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Volume 132, issue C, 2019

Response surface optimization of bioethanol production from third generation feedstock - Eucheuma cottonii pp. 1-10

Siti Azmah Jambo, Rahmath Abdulla, Hartinie Marbawi and Jualang Azlan Gansau

Equilibrium FCC catalysts to improve liquid products from biomass pyrolysis pp. 11-18

Melisa Bertero, Juan Rafael García, Marisa Falco and Ulises Sedran

Establishment of enhanced geothermal energy utilization plans: Barriers and strategies pp. 19-32

Shu-Yuan Pan, Mengyao Gao, Kinjal J. Shah, Jianming Zheng, Si-Lu Pei and Pen-Chi Chiang

Investigation on long-term extreme response of an integrated offshore renewable energy device with a modified environmental contour method pp. 33-42

Liang Li, Zhi-Ming Yuan, Yan Gao, Xinshu Zhang and Tahsin Tezdogan

Robust functional regression for wind speed forecasting based on Sparse Bayesian learning pp. 43-60

Yun Wang, Haibo Wang, Dipti Srinivasan and Qinghua Hu

Efficient lipid extraction from the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica using switchable solvents pp. 61-67

Sang Do Yook, Jiwon Kim, Han Min Woo, Youngsoon Um and Sun-Mi Lee

A solar irradiation GIS as decision support tool for the Province of Salta, Argentina pp. 68-80

Nilsa Sarmiento, Silvina Belmonte, Pablo Dellicompagni, Judith Franco, Karina Escalante and Joaquín Sarmiento

Optimising the insertion of renewables in the Colombian power sector pp. 81-92

Felipe Henao, Yeny Rodriguez, Juan Pablo Viteri and Isaac Dyner

Sensitivity study of a wind farm maintenance decision - A performance and revenue analysis pp. 93-105

Jannis Tautz-Weinert, Nurseda Y. Yürüşen, Julio J. Melero and Simon J. Watson

Power extraction performance of three types of flapping hydrofoils at a Reynolds number of 1.7E6 pp. 106-118

Patar Ebenezer Sitorus and Jin Hwan Ko

Effect of graphite mass concentrations in a mixture of graphite nanoparticles and paraffin wax as hybrid storage materials on performances of solar still pp. 119-128

A.E. Kabeel, Mohamed Abdelgaied and Amr Eisa

Investigation on offshore wind turbine with an innovative hybrid monopile foundation: An experimental based study pp. 129-141

Xuefei Wang, Xiangwu Zeng, Xinyao Li and Jiale Li

Enhancement of hydrodynamic performance of an Oscillating Water Column with harbour walls pp. 142-156

D. Daniel Raj, V. Sundar and S.A. Sannasiraj

Wave tracking method of hydraulic transients in pipe systems with pump shut-off under simultaneous closing of spherical valves pp. 157-166

Zh. Zhang

Improved hydrogen storage dynamics of amorphous and nanocrystalline Ce-Mg-Ni-based CeMg12-type alloys synthesized by ball milling pp. 167-175

Yanghuan Zhang, Wei Zhang, Wengang Bu, Ying Cai, Yan Qi and Shihai Guo

The large-scale feed-in tariff reverse auction scheme in the Australian Capital Territory 2012, to 2016 pp. 176-185

Greg Buckman, Jon Sibley and Megan Ward

Improving spectral modification for applications in solar cells: A review pp. 186-205

Joseph Day, S. Senthilarasu and Tapas K. Mallick

Computational analysis for a multi-effect distillation (MED) plant driven by solar energy in Chile pp. 206-220

David Saldivia, Carlos Rosales, Rodrigo Barraza and Lorena Cornejo

Study of monthly mean daily diffuse and direct beam radiation estimation with MODIS atmospheric product pp. 221-232

Ji-Long Chen, Lei He, Qiao Chen, Ming-Quan Lv, Hong-Lin Zhu, Zhao-Fei Wen and Sheng-Jun Wu

Performance and economic analysis of natural convection based rubber smoking room for rubber cooperatives in Thailand pp. 233-242

Racha Dejchanchaiwong, Anil Kumar and Perapong Tekasakul

Artificial neural network approach for the steam gasification of palm oil waste using bottom ash and CaO pp. 243-254

Muhammad Shahbaz, Syed A. Taqvi, Adrian Chun Minh Loy, Abrar Inayat, Fahim Uddin, Awais Bokhari and Salman Raza Naqvi

Research on project post-evaluation of wind power based on improved ANP and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model of trapezoid subordinate function improved by interval number pp. 255-265

Meng Wang and Dongxiao Niu

Investigation on the co-pyrolysis mechanism of seaweed and rice husk with multi-method comprehensive study pp. 266-277

Shannan Xu, Yamin Hu, Shuang Wang, Zhixia He, Lili Qian, Yongqiang Feng, Chaoqun Sun, Xinlin Liu, Qian Wang, Chiwai Hui and Emmanuel Kobina Payne

Fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) obtained from grapeseed oil: A fully renewable biofuel pp. 278-283

David Bolonio, María-Jesús García-Martínez, Marcelo F. Ortega, Magín Lapuerta, José Rodríguez-Fernández and Laureano Canoira

Numerical investigation on the effect of different parameters in enhancing heat transfer performance of photovoltaic thermal systems pp. 284-295

Afroza Nahar, M. Hasanuzzaman, N.A. Rahim and S. Parvin

Effects of bio-additives on the physicochemical properties and mechanical behavior of canola hull fuel pellets pp. 296-307

Ramin Azargohar, Sonil Nanda, Kang Kang, Toby Bond, Chithra Karunakaran, Ajay K. Dalai and Janusz A. Kozinski

Increasing the energy and exergy efficiencies of a collector using porous and recycling system pp. 308-325

Akbar Arabhosseini, Hadi Samimi-Akhijahani and Mehrnosh Motahayyer

Understanding the social network of stakeholders in hydropower project development: An owners' view pp. 326-334

Shuli Wang, Wenxin Shen, Wenzhe Tang, Yunhong Wang, Colin F. Duffield and Felix Kin Peng Hui

Effect of chemical pretreatment using sulfuric acid on biogas production from water hyacinth and kinetics pp. 335-350

Sarto Sarto, Raudati Hildayati and Iqbal Syaichurrozi

Monitoring the mixing of an artificial model substrate in a scale-down laboratory digester pp. 351-362

Fosca Conti, Leonhard Wiedemann, Matthias Sonnleitner, Abdessamad Saidi and Markus Goldbrunner

Sustainable biogas production from agrowaste and effluents – A promising step for small-scale industry income pp. 363-369

Nur Izzah Hamna Abdul Aziz, Marlia M. Hanafiah and Mohamed Yasreen Mohamed Ali

A transient model for optimizing a hybrid nocturnal sky radiation cooling system pp. 370-380

A. Amir and R. van Hout

Factors influencing the electricity generation preferences of Turkish citizens: Citizens' attitudes and policy recommendations in the context of climate change and environmental impact pp. 381-393

Mustafa Ozcan

Experimental investigation on performance, combustion and emission characteristics of a single cylinder diesel engine fuelled by biodiesel derived from Cymbopogon Martinii pp. 394-415

R. Sathiyamoorthi, G. Sankaranarayanan, S.B. Adhith kumaar, T. Chiranjeevi and D. Dilip Kumar

Experimental investigation of tar formation and producer gas composition in biomass steam gasification in a 100 kW dual fluidised bed gasifier pp. 416-424

Ziyin Zhang and Shusheng Pang

Parameter estimation of solar cells using datasheet information with the application of an adaptive differential evolution algorithm pp. 425-438

Partha P. Biswas, P.N. Suganthan, Guohua Wu and Gehan A.J. Amaratunga

Techno-economic optimisation of offshore wind farms based on life cycle cost analysis on the UK pp. 439-454

Varvara Mytilinou and Athanasios J. Kolios

Short-term and regionalized photovoltaic power forecasting, enhanced by reference systems, on the example of Luxembourg pp. 455-470

Daniel Koster, Frank Minette, Christian Braun and Oliver O'Nagy

Multi-objective stochastic model for joint optimal allocation of DG units and network reconfiguration from DG owner’s and DisCo’s perspectives pp. 471-485

Ehsan Kianmehr, Saman Nikkhah and Abbas Rabiee

Effects of heating rate on fast pyrolysis behavior and product distribution of Jerusalem artichoke stalk by using TG-FTIR and Py-GC/MS pp. 486-496

Bo Wang, Fanfan Xu, Peijie Zong, Jinhong Zhang, Yuanyu Tian and Yingyun Qiao

Performance analysis of a small wind turbine equipped with flexible blades pp. 497-508

David W. MacPhee and Asfaw Beyene

Co-gasification of coal and biomass blends using dolomite and olivine as catalysts pp. 509-514

Xinyue Ma, Xue Zhao, Jiyou Gu and Junyou Shi

Isolation, growth, enzyme assay and identification via 16S rRNA full sequencing of cellulolytic microbes from Nepal for biofuel production pp. 515-526

Binayak Raj Pandey, Sanjaya Ghimire, Shakep Bhattarai, Eileen Shrestha, Pratiksha Thapa and Bhupal Govinda Shrestha

Study on co-pyrolysis synergistic mechanism of seaweed and rice husk by investigation of the characteristics of char/coke pp. 527-542

Shannan Xu, Benjamin Bernard Uzoejinwa, Shuang Wang, Yamin Hu, Lili Qian, Lu Liu, Bin Li, Zhixia He, Qian Wang, Abd El-Fatah Abomohra, Chunhou Li and Bo Zhang

Kinematic optimization of a flapping foil power generator using a multi-fidelity evolutionary algorithm pp. 543-557

Zhengliang Liu, Kalyan Shankar Bhattacharjee, Fang-Bao Tian, John Young, Tapabrata Ray and Joseph C.S. Lai

Investigation of the effect of adding graphene oxide, graphene nanoplatelet, and multiwalled carbon nanotube additives with n-butanol-Jatropha methyl ester on a diesel engine performance pp. 558-574

Ahmed I. EL-Seesy and Hamdy Hassan

Impact of silica deposition on the performance of gas-fired domestic appliances caused by the combustion of siloxanes in the fuel pp. 575-586

Sander Gersen, Pieter Visser, Martijn van Essen, Martin Brown, Andy Lewis and Howard Levinsky

Control of small two-body heaving wave energy converters for ocean measurement applications pp. 587-595

Ossama Abdelkhalik and Shangyan Zou

Onset and propagation of smouldering in pine bark controlled by addition of inert solids pp. 596-614

G. Gianfelice, M. Della Zassa, A. Biasin and P. Canu

The role of glacier retreat for Swiss hydropower production pp. 615-627

Bettina Schaefli, Pedro Manso, Mauro Fischer, Matthias Huss and Daniel Farinotti

Toward a 100% renewable island: A case study of Ometepe's energy mix pp. 628-648

Carlos Germán Meza, Catalina Zuluaga Rodríguez, Camila Agner D'Aquino, Nilton Bispo Amado, Alcantaro Rodrigues and Ildo Luis Sauer

The effects of the fuel injection pressure on the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fuelled with waste cooking oil biodiesel-diesel blends pp. 649-666

Murat Kadir Yesilyurt

Preparation and performance investigation of a lignin-based solid acid catalyst manufactured from olive cake for biodiesel production pp. 667-682

Arwa Sandouqa, Zayed Al-Hamamre and Jamil Asfar

Performance studies on homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine powered with alternative fuels pp. 683-693

S.V. Khandal, N.R. Banapurmath and V.N. Gaitonde

An improved, generalized effective thermal conductivity method for rapid design of high temperature shell-and-tube latent heat thermal energy storage systems pp. 694-708

S. Saeed Mostafavi Tehrani, Yashar Shoraka, Gonzalo Diarce and Robert A. Taylor

Power performance of BBDB OWC wave energy converters pp. 709-722

Wanan Sheng

Technological interventions for utilization of crop residues and weedy biomass for second generation bio-ethanol production pp. 723-741

K. Pandiyan, Arjun Singh, Surender Singh, Anil Kumar Saxena and Lata Nain

Effect of multiple product extractions on bio-methane potential of marine macrophytic green alga Ulva lactuca pp. 742-751

Apurv Mhatre, Suhas Gore, Akanksha Mhatre, Nitin Trivedi, Manju Sharma, Reena Pandit, Annamma Anil and Arvind Lali

Analysis of coal conversion to biomass as a transitional technology pp. 752-760

Derek W. Bunn, Jorge Redondo-Martin, José I. Muñoz-Hernandez and Pablo Diaz-Cachinero

Numerical modelling and investigations on a full-scale zeolite 13X open heat storage for buildings pp. 761-772

Frédéric Kuznik, Damien Gondre, Kévyn Johannes, Christian Obrecht and Damien David

Aerodynamic performance improvement of wind turbine blade by cavity shape optimization pp. 773-785

Mostafa Fatehi, Mahdi Nili-Ahmadabadi, Omid Nematollahi, Ali Minaiean and Kyung Chun Kim

Thermal analysis of porous volumetric receivers of concentrated solar dish and tower systems pp. 786-797

K.S. Reddy and Sundarraj Nataraj

PV water pumping systems for domestic uses in remote areas: Sizing process, simulation and economic evaluation pp. 798-812

A. Allouhi, M.S. Buker, H. El-houari, A. Boharb, M. Benzakour Amine, T. Kousksou and A. Jamil

The need to strategically manage CSP fleet development and water resources: A structured review and way forward pp. 813-825

D. Frank Duvenhage, Alan C. Brent and William H.L. Stafford

Analytical considerations on optimization of cascaded heat transfer process for thermal storage system with principles of thermodynamics pp. 826-845

H.J. Xu and C.Y. Zhao

A cascading power sharing control for microgrid embedded with wind and solar generation pp. 846-860

Yujun Li, Zhao Xu, Liansong Xiong, Guobing Song, Jianliang Zhang, Donglian Qi and Hongming Yang

Simultaneous methanogenesis and acetogenesis from the greenhouse carbon dioxide by an enrichment culture supplemented with zero-valent iron pp. 861-870

Lei Ma, Lei Zhou, Meng-Ya Ruan, Ji-Dong Gu and Bo-Zhong Mu

Solar radiation forecasting using artificial neural network and random forest methods: Application to normal beam, horizontal diffuse and global components pp. 871-884

L. Benali, G. Notton, A. Fouilloy, C. Voyant and R. Dizene

An analytical cost model for co-located floating wind-wave energy arrays pp. 885-897

Caitlyn E. Clark, Annalise Miller and Bryony DuPont

Exergoeconomic analysis of conventional and using reactive distillation biodiesel production scenarios thermally integrated with a combined power plant pp. 898-910

Fatemeh Joda and Fatemeh Ahmadi

Drying kinetics and effective water diffusivities in olive stone and olive-tree pruning pp. 911-920

Manuel Cuevas, María Lourdes Martínez-Cartas, Luis Pérez-Villarejo, Lucía Hernández, Juan Francisco García-Martín and Sebastián Sánchez

Prediction of the wind speed probabilities in the atmospheric surface layer pp. 921-930

G.C. Efthimiou, P. Kumar, S.G. Giannissi, A.A. Feiz and S. Andronopoulos

Effects of microencapsulated phase change materials on the performance of asphalt binders pp. 931-940

Kun Wei, Yachuan Wang and Biao Ma

Power output efficiency in large wind farms with different hub heights and configurations pp. 941-949

Yu-Ting Wu, Teh-Lu Liao, Chang-Kuo Chen, Chuan-Yao Lin and Po-Wei Chen

Screening of acidic and alkaline pretreatments for walnut shell and corn stover biorefining using two way heterogeneity evaluation pp. 950-958

Minghui Tan, Liang Ma, Muhamamd Saif Ur Rehman, Muhammad Ajaz Ahmed, Muhammad Sajid, Xia Xu, Yong Sun, Ping Cui and Jian Xu

Parametric study of the production performance of an enhanced geothermal system: A case study at the Qiabuqia geothermal area, northeast Tibetan plateau pp. 959-978

Chao Zhang, Guangzheng Jiang, Xiaofeng Jia, Shengtao Li, Shengsheng Zhang, Di Hu, Shengbiao Hu and Yibo Wang

Sono-dispersion of calcium over Al-MCM-41used as a nanocatalyst for biodiesel production from sunflower oil: Influence of ultrasound irradiation and calcium content on catalytic properties and performance pp. 979-988

Neda Vardast, Mohammad Haghighi and Sahar Dehghani

Influence of upstream turbulence on the wake characteristics of a tidal stream turbine pp. 989-997

Mohammad H.B. Ahmadi

Modeling and dynamic simulation of a steam generation system for a parabolic trough solar power plant pp. 998-1017

Xiaolei Li, Ershu Xu, Linrui Ma, Shuang Song and Li Xu

Techno-economic analysis of closed OTEC cycles for power generation pp. 1018-1033

C. Bernardoni, M. Binotti and A. Giostri

Linear and nonlinear features and machine learning for wind turbine blade ice detection and diagnosis pp. 1034-1048

Alfredo Arcos Jiménez, Fausto Pedro García Márquez, Victoria Borja Moraleda and Carlos Quiterio Gómez Muñoz

Renewable energy consumption, carbon emissions, and development stages: Some evidence from panel cointegration analysis pp. 1049-1057

Kim Hanh Nguyen and Makoto Kakinaka

Numerical investigation of modeling frameworks and geometric approximations on NREL 5 MW wind turbine pp. 1058-1075

M. Salman Siddiqui, Adil Rasheed, Mandar Tabib and Trond Kvamsdal

Reliability assessment of wind turbine bearing based on the degradation-Hidden-Markov model pp. 1076-1087

Jianlan Li, Xuran Zhang, Xing Zhou and Luyi Lu

Whole building optimization of a residential home with PV and battery storage in The Bahamas pp. 1088-1103

Raymond D. Bingham, Martin Agelin-Chaab and Marc A. Rosen

Numerical simulation of heat transfer process of the raised floor heating system integrated with a burning cave pp. 1104-1111

Xueyan Zhang, Xin Liu, Bin Chen, Joe R. Zhao and Yizhou Sang

Unstable aerodynamic performance of a very thick wind turbine airfoil CAS-W1-450 pp. 1112-1120

Lei Zhang, Xingxing Li, Shuang Li, Jingyan Bai and Jin Xu

Numerical investigation of the aerodynamics and wake structures of horizontal axis wind turbines by using nonlinear vortex lattice method pp. 1121-1133

Hakjin Lee and Duck-Joo Lee

Effects of tray shape of a multi-stage solar still coupled to a parabolic concentrating solar collector in Algeria pp. 1134-1140

Amina Abdessemed, Cherif Bougriou, Djemaa Guerraiche and Rabah Abachi

Promoting effect of CeO2, ZrO2 and Ce/Zr mixed oxides on Co/γ-Al2O3 catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis pp. 1141-1150

V. Garcilaso, J. Barrientos, L.F. Bobadilla, O.H. Laguna, M. Boutonnet, M.A. Centeno and J.A. Odriozola

Transient modeling of the wind farms in order to analysis the lightning related overvoltages pp. 1151-1166

Reza Shariatinasab, Behzad Kermani and Javad Gholinezhad

Analysis of status, potential and economic significance of solar water heating system in Ethiopia pp. 1167-1176

Alemnew Endale

Non-isothermal thermogravimetric kinetic analysis of the thermochemical conversion of human faeces pp. 1177-1184

B. Fidalgo, M. Chilmeran, T. Somorin, A. Sowale, A. Kolios, A. Parker, L. Williams, M. Collins, E.J. McAdam and S. Tyrrel

Field study of a novel solar-assisted dual-source multifunctional heat pump pp. 1185-1215

Giorgio Besagni, Lorenzo Croci, Riccardo Nesa and Luca Molinaroli

Harnessing households to mitigate renewables intermittency in the smart grid pp. 1216-1229

Zvi Baum, Ruslana Palatnik, Ofira Ayalon, David Elmakis and Shimon Frant

Utilizing sugarcane leaves/straws as source of bioenergy in the Philippines: A case in the Visayas Region pp. 1230-1237

Alchris Woo Go and Angelique T. Conag

Exploring technologically, temporally and geographically-sensitive life cycle inventories for wind turbines: A parameterized model for Denmark pp. 1238-1250

Romain Sacchi, Romain Besseau, Paula Pérez-López and Isabelle Blanc

Planning of the installation of offshore renewable energies: A GIS approach of the Portuguese roadmap pp. 1251-1262

Laura Castro-Santos, Geuffer Prado Garcia, Teresa Simões and Ana Estanqueiro

Estimation of thermal properties of soil and backfilling material from thermal response tests (TRTs) for exploiting shallow geothermal energy: Sensitivity, identifiability, and uncertainty pp. 1263-1270

Min Li, Liwen Zhang and Gang Liu

Biogas production and synergistic correlations of systematic parameters during batch anaerobic digestion of corn straw pp. 1271-1279

Chunlan Mao, Jianchao Xi, Yongzhong Feng, Xiaojiao Wang and Guangxin Ren

Design and performance of composite runner blades for ultra low head turbines pp. 1280-1289

Huidong Li, Daqing Zhou, Jayson J. Martinez, Zhiqun Daniel Deng, Kenneth I. Johnson and Matthew P. Westman

Energy and socio-economic benefits from the development of wave energy in Greece pp. 1290-1300

George Lavidas

Biogas production by two-stage thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and paper waste: Effect of paper waste ratio pp. 1301-1309

Benyi Xiao, Wenzhe Zhang, Hao Yi, Yu Qin, Jing Wu, Junxin Liu and Yu-You Li

Scale, composition, and technique effects through which the economic growth, foreign direct investment, urbanization, and trade affect greenhouse gas emissions pp. 1310-1322

Genovaitė Liobikienė and Mindaugas Butkus

Modelling and optimization of wet microalgae Scenedesmus quadricauda lipid extraction using microwave pre-treatment method and response surface methodology pp. 1323-1331

C. Onumaegbu, A. Alaswad, C. Rodriguez and A. Olabi

Social welfare maximization with the least subsidy: Photovoltaic supply chain equilibrium and coordination with fairness concern pp. 1332-1347

Zhisong Chen and Shong-Iee Ivan Su

Evaluation of wind and solar energy investments in Texas pp. 1348-1359

Byungik Chang and Ken Starcher

GIS based site suitability assessment for wind and solar farms in Songkhla, Thailand pp. 1360-1372

Shahid Ali, Juntakan Taweekun, Kuaanan Techato, Jompob Waewsak and Saroj Gyawali

Meshing frequency modulation assisted empirical wavelet transform for fault diagnosis of wind turbine planetary ring gear pp. 1373-1388

Yun Kong, Tianyang Wang and Fulei Chu

Synthesis and characterization of a LaNi/α-Al2O3 catalyst and its use in pyrolysis of glycerol to syngas pp. 1389-1401

Mohd Nasir Nor Shahirah, Jolius Gimbun, Su Shiung Lam, Yun Hau Ng and Chin Kui Cheng

The dynamic wake of an actuator disc undergoing transient load: A numerical and experimental study pp. 1402-1414

W. Yu, C. Ferreira and G.A.M. van Kuik

Applied levelized cost of electricity for energy technologies in a small island developing state: A case study in Mauritius pp. 1415-1424

Ryan P. Shea and Yatindra Kumar Ramgolam

The unlocked potential of solar home systems; an effective way to overcome domestic energy poverty in developing regions pp. 1425-1435

Ghassan Zubi, Gian Vincenzo Fracastoro, Juan M. Lujano-Rojas, Khalil El Bakari and David Andrews