Renewable Energy

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Volume 125, issue C, 2018

Air-cooled fuel cells: Keys to design and build the oxidant/cooling system pp. 1-20

A. De las Heras, F.J. Vivas, F. Segura, M.J. Redondo and J.M. Andújar

Electrosorption of organic acids from aqueous bio-oil and conversion into hydrogen via microbial electrolysis cells pp. 21-31

Lydia Kyoung-Eun Park, Scott J. Satinover, Sotira Yiacoumi, Richard T. Mayes, Abhijeet P. Borole and Costas Tsouris

Experimental investigation of an innovative configuration for new marine current turbine pp. 32-38

Reza Hassanzadeh, Omar Yaakob, Ahmadali Gholami, Maryam Pourmahdavi, Mehdi Hoseinzadeh, Mohammad Mahdi Taheri and Yasser M. Ahmed

Evaluation of thermo hydraulic effect on offset finned absorber solar air heater pp. 39-54

Shalini Rai, Prabha Chand and Shiv Sharma

Heat transfer analysis of Dielectric Totally Internally Reflecting Concentrators transmitting concentrated solar energy pp. 55-63

O.H. Cruz-Silva, O.A. Jaramillo and R. Castrejón-García

A novel bio-nano emulsion fuel based on biodegradable nanoparticles to improve diesel engines performance and reduce exhaust emissions pp. 64-72

Ehsanollah Ettefaghi, Barat Ghobadian, Alimorad Rashidi, G. Najafi, Mohammad Hadi Khoshtaghaza, Maryam Rashtchi and Sina Sadeghian

Developing a grid-connected power optimization strategy for the integration of wind power with low-temperature adiabatic compressed air energy storage pp. 73-86

Shuiguang Tong, Zhewu Cheng, Feiyun Cong, Zheming Tong and Yidong Zhang

Optimization of H-Rotor Darrieus turbines' mutual interaction in staggered arrangements pp. 87-99

S. Shaaban, A. Albatal and M.H. Mohamed

Multi-objective optimization of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation for cellulosic ethanol production pp. 100-107

Jalil Shadbahr, Yan Zhang, Faisal Khan and Kelly Hawboldt

Implementation of a novel home energy management system (HEMS) architecture with solar photovoltaic system as supplementary source pp. 108-120

Mohammad Shakeri, Mohsen Shayestegan, S.M. Salim Reza, Iskandar Yahya, Badariah Bais, Md Akhtaruzzaman, Kamaruzzaman Sopian and Nowshad Amin

A hybrid energy storage system with optimized operating strategy for mitigating wind power fluctuations pp. 121-132

Yi Zhang, Yujie Xu, Huan Guo, Xinjing Zhang, Cong Guo and Haisheng Chen

Wind energy research: State-of-the-art and future research directions pp. 133-154

D.J. Willis, C. Niezrecki, D. Kuchma, E. Hines, S.R. Arwade, R.J. Barthelmie, M. DiPaola, P.J. Drane, C.J. Hansen, M. Inalpolat, J.H. Mack, A.T. Myers and M. Rotea

A robust biomimetic blade design for micro wind turbines pp. 155-165

Teruaki Ikeda, Hiroto Tanaka, Ryosuke Yoshimura, Ryusuke Noda, Takeo Fujii and Hao Liu

Optimization of wind turbine placement in a wind farm using a new pseudo-random number generation method pp. 166-171

Saïd Zergane, Arezki Smaili and Christian Masson

Wind turbine health state monitoring based on a Bayesian data-driven approach pp. 172-181

Zhe Song, Zijun Zhang, Yu Jiang and Jin Zhu

Bifunctional N-doped graphene Ti and Co nanocomposites for the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions pp. 182-192

J.M. Luque-Centeno, M.V. Martínez-Huerta, D. Sebastián, G. Lemes, E. Pastor and M.J. Lázaro

Experimental analysis and dynamic modeling of a photovoltaic module with porous fins pp. 193-205

Fatih Selimefendigil, Fatih Bayrak and Hakan F. Oztop

Mechanical and reduction characteristics of cold-pressed copper slag pellets composited within biomass and lignite pp. 206-224

Zongliang Zuo, Qingbo Yu, Huaqing Xie, Kun Wang, Sihong Liu, Fan Yang, Qin Qin and Zhenfei Qi

Transmission system protection screening for integration of offshore wind power plants pp. 225-233

A. Sajadi, L. Strezoski, K. Clark, M. Prica and K.A. Loparo

Hurricane risk assessment of offshore wind turbines pp. 234-249

Spencer T. Hallowell, Andrew T. Myers, Sanjay R. Arwade, Weichiang Pang, Prashant Rawal, Eric M. Hines, Jerome F. Hajjar, Chi Qiao, Vahid Valamanesh, Kai Wei, Wystan Carswell and Casey M. Fontana

NiCo-loaded carbon nanofibers obtained by electrospinning: Bifunctional behavior as air electrodes pp. 250-259

C. Alegre, E. Modica, A. Di Blasi, O. Di Blasi, C. Busacca, M. Ferraro, A.S. Aricò, V. Antonucci and V. Baglio

Biomass and coal co-feed power and SNG polygeneration with chemical looping combustion to reduce carbon footprint for sustainable energy development: Process simulation and thermodynamic assessment pp. 260-269

Junming Fan, Hui Hong and Hongguang Jin

Hydraulic performance prediction of a prototype four-nozzle Pelton turbine by entire flow path simulation pp. 270-282

Chongji Zeng, Yexiang Xiao, Yongyao Luo, Jin Zhang, Zhengwei Wang, Honggang Fan and Soo-Hwang Ahn

Novel environmentally friendly fuel: The effects of nanographene oxide additives on the performance and emission characteristics of diesel engines fuelled with Ailanthus altissima biodiesel pp. 283-294

S.S. Hoseini, G. Najafi, B. Ghobadian, R. Mamat, M.T. Ebadi and Talal Yusaf

On the actual power coefficient by theoretical developing of the diffuser flange of wind-lens turbine pp. 295-305

Hasim A. Heikal, Osayed S.M. Abu-Elyazeed, Mohamed A.A. Nawar, Youssef A. Attai and Maged M.S. Mohamed

Solar irradiation from the energy production of residential PV systems pp. 306-318

Cédric Bertrand, Caroline Housmans, Jonathan Leloux and Michel Journée

Experimental investigation on 4-strokes biodiesel engine cooling system based on nanofluid pp. 319-326

Francesco Micali, Marco Milanese, Gianpiero Colangelo and Arturo de Risi

Integrating chromium-based ceramic and acid catalysis to convert glucose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural pp. 327-333

Mei Cui, Zhongjie Wu, Renliang Huang, Wei Qi, Rongxin Su and Zhimin He

Heat transfer model for thermal performance analysis of parabolic trough solar collectors using nanofluids pp. 334-343

Pablo D. Tagle-Salazar, K.D.P. Nigam and Carlos I. Rivera-Solorio

Real-time monitoring of removal of trace compounds with PTR-MS: Biochar experimental investigation pp. 344-355

Davide Papurello, Andrea Boschetti, Silvia Silvestri, Iuliia Khomenko and Franco Biasioli

Oxidative steam reforming of ethanol in a fluidized bed over CeO2-SiO2 supported catalysts: effect of catalytic formulation pp. 356-364

Vincenzo Palma, Concetta Ruocco and Antonio Ricca

Direct power control for grid-connected doubly fed induction generator using disturbance observer based control pp. 365-372

Mahdi Debouza, Ahmed Al-Durra, Rachid Errouissi and S.M. Muyeen

Coal-to-biomass retrofit in Alberta –value of forest residue bioenergy in the electricity system pp. 373-383

Victor Keller, Benjamin Lyseng, Jeffrey English, Taco Niet, Kevin Palmer-Wilson, Iman Moazzen, Bryson Robertson, Peter Wild and Andrew Rowe

A rule-based energy management scheme for uninterrupted electric vehicles charging at constant price using photovoltaic-grid system pp. 384-400

Abdul Rauf Bhatti and Zainal Salam

Development and utilization of geothermal energy in China: Current practices and future strategies pp. 401-412

Jianchao Hou, Mengchao Cao and Pingkuo Liu

Experimental study and thermal analysis of a tubular pressurized air receiver pp. 413-424

Shunzhou Chu, Fengwu Bai, Xiliang Zhang, Bei Yang, Zhiying Cui and Fuliang Nie

Experimental benchmark data for H-shaped and troposkien VAWT architectures pp. 425-444

L. Battisti, G. Persico, V. Dossena, B. Paradiso, M. Raciti Castelli, A. Brighenti and E. Benini

Evaluation of the performance of distributed and centralized biomass technologies in rural China pp. 445-455

Weishi Zhang, Can Wang, Long Zhang, Ying Xu, Yuanzheng Cui, Zifeng Lu and David G. Streets

Power to gas and H2/NG blend in SMART energy networks concept pp. 456-464

Lia Kouchachvili and Evgueniy Entchev

Catalytic characteristics of the fast pyrolysis of microalgae over oil shale: Analytical Py-GC/MS study pp. 465-471

Zhaosheng Yu, Minquan Dai, Manman Huang, Shiwen Fang, Jiachen Xu, Yan Lin and Xiaoqian Ma

Resolution of the cloud enhancement problem for one-minute diffuse radiation prediction pp. 472-484

Allan R. Starke, Leonardo F.L. Lemos, John Boland, José M. Cardemil and Sergio Colle

Relationship between anaerobic digestion characteristics and biogas production under composting pretreatment pp. 485-494

Shuzhen Zou and Di Kang

Experimental study of a designed solar parabolic trough with large rim angle pp. 495-500

Djelloul Azzouzi, Houssam eddine Bourorga, Khathir abdelrahim Belainine and Boussad Boumeddane

Assessment of diesel engine combustion, performance and emission characteristics fuelled with dual fuel blends pp. 501-510

Paramvir Singh, S.R. Chauhan and Varun Goel

Microwave irradiation with dilute acid hydrolysis applied to enhance the saccharification rate of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) pp. 511-517

Yuan-Chung Lin, Sumarlin Shangdiar, Shang-Cyuan Chen, Feng-Chih Chou, Yu-Chieh Lin and Che-An Cho

Experimental and numerical investigation on wave height and power take–off damping effects on the hydrodynamic performance of an offshore–stationary OWC wave energy converter pp. 518-528

Ahmed Elhanafi and Chan Joo Kim

Process performance and population dynamics of ammonium tolerant microorganisms during co-digestion of fish waste and manure pp. 529-536

Linn Solli, Anna Schnürer and Svein J. Horn

Biotechnological products in batch reactors obtained from cellulose, glucose and xylose using thermophilic anaerobic consortium pp. 537-545

V. Silva, R.P. Ratti, I.K. Sakamoto, M.V.F. Andrade and M.B.A. Varesche

Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil in an oscillatory flow reactor. Performance as a fuel on a TDI diesel engine pp. 546-556

Juan Francisco García-Martín, Carmen C. Barrios, Francisco-Javier Alés-Álvarez, Aida Dominguez-Sáez and Paloma Alvarez-Mateos

Research on the pyrolysis process of crumb tire rubber in waste cooking oil pp. 557-567

Ruikun Dong and Mengzhen Zhao

Novel Garcinia gummi-gutta methyl ester (GGME) as a potential alternative feedstock for existing unmodified DI diesel engine pp. 568-577

Lingesan Subramani, M. Parthasarathy, Dhinesh Balasubramanian and KrishnaMoorthy Ramalingam

Energy droughts from variable renewable energy sources in European climates pp. 578-589

D. Raynaud, B. Hingray, B. François and J.D. Creutin

Plasmonic enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cells by using Au-decorated Ag dendrites as a morphology-engineered pp. 590-598

Omid Amiri, Masoud Salavati-Niasari, Noshin Mir, Farshad Beshkar, Mohsen Saadat and Fatemeh Ansari

Potential of new business models for grid integrated water electrolysis pp. 599-608

Patrick Larscheid, Lara Lück and Albert Moser

Investigation of the effect of seasonal variation in ground temperature on thermal response tests pp. 609-619

Linden Jensen-Page, Guillermo A. Narsilio, Asal Bidarmaghz and Ian W. Johnston

Effects of flow depth variations on the wake recovery behind a horizontal-axis hydrokinetic in-stream turbine pp. 620-629

Payam Aghsaee and Corey D. Markfort

The influence of waves on morphodynamic impacts of energy extraction at a tidal stream turbine site in the Pentland Firth pp. 630-647

I. Fairley, H. Karunarathna and I. Masters

Solar extinction measurement system based on digital cameras. Application to solar tower plants pp. 648-654

J. Ballestrín, R. Monterreal, M.E. Carra, J. Fernández-Reche, J. Polo, R. Enrique, J. Rodríguez, M. Casanova, F.J. Barbero, J. Alonso-Montesinos, G. López, J.L. Bosch, F.J. Batlles and A. Marzo

Cavitation behavior study in the pump mode of a reversible pump-turbine pp. 655-667

Ran Tao, Ruofu Xiao, Fujun Wang and Weichao Liu

1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride pretreatment of cotton stalk and structure characterization pp. 668-674

Wei Xie, Dayun Zhou, Yanjing Ren, Shurong Tang, Meng Kuang and Shuang-kui Du

Magnetic Fe3O4/MCM-41 composite-supported sodium silicate as heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production pp. 675-681

Wenlei Xie, Yuxiang Han and Hongyan Wang

Integration of a solar pond with a latent heat storage system pp. 682-693

Masoumeh Amirifard, Alibakhsh Kasaeian and Majid Amidpour

Evaluation of direct solar irradiance from 18 broadband parametric models: Case of Algeria pp. 694-711

Saïd Benkaciali, Mourad Haddadi and Abdellah Khellaf

Modeling the carbon budget of the Australian electricity sector's transition to renewable energy pp. 712-728

Bahareh Sara Howard, Nicholas E. Hamilton, Mark Diesendorf and Thomas Wiedmann

Impact of tropical desert maritime climate on the performance of a PV grid-connected power plant pp. 729-737

Daha Hassan Daher, Léon Gaillard, Amara Mohamed and Christophe Ménézo

Analytical solutions and dimensional analysis of pseudo 2D current density distribution model in PEM fuel cells pp. 738-746

S. Chevalier, C. Josset and B. Auvity

Approaches to convert Mucor circinelloides lipid into biodiesel by enzymatic synthesis assisted by microwave irradiations pp. 747-754

Ana Karine F. Carvalho, Heitor B.S. Bento, Hélcio J. Izário Filho and Heizir F. de Castro

Renewable and non-renewable energy, regime type and economic growth pp. 755-767

Samuel Adams, Edem Kwame Mensah Klobodu and Alfred Apio

A detailed mathematical model for thermal performance analysis of a cylindrical cavity receiver in a solar parabolic dish collector system pp. 768-782

Reza Karimi, Touraj Tavakoli Gheinani and Vahid Madadi Avargani

Economic analysis of a residential PV system from the timing perspective: A real option model pp. 783-795

Yongma Moon and Mesut Baran

Transmittance optimization of solar array encapsulant for high-altitude airship pp. 796-805

Weiyu Zhu, Yuanming Xu, Huafei Du, Lanchuan Zhang and Jun Li

Remediation of Black Sea ecosystem and pure H2 generation via H2S-H2O co-electrolysis in a proton-conducting membrane cell stack reactor: A feasibility study of the integrated and autonomous approach pp. 806-818

Dimitris Ipsakis, Tzouliana Kraia, Michalis Konsolakis and George Marnellos

The influence of stakeholder groups in operation and maintenance services of offshore wind farms: Lesson from Denmark pp. 819-828

Dewan Ahsan and Søren Pedersen

Renewable energy performance contracting in the tertiary sector Standardization to overcome barriers in Greece pp. 829-839

Maria Frangou, Maria Aryblia, Stavroula Tournaki and Theocharis Tsoutsos

Influence of aspect ratio and orientation on large courtyard thermal conditions in the historical centre of Camagüey-Cuba pp. 840-856

José Rodríguez-Algeciras, Abel Tablada, Mabel Chaos-Yeras, Guillermo De la Paz and Andreas Matzarakis

Black-box model for solar storage tanks based on multiple linear regression pp. 857-865

Richárd Kicsiny

Evaluation of different methods for determining the angle of attack on wind turbine blades with CFD results under axial inflow conditions pp. 866-876

H. Rahimi, J.G. Schepers, W.Z. Shen, N. Ramos García, M.S. Schneider, D. Micallef, C.J. Simao Ferreira, E. Jost, L. Klein and I. Herráez

Numerical and experimental studies of excitation force approximation for wave energy conversion pp. 877-889

Bingyong Guo, Ron J. Patton, Siya Jin and Jianglin Lan

Thermal performance analysis of a high-altitude solar-powered hybrid airship pp. 890-906

Lanchuan Zhang, Jun Li, Junhui Meng, Huafei Du, Mingyun Lv and Weiyu Zhu

Parametric analysis for cost-optimal renewable energy integration into residential buildings: Techno-economic model pp. 907-914

Jin Ho Jo, Matt Aldeman, Han-Seung Lee and Yong Han Ahn

Effect of ammonia on methane production, methanogenesis pathway, microbial community and reactor performance under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions pp. 915-925

Ziyi Yang, Wen Wang, Yanfeng He, Ruihong Zhang and Guangqing Liu

A renewable energy solution for stand-alone power generation: A case study of KhshU Site-Iran pp. 926-935

Mojtaba Haratian, Pouya Tabibi, Meisam Sadeghi, Babak Vaseghi and Amin Poustdouz

Heat transfer characteristics and performance evaluation of water-cooled PV/T system with cooling channel above PV panel pp. 936-946

Shuang-Ying Wu, Chen Chen and Lan Xiao

A novel merging Tubular Daylight Device with Solar Water Heater – Experimental study pp. 947-961

Mohamed M. Marmoush, Hegazy Rezk, Nabila Shehata, Jean Henry and Mohamed R. Gomaa

Latent heat thermal storage with variable porosity metal matrix: A numerical study pp. 962-973

Ashish Kumar and Sandip K. Saha

High efficiency control strategy in a wind energy conversion system with doubly fed induction generator pp. 974-984

Nektarios E. Karakasis and Christos A. Mademlis

A genset and mini-photobioreactor association for CO2 capturing, enhanced microalgae growth and multigeneration pp. 985-994

E.C. Telles, S. Yang, J.V.C. Vargas, F.G. Dias, J.C. Ordonez, A.B. Mariano, M.B. Chagas and T. Davis

Harvest rain energy by polyaniline-graphene composite films pp. 995-1002

Yingli Wang, Jialong Duan, Yuanyuan Zhao, Benlin He and Qunwei Tang

A new low-cost installation scheme of PATs for pico-hydropower to recover energy in residential areas pp. 1003-1014

A. Carravetta, O. Fecarotta and H.M. Ramos

Wind turbine power curve modeling based on Gaussian Processes and Artificial Neural Networks pp. 1015-1020

Bartolomé Manobel, Frank Sehnke, Juan A. Lazzús, Ignacio Salfate, Martin Felder and Sonia Montecinos

Double weighted particle swarm optimization to non-convex wind penetrated emission/economic dispatch and multiple fuel option systems pp. 1021-1037

Mostafa Kheshti, Lei Ding, Shicong Ma and Bing Zhao

Optimal solar tree design for increased flexibility in seasonal energy extraction pp. 1038-1048

Sumon Dey, Madan Kumar Lakshmanan and Bala Pesala

Optimization of enzymatic hydrolysis for effective lipid extraction from microalgae Scenedesmus sp pp. 1049-1057

Yi Zhang, Xiaoying Kong, Zhongming Wang, Yongming Sun, Shunni Zhu, Lianhua Li and Pengmei Lv