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Volume 93, issue P2, 2015

Electrodeposition of three-dimensional ZnO@MnO2 core–shell nanocables as high-performance electrode material for supercapacitors pp. 1259-1266

Chuanjun Yuan, Haibo Lin, Haiyan Lu, Endong Xing, Yusi Zhang and Bingyao Xie

Comparative study on the performance and exergy efficiency of a solar hybrid heat pump using R22 and R744 pp. 1267-1276

Honghyun Cho

A hybrid life cycle assessment of the vehicle-to-grid application in light duty commercial fleet pp. 1277-1286

Yang Zhao and Omer Tatari

Exergoeconomic evaluation of an ethanol-fueled solid oxide fuel cell power plant pp. 1287-1295

Yannay Casas Ledón, Luis E. Arteaga-Perez, Juan Toledo and Jo Dewulf

Wind-speed prediction and analysis based on geological and distance variables using an artificial neural network: A case study in South Korea pp. 1296-1302

Junmo Koo, Gwon Deok Han, Hyung Jong Choi and Joon Hyung Shim

3D (3-dimensional) porous silver nonwoven mats prepared with cellulosic templates and spray equipment for use as supercapacitor current collectors pp. 1303-1307

Yunseok Jang, Jeongdai Jo, Young-Man Choi, Sin Kwon and Kwang-Young Kim

A framework for the reliability evaluation of grid-connected photovoltaic systems in the presence of intermittent faults pp. 1308-1320

Baoping Cai, Yonghong Liu, Yunpeng Ma, Lei Huang and Zengkai Liu

Characteristics of rice husk tar secondary thermal cracking pp. 1321-1327

Ming Zhai, Xinyu Wang, Yu Zhang, Peng Dong, Guoli Qi and Yudong Huang

Energy efficiency of China's industry sector: An adjusted network DEA (data envelopment analysis)-based decomposition analysis pp. 1328-1337

Yingnan Liu and Ke Wang

Effects of clamping force on the water transport and performance of a PEM (proton electrolyte membrane) fuel cell with relative humidity and current density pp. 1338-1344

Dowon Cha, Jae Hwan Ahn, Hyung Soon Kim and Yongchan Kim

Energy harvesting from high-rise buildings by a piezoelectric harvester device pp. 1345-1352

X.D. Xie, Q. Wang and S.J. Wang

Oil price crisis response: Capability assessment and key indicator identification pp. 1353-1360

Keyi Ju, Bin Su, Dequn Zhou, P. Zhou and Yuqiang Zhang

Accounting for hidden energy dependency: The impact of energy embodied in traded goods on cross-country energy security assessments pp. 1361-1372

Markus Bortolamedi

Modeling and simulation of a molten salt cavity receiver with Dymola pp. 1373-1384

Qiangqiang Zhang, Xin Li, Zhifeng Wang, Jinbai Zhang, Baligh El-Hefni and Li Xu

Research on the data transmission optimization for building energy consumption monitoring system based on fuzzy self-adaptation method pp. 1385-1393

Liang Zhao and Jili Zhang

Experimental investigations on using phase change material for performance improvement of storage-enhanced heat recovery room air-conditioner pp. 1394-1403

Jie Jia and W.L. Lee

Outdoor dry bulb heating design temperatures for Hungary pp. 1404-1412

Zoltán Verbai, Imre Kocsis and Ferenc Kalmár

Microwave-assist hydrothermal synthesis and luminescence of NaGd(WO4):Tb3+ phosphors: A case study for the energy saving in the synthesis of phosphors pp. 1413-1417

Yongxin Liu, Xuejun Yue, Kun Cai, Haidong Deng and Ming Zhang

Preference selection index approach for optimization of V down perforated baffled roughened rectangular channel pp. 1418-1425

Sunil Chamoli

Energy economics in the manufacturing industry: A return on investment strategy pp. 1426-1435

Michael P. Brundage, Qing Chang, Jing Zou, Yang Li, Jorge Arinez and Guoxian Xiao

Fast pyrolysis of macroalga Saccharina japonica in a bubbling fluidized-bed reactor for bio-oil production pp. 1436-1446

Hoang Vu Ly, Seung-Soo Kim, Hee Chul Woo, Jae Hyung Choi, Dong Jin Suh and Jinsoo Kim

Optimizing renewable energy, demand response and energy storage to replace conventional fuels in Ontario, Canada pp. 1447-1455

David B. Richardson and L.D. Danny Harvey

Short-term wind speed prediction using empirical wavelet transform and Gaussian process regression pp. 1456-1466

Jianming Hu and Jianzhou Wang

Tracking collector consideration of tilted collector solar updraft tower power plant under Malaysia climate conditions pp. 1467-1477

Ali Ahmed Gitan, Shaymaa Husham Abdulmalek and Salwan S. Dihrab

Optimization of velocity for energy saving and mitigating fouling in a crude oil preheat train with fixed network structure pp. 1478-1488

Yufei Wang, Shihui Zhan and Xiao Feng

Impact of powertrain electrification, vehicle size reduction and lightweight materials substitution on energy use, CO2 emissions and cost of a passenger light-duty vehicle fleet pp. 1489-1504

Juan C. González Palencia, Tsukasa Sakamaki, Mikiya Araki and Seiichi Shiga

Rapid-compression machine studies on two-stage ignition characteristics of hydrocarbon autoignition and an investigation of new gasoline surrogates pp. 1505-1514

Jinhwa Chung, Seunghyeon Lee, Hyunsoo An, Soonho Song and Kwang Min Chun

An improved free search differential evolution algorithm: A case study on parameters identification of one diode equivalent circuit of a solar cell module pp. 1515-1522

Helon Vicente Hultmann Ayala, Leandro dos Santos Coelho, Viviana Cocco Mariani and Alireza Askarzadeh

Theoretical and experimental investigation of a closed sorption thermal storage prototype using LiCl/water pp. 1523-1534

N. Yu, R.Z. Wang and L.W. Wang

Experimental study of slight temperature rise combustion in trapped vortex combustors for gas turbines pp. 1535-1547

R.C. Zhang, W.J. Fan, F. Xing, S.W. Song, Q. Shi, G.H. Tian and W.L. Tan

Energy performance and efficiency of two sugar crops for the biofuel supply chain. Perspectives for sustainable field management in southern Italy pp. 1548-1557

Pasquale Garofalo, Laura D'Andrea, A. Vittorio Vonella, Michele Rinaldi and A. Domenico Palumbo

Appraisal of the support vector machine to forecast residential heating demand for the District Heating System based on the monthly overall natural gas consumption pp. 1558-1567

Nima Izadyar, Hossein Ghadamian, Hwai Chyuan Ong, Zeinab Moghadam, Chong Wen Tong and Shahaboddin Shamshirband

Simulation of a multiple heat source supercritical ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) for vehicle waste heat recovery pp. 1568-1580

Stephen Glover, Roy Douglas, Mattia De Rosa, Xiaolei Zhang and Laura Glover

Optimal dynamic allocation of mobile plants to monetize associated or stranded natural gas, part I: Bakken shale play case study pp. 1581-1594

Siah Hong Tan and Paul I. Barton

Impacts of renewable energy system design inputs on the performance robustness of net zero energy buildings pp. 1595-1606

Yuehong Lu, Shengwei Wang, Chengchu Yan and Kui Shan

The tug-of-war between resource depletion and technological change in the global oil industry 1981–2009 pp. 1607-1616

Lars Lindholt

Characterising a turbine for application in an organic Rankine cycle pp. 1617-1632

B. Ssebabi, R.T. Dobson and A.B. Sebitosi

Assessment of the safe operation and maintenance of photovoltaic systems pp. 1633-1638

Sotiris N. Kamenopoulos and Theocharis Tsoutsos

Thermodynamic analysis of a liquid air energy storage system pp. 1639-1647

Giuseppe Leo Guizzi, Michele Manno, Ludovica Maria Tolomei and Ruggero Maria Vitali

Solar pyrolysis of beech wood: Effects of pyrolysis parameters on the product distribution and gas product composition pp. 1648-1657

Kuo Zeng, Daniel Gauthier, Rui Li and Gilles Flamant

Measurements of integrated direct, diffuse and global ultraviolet-B radiation pp. 1658-1662

M.P. Utrillas, R. Pedrós, S. Gandía, J.L. Gómez-Amo, V. Estellés and J.A. Martínez-Lozano

Prediction of steam-assisted gravity drainage steam to oil ratio from reservoir characteristics pp. 1663-1670

Oguz Akbilgic, Da Zhu, Ian D. Gates and Joule A. Bergerson

A comparative study on prediction methods for China's medium- and long-term coal demand pp. 1671-1683

Bing-Bing Li, Qiao-Mei Liang and Jin-Cheng Wang

Nanoencapsulation of n-octadecane phase change material with silica shell through interfacial hydrolysis and polycondensation in miniemulsion pp. 1684-1692

Shuen Liang, Qianbiao Li, Yalin Zhu, Keping Chen, Chunrong Tian, Jianhua Wang and Ruke Bai

Optimal distribution feeder reconfiguration for increasing the penetration of plug-in electric vehicles and minimizing network costs pp. 1693-1703

Abdollah Kavousi-Fard, Alireza Abbasi, Mohammad-Amin Rostami and Abbas Khosravi

Appraisal of artificial neural network-genetic algorithm based model for prediction of the power provided by the agricultural tractors pp. 1704-1710

Hamid Taghavifar, Aref Mardani and Ashkan Haji Hosseinloo

Cuckoo optimization algorithm with penalty function for combined heat and power economic dispatch problem pp. 1711-1718

Mohamed Arezki Mellal and Edward J. Williams

Entropy production and economic analysis in diabatic distillation columns with heat exchangers in series pp. 1719-1730

J.Rafael Alcántara-Avila, Ken-Ichiro Sotowa and Toshihide Horikawa

Torrefaction of wood and bark from Eucalyptus globulus and Eucalyptus nitens: Focus on volatile evolution vs feasible temperatures pp. 1731-1741

Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez, Cristina Segura, Verónica Bustamante-García, Oscar Gómez Cápiro and Romel Jiménez

Soybean waste (okara) as a valorization biomass for the bioethanol production pp. 1742-1747

In Seong Choi, Young Gyu Kim, Ja Kyun Jung and Hyeun-Jong Bae

Development and characterization of a new embedded ionic liquid based membrane-cathode assembly for its application in single chamber microbial fuel cells pp. 1748-1757

V.M. Ortiz-Martínez, M.J. Salar-García, F.J. Hernández-Fernández and A.P. de los Ríos

Effects of the injection strategy on the mixture formation and combustion characteristics in a DISI (direct injection spark ignition) optical engine pp. 1758-1768

Jingeun Song, Taehoon Kim, Jihwan Jang and Sungwook Park

Comparison and verification of wake models in an onshore wind farm considering single wake condition of the 2 MW wind turbine pp. 1769-1777

Sanghyeon Jeon, Bumsuk Kim and Jongchul Huh

Exergy analysis of a coal/biomass co-hydrogasification based chemical looping power generation system pp. 1778-1787

Linbo Yan, Guangxi Yue and Boshu He

Effect of number of supports on the bending of absorber tube of parabolic trough concentrator pp. 1788-1803

Sourav Khanna and Vashi Sharma

A comprehensive sensitivity study of major passive design parameters for the public rental housing development in Hong Kong pp. 1804-1818

Xi Chen, Hongxing Yang and Weilong Zhang

Optimal supervisory control of steam generators operating in parallel pp. 1819-1831

Vicente Costanza and Pablo S. Rivadeneira

Comprehensive exergy analysis of an industrial-scale yogurt production plant pp. 1832-1851

Majid Jafaryani Jokandan, Mortaza Aghbashlo and Seyed Saeid Mohtasebi

An extension of the Generalized Actuator Disc Theory for aerodynamic analysis of the diffuser-augmented wind turbines pp. 1852-1859

Yingyi Liu and Shigeo Yoshida

Electricity generation and heating potential from enhanced geothermal system in Songliao Basin, China: Different reservoir stimulation strategies for tight rock and naturally fractured formations pp. 1860-1885

Yan-Jun Zhang, Liang-Liang Guo, Zheng-Wei Li, Zi-Wang Yu, Tian-Fu Xu and Cheng-Yu Lan

Main parameters optimization of regenerative organic Rankine cycle driven by low-temperature flue gas waste heat pp. 1886-1895

Zhong Ge, Hua Wang, Hui-Tao Wang, Jian-Jun Wang, Ming Li, Fu-Zhong Wu and Song-Yuan Zhang

Temperature fields induced by geothermal devices pp. 1896-1903

V. Ciriello, M. Bottarelli, V. Di Federico and D.M. Tartakovsky

Spatial modeling of lignite energy reserves for exploitation planning and quality control pp. 1906-1917

Andreas Pavlides, Dionissios T. Hristopulos, Christos Roumpos and Zach Agioutantis

Solar energy prediction and verification using operational model forecasts and ground-based solar measurements pp. 1918-1930

P.G. Kosmopoulos, S. Kazadzis, K. Lagouvardos, V. Kotroni and A. Bais

Performance analysis of energy storage system based on liquid carbon dioxide with different configurations pp. 1931-1942

Mingkun Wang, Pan Zhao, Yi Yang and Yiping Dai

Improving OWC performance prediction using polychromatic waves pp. 1943-1952

Tom Mitchell Ferguson, Alan Fleming, Irene Penesis and Gregor Macfarlane

Investigation and modeling of the tractive performance of radial tires using off-road vehicles pp. 1953-1963

Şerafettin Ekinci, Kazım Çarman and Humar Kahramanlı

Methods for evaluation of energy efficiency of machine tools pp. 1964-1970

Timo Schudeleit, Simon Züst and Konrad Wegener

Effects of C3H8 on hydrate formation and dissociation for integrated CO2 capture and desalination technology pp. 1971-1979

Mingjun Yang, Jianan Zheng, Weiguo Liu, Yu Liu and Yongchen Song

Energy efficiency of different impellers in stirred tank reactors pp. 1980-1988

Houari Ameur

The recent change in the Italian policies for photovoltaics: Effects on the payback period and levelized cost of electricity of grid-connected photovoltaic systems installed in urban contexts pp. 1989-2005

Aldo Orioli and Alessandra Di Gangi

Power density optimization for micro thermoelectric generators pp. 2006-2017

Marc T. Dunham, Michael T. Barako, Saniya LeBlanc, Mehdi Asheghi, Baoxing Chen and Kenneth E. Goodson

Performance comparison of low-grade ORCs (organic Rankine cycles) using R245fa, pentane and their mixtures based on the thermoeconomic multi-objective optimization and decision makings pp. 2018-2029

Yongqiang Feng, TzuChen Hung, Yaning Zhang, Bingxi Li, Jinfu Yang and Yang Shi

Effect of mixing on the performance of wet steam ejectors pp. 2030-2041

Kavous Ariafar, David Buttsworth, Ghassan Al-Doori and Ray Malpress

Energy efficiency improvement potentials for the cement industry in Ethiopia pp. 2042-2052

Gudise Tesema and Ernst Worrell

Numerical study on effect of oxygen content in combustion air on ammonia combustion pp. 2053-2068

Jun Li, Hongyu Huang, Noriyuki Kobayashi, Zhaohong He, Yugo Osaka and Tao Zeng

A dynamic model used for controller design of a coal fired once-through boiler-turbine unit pp. 2069-2078

Ji-Zhen Liu, Shu Yan, De-Liang Zeng, Yong Hu and You Lv

A hybrid system using a regenerative electrochemical cycle to harvest waste heat from the proton exchange membrane fuel cell pp. 2079-2086

Rui Long, Baode Li, Zhichun Liu and Wei Liu

International comparisons of energy and environmental efficiency in the road transport sector pp. 2087-2101

Khaled Ben Abdallah, Mounir Belloumi and Daniel De Wolf

Effective reduction of NOx emissions of a HCCI (Homogeneous charge compression ignition) engine by enhanced rate of heat transfer under varying conditions of operation pp. 2102-2115

T. Karthikeya Sharma, G. Amba Prasad Rao and K. Madhu Murthy

A novel twin-rotor radial-inflow air turbine for oscillating-water-column wave energy converters pp. 2116-2125

António F.O. Falcão, Luís M.C. Gato, João C.C. Henriques, João E. Borges, Bruno Pereiras and Francisco Castro

A simplified optimization model to short-term electricity planning pp. 2126-2135

Sérgio Pereira, Paula Ferreira and A.I.F. Vaz

Thermodynamic and thermoeconomic optimization of an integrated gas turbine and organic Rankine cycle pp. 2136-2145

M. Khaljani, R. Khoshbakhti Saray and K. Bahlouli

Parametric and optimization studies of reheat and regenerative Braysson cycle pp. 2146-2156

R. Chandramouli, M.S.S. Srinivasa Rao and K. Ramji

A mechanistic semi-empirical wake interaction model for wind farm layout optimization pp. 2157-2165

Jim Y.J. Kuo, David A. Romero and Cristina H. Amon

Determining efficiency of energy input for silage corn production: An econometric approach pp. 2166-2174

Ehsan Houshyar, Hamid Reza Zareifard, Philipp Grundmann and Pete Smith

Crisscross optimization algorithm for large-scale dynamic economic dispatch problem with valve-point effects pp. 2175-2190

Anbo Meng, Hanwu Hu, Hao Yin, Xiangang Peng and Zhuangzhi Guo

Net energy analysis of Bakken crude oil production using a well-level engineering-based model pp. 2191-2198

Adam R. Brandt, Tim Yeskoo and Kourosh Vafi

Improvement and experimental research of CO2 two-rolling piston expander pp. 2199-2207

Jing Hu, Minxia Li, Li Zhao, Borui Xia and Yitai Ma

Thermoeconomic multi-objective optimization of an organic Rankine cycle for exhaust waste heat recovery of a diesel engine pp. 2208-2228

Fubin Yang, Hongguang Zhang, Songsong Song, Chen Bei, Hongjin Wang and Enhua Wang

A novel application for energy efficiency improvement using nanofluid in shell and tube heat exchanger equipped with helical baffles pp. 2229-2240

Mehdi Bahiraei, Morteza Hangi and Mahdi Saeedan

Performance and emission characteristics of a high-compression-ratio diesel engine fueled with wood pyrolysis oil-butanol blended fuels pp. 2241-2250

Tae Young Kim, Seokhwan Lee and Kernyong Kang

In-situ transesterification of Jatropha oil over an efficient solid alkali using low leaching component supported on industrial silica gel pp. 2251-2257

Kun Qian, Xiang Shen, Yanxin Wang, Qiang Gao and Hongwei Ding

Development of high efficiency cycles for domestic refrigerator-freezer application pp. 2258-2266

Mina Yang, Chung Woo Jung and Yong Tae Kang

Advanced exergy and environmental analyses and multi objective optimization of a real combined cycle power plant with supplementary firing using evolutionary algorithm pp. 2267-2279

Fateme Ahmadi Boyaghchi and Hanieh Molaie

Numerical investigation of the effect split injection scheme on exergy terms in an IDI (indirect injection) diesel engine by three dimensional modeling pp. 2280-2291

Samad Jafarmadar and Peyman Nemati

Optimal profile of heat transfer pin fins under technological constraints pp. 2292-2298

Viorel Badescu

Reliability improvement in radial electrical distribution network by optimal planning of energy storage systems pp. 2299-2312

Hedayat Saboori, Reza Hemmati and Mehdi Ahmadi Jirdehi

A novel approach for measuring bubbles uniformity and mixing efficiency in a direct contact heat exchanger pp. 2313-2320

Yu Fei, Qingtai Xiao, Jianxin Xu, Jianxin Pan, Shibo Wang, Hua Wang and Junwei Huang

Economic, energy, and environmental impacts of alcohol dehydration technology on biofuel production from brown algae pp. 2321-2336

Peyman Fasahati and J. Jay Liu

A bottom-up and procedural calibration method for building energy simulation models based on hourly electricity submetering data pp. 2337-2350

Ying Ji and Peng Xu

Valuing crop diversity in biodiesel production plans pp. 2351-2362

Antonella Baglivi, Giulia Fiorese, Giorgio Guariso and Clara Uggè

Experimental study of a 1 kw organic Rankine cycle with a zeotropic mixture of R245fa/R134a pp. 2363-2373

Gholamreza Bamorovat Abadi, Eunkoo Yun and Kyung Chun Kim

Modelling and testing the performance of a commercial ammonia/water absorption chiller using Aspen-Plus platform pp. 2374-2383

Rami Mansouri, Ismail Boukholda, Mahmoud Bourouis and Ahmed Bellagi

Experimental investigation of pyrolysis of rice straw using bench-scale auger, batch and fluidized bed reactors pp. 2384-2394

Hyungseok Nam, Sergio C. Capareda, Nanjappa Ashwath and Jinjuta Kongkasawan

Extended Euler–Euler model for the simulation of a 1 MWth chemical–looping pilot plant pp. 2395-2405

Falah Alobaid, Peter Ohlemüller, Jochen Ströhle and Bernd Epple

A new forecasting framework for volatile behavior in net electricity consumption: A case study in Turkey pp. 2406-2422

Salih Tutun, Chun-An Chou and Erdal Canıyılmaz

The long-term forecast of Pakistan's electricity supply and demand: An application of long range energy alternatives planning pp. 2423-2435

Usama Perwez, Ahmed Sohail, Syed Fahad Hassan and Usman Zia

Synergy of air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions of Chinese industries: A critical assessment of energy models pp. 2436-2450

Shaohui Zhang, Ernst Worrell and Wina Crijns-Graus

Numerical investigation of flow characteristics, heat transfer and entropy generation of nanofluid flow inside an annular pipe partially or completely filled with porous media using two-phase mixture model pp. 2451-2466

Majid Siavashi, Hamid Reza Talesh Bahrami and Hamid Saffari

A meta-heuristic method to design off-grid community electrification projects with renewable energies pp. 2467-2482

Matteo Ranaboldo, Alberto García-Villoria, Laia Ferrer-Martí and Rafael Pastor Moreno

Hydrodynamic performance prediction of a tidal current turbine operating in non-uniform inflow conditions pp. 2483-2496

Fergal O'Rourke, Fergal Boyle, Anthony Reynolds and David M. Kennedy

Performance of dry anaerobic technology in the co-digestion of rural organic solid wastes in China pp. 2497-2502

Tianxue Yang, Yingjun Li, Jixi Gao, Caihong Huang, Bin Chen, Lieyu Zhang, Xiaowei Wang, Ying Zhao, Beidou Xi and Xiang Li

Performance assessment of a natural gas expansion plant integrated with a vertical ground-coupled heat pump pp. 2503-2517

Reza Ghezelbash, Mahmood Farzaneh-Gord, Hamidreza Behi, Meisam Sadi and Heshmatollah Shams Khorramabady

The chaotic global best artificial bee colony algorithm for the multi-area economic/emission dispatch pp. 2518-2545

Dinu Calin Secui

Modeling and optimization of a network of energy hubs to improve economic and emission considerations pp. 2546-2558

Azadeh Maroufmashat, Ali Elkamel, Michael Fowler, Sourena Sattari, Ramin Roshandel, Amir Hajimiragha, Sean Walker and Evgueniy Entchev

Explicit analytic solution for heat and mass transfer in a desiccant wheel using a simplified model pp. 2559-2567

Hyungmook Kang, Gilbong Lee and Dae-Young Lee

Flexible electricity tariffs: Power and energy price signals designed for a smarter grid pp. 2568-2581

Michael Schreiber, Martin E. Wainstein, Patrick Hochloff and Roger Dargaville

Two-dimensional thermosolutal natural convective heat and mass transfer in a bi-layered and inclined porous enclosure pp. 2582-2592

N. Hadidi, R. Bennacer and Y. Ould-amer

Design and analysis of a dead volume control for a solar Stirling engine with induction generator pp. 2593-2603

Ricardo Beltrán-Chacon, Daniel Leal-Chavez, D. Sauceda, Manuel Pellegrini-Cervantes and Mónica Borunda

Optimized design of impulse turbines in the micro-hydro sector concerning air detrainment processes pp. 2604-2613

Matthias Kramer, Kristina Terheiden and Silke Wieprecht

A study of the impact of building geometry on the thermal performance of road pavement solar collectors pp. 2614-2630

Diana S.N.M. Nasir, Ben Richard Hughes and John Kaiser Calautit

Volume 93, issue P1, 2015

Integration of CO2 cryogenic removal with a natural gas pressurized liquefaction process using gas expansion refrigeration pp. 1-9

Xiaojun Xiong, Wensheng Lin and Anzhong Gu

Exergy loss minimization for a blast furnace with comparative analyses for energy flows and exergy flows pp. 10-19

Xiong Liu, Lingen Chen, Xiaoyong Qin and Fengrui Sun

Study on CO2 capture from molten carbonate fuel cell hybrid system integrated with oxygen ion transfer membrane pp. 20-30

Liqiang Duan, Long Yue, Wanjun Qu and Yongping Yang

Energetic and economic evaluation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii hydrothermal liquefaction and pyrolysis through thermochemical models pp. 31-40

Céline Hognon, Florian Delrue and Guillaume Boissonnet

A robust combination approach for short-term wind speed forecasting and analysis – Combination of the ARIMA (Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average), ELM (Extreme Learning Machine), SVM (Support Vector Machine) and LSSVM (Least Square SVM) forecasts using a GPR (Gaussian Process Regression) model pp. 41-56

Jianzhou Wang and Jianming Hu

Experimental study on the start-up with dry gases from normal cell temperatures in self-humidified proton exchange membrane fuel cells pp. 57-66

Im Mo Kong, Aeri Jung, Beom Jun Kim, Kyung Don Baik and Min Soo Kim

Empty promises or promising futures? The case of smart grids pp. 67-74

Zora Kovacic and Mario Giampietro

Comparative analysis and evaluation of turbocharged Dual and Miller cycles under different operating conditions pp. 75-87

Sipeng Zhu, Kangyao Deng, Sheng Liu and Shuan Qu

Performance study of SAPO-34 and FAPO-34 desiccants for desiccant coated heat exchanger systems pp. 88-94

X. Zheng, R.Z. Wang, T.S. Ge and L.M. Hu

Efficiency improvement and CO2 emission reduction potentials in the United States petroleum refining industry pp. 95-105

William R. Morrow, John Marano, Ali Hasanbeigi, Eric Masanet and Jayant Sathaye

Heat transfer and second law analyses of forced convection in a channel partially filled by porous media and featuring internal heat sources pp. 106-127

Mohsen Torabi, Nader Karimi and Kaili Zhang

Dimensionless design approach, applicability and energy performance of stack-based hybrid ventilation for multi-story buildings pp. 128-140

Dong Yang and Ping Li

Heat transfer analysis of metal oxide surge arrester under power frequency applied voltage pp. 141-153

Seyyed Meysam Seyyedbarzegar and Mohammad Mirzaie

Entropy generation analysis of laminar flow of a nanofluid in a circular tube immersed in an isothermal external fluid pp. 154-164

Vishal Anand

Performance analysis of a solar-powered solid state heat engine for electricity generation pp. 165-172

Rui Long, Baode Li, Zhichun Liu and Wei Liu

Design of fuzzy sliding mode controller for hydraulic turbine regulating system via input state feedback linearization method pp. 173-187

Xiaohui Yuan, Zhihuan Chen, Yanbin Yuan and Yuehua Huang

A mathematical tool for predicting thermal performance of natural draft biomass cookstoves and identification of a new operational parameter pp. 188-201

Milind P. Kshirsagar and Vilas R. Kalamkar

An experimental investigation on a novel ejector enhanced refrigeration cycle applied in the domestic refrigerator-freezer pp. 202-209

Xiao Wang and Jianlin Yu

Cyclic ultracapacitor for fast-charging and scalable energy storage system pp. 210-219

Sun-Hwa Yeon, Dong-Ha Kim, Daewi Kim, Se-Kook Park, Hana Yoon, Jungjoon Yoo, Kyoung-Hee Shin, Chang-Soo Jin, Yun Jung Lee and Sang-Young Lee

Multi-period analysis of heat integration measures in industrial clusters pp. 220-234

Stephane Bungener, Roman Hackl, Greet Van Eetvelde, Simon Harvey and Francois Marechal

Optimal planning of combined heat and power systems within microgrids pp. 235-244

Aboelsood Zidan, Hossam A. Gabbar and Ahmed Eldessouky

Novel activity classification and occupancy estimation methods for intelligent HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems pp. 245-255

Rajib Rana, Brano Kusy, Josh Wall and Wen Hu

Exergetic analysis of a brackish water reverse osmosis desalination unit with various energy recovery systems pp. 256-265

Bilal Ahmed Qureshi and Syed M. Zubair

Evaluation of R-1234ze(Z) as drop-in replacement for R-245fa in Organic Rankine Cycles – From thermophysical properties to cycle performance pp. 266-274

Philipp Petr and Gabriele Raabe

A robust demand response control of commercial buildings for smart grid under load prediction uncertainty pp. 275-283

Dian-ce Gao, Yongjun Sun and Yuehong Lu

Effects of 2,5-dimethylfuran fuel properties coupling with EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) on combustion and emission characteristics in common-rail diesel engines pp. 284-293

Guisheng Chen, Lei Di, Quanchang Zhang, Zunqing Zheng and Wei Zhang

Economic and policy evaluation of SPCC (solar-assisted post-combustion carbon capture) in Australia pp. 294-308

Abdul Qadir, Lucy Carter, Tony Wood and Ali Abbas

Nonlinear multivariable hierarchical model predictive control for boiler-turbine system pp. 309-322

Xiaobing Kong, Xiangjie Liu and Kwang Y. Lee

Optimization of transit bus fleet's life cycle assessment impacts with alternative fuel options pp. 323-334

Tolga Ercan, Yang Zhao, Omer Tatari and Jennifer A. Pazour

A modified basin type solar still: Experimental performance and economic study pp. 335-342

Ayman G.M. Ibrahim, Elsayed E. Allam and Salman E. Elshamarka

Chemical storage of wind energy by renewable methanol production: Feasibility analysis using a multi-criteria decision matrix pp. 343-353

Michael Matzen, Mahdi Alhajji and Yaşar Demirel

Influence of thermal shock on fouling of smooth, rough and finned tubes pp. 354-360

E. Bishara, M.S. Abd-Elhady and M.A. Halim

Fuel poverty, affordability, and energy justice in England: Policy insights from the Warm Front Program pp. 361-371

Benjamin K. Sovacool

A comparison of simulated annealing schedules for constructal design of complex cavities intruded into conductive walls with internal heat generation pp. 372-382

G.V. Gonzales, E. da S.D. Estrada, L.R. Emmendorfer, L.A. Isoldi, G. Xie, L.A.O. Rocha and E.D. dos Santos

Effects of direct injection timing and premixed ratio on combustion and emissions characteristics of RCCI (Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition) with N-heptane/gasoline-like fuels pp. 383-392

Lifeng Zhu, Yong Qian, Xiaole Wang and Xingcai Lu

Challenges in load balance due to renewable energy sources penetration: The possible role of energy storage technologies relative to the Italian case pp. 393-405

L. Barelli, U. Desideri and A. Ottaviano

Accurate assessment of the output energy from the doubly fed induction generators pp. 406-415

Eyhab El-Kharashi and Azmy Wadie Farid

Analytical insight into the oxygen diffusion in wetted porous cathodes of Li-air batteries pp. 416-420

Luhan Ye, Xiaoning Wang, Weiqiang Lv, Jipeng Fei, Gaolong Zhu, Yachun Liang, Yuanqiang Song, Junyi Zhai and Weidong He

Assessment of the energy and exergy efficiencies of farm to fork grain cultivation and bread making processes in Turkey and Germany pp. 421-434

Bahar Degerli, Serap Nazir, Esra Sorgüven, Bernd Hitzmann and Mustafa Özilgen

Fabrication of Co3O4@Co–Ni sulfides core/shell nanowire arrays as binder-free electrode for electrochemical energy storage pp. 435-441

Wei Hong, Jinqing Wang, Zhangpeng Li and Shengrong Yang

Extinction limits and structure of counterflow nonpremixed H2O-laden CH4/air flames pp. 442-450

Seungro Lee, Rosa Padilla, Derek Dunn-Rankin, Trinh Pham and Oh Chae Kwon

Experimental researches on hydrogen generation by aluminum with adding lithium at high temperature pp. 451-457

Weijuan Yang, Tianyou Zhang, Jianzhong Liu, Zhihua Wang, Junhu Zhou and Kefa Cen

Modeling of combustion of gas oil and natural gas in a furnace: Comparison of combustion characteristics pp. 458-465

Seyyed Shahabeddin Azimi and Mohammad Hosain Namazi

A review of geothermal energy resources, development, and applications in China: Current status and prospects pp. 466-483

Jialing Zhu, Kaiyong Hu, Xinli Lu, Xiaoxue Huang, Ketao Liu and Xiujie Wu

Recuperated power cycle analysis model: Investigation and optimisation of low-to-moderate resource temperature Organic Rankine Cycles pp. 484-494

Carlos A. de M. Ventura and Andrew S. Rowlands

Regional total-factor energy efficiency and electricity saving potential of manufacturing industry in Turkey pp. 495-510

Yücel Özkara and Mehmet Atak

Experimental investigation of the effect of compression ratio, injection timing & pressure in a DI (direct injection) diesel engine running on carbon black-water-diesel emulsion pp. 511-520

Arun Kumar Wamankar, Ashok Kumar Satapathy and S. Murugan

Ship weight reduction and efficiency enhancement through combined power cycles pp. 521-533

Alejandro Rivera-Alvarez, Michael J. Coleman and Juan C. Ordonez

Small and flat worlds: A complex network analysis of international trade in crude oil pp. 534-543

Yu Yang, Jessie P.H. Poon, Yi Liu and Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen

Screening of supported and unsupported Mn–Si oxygen carriers for CLOU (chemical-looping with oxygen uncoupling) pp. 544-554

Volkmar Frick, Magnus Rydén, Henrik Leion, Tobias Mattisson and Anders Lyngfelt

Exergoeconomic analysis and optimization of a triple-pressure combined cycle plant using evolutionary algorithm pp. 555-567

Sina Kazemi Bakhshmand, Rahim Khoshbakhti Saray, Keyvan Bahlouli, Hajar Eftekhari and Afshin Ebrahimi

Effect of a glycerol-derived advanced biofuel –FAGE (fatty acid formal glycerol ester)– on the emissions of a diesel engine tested under the New European Driving Cycle pp. 568-579

Magín Lapuerta, José Rodríguez-Fernández and Reyes García-Contreras

Iterative Bass Model forecasts for unconventional oil production in the Eagle Ford Shale pp. 580-588

Thomas Tunstall

China's photovoltaic power development under policy incentives: A system dynamics analysis pp. 589-598

Xiaodan Guo and Xiaopeng Guo

Mass transport optimization in the anode diffusion layer of a micro direct methanol fuel cell pp. 599-605

Zhenyu Yuan, Jie Yang, Yufeng Zhang, Shikai Wang and Tingnian Xu

The assessment of Virginia mallow (Sida hermaphrodita Rusby) and cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum L.) productivity, physico–mechanical properties and energy expenses pp. 606-612

Gintaras Šiaudinis, Algirdas Jasinskas, Egidijus Šarauskis, Dainius Steponavičius, Danutė Karčauskienė and Inga Liaudanskienė

Effect of temperature, suction head and flow velocity on cavitation in a Francis turbine of small hydro power plant pp. 613-624

Pankaj P. Gohil and R.P. Saini

The hydrogen storage properties of MgH2–Fe3S4 composites pp. 625-630

Wei Zhang, Ying Cheng, Da Han and Shumin Han

On flame propagation in narrow channels with enhanced wall thermal conduction pp. 631-640

Ananthanarayanan Veeraragavan

Energy–exergy analysis and optimisation of a model sugar factory in Turkey pp. 641-654

Tolga Taner and Mecit Sivrioglu

Hourly electricity consumption in Norwegian households – Assessing the impacts of different heating systems pp. 655-671

A. Kipping and E. Trømborg

Prospects for bioenergy use in Ghana using Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning model pp. 672-682

Francis Kemausuor, Ivan Nygaard and Gordon Mackenzie

Wave energy resource assessment in Uruguay pp. 683-696

Rodrigo Alonso, Sebastián Solari and Luis Teixeira

Biomethane and biocrude oil production from protein extracted residual Spirulina platensis pp. 697-704

Naga Sirisha Parimi, Manjinder Singh, James R. Kastner and Keshav C. Das

Certification prerequisites for activities related to the trading of demand response resources pp. 705-715

Manuel Alcázar-Ortega, Carmen Calpe, Thomas Theisen and Javier Rodríguez-García

Exergy analysis of a turbofan engine for an unmanned aerial vehicle during a surveillance mission pp. 716-729

Yasin Şöhret, Ali Dinç and T. Hikmet Karakoç

Exergy analysis of biohydrogen production from various carbon sources via anaerobic photosynthetic bacteria (Rhodospirillum rubrum) pp. 730-739

Seyed Sina Hosseini, Mortaza Aghbashlo, Meisam Tabatabaei, Habibollah Younesi and Ghasem Najafpour

Exergy analysis of combustion in VGT-modified diesel engine with detailed chemical kinetics mechanism pp. 740-748

Hadi Taghavifar, Shahram Khalilarya and Samad Jafarmadar

The effect of different co-catalysts (CuO, MoS2 and Pt) on hydrogen production of Er3+:YAlO3/NaTaO3 by visible-light-induced methanol splitting pp. 749-757

Chunxiao Lu, Yang Chen, Yun Li, Chunhong Ma, Yuwei Guo, Ying Li and Jun Wang

Experimental investigations on thermal performance of phase change material – Trombe wall system enhanced by delta winglet vortex generators pp. 758-769

Guobing Zhou and Mengmeng Pang

Novel inlet air cooling with gas turbine engines using cascaded waste-heat recovery for green sustainable energy pp. 770-785

Yousef S.H. Najjar, Ahmad M. Abubaker and Ahmad F.S. El-Khalil

Study on adsorption refrigeration performance of MIL-101-isobutane working pair pp. 786-794

Liejun Ma, Huan Yang, Qi Wu, Yu Yin, Zongjian Liu, Qun Cui and Haiyan Wang

Application of the Miller cycle and turbo charging into a diesel engine to improve performance and decrease NO emissions pp. 795-800

Guven Gonca, Bahri Sahin, Adnan Parlak, Vezir Ayhan, İdris Cesur and Sakip Koksal

Modeling and performance analysis of CCHP (combined cooling, heating and power) system based on co-firing of natural gas and biomass gasification gas pp. 801-815

Jiangjiang Wang, Tianzhi Mao, Jun Sui and Hongguang Jin

Security constrained optimal power flow solution of wind-thermal generation system using modified bacteria foraging algorithm pp. 816-827

Ambarish Panda and M. Tripathy

Thermoacoustic prime movers and refrigerators: Thermally powered engines without moving components pp. 828-853

Tao Jin, Jiale Huang, Ye Feng, Rui Yang, Ke Tang and Ray Radebaugh

Experimental study of direct contact vaporization heat transfer on n-pentane-water flowing interface pp. 854-863

Yiping Wang, Hailing Fu, Qunwu Huang, Yong Cui, Yong Sun and Lihong Jiang

Assessment of municipal solid wastes gasification in a semi-industrial gasifier using syngas quality indices pp. 864-873

Nuno Dinis Couto, Valter Bruno Silva, Eliseu Monteiro and Abel Rouboa

Evaluating the cooling performance of crushed-rock interlayer embankments with unperforated and perforated ventilation ducts in permafrost regions pp. 874-881

Mingyi Zhang, Xiyin Zhang, Shuangyang Li, Daoyong Wu, Wansheng Pei and Yuanming Lai

Improving performance of two-phase natural circulation loops by reducing of entropy generation pp. 882-899

N. Goudarzi and S. Talebi

An efficient strategy exploiting the waste heat in a solid oxide fuel cell system pp. 900-907

Yuan Wang, Ling Cai, Tie Liu, Junyi Wang and Jincan Chen

Artificial neural network modeling of a photovoltaic-thermal evaporator of solar assisted heat pumps pp. 908-922

N. Gunasekar, M. Mohanraj and V. Velmurugan

Robust methodology for steady state measurements estimation based framework for a reliable long term thermal power plant operation performance monitoring pp. 923-944

Luis Vazquez, Jesús María Blanco, Rolando Ramis, Francisco Peña and David Diaz

Preparation and characterization of vacuum insulation panels with super-stratified glass fiber core material pp. 945-954

Zhou Chen, Zhaofeng Chen, Zhaogang Yang, Jiaming Hu, Yong Yang, Lingqian Chang, L. James Lee and Tengzhou Xu

Structurally modified cerium doped hydrotalcite-like precursor as efficient catalysts for hydrogen production from sodium borohydride hydrolysis pp. 955-962

Ashif H. Tamboli, Amol R. Jadhav, Wook-Jin Chung and Hern Kim

A study of feasible smart tariff alternatives for smart grid integrated solar panels in India pp. 963-975

Jagruti Thakur and Basab Chakraborty

Advances in CO2 gasification reactivity of biomass char through utilization of radio frequency irradiation pp. 976-983

Pooya Lahijani, Maedeh Mohammadi, Zainal Alimuddin Zainal and Abdul Rahman Mohamed

Thermodynamic study of a distiller-electrochemical cell system for energy production from low temperature heat sources pp. 984-993

A. Carati, M. Marino and D. Brogioli

Effect of coupling position on a looped three-stage thermoacoustically-driven pulse tube cryocooler pp. 994-998

Jingyuan Xu, Jianying Hu, Limin Zhang, Wei Dai and Ercang Luo

Sustainability in the food-energy-water nexus: Evidence from BRICS (Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China, and South Africa) countries pp. 999-1010

Ilhan Ozturk

Mitigating crystallization of saturated FAMES in biodiesel: 5. The unusual phase behavior of a structured triacylglycerol dimer and methyl palmitate binary system pp. 1011-1021

Athira Mohanan, Laziz Bouzidi, Shaojun Li and Suresh S. Narine

Multi-objective optimization of a continuous thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle for waste heat recovery pp. 1022-1029

Rui Long, Baode Li, Zhichun Liu and Wei Liu

INVELOX with multiple wind turbine generator systems pp. 1030-1040

Daryoush Allaei, David Tarnowski and Yiannis Andreopoulos

Effect of the diesel injection strategy on the combustion and emissions of propane/diesel dual fuel premixed charge compression ignition engines pp. 1041-1052

Jeongwoo Lee, Sanghyun Chu, Jaehyuk Cha, Hoimyung Choi and Kyoungdoug Min

Renewable-based heat supply of multi-apartment buildings with varied heat demands pp. 1053-1062

Nguyen Le Truong, Ambrose Dodoo and Leif Gustavsson

Numerical investigation of a MCFC (Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell) system hybridized with a supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle and compared with a bottoming Organic Rankine Cycle pp. 1063-1073

Andrea Baronci, Giuseppe Messina, Stephen J. McPhail and Angelo Moreno

Validation of Danish wind time series from a new global renewable energy atlas for energy system analysis pp. 1074-1088

Gorm B. Andresen, Anders A. Søndergaard and Martin Greiner

Reducing the carbon footprint of urban bus fleets using multi-objective optimization pp. 1089-1104

João P. Ribau, João M.C. Sousa and Carla M. Silva

Properties of inverse nonpremixed pure O2/CH4 coflow flames in a model combustor pp. 1105-1115

Sun Choi, Tae Young Kim, Hee Kyung Kim, Jaye Koo, Jeong Soo Kim and Oh Chae Kwon

Optimization of hybrid renewable energy polygeneration system with membrane distillation for rural households in Bangladesh pp. 1116-1127

Ershad Ullah Khan and Andrew R. Martin

Mass-conserving dynamic organic Rankine cycle model to investigate the link between mass distribution and system state pp. 1128-1139

Moslem Yousefzadeh and Eray Uzgoren

Spectral characterization of the key parameters and elements in coal using terahertz spectroscopy pp. 1140-1145

Honglei Zhan, Kun Zhao and Lizhi Xiao

Analysis of design parameters of large-sized wind turbines by non-dimensional model pp. 1146-1154

Armando Lúcio Ramos de Medeiros, Alex Maurício Araújo, Oyama Douglas Queiroz de Oliveira Filho, Janardan Rohatgi and Maurílio José dos Santos

The aerodynamics of a camber-bladed vertical axis wind turbine in unsteady wind pp. 1155-1164

Michael D. Bausas and Louis Angelo M. Danao

An optimization model for sequential fast pyrolysis facility location-allocation under renewable fuel standard pp. 1165-1172

Yihua Li, Guiping Hu and Mark Mba Wright

Energy analysis for guiding the design of well systems of deep Enhanced Geothermal Systems pp. 1173-1188

Mengying Li and Noam Lior

Numerical study of turbulent porous media combustion coupled with thermoelectric generation in a recuperative reactor pp. 1189-1198

P. Donoso-García and L. Henríquez-Vargas

The impact of energy audits on energy efficiency investment of public owners. Evidence from Italy pp. 1199-1209

Gian Paolo Barbetta, Paolo Canino and Stefano Cima

Reliable context-aware multi-attribute continuous authentication framework for secure energy utilization management in smart homes pp. 1210-1221

Uthpala Subodhani Premarathne

Energy efficiency and influencing factor analysis in the overall Chinese textile industry pp. 1222-1229

Lihong Peng, Yiting Zhang, Yejun Wang, Xiaoling Zeng, Najun Peng and Ang Yu

Evaluating fractures in rocks from geothermal reservoirs using resistivity at different frequencies pp. 1230-1238

Kewen Li, Baozhi Pan and Roland Horne

Entropy generation analysis for a reactive couple stress fluid flow through a channel saturated with porous material pp. 1239-1245

Samuel O. Adesanya, Semiu O. Kareem, John A. Falade and Samson A. Arekete

Energetic and exergetic performance analyses of a solar energy-based integrated system for multigeneration including thermoelectric generators pp. 1246-1258

Shahid Islam, Ibrahim Dincer and Bekir Sami Yilbas