made by supercritical drying pp. 396-404

Mark Dowson, Michael Grogan, Tim Birks, David Harrison and Salmaan Craig

Different methods for the modelling of thermal bridges into energy simulation programs: Comparisons of accuracy for flat heterogeneous roofs in Italian climates pp. 405-418

Fabrizio Ascione, Nicola Bianco, Rossi, Filippo de’, Gianluca Turni and Giuseppe Peter Vanoli

A method for assessing buildings’ energy efficiency by dynamic simulation and experimental activity pp. 419-429

Anna Laura Pisello, Michele Goretti and Franco Cotana

Experimental performance evaluation of aerogel glazing systems pp. 430-437

C. Buratti and E. Moretti

Biomass steam gasification for production of SNG – Process design and sensitivity analysis pp. 451-461

Thomas Gröbl, Heimo Walter and Markus Haider

Optimization of Solid State Anaerobic Digestion by inoculum recirculation: The case of an existing Mechanical Biological Treatment plant pp. 462-469

Francesco Di Maria, Alessio Sordi and Caterina Micale

Combustion of peanut shells in a cone-shaped bubbling fluidized-bed combustor using alumina as the bed material pp. 470-482

Porametr Arromdee and Vladimir I. Kuprianov

Dynamic soft sensors for NOx emissions in a circulating fluidized bed boiler pp. 483-490

Mika Liukkonen, Eero Hälikkä, Teri Hiltunen and Yrjö Hiltunen

Thermogravimetric analysis and kinetic study of poplar wood pyrolysis pp. 491-497

Katarzyna Slopiecka, Pietro Bartocci and Francesco Fantozzi

Effects of mechanical pre-treatment on the biogas yield from ley crop silage pp. 498-502

Johan Lindmark, Niklas Leksell, Anna Schnürer and Eva Thorin

Performance optimization of the Växtkraft biogas production plant pp. 503-508

Eva Thorin, Johan Lindmark, Eva Nordlander, Monica Odlare, Erik Dahlquist, Jan Kastensson, Niklas Leksell and Carl-Magnus Pettersson

Aqueous phase reforming of sorbitol to bio-gasoline over Ni/HZSM-5 catalysts pp. 509-513

Qing Zhang, Tiejun Wang, Bing Li, Ting Jiang, Longlong Ma, Xinghua Zhang and Qiying Liu

Numerical investigation Greek lignite/cardoon co-firing in a tangentially fired furnace pp. 514-524

E. Karampinis, N. Nikolopoulos, A. Nikolopoulos, P. Grammelis and E. Kakaras

Fixed bed gasification of dairy biomass with enriched air mixture pp. 525-531

Siva Sankar Thanapal, Kalyan Annamalai, John M. Sweeten and Gerardo Gordillo

Experimental–numerical design of a biomass bubbling fluidized bed gasifier for paper sludge energy recovery pp. 532-542

S. Cordiner, G. De Simone and V. Mulone

Effect of iron promoter on structure and performance of CuMnZnO catalyst for higher alcohols synthesis pp. 543-547

Mingyue Ding, Minghuang Qiu, Tiejun Wang, Longlong Ma, Chuangzhi Wu and Jianguo Liu

A non-conventional interpretation of thermal regeneration in steam cycles pp. 548-557

Stefano Bracco and Lorenzo Damiani

Thermodynamic diagnosis of diesel and biodiesel combustion processes during load-increase transient sequences pp. 558-568

Octavio Armas, Rosario Ballesteros and María Dolores Cardenas

Steam injection experiments in a microturbine – A thermodynamic performance analysis pp. 569-576

Ward De Paepe, Frank Delattin, Svend Bram and Jacques De Ruyck

Low temperature co-fired ceramic vaporizing liquid microthruster for microspacecraft applications pp. 577-583

K. Karthikeyan, S.K. Chou, L.E. Khoong, Y.M. Tan, C.W. Lu and W.M. Yang

Performance of a hybrid hydrogen–gasoline engine under various operating conditions pp. 584-589

Changwei Ji, Shuofeng Wang and Bo Zhang

Integrated management of cogeneration plants and district heating networks pp. 590-600

Alessandro Pini Prato, Fabrizio Strobino, Marco Broccardo and Luigi Parodi Giusino

Thermo-fluid dynamics preliminary design of turbo-expanders for ORC cycles pp. 601-608

Daniele Fiaschi, Giampaolo Manfrida and Francesco Maraschiello

Thermodynamic analysis of two micro CHP systems operating with geothermal and solar energy pp. 609-617

Duccio Tempesti, Giampaolo Manfrida and Daniele Fiaschi

Experimental evaluation of strategies to increase the operating range of a biogas-fueled HCCI engine for power generation pp. 618-629

Iván D. Bedoya, Samveg Saxena, Francisco J. Cadavid, Robert W. Dibble and Martin Wissink

Simulation of the parabolic trough solar energy generation system with Organic Rankine Cycle pp. 630-641

Ya-Ling He, Dan-Hua Mei, Wen-Quan Tao, Wei-Wei Yang and Huai-Liang Liu

A study on the rotary steam engine for distributed generation in small size power plants pp. 642-647

Marco Antonelli and Luigi Martorano

Parametric sensitivity analysis of a SOLRGT system with the indirect upgrading of low/mid-temperature solar heat pp. 648-655

Yuan Yuan Li, Na Zhang and Rui Xian Cai

Numerical analysis of injector flow and spray characteristics from diesel injectors using fossil and biodiesel fuels pp. 656-666

Michele Battistoni and Carlo Nazareno Grimaldi

Integrated thermoelectric and organic Rankine cycles for micro-CHP systems pp. 667-672

K. Qiu and A.C.S. Hayden

Guidelines for residential micro-CHP systems design pp. 673-685

Michele Bianchi, Andrea De Pascale and Pier Ruggero Spina

Design of the steam generator in an energy conversion system based on the aluminum combustion with water pp. 686-694

Stefano Mercati, Massimo Milani, Luca Montorsi and Fabrizio Paltrinieri

Integration between a thermophotovoltaic generator and an Organic Rankine Cycle pp. 695-703

Andrea De Pascale, Claudio Ferrari, Francesco Melino, Mirko Morini and Michele Pinelli

Feasibility study of a Thermo-Photo-Voltaic system for CHP application in residential buildings pp. 704-713

Michele Bianchi, Claudio Ferrari, Francesco Melino and Antonio Peretto

Influence of the thermal energy storage on the profitability of micro-CHP systems for residential building applications pp. 714-722

Enrico Saverio Barbieri, Francesco Melino and Mirko Morini

Analysis of innovative micro-CHP systems to meet household energy demands pp. 723-733

Enrico Saverio Barbieri, Pier Ruggero Spina and Mauro Venturini

Integrated numerical and experimental study of a MCFC-plasma gasifier energy system pp. 734-742

G. Falcucci, E. Jannelli, M. Minutillo, S. Ubertini, J. Han, S.P. Yoon and S.W. Nam

Single-piston alternative to Stirling engines pp. 743-748

Maxim Glushenkov, Martin Sprenkeler, Alexander Kronberg and Valeriy Kirillov

An advanced micro modular combustor-radiator with heat recuperation for micro-TPV system application pp. 749-753

Wenming Yang, Siawkiang Chou, Kianjon Chua, Hui An, Kumarasamy Karthikeyan and Xing Zhao

Numerical study on carbon deposition of SOFC with unsteady state variation of porosity pp. 754-762

Min Yan, Min Zeng, Qiuyang Chen and Qiuwang Wang

An experimental investigation to improve the hydrogen production by water photoelectrolysis when cyanin-chloride is used as sensibilizer pp. 763-770

Federico Rossi and Andrea Nicolini

Kinetic energy harvesting with bistable oscillators pp. 771-776

Helios Vocca, Igor Neri, Flavio Travasso and Luca Gammaitoni

Optimization of a PEMFC/battery pack power system for a bus application pp. 777-784

Linda Barelli, Gianni Bidini and Andrea Ottaviano

Combined hydrogen and ethanol production from sugars and lignocellulosic biomass by Thermoanaerobacterium AK54, isolated from hot spring pp. 785-791

Margret Audur Sigurbjornsdottir and Johann Orlygsson

Energy efficiency analysis of Organic Rankine Cycles with scroll expanders for cogenerative applications pp. 792-801

Stefano Clemente, Diego Micheli, Mauro Reini and Rodolfo Taccani

Microcogeneration system based on HTPEM fuel cell fueled with natural gas: Performance analysis pp. 802-808

Nicola Zuliani and Rodolfo Taccani

Hybrid system test rig: Chemical composition emulation with steam injection pp. 809-815

Mario L. Ferrari, Matteo Pascenti, Alberto N. Traverso and Aristide F. Massardo

Thermocline stability criterions in single-tanks of molten salt thermal energy storage pp. 816-821

Frank G.F. Qin, Xiaoping Yang, Zhan Ding, Yuanzhi Zuo, Youyan Shao, Runhua Jiang and Xiaoxi Yang

Modelling liquefied-natural-gas processes using highly accurate property models pp. 822-827

Florian Dauber and Roland Span

Results of experimental investigations on the heat conductivity of nanofluids based on diathermic oil for high temperature applications pp. 828-833

Gianpiero Colangelo, Ernani Favale, Arturo de Risi and Domenico Laforgia

Experimental study of the water in oil emulsions features by differential scanning calorimetry analysis pp. 834-840

Ernesto Mura, Christophe Josset, Khaled Loubar, Jérôme Bellettre and Patrizio Massoli

CFD optimization of an immersed particle heat exchanger pp. 841-848

Fabio De Bellis and Luciano A. Catalano

Application of dynamic programming to the optimal management of a hybrid power plant with wind turbines, photovoltaic panels and compressed air energy storage pp. 849-859

Vincenzo Marano, Gianfranco Rizzo and Francesco Antonio Tiano

Temperature control of a cabin in an automobile using thermal modeling and fuzzy controller pp. 860-868

Sepehr Sanaye, Masoud Dehghandokht and Amir Fartaj

The occurrence of pinch point and its effects on the performance of high temperature heat pump pp. 869-875

Zhaoyong Liu, Li Zhao, Xuezheng Zhao and Hailong Li

Experimental investigations of the viscosity of nanofluids at low temperatures pp. 876-880

Bahadir Aladag, Salma Halelfadl, Nimeti Doner, Thierry Maré, Steven Duret and Patrice Estellé

Experimental study on condensation heat transfer characteristics of steam on horizontal twisted elliptical tubes pp. 881-887

Li Zhang, Sheng Yang and Hong Xu

Performance analysis of a proposed solar assisted ground coupled heat pump system pp. 888-896

Xi Chen and Hongxing Yang

Domestic hot water consumption vs. solar thermal energy storage: The optimum size of the storage tank pp. 897-906

M.C. Rodríguez-Hidalgo, P.A. Rodríguez-Aumente, A. Lecuona, M. Legrand and R. Ventas

Investigations on thermo-hydraulic performance due to flow-attack-angle in V-down rib with gap in a rectangular duct of solar air heater pp. 907-912

Sukhmeet Singh, Subhash Chander and J.S. Saini

In situ operation performance test of ground coupled heat pump system for cooling and heating provision in temperate zone pp. 913-920

Yi Man, Hongxing Yang, Jinggang Wang and Zhaohong Fang

Feasibility analysis of a Darrieus vertical-axis wind turbine installation in the rooftop of a building pp. 921-929

Francesco Balduzzi, Alessandro Bianchini, Ennio Antonio Carnevale, Lorenzo Ferrari and Sandro Magnani

Life Cycle Assessment of a ground-mounted 1778kWp photovoltaic plant and comparison with traditional energy production systems pp. 930-943

Umberto Desideri, Stefania Proietti, Francesco Zepparelli, Paolo Sdringola and Silvia Bini

Innovative tidal turbine with central deflector for the exploitation of river and sea currents in on-shore installations pp. 944-955

Mario Amelio, Silvio Barbarelli, Gaetano Florio, Nino Michele Scornaienchi, Giovanni Minniti, Antonino Cutrupi and Manuel Sánchez-Blanco

A radial basis function neural network based approach for the electrical characteristics estimation of a photovoltaic module pp. 956-961

F. Bonanno, G. Capizzi, G. Graditi, C. Napoli and G.M. Tina

Examination of thermal interaction of multiple vertical ground heat exchangers pp. 962-969

Seama Koohi-Fayegh and Marc A. Rosen

A stochastic simulation model for reliable PV system sizing providing for solar radiation fluctuations pp. 970-981

E. Kaplani and S. Kaplanis

Experimental and computational investigation of a new solar integrated collector storage system pp. 982-989

Domenico Borello, Alessandro Corsini, Giovanni Delibra, Sara Evangelisti and Andrea Micangeli

Experimental validation of a probabilistic model for estimating the double axis PV tracking energy production pp. 990-998

Giuseppe Marco Tina, Salvina Gagliano, Giorgio Graditi and Angelo Merola

How global warming and building envelope will change buildings energy use in central Europe pp. 999-1004

Mohamad Kharseh and Lobna Altorkmany