Energy

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Volume 34, issue 12, 2009

Performance and emissions of biodiesel in a boiler for residential heating pp. 2025-2032

A. Macor and P. Pavanello

Numerical simulation of mass and energy transport phenomena in solid oxide fuel cells pp. 2033-2041

F. Arpino and N. Massarotti

Low intake valve lift in a port fuel-injected engine pp. 2042-2050

S.M. Begg, M.P. Hindle, T. Cowell and M.R. Heikal

A novel 1D approach for the simulation of unsteady reacting flows in diesel exhaust after-treatment systems pp. 2051-2062

F. Piscaglia and G. Ferrari

Modeling and simulation of heat and enthalpy recovery wheels pp. 2063-2068

C.E.L. Nóbrega and N.C.L. Brum

A tool for creating energy market scenarios for evaluation of investments in energy intensive industry pp. 2069-2074

E. Axelsson, S. Harvey and T. Berntsson

Numerical analysis of the thermo-fluid-dynamic field in the combustion chamber of an incinerator plant pp. 2075-2086

M. Costa, M. Dell'Isola and N. Massarotti

The problem of solid state hydrogen storage pp. 2087-2091

G. Principi, F. Agresti, A. Maddalena and S. Lo Russo

Effect of power interchange operation of multiple household gas engine cogeneration systems on energy-saving pp. 2092-2100

Tetsuya Wakui, Ryohei Yokoyama, Itaru Tamura and Akeshi Kegasa

Physical Hydronomics: Application of the exergy analysis to the assessment of environmental costs of water bodies. The case of the inland basins of Catalonia pp. 2101-2107

Antonio Valero, Javier Uche, Alicia Valero and Amaya Martínez

Optical investigations of fuel deposition burning in ported fuel injection (PFI) spark-ignition (SI) engine pp. 2108-2115

Simona S. Merola and Bianca M. Vaglieco

Life cycle assessment (LCA) of waste management strategies: Landfilling, sorting plant and incineration pp. 2116-2123

Francesco Cherubini, Silvia Bargigli and Sergio Ulgiati

Externally reformed solid oxide fuel cell–micro-gas turbine (SOFC–MGT) hybrid systems fueled by methanol and di-methyl-ether (DME) pp. 2124-2130

D. Cocco and V. Tola

A chemical intercooling gas turbine cycle with chemical-looping combustion pp. 2131-2136

Xiaosong Zhang, Wei Han, Hui Hong and Hongguang Jin

Energy and environmental analysis of glass container production and recycling pp. 2137-2143

Michela Vellini and Michela Savioli

Supercritical water oxidation of coal in power plants with low CO2 emissions pp. 2144-2150

Franco Donatini, Gianluca Gigliucci, Juri Riccardi, Massimo Schiavetti, Roberto Gabbrielli and Stefano Briola

Comparison between two methane reforming models applied to a quasi-two-dimensional planar solid oxide fuel cell model pp. 2151-2157

P. Hofmann, K.D. Panopoulos, L.E. Fryda and E. Kakaras

Evaluation of a new computational fluid dynamics model for internal combustion engines using hydrogen under motoring conditions pp. 2158-2166

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

Derivation of the optimal internal cooling geometry of a prismatic slab: Comparison of constructal and non-constructal geometries pp. 2167-2174

M. Robbe and E. Sciubba

Optimal lay-out and operation of combined heat & power (CHP) distributed generation systems pp. 2175-2183

M. Casisi, P. Pinamonti and M. Reini

Assessment of integration of different biomass gasification alternatives in a district-heating system pp. 2184-2195

E. Fahlén and E.O. Ahlgren

A critical comparison between thermoeconomic and emergy analyses algebra pp. 2196-2205

Andrea Lazzaretto

Production of synthetic gasoline and diesel fuel by alternative processes using natural gas and coal: Process simulation and optimization pp. 2206-2214

Maria Sudiro and Alberto Bertucco

The economic and environmental optimisation of integrating ground source energy systems into buildings pp. 2215-2222

James Dickinson, Tim Jackson, Marcus Matthews and Andrew Cripps

Hydrogen transportation systems: Elements of risk analysis pp. 2223-2229

R. Gerboni and E. Salvador

Ordinal benefits vs economic benefits as a reference guide for policy decision making. The case of hydrogen technologies pp. 2230-2239

Corrado Giannantoni

Performance of an oxy-fuel combustion CO2 power cycle including blade cooling pp. 2240-2247

Daniele Fiaschi, Giampaolo Manfrida, Philippe Mathieu and Duccio Tempesti

Advanced exergetic evaluation of refrigeration machines using different working fluids pp. 2248-2258

T. Morosuk and G. Tsatsaronis

Volume 34, issue 11, 2009

Line start permanent magnet synchronous motors: Challenges and opportunities pp. 1755-1763

Arash Hassanpour Isfahani and Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh

A note on diffuse solar radiation on a tilted surface pp. 1764-1769

Chanchal Kumar Pandey and A.K. Katiyar

Detailed measurement of heat/mass transfer with continuous and multiple V-shaped ribs in rectangular channel pp. 1770-1778

Dong Hyun Lee, Dong-Ho Rhee, Kyung Min Kim, Hyung Hee Cho and Hee Koo Moon

Forecast of electricity consumption and economic growth in Taiwan by state space modeling pp. 1779-1791

Hsiao-Tien Pao

A comparative study to estimate daily diffuse solar radiation over India pp. 1792-1796

Chanchal Kumar Pandey and A.K. Katiyar

Dynamic temperature dependence patterns in future energy demand models in the context of climate change pp. 1797-1806

M. Hekkenberg, H.C. Moll and A.J.M. Schoot Uiterkamp

Degree-days maps of Turkey for various base temperatures pp. 1807-1812

Ö. Altan Dombaycı

Hydrocarbon production forecast for committed assets in the shallow water Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico pp. 1813-1825

Mark J. Kaiser

Future Danish oil and gas export pp. 1826-1834

M. Höök, B. Söderbergh and K. Aleklett

Optimal decision making in ventilation control pp. 1835-1845

Andrew Kusiak and Mingyang Li

Exploring the relationship between urbanization and energy consumption in China using ARDL (autoregressive distributed lag) and FDM (factor decomposition model) pp. 1846-1854

Yaobin Liu

Factors affecting electricity demand in Athens, Greece and London, UK: A comparative assessment pp. 1855-1863

B.E. Psiloglou, C. Giannakopoulos, S. Majithia and M. Petrakis

Exergy analysis of Joule–Thomson cryogenic refrigeration cycle with an ejector pp. 1864-1869

Jianlin Yu, Gaolei Tian and Zong Xu

Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and extenics theory for building energy conservation assessment pp. 1870-1879

Guozhong Zheng, Youyin Jing, Hongxia Huang, Xutao Zhang and Yuefen Gao

Experimental study on oxygen-enriched combustion of biomass micro fuel pp. 1880-1884

S.Y. Luo, B. Xiao, Z.Q. Hu, S.M. Liu and Y.W. Guan

Economic assessment of the engineering basis for wind power: Perspective of a vertically integrated utility pp. 1885-1897

Sanjoy Roy

A new approach for simplifying the calculation of flue gas specific heat and specific exergy value depending on fuel composition pp. 1898-1902

C. Coskun, Z. Oktay and N. Ilten

Characteristics and economic evaluation of a CO2-capturing repowering system with oxy-fuel combustion for utilizing exhaust gas of molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) pp. 1903-1909

Pyong Sik Pak, Young Duk Lee and Kook Young Ahn

Simple methodology for sizing of absorbers for TEG (triethylene glycol) gas dehydration systems pp. 1910-1916

Alireza Bahadori and Hari B. Vuthaluru

How many Enrons? Mark-ups in the stated capital cost of independent power producers' (IPPs') power projects in developing countries pp. 1917-1924

Amol Phadke

Improving a process's efficiency by exploiting heat pockets in its heat exchange network pp. 1925-1932

Yufei Wang, Xiao Feng, Yan Cai, Maobin Zhu and Khim H. Chu

Environmental sustainability assessment of bio-ethanol production in Thailand pp. 1933-1946

Thapat Silalertruksa and Shabbir H. Gheewala

Expanding photovoltaic penetration with residential distributed generation from hybrid solar photovoltaic and combined heat and power systems pp. 1947-1954

Joshua Pearce

Study on cyclic characteristics of silica gel–water adsorption cooling system driven by variable heat source pp. 1955-1962

J.Y. Wu and S. Li

Wave energy potential along the Death Coast (Spain) pp. 1963-1975

G. Iglesias and R. Carballo

Effects of coal properties on the production rate of combustion solid residue pp. 1976-1979

D. Durgun and A. Genc

Examination of persistence properties of wind speed records using detrended fluctuation analysis pp. 1980-1985

Kasım Koçak

Energy rating of different glazings for Indian climates pp. 1986-1992

M.C. Singh and S.N. Garg

Characterization of energy use and performance of global cheese processing pp. 1993-2000

Tengfang Xu, Joris Flapper and Klaas Jan Kramer

Operational strategy and marginal costs in simple trigeneration systems pp. 2001-2008

M.A. Lozano, M. Carvalho and L.M. Serra

Productivity assessment of Angola's oil blocks pp. 2009-2015

Carlos Barros and Shunsuke Managi

Effect of blends of Palm-Jatropha-Pongamia biodiesels on cloud point and pour point pp. 2016-2021

Amit Sarin, Rajneesh Arora, N.P. Singh, Rakesh Sarin, R.K. Malhotra and K. Kundu

Volume 34, issue 10, 2009

An energy-economic scenario analysis of alternative fuels for personal transport using the Global Multi-regional MARKAL model (GMM) pp. 1423-1437

Timur Gül, Socrates Kypreos, Hal Turton and Leonardo Barreto

Forecasting energy consumption in Taiwan using hybrid nonlinear models pp. 1438-1446

H.T. Pao

Simulation models for the analysis of space heat consumption of buildings pp. 1447-1453

Daniela Popescu, Florina Ungureanu and Abel Hernández-Guerrero

Direct solar water splitting cell using water, WO3, Pt, and polymer electrolyte membrane pp. 1454-1457

Xiaoming He and Robert F. Boehm

An evaluation on rice husks and pulverized coal blends using a drop tube furnace and a thermogravimetric analyzer for application to a blast furnace pp. 1458-1466

Wei-Hsin Chen and Jheng-Syun Wu

Modeling energy market dynamics using discrete event system simulation pp. 1467-1476

G. Gutiérrez-Alcaraz and G.B. Sheblé

Effect of size and concentration of silt particles on erosion of Pelton turbine buckets pp. 1477-1483

M.K. Padhy and R.P. Saini

Methodologies for predicting the part-load performance of aero-derivative gas turbines pp. 1484-1492

F. Haglind and B. Elmegaard

Air versus terrestrial transport modalities: An energy and environmental comparison pp. 1493-1503

M. Federici, S. Ulgiati and R. Basosi

Performance of solar still with a concave wick evaporation surface pp. 1504-1509

A.E. Kabeel

Prospects of gas supply until 2020 in Europe and its relevance for the power sector in the context of emission trading pp. 1510-1522

Dominik Möst and Holger Perlwitz

Mean-risk efficient portfolio analysis of demand response and supply resources pp. 1523-1529

Shi-Jie Deng and Li Xu

Performance study on the east–west oriented single-axis tracked panel pp. 1530-1538

Tian Pau Chang

Optimization of network planning by the novel hybrid algorithms of intelligent optimization techniques pp. 1539-1551

A. Sadegheih

Market clearing of joint energy and reserves auctions using augmented payment minimization pp. 1552-1559

N. Amjady, J. Aghaei and H.A. Shayanfar

Mass diffusion coefficients of oxygenated fuel additives in air pp. 1560-1564

Ying Guo, Maogang He, Qiu Zhong and Ying Zhang

Recommendations for energy efficient and visually acceptable street lighting pp. 1565-1572

Miomir Kostic and Lidija Djokic

Economics of Wind turbine as an energy fuel saver – A case study for remote application in oman pp. 1573-1578

A. Malik and A.H. Al-Badi

Wind to power a new city in Oman pp. 1579-1586

M.H. Albadi, E.F. El-Saadany and H.A. Albadi

Parametric analysis for a new combined power and ejector–absorption refrigeration cycle pp. 1587-1593

Jiangfeng Wang, Yiping Dai, Taiyong Zhang and Shaolin Ma

Mathematical modelling of the thin layer solar drying of banana, mango and cassava pp. 1594-1602

Kamenan Blaise Koua, Wanignon Ferdinand Fassinou, Prosper Gbaha and Siaka Toure

A comparative analysis for multiattribute selection among renewable energy alternatives using fuzzy axiomatic design and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process pp. 1603-1616

Cengiz Kahraman, İhsan Kaya and Selcuk Cebi

Influence of injection timing on performance, emission and combustion characteristics of a DI diesel engine running on waste plastic oil pp. 1617-1623

M. Mani and G. Nagarajan

Ambient condition effects on process heater efficiency pp. 1624-1635

W.R. Bussman and C.E. Baukal

Performance analysis of an enhanced thermosyphon Rankine cycle using impulse turbine pp. 1636-1641

B.M. Ziapour

Hydro reservoir handling in Norway before and after deregulation pp. 1642-1651

Ove Wolfgang, Arne Haugstad, Birger Mo, Anders Gjelsvik, Ivar Wangensteen and Gerard Doorman

Development of copper-doped TiO2 photocatalyst for hydrogen production under visible light pp. 1652-1661

L.S. Yoong, F.K. Chong and Binay K. Dutta

Process integration of organic Rankine cycle pp. 1674-1686

Nishith B. Desai and Santanu Bandyopadhyay

Applying heat integration total site based pinch technology to a large industrial area in Japan to further improve performance of highly efficient process plants pp. 1687-1692

Kazuo Matsuda, Yoshiichi Hirochi, Hiroyuki Tatsumi and Tim Shire

Feasibility and flexibility for a trigeneration system pp. 1693-1704

Sau Man Lai and Chi Wai Hui

Influence of seasonal variations on energy-saving opportunities in a pulp mill pp. 1705-1714

Jörgen Persson and Thore Berntsson

The additional benefits of setting up an energy security centre pp. 1715-1720

Károly Nagy

Conceptual model and evaluation of generated power and emissions in an IGCC plant pp. 1721-1732

M. Pérez-Fortes, A.D. Bojarski, E. Velo, J.M. Nougués and L. Puigjaner

A combined methanol autothermal steam reforming and PEM fuel cell pilot plant unit: Experimental and simulation studies pp. 1733-1743

Martha Ouzounidou, Dimitris Ipsakis, Spyros Voutetakis, Simira Papadopoulou and Panos Seferlis

Thermodynamic comparison of the FICFB and Viking gasification concepts pp. 1744-1753

Martin Gassner and François Maréchal

Volume 34, issue 9, 2009

Comprehensive energy and economic analyses on a zero energy house versus a conventional house pp. 1043-1053

Lixing Zhu, R. Hurt, D. Correa and R. Boehm

Studies on heat transfer and friction factor characteristics of thermosyphon solar water heating system with helical twisted tapes pp. 1054-1064

S. Jaisankar, T.K. Radhakrishnan and K.N. Sheeba

Energy efficiency and the influence of gas burners to the energy related carbon dioxide emissions of electric arc furnaces in steel industry pp. 1065-1072

Marcus Kirschen, Victor Risonarta and Herbert Pfeifer

Solar hydrogen production and its development in China pp. 1073-1090

L.J. Guo, L. Zhao, D.W. Jing, Y.J. Lu, H.H. Yang, B.F. Bai, X.M. Zhang, L.J. Ma and X.M. Wu

Energy auditing of diversified rice–wheat cropping systems in Indo-gangetic plains pp. 1091-1096

V.P. Chaudhary, B. Gangwar, D.K. Pandey and K.S. Gangwar

Modeling the time and cost to drill an offshore well pp. 1097-1112

Mark J. Kaiser

Local entropy generation for saturated two-phase flow pp. 1113-1121

Rémi Revellin, Stéphane Lips, Sameer Khandekar and Jocelyn Bonjour

Thermodynamic optimization of a coiled tube heat exchanger under constant wall heat flux condition pp. 1122-1126

Ashok K. Satapathy

Extended-exergy analysis of the Chinese society pp. 1127-1144

G.Q. Chen and B. Chen

Evaluation of paraffin/water emulsion as a phase change slurry for cooling applications pp. 1145-1155

Li Huang, Marcus Petermann and Christian Doetsch

Modeling lost production from destroyed platforms in the 2004–2005 Gulf of Mexico hurricane seasons pp. 1156-1171

Mark J. Kaiser, Yunke Yu and Christopher J. Jablonowski

Second law analysis of supercritical CO2 recompression Brayton cycle pp. 1172-1178

Jahar Sarkar

Performance analysis in stepped solar still for effluent desalination pp. 1179-1186

V. Velmurugan, K.J. Naveen Kumar, T. Noorul Haq and K. Srithar

Optimum autonomous stand-alone photovoltaic system design on the basis of energy pay-back analysis pp. 1187-1198

J.K. Kaldellis, D. Zafirakis and E. Kondili

Optimization principles for convective heat transfer pp. 1199-1206

Qun Chen, Moran Wang, Ning Pan and Zeng-Yuan Guo

Improvement of electrical arc furnace operation with an appropriate model pp. 1207-1214

Labar Hocine, Djeghader Yacine, Bounaya Kamel and Kelaiaia Mounia Samira

Valuation of investments in natural resources using contingent-claim framework with application to bituminous coal developments in Korea pp. 1215-1224

Chaehwan Won

Oil palm biomass as a sustainable energy source: A Malaysian case study pp. 1225-1235

S.H. Shuit, K.T. Tan, K.T. Lee and A.H. Kamaruddin

Molar exergy and flow exergy of pure chemical fuels pp. 1246-1259

Enzo Zanchini and Tiziano Terlizzese

Optimal control of energy losses in multi-boiler steam systems pp. 1260-1270

Janusz Bujak

Influence of metal contaminants on oxidation stability of Jatropha biodiesel pp. 1271-1275

Amit Sarin, Rajneesh Arora, N.P. Singh, Meeta Sharma and R.K. Malhotra

Computation of monthly mean daily global solar radiation in China using artificial neural networks and comparison with other empirical models pp. 1276-1283

Yingni Jiang

Experimental study of horizontal ground source heat pump performance for mild climate in Turkey pp. 1284-1295

Erhan Pulat, Salih Coskun, Kursat Unlu and Nurettin Yamankaradeniz

Studies on formation and control of combustion particulate matter in China: A review pp. 1296-1309

Q. Yao, S.-Q. Li, H.-W. Xu, J.-K. Zhuo and Q. Song

A parametric study on the factors affecting the froth floatation of Jordanian tar sand utilizing a fluidized bed floatator pp. 1310-1314

Awni Al-Otoom, Mamdouh Allawzi, Adnan M. Al-Harahsheh, Mohammad Al-Harahsheh, Randa Al-Ghbari, Raeda Al-Ghazo and Husam Al-Saifi

Preliminary design and controlling strategies of a small-scale wood waste Rankine Cycle (RC) with a reciprocating steam engine (SE) pp. 1315-1324

M. Badami and M. Mura

Energy consumption for different greenhouse constructions pp. 1325-1331

M. Djevic and A. Dimitrijevic

Analysis of oxy-fuel combustion power cycle utilizing a pressurized coal combustor pp. 1332-1340

Jongsup Hong, Gunaranjan Chaudhry, J.G. Brisson, Randall Field, Marco Gazzino and Ahmed F. Ghoniem

Electricity consumption and CO2 capture potential in Spain pp. 1341-1350

Luis M. Romeo, Elena Calvo, Antonio Valero and Alessia De Vita

Electrochemical properties of novel organodisulfide poly 1,2-bis(thiophen-3-ylmethyl)disulfane as cathode material for secondary lithium batteries pp. 1351-1354

Guoming Weng, Yuzhi Su, Zhaoqing Liu, Jianhua Zhang, Wen Dong and Changwei Xu

Reductions in electricity consumption and power demand in case of the mass use of compact fluorescent lamps pp. 1355-1363

J. Trifunovic, J. Mikulovic, Z. Djurisic, M. Djuric and M. Kostic

Study of a deaerator location in triple-pressure reheat combined power cycle pp. 1364-1371

T. Srinivas

Estimating the maximum possible internal heat integrations of individual processes pp. 1372-1377

Anita Kovač Kralj

Pricing power outages in the Netherlands pp. 1378-1386

Barbara Baarsma and J. Peter Hop

Optimal tilt-angles of all-glass evacuated tube solar collectors pp. 1387-1395

Runsheng Tang, Wenfeng Gao, Yamei Yu and Hua Chen

Forecasting the transport energy demand based on PLSR method in China pp. 1396-1400

Ming Zhang, Hailin Mu, Gang Li and Yadong Ning

Multi-objective congestion management incorporating voltage and transient stabilities pp. 1401-1412

Masoud Esmaili, Heidar Ali Shayanfar and Nima Amjady

Electricity consumption forecasting in Italy using linear regression models pp. 1413-1421

Vincenzo Bianco, Oronzio Manca and Sergio Nardini

Volume 34, issue 8, 2009

Projecting India's energy requirements for policy formulation pp. 928-941

Kirit S. Parikh, Vivek Karandikar, Ashish Rana and Prasanna Dani

Sustainable development of the Indian coal sector pp. 942-953

Ananth P. Chikkatur, Ambuj D. Sagar and T.L. Sankar

Natural Gas requirement by fertilizer sector in India pp. 954-961

Jyoti Parikh, C.R. Dutta Biswas, Chandrashekhar Singh and Vivek Singh

Indicators for industrial energy efficiency in India pp. 962-969

Dolf Gielen and Peter Taylor

Renewable energy in India: Status and potential pp. 970-980

Indu R. Pillai and Rangan Banerjee

Renewable energy in India: Historical developments and prospects pp. 981-991

S.C. Bhattacharya and Chinmoy Jana

Energy use in Indian household sector – An actor-oriented approach pp. 992-1002

B. Sudhakara Reddy and T. Srinivas

Sustainable bioenergy for India: Technical, economic and policy analysis pp. 1003-1013

N.H. Ravindranath and P. Balachandra

CO2 emissions mitigation potential of solar home systems under clean development mechanism in India pp. 1014-1023

Pallav Purohit

CO2 emissions structure of Indian economy pp. 1024-1031

Jyoti Parikh, Manoj Panda, Anand Ganesh-Kumar and Vinay Singh

Coal and energy security for India: Role of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) pp. 1032-1041

Amit Garg and P.R. Shukla

Volume 34, issue 7, 2009

Utilization of the cryogenic exergy of liquid natural gas (LNG) for the production of electricity pp. 827-837

Jan Szargut and Ireneusz Szczygiel

Thermal performance of a small oil-in-glass tube thermal energy storage system during charging pp. 838-849

A. Mawire, M. McPherson and R.R.J. van den Heetkamp

Entropy generation analysis in a monolithic-type solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) pp. 850-865

Adriano Sciacovelli and Vittorio Verda

Geothermal power production from abandoned oil wells pp. 866-872

Adelina P. Davis and Efstathios E. Michaelides

Modeling technological change in energy systems – From optimization to agent-based modeling pp. 873-879

Tieju Ma and Yoshiteru Nakamori

Improving energy recovery for water minimisation pp. 880-893

Boondarik Leewongtanawit and Jin-Kuk Kim

Growth and structural change in China's energy economy pp. 894-903

Fredrich Kahrl and David Roland-Holst

Emissions trading in China: A conceptual ‘leapfrog’ approach? pp. 904-912

Roger Raufer and Shaoyi Li

Effect of air gap on the performance of building-integrated photovoltaics pp. 913-921

Guohui Gan

Volume 34, issue 6, 2009

Analysis of sectoral energy conservation in Malaysia pp. 733-739

Anwar Al-Mofleh, Soib Taib, M. Abdul Mujeebu and Wael Salah

Static and dynamic modeling of solid oxide fuel cell using genetic programming pp. 740-751

Uday Kumar Chakraborty

SWOT analyses of the national energy sector for sustainable energy development pp. 752-756

N. Markovska, V. Taseska and J. Pop-Jordanov

A novel meta-heuristic optimization methodology for solving various types of economic dispatch problem pp. 757-766

M. Fesanghary and M.M. Ardehali

Identification of behaviour and evaluation of performance of small scale, low-temperature Organic Rankine Cycle system coupled with a RO desalination unit pp. 767-774

D. Manolakos, G. Kosmadakis, S. Kyritsis and G. Papadakis

Biosolubilisation of Chinese lignite pp. 775-781

Sudong Yin, Xiuxiang Tao, Kaiyi Shi and Zhongchao Tan

Demonstrating direct use of wet ethanol in a homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine pp. 782-787

J. Hunter Mack, Salvador M. Aceves and Robert W. Dibble

Jump dynamics and volatility: Oil and the stock markets pp. 788-796

Jer-Shiou Chiou and Yen-Hsien Lee

Introduction of a new definition for effectiveness of desiccant wheels pp. 797-803

M. Ali Mandegari and H. Pahlavanzadeh

Reactive energy scheduling using bi-objective programming with modified particle swarm optimization pp. 804-815

Cheng-Chien Kuo

Optimum conditions for a natural gas combined cycle power generation system based on available oxygen when using biomass as supplementary fuel pp. 816-826

Nirmal V. Gnanapragasam, Bale V. Reddy and Marc A. Rosen

Volume 34, issue 5, 2009

Energy system analysis of 100% renewable energy systems—The case of Denmark in years 2030 and 2050 pp. 524-531

H. Lund and B.V. Mathiesen

Sustainable development of the Belgrade energy system pp. 532-539

Marina Jovanović, Naim Afgan, Predrag Radovanović and Vladimir Stevanović

Comparative study of environmental strategies: The case of Portuguese industries pp. 540-546

Manuela Sarmento and Diamantino Durão

The energy policy of the Republic of Cyprus pp. 547-554

P.A. Pilavachi, N.G. Kalampalikas, M.K. Kakouris, E. Kakaras and D. Giannakopoulos

Global and local effects of decentralised electric power generation on the grid in the Western Balkan Countries (WBC) pp. 555-563

Joachim Lehner and Tobias Weißbach

Modulating societal acceptance in new energy projects: Towards a toolkit methodology for project managers pp. 564-574

R.P.J.M. Raven, R.M. Mourik, C.F.J. Feenstra and E. Heiskanen

Polygeneration and efficient use of natural resources pp. 575-586

Luis M. Serra, Miguel-Angel Lozano, Jose Ramos, Adriano V. Ensinas and Silvia A. Nebra

An entropy generation metric for non-energy systems assessments pp. 587-592

Dusan P. Sekulic

Pinch design method in the case of a limited number of process streams pp. 593-612

Predrag Rašković and Sreten Stoiljković

Life Cycle Assessment of waste management systems in Italian industrial areas: Case study of 1st Macrolotto of Prato pp. 613-622

Mario Tarantini, Arianna Dominici Loprieno, Eleonora Cucchi and Ferdinando Frenquellucci

Integrated waste-to-energy conversion and waste transportation within island communities pp. 623-635

Zdena Zsigraiová, Gilberto Tavares, Viriato Semiao and Maria de Graça Carvalho

Use of waste for heat, electricity and transport—Challenges when performing energy system analysis pp. 636-644

Marie Münster and Henrik Lund

Brazilian Biodiesel Policy: Social and environmental considerations of sustainability pp. 645-654

Catherine Aliana Gucciardi Garcez and João Nildo de Souza Vianna

Can Brazil replace 5% of the 2025 gasoline world demand with ethanol? pp. 655-661

Rogério Cezar de Cerqueira Leite, Manoel Regis Lima Verde Leal, Luís Augusto Barbosa Cortez, W. Michael Griffin and Mirna Ivonne Gaya Scandiffio

Steps to discern sustainability criteria for a certification scheme of bioethanol in Brazil: Approach and difficulties pp. 662-668

R. Delzeit and K. Holm-Müller

Competition between first and second generation technologies: Lessons from the formation of a biofuels innovation system in the Netherlands pp. 669-679

Roald A.A. Suurs and Marko P. Hekkert

Reduction of irreversibility generation in sugar and ethanol production from sugarcane pp. 680-688

A.V. Ensinas, M. Modesto, S.A. Nebra and L. Serra

Power plant perspectives for sugarcane mills pp. 689-698

E. Bocci, A. Di Carlo and D. Marcelo

Synergy effects of co-firing wooden biomass with Bosnian coal pp. 699-707

A. Kazagic and I. Smajevic

Air-blown biomass gasification combined cycles (BGCC): System analysis and economic assessment pp. 708-714

P. Klimantos, N. Koukouzas, A. Katsiadakis and E. Kakaras

The boiler concept for combustion of large soya straw bales pp. 715-723

Rastko Mladenović, Dragoljub Dakić, Aleksandar Erić, Milica Mladenović, Milijana Paprika and Branislav Repić

Renewable energy benefits with conversion of woody residues to pellets pp. 724-731

G. Di Giacomo and L. Taglieri

Volume 34, issue 4, 2009

A computational tool for evaluating the economics of solar and wind microgeneration of electricity pp. 401-409

J. Kelleher and J.V. Ringwood

Integrated energy, environmental and financial analysis of ethanol production from cellulosic switchgrass pp. 410-436

Erika Felix and David R. Tilley

A transition toward a market expansion phase: Policies for promoting wind power in Taiwan pp. 437-447

Yun-Hsun Huang and Jung-Hua Wu

Optimal chilled water temperature calculation of multiple chiller systems using Hopfield neural network for saving energy pp. 448-456

Yung-Chung Chang and Wu-Hsing Chen

A Kalina power cycle driven by renewable energy sources pp. 457-464

P.A. Lolos and E.D. Rogdakis

Assessment of potential for natural gas-based cogeneration in Thailand pp. 465-475

Dušan Gvozdenac, Christoph Menke, Pumyos Vallikul, Jovan Petrović and Branka Gvozdenac

Simulation-based life cycle assessment of energy efficiency of biomass-based ethanol fuel from different feedstocks in China pp. 476-484

Suiran Yu and Jing Tao

Correlations for estimation of daily global solar radiation with hours of bright sunshine in Turkey pp. 485-501

Kadir Bakirci

Optimization of Hellenic overhead high-voltage transmission lines lightning protection pp. 502-509

C.A. Christodoulou, L. Ekonomou, G.P. Fotis, N. Harkiolakis and I.A. Stathopulos

Volume 34, issue 3, 2009

Merging of energy and environmental analyses for district heating systems pp. 220-227

Marco F. Torchio, Giuseppe Genon, Alberto Poggio and Marco Poggio

Market coupling and the importance of price coordination between power exchanges pp. 228-234

Leonardo Meeus, L. Vandezande, S. Cole and R. Belmans

Reliability modeling of multi-carrier energy systems pp. 235-244

Gaudenz Koeppel and Göran Andersson

Crossing quantities: How to compare electrical strength performances of insulation compounds for power cables pp. 245-253

M. Marzinotto, G. Mazzanti and C. Mazzetti

Integration of absorption heat pumps in a Kraft pulp process for enhanced energy efficiency pp. 254-260

Andrea Costa, Bahador Bakhtiari, Sebastian Schuster and Jean Paris

Matrix modelling of small-scale trigeneration systems and application to operational optimization pp. 261-273

Gianfranco Chicco and Pierluigi Mancarella

The benefits of transmission expansions in the competitive electricity markets pp. 274-280

Paola Bresesti, Roberto Calisti, Maria Vittoria Cazzol, Antonio Gatti, Dario Provenzano, Andrea Vaiani and Riccardo Vailati

Assessing the suitability of input–output analysis for enhancing our understanding of potential economic effects of Peak Oil pp. 284-290

Christian Kerschner and Klaus Hubacek

Investigating the energy-environmental Kuznets curve pp. 291-300

Tommaso Luzzati and M. Orsini

Time horizons and electricity futures: An application of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's general theory of economic production pp. 301-307

Katharine Farrell and Kozo Mayumi

Transition to renewable energy systems with hydrogen as an energy carrier pp. 308-312

Frano Barbir

Multi-scale integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem metabolism (MuSIASEM): Theoretical concepts and basic rationale pp. 313-322

Mario Giampietro, Kozo Mayumi and Jesus Ramos-Martin

Peak oil: The four stages of a new idea pp. 323-326

Ugo Bardi

International overview of hydrogen and fuel cell research pp. 327-333

H.-J. Neef

Dynamic bounds for power and efficiency of non-ideal energy converters under nonlinear transfer laws pp. 334-340

Stanislaw Sieniutycz

A multi-scale integrated analysis of the energy use in Romania, Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary pp. 341-347

Raluca Iorgulescu and John Polimeni

The future challenges for “clean coal technologies”: Joining efficiency increase and pollutant emission control pp. 348-354

Alessandro Franco and Ana Diaz Vazquez

KiteGen: A revolution in wind energy generation pp. 355-361

M. Canale, L. Fagiano and M. Milanese

A decision support system for planning biomass-based energy production pp. 362-369

Francesco Frombo, Riccardo Minciardi, Michela Robba and Roberto Sacile

Energy rebound and economic growth: A review of the main issues and research needs pp. 370-376

Reinhard Madlener and B. Alcott

Future development of the electricity systems with distributed generation pp. 377-383

Angel A. Bayod-Rújula

Advanced exergetic analysis: Approaches for splitting the exergy destruction into endogenous and exogenous parts pp. 384-391

S. Kelly, G. Tsatsaronis and T. Morosuk

Life cycle impacts and costs of photovoltaic systems: Current state of the art and future outlooks pp. 392-399

Marco Raugei and Paolo Frankl

Volume 34, issue 2, 2009

NMR analysis of cracking products of asphalt and assessment of catalyst performance pp. 127-133

Imtiaz Ahmad, Mohammad Shakirullah, Habib ur Rehman, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Arsala Khan and Amjad Ali Shah

An analysis of the legal and market framework for the cogeneration sector in Croatia pp. 134-143

D. Lončar, N. Duić and Ž. Bogdan

Development of artificial neural network model for a coal-fired boiler using real plant data pp. 144-152

J. Smrekar, M. Assadi, M. Fast, I. Kuštrin and S. De

End-use energy analysis in the Malaysian industrial sector pp. 153-158

R. Saidur, N.A. Rahim, H.H. Masjuki, S. Mekhilef, H.W. Ping and M.F. Jamaluddin

Experimental study of the performances of a modified diesel engine operating in homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion mode versus the original diesel combustion mode pp. 159-171

Miguel Torres García, Francisco José Jiménez-Espadafor Aguilar and Tomás Sánchez Lencero

Characteristics of methane reforming using gliding arc reactor pp. 172-177

Yoon-Cheol Yang, Bong-Ju Lee and Young-Nam Chun

Establishing an efficient regulatory mechanism—Prerequisite for successful energy activities regulation pp. 178-189

Eraldo Banovac, Mevludin Glavić and Sejid Tešnjak

A combined process integration and fuel switching strategy for emissions reduction in chemical process plants pp. 190-195

A. Mahmoud, M. Shuhaimi and M. Abdel Samed

Effects of operating variables on heat transfer and energy consumption of a household refrigerator-freezer during closed door operation pp. 196-198

M. Hasanuzzaman, R. Saidur and H.H. Masjuki

Energy conversion efficiency of trout and sea bass production in the Black Sea, Turkey pp. 199-204

Mehmet Bozoğlu and Vedat Ceyhan

Can envelope codes reduce electricity and CO2 emissions in different types of buildings in the hot climate of Bahrain? pp. 205-215

H. Radhi

Volume 34, issue 1, 2009

Quality control of global solar radiation using sunshine duration hours pp. 1-6

Isaac Moradi

Feed water cooler to increase evaporation range in MSF plants pp. 7-13

Majed M. Alhazmy

Energy and exergy analysis for cocurrent gas spray cooling systems based on the results of mathematical modeling and simulation pp. 14-21

Arezou Niksiar and Amir Rahimi

Energy efficiency assessment by life cycle simulation of cassava-based fuel ethanol for automotive use in Chinese Guangxi context pp. 22-31

Suiran Yu and Jing Tao

Performance evaluation for solar collectors in Taiwan pp. 32-40

Tian Pau Chang

Comparison of energy of tillage systems in wheat production pp. 41-45

A. Tabatabaeefar, H. Emamzadeh, M. Ghasemi Varnamkhasti, R. Rahimizadeh and M. Karimi

Short-term load forecasting of power systems by combination of wavelet transform and neuro-evolutionary algorithm pp. 46-57

N. Amjady and F. Keynia

Optimal control strategy for a multi-zone air conditioning system using a genetic algorithm pp. 58-66

M. Mossolly, K. Ghali and N. Ghaddar

An improved PSO for dynamic load dispatch of generators with valve-point effects pp. 67-74

Xiaohui Yuan, Anjun Su, Yanbin Yuan, Hao Nie and Liang Wang

Exergoenvironmental analysis for evaluation of the environmental impact of energy conversion systems pp. 75-89

Lutz Meyer, George Tsatsaronis, Jens Buchgeister and Liselotte Schebek

Energy use in the Greek manufacturing sector: A methodological framework based on physical indicators with aggregation and decomposition analysis pp. 90-111

Myrsine Salta, Heracles Polatidis and Dias Haralambopoulos

Development of a multi-criteria assessment model for ranking of renewable and non-renewable transportation fuel vehicles pp. 112-125

H. Safaei Mohamadabadi, G. Tichkowsky and A. Kumar