Energy

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Volume 32, issue 12, 2007

Balancing energy and environment: The effect and perspective of management instruments in China pp. 2247-2261

Yiping Fang and Yong Zeng

An empirical analysis of energy efficiency in China's iron and steel sector pp. 2262-2270

Yi-Ming Wei, Hua Liao and Ying Fan

The link between political decision-making and energy options: Assessing future role of renewable energy and energy efficiency in Finland pp. 2271-2281

P.D. Lund

The impact of energy consumption on economic growth: Evidence from linear and nonlinear models in Taiwan pp. 2282-2294

Chien-Chiang Lee and Chun-Ping Chang

Optimum energy storage techniques for the improvement of renewable energy sources-based electricity generation economic efficiency pp. 2295-2305

J.K. Kaldellis and D. Zafirakis

A prospective study of bioenergy use in Mexico pp. 2306-2320

Jorge Islas, Fabio Manzini and Omar Masera

Energy and economic analysis of traditional versus introduced crops cultivation in the mountains of the Indian Himalayas: A case study pp. 2321-2335

Sunil Nautiyal, H. Kaechele, K.S. Rao, R.K. Maikhuri and K.G. Saxena

Variation in energy consumption in production of wheat–maize with varying altitudes in hilly regions of Himachal Pradesh, India pp. 2336-2339

Indra Mani, Pradeep Kumar, J.S. Panwar and Kamal Kant

Effects of stochastic energy prices on long-term energy-economic scenarios pp. 2340-2349

Volker Krey, Dag Martinsen and Hermann-Josef Wagner

Ranking and selection of power expansion alternatives for multiple objectives under uncertainty pp. 2350-2369

G. Heinrich, L. Basson, B. Cohen, M. Howells and J. Petrie

Emissions from the Polish power industry pp. 2370-2375

Alicja Uliasz-Bochenczyk and Eugeniusz Mokrzycki

Theoretical and experimental studies of an ethanol basin solar still pp. 2376-2384

P. Namprakai and J. Hirunlabh

Exergy transfer characteristics of forced convective heat transfer through a duct with constant wall temperature pp. 2385-2395

Shuang-Ying Wu, You-Rong Li, Yan Chen and Lan Xiao

Effect of water blending on bioethanol HCCI combustion with forced induction and residual gas trapping pp. 2396-2400

A. Megaritis, D. Yap and M.L. Wyszynski

Investigation of membrane electrode assembly (MEA) hot-pressing parameters for proton exchange membrane fuel cell pp. 2401-2411

Apichai Therdthianwong, Phochan Manomayidthikarn and Supaporn Therdthianwong

Carbothermal reduction of alumina: Thermochemical equilibrium calculations and experimental investigation pp. 2420-2427

M. Halmann, A. Frei and A. Steinfeld

Analysis of potential fuel consumption and emissions reductions from fuel cell auxiliary power units (APUs) in long-haul trucks pp. 2428-2438

Nicholas Lutsey, Christie-Joy Brodrick and Timothy Lipman

Volume 32, issue 11, 2007

Pathways for hydrogen infrastructure development in China: Integrated assessment for vehicle fuels and a case study of Beijing pp. 2023-2037

Le Chang, Zheng Li, Dan Gao, He Huang and Weidou Ni

Exergetic comparison of efficiency indicators for combined heat and power (CHP) pp. 2038-2050

Ivar S. Ertesvåg

Risk hedging against the fuel price fluctuation in energy service business pp. 2051-2060

Masaaki Bannai, Yasushi Tomita, Yasushi Ishida, Takahiko Miyazaki, Atsushi Akisawa and Takao Kashiwagi

Underground coal gasification: A new clean coal utilization technique for India pp. 2061-2071

Anil Khadse, Mohammed Qayyumi, Sanjay Mahajani and Preeti Aghalayam

Engine performance and emissions of a diesel engine operating on diesel-RME (rapeseed methyl ester) blends with EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) pp. 2072-2080

A. Tsolakis, A. Megaritis, M.L. Wyszynski and K. Theinnoi

Sub- and supercritical liquefaction of rice straw in the presence of ethanol–water and 2-propanol–water mixture pp. 2081-2088

X.Z. Yuan, H. Li, G.M. Zeng, J.Y. Tong and W. Xie

Biofuels in the energy transition beyond peak oil pp. 2089-2098

Markus Robèrt, Per Hultén and Björn Frostell

Development of an artificial neural network model for the steam process of a coal biomass cofired combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Sweden pp. 2099-2109

S. De, M. Kaiadi, M. Fast and M. Assadi

Exergy transfer effectiveness on heat exchanger for finite pressure drop pp. 2110-2120

Shuang-Ying Wu, Xiao-Feng Yuan, You-Rong Li and Lan Xiao

Exergy loss analysis of heat transfer across the wall of the dividing-wall distillation column pp. 2121-2134

B. Suphanit, A. Bischert and P. Narataruksa

Fiscal system analysis—concessionary systems pp. 2135-2147

Mark J. Kaiser

Design and control of an ideal heat-integrated distillation column (ideal HIDiC) system separating a close-boiling ternary mixture pp. 2148-2156

Kejin Huang, Lan Shan, Qunxiong Zhu and Jixin Qian

Impact on power planning due to demand-side management (DSM) in commercial and government sectors with rebound effect—A case study of central grid of Oman pp. 2157-2166

Arif S. Malik

Dynamic exergy analysis for capacity expansion of regional power-generation systems: Case study of far West Texas pp. 2167-2186

Humberto R. Becerra-Lopez and Peter Golding

Study of system dynamics model and control of a high-power LED lighting luminaire pp. 2187-2198

Bin-Juine Huang, Po-Chien Hsu, Min-Sheng Wu and Chun-Wen Tang

A study on the performance of a geothermal heat exchanger under coupled heat conduction and groundwater advection pp. 2199-2209

Rui Fan, Yiqiang Jiang, Yang Yao, Deng Shiming and Zuiliang Ma

Electricity supply industry modelling for multiple objectives under demand growth uncertainty pp. 2210-2229

G. Heinrich, M. Howells, L. Basson and J. Petrie

Generation of synthetic sequences of electricity demand: Application in South Australia pp. 2230-2243

L. Magnano and J.W. Boland

Volume 32, issue 10, 2007

Experimental heat release analysis and emissions of a HSDI diesel engine fueled with ethanol–diesel fuel blends pp. 1791-1808

C.D. Rakopoulos, K.A. Antonopoulos and D.C. Rakopoulos

Implications of capacity expansion under uncertainty and value of information: The near-term energy planning of Japan pp. 1809-1824

Pongsak Krukanont and Tetsuo Tezuka

Demand projections of petroleum products and natural gas in India pp. 1825-1837

Jyoti Parikh, Pallav Purohit and Pallavi Maitra

Co-firing—A strategy for bioenergy in Poland? pp. 1838-1847

Karin Ericsson

Energy consumption pattern of wheat production in India pp. 1848-1854

H. Singh, A.K. Singh, H.L. Kushwaha and Amit Singh

An empirical validation of the daylighting algorithms and associated interactions in building energy simulation programs using various shading devices and windows pp. 1855-1870

Peter G. Loutzenhiser, Gregory M. Maxwell and Heinrich Manz

Comparative study of the behavior of wind-turbines in a wind farm pp. 1871-1885

Emilio Migoya, Antonio Crespo, Javier García, Fermín Moreno, Fernando Manuel, Ángel Jiménez and Alexandre Costa

Electricity securitization in China pp. 1886-1895

Wei Liu, J.H. Wang, Jun Xie and Chang Song

Life cycle study of coal-based dimethyl ether as vehicle fuel for urban bus in China pp. 1896-1904

Liang Zhang and Zhen Huang

Risk analysis for CHP decision making within the conditions of an open electricity market pp. 1905-1916

Fouad Al-Mansour and Mitja Kožuh

Assessment of clean development mechanism potential of large-scale energy efficiency measures in heavy industries pp. 1917-1931

Daisuke Hayashi and Matthias Krey

Entropy generation analysis in a uniformly heated microchannel heat sink pp. 1932-1947

H. Abbassi

Assessing wood-based synthetic natural gas technologies using the SWISS-MARKAL model pp. 1948-1959

Thorsten F. Schulz, Leonardo Barreto, Socrates Kypreos and Samuel Stucki

Wind energy, electricity, and hydrogen in the Netherlands pp. 1960-1971

Niels J. Schenk, Henri C. Moll, José Potting and René M.J. Benders

Production of synthesis gas by co-gasifying coke and natural gas in a fixed bed reactor pp. 1972-1978

Xueping Song and Zhancheng Guo

Sustainability assessment tool for the decision making in selection of energy system—Bosnian case pp. 1979-1985

Fajik Begić and Naim H. Afgan

Performance and analysis by particle image velocimetry (PIV) of cooker-top burners in Thailand pp. 1986-1995

U. Makmool, S. Jugjai, S. Tia, P. Vallikul and B. Fungtammasan

A centurial history of technological change and learning curves for pulverized coal-fired utility boilers pp. 1996-2005

Sonia Yeh and Edward S. Rubin

Experimental investigation of ash behavior and emissions during combustion of Bosnian coal and biomass pp. 2006-2016

A. Kazagic and I. Smajevic

Volume 32, issue 9, 2007

A guide to life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electric supply technologies pp. 1543-1559

Daniel Weisser

Industrial and ecological cumulative exergy consumption of the United States via the 1997 input–output benchmark model pp. 1560-1592

Nandan U. Ukidwe and Bhavik R. Bakshi

Direct and indirect energy use and carbon emissions in the production phase of buildings: An input–output analysis pp. 1593-1602

Jonas Nässén, John Holmberg, Anders Wadeskog and Madeleine Nyman

Second law analysis of a magnetohydrodynamic plasma generator pp. 1603-1616

M.H. Saidi and A. Montazeri

Evaluation of city-scale impact of residential energy conservation measures using the detailed end-use simulation model pp. 1617-1633

Yoshiyuki Shimoda, Takahiro Asahi, Ayako Taniguchi and Minoru Mizuno

Renewable energy in Taiwan: Its developing status and strategy pp. 1634-1646

Falin Chen, Shyi-Min Lu and Yi-Lin Chang

Modelling changes to electricity demand load duration curves as a consequence of predicted climate change for Australia pp. 1647-1659

Marcus J. Thatcher

Thermodynamic equilibrium model and second law analysis of a downdraft waste gasifier pp. 1660-1669

S. Jarungthammachote and A. Dutta

Grey prediction with rolling mechanism for electricity demand forecasting of Turkey pp. 1670-1675

Diyar Akay and Mehmet Atak

eTransport: Investment planning in energy supply systems with multiple energy carriers pp. 1676-1689

Bjorn H. Bakken, Hans I. Skjelbred and Ove Wolfgang

Numerical investigation for combustion characteristics of vacuum residue (VR) in a test furnace pp. 1690-1697

S. Sreedhara, Kang Y. Huh and Hoyoung Park

Optimum design criteria for an Organic Rankine cycle using low-temperature geothermal heat sources pp. 1698-1706

H.D. Madhawa Hettiarachchi, Mihajlo Golubovic, William M. Worek and Yasuyuki Ikegami

A novel hybrid oxy-fuel power cycle utilizing solar thermal energy pp. 1707-1714

Chenhua Gou, Ruixian Cai and Hui Hong

Industrial customer response to wholesale prices in the restructured Texas electricity market pp. 1715-1723

Jay Zarnikau, G. Landreth, I. Hallett and Subal Kumbhakar

A detailed modeling method for photovoltaic cells pp. 1724-1730

R. Chenni, M. Makhlouf, T. Kerbache and A. Bouzid

Mapping the potential for decentralized energy generation based on renewable energy sources in the Republic of Croatia pp. 1731-1744

Daniel R. Schneider, Neven Duić and Željko Bogdan

Energy balance optimization of sugarcane crop residual biomass pp. 1745-1748

Maria Márcia Pereira Sartori and Helenice de Oliveira Florentino

Energy consumption analysis on a dedicated outdoor air system with rotary desiccant wheel pp. 1749-1760

Weiwei Liu, Zhiwei Lian, Reinhard Radermacher and Ye Yao

Predicting electricity energy consumption: A comparison of regression analysis, decision tree and neural networks pp. 1761-1768

Geoffrey K.F. Tso and Kelvin K.W. Yau

The potential for energy efficiency gains in the Canadian commercial building sector: A stochastic frontier study pp. 1769-1780

J. Buck and Denise Young

Investigating and analysing the energy and environmental performance of an experimental green roof system installed in a nursery school building in Athens, Greece pp. 1781-1788

M. Santamouris, C. Pavlou, P. Doukas, G. Mihalakakou, A. Synnefa, A. Hatzibiros and P. Patargias

Volume 32, issue 8, 2007

Simulating greenhouse gas (GHG) allowance cost and GHG emission reduction in Western Europe pp. 1299-1309

Erik Delarue, Hans Lamberts and D’haeseleer, William

Life cycle assessment and energy pay-back time of advanced photovoltaic modules: CdTe and CIS compared to poly-Si pp. 1310-1318

Marco Raugei, Silvia Bargigli and Sergio Ulgiati

Energy saving potential in the residential sector of Uzbekistan pp. 1319-1325

Murat Kenisarin and Kamola Kenisarina

Decomposing energy productivity change: A distance function approach pp. 1326-1333

Chunhua Wang

A novel combined cycle with synthetic utilization of coal and natural gas pp. 1334-1342

Wei Han, Hongguang Jin and Wei Xu

Optimized mass flux ratio of double-flow solar air heater with EHD pp. 1343-1351

N. Kasayapanand and T. Kiatsiriroat

Life cycle inventory study on magnesium alloy substitution in vehicles pp. 1352-1360

Masataka Hakamada, Tetsuharu Furuta, Yasumasa Chino, Youqing Chen, Hiromu Kusuda and Mamoru Mabuchi

Experimental performance analysis and optimization of a direct expansion solar-assisted heat pump water heater pp. 1361-1374

Y.W. Li, R.Z. Wang, J.Y. Wu and Y.X. Xu

Trace compounds of biogas from different biogas production plants pp. 1375-1380

S. Rasi, A. Veijanen and J. Rintala

Exploring the impact on cost and electricity production of high penetration levels of intermittent electricity in OECD Europe and the USA, results for wind energy pp. 1381-1402

Monique Hoogwijk, Detlef van Vuuren, Bert de Vries and Wim Turkenburg

Power plant investment in restructured markets pp. 1403-1413

W. Walls, Frank W. Rusco and Jon Ludwigson

Greenhouse heating and cooling using aquifer water pp. 1414-1421

V.P. Sethi and S.K. Sharma

Pinch analysis approach to carbon-constrained energy sector planning pp. 1422-1429

Raymond R. Tan and Dominic C.Y. Foo

A mixed integer programming model for optimal design of trigeneration in a hospital complex pp. 1430-1447

P. Arcuri, G. Florio and P. Fragiacomo

Technology and petroleum exhaustion: Evidence from two mega-oilfields pp. 1448-1454

John Gowdy and Roxana Juliá

Removal of NOx by microwave reactor with ammonium bicarbonate and Ga-A zeolites at low temperature pp. 1455-1459

Z.S. Wei, Z.Y. Du, Z.H. Lin, H.M. He and R.L. Qiu

Allocation of energy inputs among the end-uses in the US petroleum and coal products industry pp. 1460-1470

Nesrin Ozalp and Barry Hyman

Reducing energy-related CO2 emissions using accelerated weathering of limestone pp. 1471-1477

Greg H. Rau, Kevin G. Knauss, William H. Langer and Ken Caldeira

Understand the three different scales for measuring primary energy and avoid errors pp. 1478-1483

H. Douglas Lightfoot

Efficiency assessment of Turkish power plants using data envelopment analysis pp. 1484-1499

Kemal Sarıca and Ilhan Or

Energy and cost analysis for greenhouse and open-field grape production pp. 1500-1504

Burhan Ozkan, Cemal Fert and C. Feyza Karadeniz

Second law-based thermodynamic analysis of water-lithium bromide absorption refrigeration system pp. 1505-1512

Muhsin Kilic and Omer Kaynakli

Prediction of hourly and daily diffuse fraction using neural network, as compared to linear regression models pp. 1513-1523

Hamdy K. Elminir, Yosry A. Azzam and Farag I. Younes

Thermal performance of a packed bed double-pass solar air heater pp. 1524-1535

M.R.I. Ramadan, A.A. El-Sebaii, S. Aboul-Enein and E. El-Bialy

Mathematical modeling of multiple-effect evaporators and energy economy pp. 1536-1542

Durmus Kaya and H. Ibrahim Sarac

Volume 32, issue 7, 2007

Long-term operation optimization of integrated generation systems by fuzzy logic-based management pp. 1047-1054

G. Capizzi and G. Tina

Environmental production functions and environmental directional distance functions pp. 1055-1066

Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf and Carl Pasurka

Computation of glass-cover temperatures and top heat loss coefficient of flat-plate solar collectors with double glazing pp. 1067-1074

N. Akhtar and S.C. Mullick

Fuel specification, energy consumption and CO2 emission in oil refineries pp. 1075-1092

Alexandre Szklo and Roberto Schaeffer

Controlling micro-CHP systems to modulate electrical load profiles pp. 1093-1103

A.D. Peacock and M. Newborough

Approximation of theoretical energy-saving potentials for the petrochemical industry using energy balances for 68 key processes pp. 1104-1123

Maarten Neelis, Martin Patel, Kornelis Blok, Wim Haije and Pieter Bach

Two-step water splitting thermochemical cycle based on iron oxide redox pair for solar hydrogen production pp. 1124-1133

Patrice Charvin, Stéphane Abanades, Gilles Flamant and Florent Lemort

Economic evaluation of the solar carbothermic reduction of ZnO by using a single sensitivity analysis and a Monte-Carlo risk analysis pp. 1134-1147

Stefan Kräupl and Christian Wieckert

An hourly solar radiation model under actual weather and terrain conditions: A case study in Heihe river basin pp. 1148-1157

Rensheng Chen, Ersi Kang, Xibin Ji, Jianping Yang and Junhai Wang

Emergy as a function of exergy pp. 1158-1162

S. Bastianoni, A. Facchini, L. Susani and E. Tiezzi

Performance and costs of power plants with capture and storage of CO2 pp. 1163-1176

John Davison

Electricity consumption by battery-powered consumer electronics: A household-level survey pp. 1177-1184

J. Andrew McAllister and Alexander E. Farrell

Exergetic analysis of distillation processes—A case study pp. 1185-1193

Antonio B. Araújo, Romildo P. Brito and Luís S. Vasconcelos

Natural emissions of CO2 from the geosphere and their bearing on the geological storage of carbon dioxide pp. 1194-1201

S. Holloway, J.M. Pearce, V.L. Hards, T. Ohsumi and J. Gale

Performance and emission characteristics of a turpentine–diesel dual fuel engine pp. 1202-1209

R. Karthikeyan and N.V. Mahalakshmi

Working fluids for low-temperature organic Rankine cycles pp. 1210-1221

Bahaa Saleh, Gerald Koglbauer, Martin Wendland and Johann Fischer

Fuzzy logic based energy saving technique for a central air conditioning system pp. 1222-1234

S. Shahnawaz Ahmed, Md. Shah Majid, Hendri Novia and Hasimah Abd Rahman

Saving energy in residential buildings: The use of fully reversible windows pp. 1235-1247

F. Gugliermetti and F. Bisegna

From coal to biomass gasification: Comparison of thermodynamic efficiency pp. 1248-1259

Mark J. Prins, Krzysztof J. Ptasinski and Frans J.J.G. Janssen

Effect of flow maldistribution on thermal performance of a solar air heater array with subcollectors in parallel pp. 1260-1270

Rajendra Karwa, Nitin Karwa, Rohit Misra and P.C. Agarwal

Modelling and dynamic simulation of processes with ‘MATLAB’. An application of a natural gas installation in a power plant pp. 1271-1282

J.A. González-Bustamante, J.M. Sala, L.M. López-González, J.L. Míguez and I. Flores

Evaluation of cooking energy cost, efficiency, impact on air pollution and policy in Nigeria pp. 1283-1290

A.N. Anozie, A.R. Bakare, J.A. Sonibare and T.O. Oyebisi

Forecast of oil price and consumption in the short term under three scenarios: Parabolic, linear and chaotic behaviour pp. 1291-1296

F. Gori, D. Ludovisi and P.F. Cerritelli

Volume 32, issue 6, 2007

Energy indicators for sustainable development pp. 875-882

Ivan Vera and Lucille Langlois

Sustainable development and global security pp. 883-890

Robert Blinc, Zidans˘ek, Aleksander and Ivo Šlaus

Sustainable development and happiness in nations pp. 891-897

Aleksander Zidanšek

A system dynamics based model for coal investment pp. 898-905

Ying Fan, Rui-Guang Yang and Yi-Ming Wei

A new basis for assessing the sustainability of natural resources pp. 906-911

Ernie Jowsey

Renewable energy strategies for sustainable development pp. 912-919

Henrik Lund

Evaluation of company effectiveness in implementing environmental strategies for a sustainable development pp. 920-926

Manuela Sarmento, Diamantino Durão and Manuela Duarte

The role of an academic institute in setting national environmental policy: The case of Israel pp. 927-934

Ofira Ayalon and Yoram Avnimelech

Energy structure, marginal efficiency and substitution rate: An empirical study of China pp. 935-942

Zhi-Yong Han, Ying Fan, Jian-Ling Jiao, Ji-Sheng Yan and Yi-Ming Wei

Index-based tool for preliminary ranking of social and environmental impacts of hydropower and storage reservoirs pp. 943-947

S. Larson and S. Larson

Two energy system analysis models: A comparison of methodologies and results pp. 948-954

Henrik Lund, Neven Duić, Krajac˘ić, Goran and Maria da Graça Carvalho

Power system optimization pp. 955-960

Željko Bogdan, Mislav Cehil and Damir Kopjar

Proposal and analysis of a novel ammonia–water cycle for power and refrigeration cogeneration pp. 961-970

Meng Liu and Na Zhang

A combined power cycle with absorption air conditioning pp. 971-982

Osamah M. AL-Hawaj and Hamad AL-Mutairi

Step-by-step process integration method for the improvements and optimization of sodium tripolyphosphate process plant pp. 983-998

Predrag Rasković

Regulatory mechanism for biomass renewable energy in Brazil, a case study of the Brazilian Babassu oil extraction industry pp. 999-1005

Marcos Alexandre Teixeira and Maria da Graça Carvalho

Biomass to hydrogen for the realization of closed cycles of energy resources pp. 1006-1011

Fabio Orecchini and Enrico Bocci

Simulation and thermoeconomic analysis of different configurations of gas turbine (GT)-based dual-purpose power and desalination plants (DPPDP) and hybrid plants (HP) pp. 1012-1023

Thibaut Rensonnet, Javier Uche and Luis Serra

Modelling of water–energy systems. The case of desalination pp. 1024-1031

Gregor Meerganz von Medeazza and Vincent Moreau

Collecting dew as a water source on small islands: the dew equipment for water project in Bis˘evo (Croatia) pp. 1032-1037

D. Beysens, O. Clus, M. Mileta, I. Milimouk, M. Muselli and V.S. Nikolayev

Mitigation and recovery of methane emissions from tropical hydroelectric dams pp. 1038-1046

L.A.W. Bambace, F.M. Ramos, I.B.T. Lima and R.R. Rosa

Volume 32, issue 5, 2007

The relative competitive positions of the alternative means for domestic heating pp. 627-633

Mikkel Sørensen Torekov, Niels Bahnsen and Bjørn Qvale

Energy efficiency, sustainability and economic growth pp. 634-648

Robert U. Ayres, Hal Turton and Tom Casten

Estimation of global solar radiation in arid and semi-arid climates of East and West Iran pp. 649-655

Ali A. Sabziparvar and H. Shetaee

Reactive ceramics of CeO2–MOx (M=Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu) for H2 generation by two-step water splitting using concentrated solar thermal energy pp. 656-663

H. Kaneko, T. Miura, H. Ishihara, S. Taku, T. Yokoyama, H. Nakajima and Y. Tamaura

Second law analysis of crossflow heat exchanger in the presence of axial dispersion in one fluid pp. 664-672

Arun Gupta and Sarit K. Das

Application of exergy as thermodynamic indicator in ecology pp. 673-685

S.E. Jørgensen and Søren Nors Nielsen

Exergy transfer characteristics of forced convective heat transfer through a duct with constant wall heat flux pp. 686-696

Shuang-Ying Wu, Yan Chen, You-Rong Li and Dan-Ling Zeng

Study of the carbonation–calcination reaction applied to the hydrogen production from syngas pp. 697-710

L. Barelli, G. Bidini, A. Corradetti and U. Desideri

Cost-effective operating strategy for residential micro-combined heat and power pp. 711-723

A.D. Hawkes and M.A. Leach

From state to market and back again: Egypt's experiment with independent power projects pp. 724-738

Anton Eberhard and Katharine Gratwick

Effective efficiency of solar air heaters having different types of roughness elements on the absorber plate pp. 739-745

M.K. Mittal, Varun,, R.P. Saini and S.K. Singal

Cogeneration plant in a pasta factory: Energy saving and environmental benefit pp. 746-754

Domenico Panno, Antonio Messineo and Antonella Dispenza

An investigation of mismatch losses in solar photovoltaic cell networks pp. 755-759

N.D. Kaushika and Anil K. Rai

Optimal planning and economic evaluation of cogeneration system pp. 760-771

Si-Doek Oh, Ho-Jun Lee, Jung-Yeul Jung and Ho-Young Kwak

New technology for the comprehensive utilization of Chinese oil shale resources pp. 772-777

X.M. Jiang, X.X. Han and Z.G. Cui

Modeling, numerical optimization, and irreversibility reduction of a triple-pressure reheat combined cycle pp. 778-794

A.M. Bassily

Evaluation of sustainability of a city through fuzzy logic pp. 795-802

Francesco Gagliardi, Mariacristina Roscia and Gheorghe Lazaroiu

Optimal investment strategies in decentralized renewable power generation under uncertainty pp. 803-815

Stein-Erik Fleten, K.M. Maribu and I. Wangensteen

Productive energy in the US economy pp. 816-822

Vladimir N. Pokrovskii

Performance of an innovative 120kWe natural gas cogeneration system pp. 823-833

M. Badami, A. Casetti, P. Campanile and F. Anzioso

Production of hydrogen through the carbonation–calcination reaction applied to CH4/CO2 mixtures pp. 834-843

L. Barelli, G. Bidini, A. Corradetti and U. Desideri

Effect of incompletely converted soybean oil on biodiesel quality pp. 844-851

Sandun Fernando, Prashanth Karra, Rafael Hernandez and Saroj Kumar Jha

Numerical simulation of counter-flow spray saturator for humid air turbine cycle pp. 852-860

Yuzhang Wang, Yixing Li, Shilie Weng and Yonghong Wang

Renewable energy technologies for irrigation water pumping in India: A preliminary attempt towards potential estimation pp. 861-870

Atul Kumar and Tara C. Kandpal

Volume 32, issue 4, 2007

Definitions and nomenclature in exergy analysis and exergoeconomics pp. 249-253

George Tsatsaronis

Brief summary of the ECOS ’05 Panel on “Future Power Generation” pp. 254-260

Noam Lior and Panel Chair

Climate change and energy policy: The importance of sustainability arguments pp. 262-268

Roland Clift

Computational modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells: Challenges and opportunities pp. 269-280

N. Djilali

Energy, exergy, and Second Law performance criteria pp. 281-296

Noam Lior and Na Zhang

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of small-scale systems pp. 297-300

J. Miguel Rubi

Nonequilibrium entropy. Characterization of stationary states pp. 301-305

A. Pérez-Madrid

Cascade utilization of chemical energy of natural gas in an improved CRGT cycle pp. 306-313

Wei Han, Hongguang Jin, Na Zhang and Xiaosong Zhang

Exergy analysis of sugarcane bagasse gasification pp. 314-327

Luiz Felipe Pellegrini and Silvio de Oliveira

A division of the thermomechanical exergy into two components with very different economic values pp. 328-334

Pedro Perez-del-Notario and Teresa J. Leo

Minimizing the entropy production in a chemical process for dehydrogenation of propane pp. 335-343

A. Røsjorde, S. Kjelstrup, E. Johannessen and R. Hansen

Comparative analysis of natural and synthetic refrigerants in application to low temperature Clausius–Rankine cycle pp. 344-352

Aleksandra Borsukiewicz-Gozdur and Władysław Nowak

On the off-design of a natural gas-fired combined cycle with CO2 capture pp. 353-359

Björn Fredriksson Möller, Magnus Genrup and Mohsen Assadi

Part-load analysis of a chemical looping combustion (CLC) combined cycle with CO2 capture pp. 360-370

Rehan Naqvi, Jens Wolf and Olav Bolland

Co-utilization of biomass and natural gas in combined cycles through primary steam reforming of the natural gas pp. 371-377

J. De Ruyck, F. Delattin and S. Bram

Technical and economic performance analysis for a microturbine in combined heat and power generation pp. 378-387

Juha Kaikko and Jari Backman

Influence of ambient temperatures on performance of a CO2 heat pump water heating system pp. 388-398

Ryohei Yokoyama, Takeshi Shimizu, Koichi Ito and Kazuhisa Takemura

Comparison of pulp-mill-integrated hydrogen production from gasified black liquor with stand-alone production from gasified biomass pp. 399-405

E. Andersson and S. Harvey

Modeling and control of a SOFC-GT-based autonomous power system pp. 406-417

Rambabu Kandepu, Lars Imsland, Bjarne A. Foss, Christoph Stiller, Bjørn Thorud and Olav Bolland

Polymer electrolyte fuel cells based on phosphoric acid doped polybenzimidazole (PBI) membranes pp. 418-422

O.E. Kongstein, T. Berning, B. Børresen, F. Seland and R. Tunold

Heat management for hydrogen production by high temperature steam electrolysis pp. 423-430

Christine Mansilla, Jon Sigurvinsson, André Bontemps, Alain Maréchal and François Werkoff

Hydrogen production by advanced proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysers—Reduced energy consumption by improved electrocatalysis pp. 431-436

A. Marshall, B. Børresen, G. Hagen, M. Tsypkin and R. Tunold

Well-to-wheel study of passenger vehicles in the Norwegian energy system pp. 437-445

Ann Mari Svensson, Steffen Møller-Holst, Ronny Glöckner and Ola Maurstad

Full load synthesis/design optimization of a hybrid SOFC–GT power plant pp. 446-458

F. Calise, Dentice d’ Accadia, M., L. Vanoli and Michael R. von Spakovsky

Modular simulation and thermoeconomic analysis of a multi-effect distillation desalination plant pp. 459-466

P. Fiorini and E. Sciubba

Equipartition of entropy production as an approximation to the state of minimum entropy production in diabatic distillation pp. 467-473

Eivind Johannessen and Audun Røsjorde

Economics of trigeneration in a kraft pulp mill for enhanced energy efficiency and reduced GHG emissions pp. 474-481

Andrea Costa, Jean Paris, Michael Towers and Thomas Browne

Engine characteristics of emissions and performance using mixtures of natural gas and hydrogen pp. 482-489

Marie Bysveen

Exergy method for the diagnosis of energy systems using measured data pp. 490-498

Vittorio Verda and Romano Borchiellini

Concepts on dynamic reference state, acceptable performance tests, and the equalized reconciliation method as a strategy for a reliable on-line thermoeconomic monitoring and diagnosis pp. 499-507

Alejandro Zaleta, J.Paulo Chavez, J.Jesus Pacheco, Adrian Santos, Alfonso Campos and Armando Gallegos

Control properties of bottom fired marine boilers pp. 508-520

Brian Solberg, Palle Andersen and Claus M.S. Karstensen

Comparative analysis of energy requirements of CO2 removal from metallurgical fuel gases pp. 521-527

Krzysztof Lampert and Andrzej Ziebik

Dissolution of steelmaking slags in acetic acid for precipitated calcium carbonate production pp. 528-539

Sebastian Teir, Sanni Eloneva, Carl-Johan Fogelholm and Ron Zevenhoven

Efficiency of Carbon storage with leakage: Physical and economical approaches pp. 540-548

Fei Teng and Daniel Tondeur

CO2 abatement by co-firing of natural gas and biomass-derived gas in a gas turbine pp. 549-567

Daniele Fiaschi and Riccardo Carta

Exergetic evaluation of biomass gasification pp. 568-574

Krzysztof J. Ptasinski, Mark J. Prins and Anke Pierik

Model-based analysis of effects from large-scale wind power production pp. 575-583

Johannes Rosen, Ingela Tietze-Stöckinger and Otto Rentz

Thermo-ecological optimization of a solar collector pp. 584-590

J. Szargut and W. Stanek

Theoretical analysis of a thermodynamic cycle for power and heat production using supercritical carbon dioxide pp. 591-599

X.R. Zhang, H. Yamaguchi, K. Fujima, M. Enomoto and N. Sawada

New deep-freezing process using renewable low-grade heat: From the conceptual design to experimental results pp. 600-608

Nolwenn Le Pierrès, Driss Stitou and Nathalie Mazet

Model analysis of an inter-industrial and inter-regional waste recycling system in Japan pp. 609-618

Takuya Hara, Hirokazu Shima, Yoshikuni Yoshida and Ryuji Matsuhashi

Mexican Bottom of Barrel Life Cycle environmental improvement proposal pp. 619-626

Ricardo Pulido and Georgina Fernández

Volume 32, issue 3, 2007

Transient changes in the power output from the concentration difference cell (dialytic battery) between seawater and river water pp. 165-173

F. Suda, T. Matsuo and D. Ushioda

NOx reduction from compression ignition engines with DC corona discharge—An experimental study pp. 174-186

Jan Vinogradov, Boris Rivin and Eran Sher

Energy and exergy performance of residential heating systems with separate mechanical ventilation pp. 187-195

Radu Zmeureanu and Xin Yu Wu

Structural analysis of bio-oils from sub-and supercritical water liquefaction of woody biomass pp. 196-202

Yejian Qian, Chengji Zuo, Jian Tan and Jianhui He

Concentration and distribution of uranium in Chinese coals pp. 203-212

Jianye Yang

A study on the intercepted insolation as a function of slope and azimuth of the surface pp. 213-220

K.K. Gopinathan, N.B. Maliehe and M.I. Mpholo

A conceptual framework for exploring transitions to decarbonised energy systems in the United Kingdom pp. 221-236

Simon Shackley and Ken Green

Performance investigation of transcritical carbon dioxide two-stage compression cycle with expander pp. 237-245

Jun Lan Yang, Yi Tai Ma and Sheng Chun Liu

Volume 32, issue 2, 2007

Autothermal two-stage gasification of low-density waste-derived fuels pp. 95-107

Stefan Hamel, Holger Hasselbach, Steffen Weil and Wolfgang Krumm

Option value of electricity demand response pp. 108-119

Osman Sezgen, C.A. Goldman and P. Krishnarao

Controllable and affordable utility-scale electricity from intermittent wind resources and compressed air energy storage (CAES) pp. 120-127

Alfred Cavallo

Determination of acceptable operating cost level of nuclear energy for Turkey's power system pp. 128-136

Mehmet Yildirim and Kadir Erkan

Allocation of cumulative exergy in multiple product separation processes pp. 137-142

P. Zhu and X. Feng

Variations in energy use by Indian households: An analysis of micro level data pp. 143-153

M. Narasimha Rao and B. Sudhakara Reddy

Modelling and performances of a deep-freezing process using low-grade solar heat pp. 154-164

Nolwenn Le Pierrès, Nathalie Mazet and Driss Stitou

Volume 32, issue 1, 2007

Energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions from urban passenger transportation versus availability of renewable energy: The example of the Canadian Lower Fraser Valley pp. 1-9

Pascal Poudenx and Walter Merida

A quantitative comparison of gas turbine cycles with CO2 capture pp. 10-24

Hanne M. Kvamsdal, Kristin Jordal and Olav Bolland

An exploratory analysis of California residential customer response to critical peak pricing of electricity pp. 25-34

Karen Herter, Patrick McAuliffe and Arthur Rosenfeld

Energy use and economical analysis of sugar beet production in Tokat province of Turkey pp. 35-41

Gülistan Erdal, Kemal Esengün, Hilmi Erdal and Orhan Gündüz

Advantages of integration with industry for electrolytic hydrogen production pp. 42-50

Maria Saxe and Per Alvfors

Modeling of a space heating and cooling system with seasonal energy storage pp. 51-58

H.-F. Zhang, X.-S. Ge and H. Ye

Carbon emission control strategies for China: A comparative study with partial and general equilibrium versions of the China MARKAL model pp. 59-72

Wenying Chen, Zongxin Wu, Jiankun He, Pengfei Gao and Shaofeng Xu

Experimental and theoretical investigation of diffuse solar radiation: Data and models quality tested for Egyptian sites pp. 73-82

Hamdy K. Elminir