Renewable Energy

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Volume 106, issue C, 2017

Experimental and numerical investigation of the hydrodynamic performance of an oscillating water column wave energy converter pp. 1-16

K. Rezanejad, C. Guedes Soares, I. López and R. Carballo

Photosynthetic biogas upgrading using microalgae: Effect of light/dark photoperiod pp. 17-23

L. Meier, P. Barros, A. Torres, C. Vilchez and D. Jeison

CFD and experimental investigation of flat plate solar water heating system under steady state condition pp. 24-36

Dawit Gudeta Gunjo, Pinakeswar Mahanta and P.S. Robi

Power quality recognition in distribution system with solar energy penetration using S-transform and Fuzzy C-means clustering pp. 37-51

Om Prakash Mahela and Abdul Gafoor Shaik

A field investigation of passive radiative cooling under Hong Kong’s climate pp. 52-61

C.Y. Tso, K.C. Chan and Christopher Y.H. Chao

Production of renewable aromatic hydrocarbons via conversion of canola oil methyl ester (CME) over zinc promoted HZSM-5 catalysts pp. 62-67

A. Bayat and S.M. Sadrameli

Measuring reliability of hybrid photovoltaic-wind energy systems: A new indicator pp. 68-77

Luceny Guzmán Acuña, Ricardo Vasquez Padilla and Alcides Santander Mercado

Effect of simulated biogas on performance, combustion and emissions characteristics of a bio-diesel fueled diesel engine pp. 78-90

Sunmeet Singh Kalsi and K.A. Subramanian

Experimental performance of an advanced metal volumetric air receiver for Solar Towers pp. 91-98

Christoph Pabst, Gereon Feckler, Stefan Schmitz, Olena Smirnova, Raffaele Capuano, Peter Hirth and Thomas Fend

Saccharification of cellulose in the ionic liquids and glucose recovery pp. 99-102

Zhen Liu, Longfei Li, Cheng Liu and Airong Xu

A multiple harvest cultivation strategy for ethanol production from sweet sorghum throughout the year in tropical ecosystems pp. 103-110

Carlos Rolz, Robert de León, Ana Luisa Mendizábal de Montenegro, Vilma Porras and Rolando Cifuentes

Experimental and analytical thermal analysis of cylindrical cavity receiver for solar dish pp. 111-121

Djelloul Azzouzi, Boussad Boumeddane and Abderahmane Abene

Improved design of a Wells turbine for higher operating range pp. 122-134

Paresh Halder, Abdus Samad and Dominique Thévenin

Biodiesel production from palm oil using sulfonated graphene catalyst pp. 135-141

Medy C. Nongbe, Tchirioua Ekou, Lynda Ekou, Kouassi Benjamin Yao, Erwan Le Grognec and François-Xavier Felpin

Very short term load forecasting of a distribution system with high PV penetration pp. 142-148

Saeed Sepasi, Ehsan Reihani, Abdul M. Howlader, Leon R. Roose and Marc M. Matsuura

Small signal stability analysis for different types of PMSGs connected to the grid pp. 149-164

Da Xie, Yupu Lu, Junbo Sun and Chenghong Gu

A 34-year simulation of wind generation potential for Ireland and the impact of large-scale atmospheric pressure patterns pp. 165-176

Lucy C. Cradden, Frank McDermott, Laura Zubiate, Conor Sweeney and Mark O'Malley

Diversifying wind power in real power systems pp. 177-185

Joshua Novacheck and Jeremiah X. Johnson

On the use of reference modules as irradiance sensor for monitoring and modelling rooftop PV systems pp. 186-191

J. Polo, W.G. Fernandez-Neira and M.C. Alonso-García

Study of a solar-driven membrane distillation system: Evaporative cooling effect on performance enhancement pp. 192-200

A.E. Kabeel, Mohamed Abdelgaied and Emad M.S. El-Said

Low pressure, modular compressed air energy storage (CAES) system for wind energy storage applications pp. 201-211

Abdul Hai Alami, Kamilia Aokal, Jehad Abed and Mohammad Alhemyari

An advanced clear-sky model for more accurate irradiance and illuminance predictions for arbitrarily oriented inclined surfaces pp. 212-221

J. Petržala, L. Kómar and M. Kocifaj

Replicability and scalability of mini-grid solution to rural electrification programs in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 222-231

Chukwuma Leonard Azimoh, Patrik Klintenberg, Charles Mbohwa and Fredrik Wallin

Novel fast and high accuracy maximum power point tracking method for hybrid photovoltaic/fuel cell energy conversion systems pp. 232-242

Hassan Fathabadi

Determination of an economically-suitable and sustainable standalone power system for an off-grid town in Western Australia pp. 243-254

Liaqat Ali and Farhad Shahnia

Preliminary design and performance analysis of a radial inflow turbine for ocean thermal energy conversion pp. 255-263

Do-Yeop Kim and You-Taek Kim

Techno-economic feasibility analysis of a solar-biomass off grid system for the electrification of remote rural areas in Pakistan using HOMER software pp. 264-273

M. Kashif Shahzad, Adeem Zahid, Tanzeel ur Rashid, Mirza Abdullah Rehan, Muzaffar Ali and Mueen Ahmad

Thermal and exergy optimization of a nanofluid-based direct absorption solar collector pp. 274-287

Tahereh B. Gorji and A.A. Ranjbar

Uncertainty analysis for day ahead power reserve quantification in an urban microgrid including PV generators pp. 288-297

Xingyu Yan, Dhaker Abbes and Bruno Francois

The European Union possibilities to achieve targets of Europe 2020 and Paris agreement climate policy pp. 298-309

Genovaitė Liobikienė and Mindaugas Butkus

Optimizing discrete V obstacle parameters using a novel Entropy-VIKOR approach in a solar air flow channel pp. 310-320

Ashutosh Sharma, Ranchan Chauhan, Tej Singh, Anil Kumar, Raj Kumar, Anil Kumar and Muneesh Sethi

Effect of an increased thermal contact resistance in a salt PCM-graphite foam composite TES system pp. 321-334

P. Giménez, A. Jové, C. Prieto and Sonia Fereres

Exploring the mean-variance portfolio optimization approach for planning wind repowering actions in Spain pp. 335-342

F.J. Santos-Alamillos, N.S. Thomaidis, J. Usaola-García, J.A. Ruiz-Arias and D. Pozo-Vázquez

Prediction and comparison of solar radiation using improved empirical models and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems pp. 343-353

Ling Zou, Lunche Wang, Li Xia, Aiwen Lin, Bo Hu and Hongji Zhu

The impact of wind farm location and control strategy on wind generation penetration and market prices pp. 354-364

Ahmed S.A. Awad, Mohamed Hassan Ahmed, Tarek H.M. El-Fouly and Magdy M.A. Salama

Volume 105, issue C, 2017

Performance comparison between the geometry models of multi-channel absorbers in solar volumetric receivers pp. 1-12

Alibakhsh Kasaeian, Hossein Barghamadi and Fathollah Pourfayaz

An improved method for upscaling borehole thermal energy storage using inverse finite element modelling pp. 13-21

K.W. Tordrup, S.E. Poulsen and H. Bjørn

Energy and exergy analyses of solar-assisted fluidized bed drying integrated with biomass furnace pp. 22-29

M. Yahya, Ahmad Fudholi and Kamaruzzaman Sopian

Optimization of wind farm layout with complex land divisions pp. 30-40

Longyan Wang, Andy C.C. Tan, Michael E. Cholette and Yuantong Gu

Automatic generation control of an interconnected two-area hybrid thermal system considering dish-stirling solar thermal and wind turbine system pp. 41-54

Asadur Rahman, Lalit Chandra Saikia and Nidul Sinha

On the determination of the mechanical properties of wind turbine blades: Geometrical aspects of line based algorithms pp. 55-65

C. Martín Saravia, Claudio D. Gatti and José M. Ramirez

Influence of pellet length on performance of pellet room heaters under real life operation conditions pp. 66-75

Marius Wöhler, Dirk Jaeger, Gabriel Reichert, Christoph Schmidl and Stefan K. Pelz

Deactivation characteristics of Ni and Ru catalysts in tar steam reforming pp. 76-83

Seo Yun Park, Gunung Oh, Kwangyul Kim, Myung Won Seo, Ho Won Ra, Tae Young Mun, Jae Goo Lee and Sang Jun Yoon

Energy recovery from two-stage SWRO plant using PRO without external freshwater feed stream: Theoretical analysis pp. 84-95

Khaled Touati, Jacobo Salamanca, Fernando Tadeo and Hamza Elfil

Wind power volatility and its impact on production failures in the Nordic electricity market pp. 96-105

Sara Fogelberg and Ewa Lazarczyk

The influence of turbulence model and two and three-dimensional domain selection on the simulated performance characteristics of vertical axis tidal turbines pp. 106-116

Philip Marsh, Dev Ranmuthugala, Irene Penesis and Giles Thomas

Merit order or unit-commitment: How does thermal power plant modeling affect storage demand in energy system models? pp. 117-132

F. Cebulla and T. Fichter

Biosaccharification and ethanol production from spent seaweed biomass using marine bacteria and yeast pp. 133-139

M.P. Sudhakar, A. Jegatheesan, C. Poonam, K. Perumal and K. Arunkumar

In situ catalytic hydrogenation of model compounds and biomass-derived phenolic compounds for bio-oil upgrading pp. 140-148

Junfeng Feng, Zhongzhi Yang, Chung-yun Hse, Qiuli Su, Kui Wang, Jianchun Jiang and Junming Xu

Optimization with traffic-based control for designing standalone streetlight system: A case study pp. 149-159

Farah Ramadhani, Kamalrulnizam Abu Bakar, M.A. Hussain, Oon Erixno and Refdinal Nazir

Effect of sky clearness index on transmission of evacuated (vacuum) glazing pp. 160-166

Aritra Ghosh, Brian Norton and Aidan Duffy

Benefits of forecasting and energy storage in isolated grids with large wind penetration – The case of Sao Vicente pp. 167-174

Shengxi Yuan, Ayse Selin Kocaman and Vijay Modi

Conversion of microalgal lipids to biodiesel using chromium-aluminum mixed oxide as a heterogeneous solid acid catalyst pp. 175-182

Abhishek Guldhe, Carla V.R. Moura, Poonam Singh, Ismail Rawat, Edmilson M. Moura, Yogesh Sharma and Faizal Bux

Impact of different levels of geographical disaggregation of wind and PV electricity generation in large energy system models: A case study for Austria pp. 183-198

Sofia Simoes, Marianne Zeyringer, Dieter Mayr, Thomas Huld, Wouter Nijs and Johannes Schmidt

A new linear magnetic gear with adjustable gear ratios and its application for direct-drive wave energy extraction pp. 199-208

Wenlong Li, K.T. Chau, Christopher H.T. Lee, T.W. Ching, Mu Chen and J.Z. Jiang

Underwater geometrical impact on the hydrodynamic performance of an offshore oscillating water column–wave energy converter pp. 209-231

Ahmed Elhanafi, Alan Fleming, Gregor Macfarlane and Zhi Leong

Design, modeling, and evaluation of a doublet heat extraction model in enhanced geothermal systems pp. 232-247

Yidong Xia, Mitchell Plummer, Earl Mattson, Robert Podgorney and Ahmad Ghassemi

Numerical investigation of azimuth dependent smart rotor control on a large-scale offshore wind turbine pp. 248-256

Mingming Zhang, Honglei Yang and Jianzhong Xu

Solar water pasteurizer: Productivity and treatment efficiency in microbial decontamination pp. 257-269

Gustavo Carielo, Glícia Calazans, Glaucia Lima and Chigueru Tiba

Photovoltaic/thermal (PVT) systems: A review with emphasis on environmental issues pp. 270-287

Chr. Lamnatou and D. Chemisana

Modelling the structural loading of a small wind turbine at a highly turbulent site via modifications to the Kaimal turbulence spectra pp. 288-300

Amir Bashirzadeh Tabrizi, Jonathan Whale, Thomas Lyons, Tania Urmee and Joachim Peinke

An improved neural network-based approach for short-term wind speed and power forecast pp. 301-311

G.W. Chang, H.J. Lu, Y.R. Chang and Y.D. Lee

Experimental and simulation studies on a novel gravity based passive tracking system for a linear solar concentrating collector pp. 312-323

M. Natarajan and T. Srinivas

Potential assessment of a parabolic trough solar thermal power plant considering hourly analysis: ANN-based approach pp. 324-333

T.E. Boukelia, O. Arslan and M.S. Mecibah

Experimental investigation of blade number and design effects for a ducted wind turbine pp. 334-343

Hamid Ahmadi Asl, Reza Kamali Monfared and Manouchehr Rad

Evaluation of relative impact of aerosols on photovoltaic cells through combined Shannon's entropy and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) pp. 344-353

Santosh Ghosh, Vinod Kumar Yadav, Vivekananda Mukherjee and Pankaj Yadav

Turbulence upstream of wind turbines: A large-eddy simulation approach to investigate the use of wind lidars pp. 354-365

G. Cortina and M. Calaf

Analysis of the high-efficiency EP-OTEC cycle using R152a pp. 366-373

Jung-In Yoon, Sung-Hoon Seol, Chang-Hyo Son, Suk-Ho Jung, Young-Bok Kim, Ho-Saeng Lee, Hyeon-Ju Kim and Jung-Hyun Moon

Direct Numerical Simulation of flow instabilities over Savonius style wind turbine blades pp. 374-385

A. Ducoin, M.S. Shadloo and S. Roy

Mixed CFD-1D wind turbine diffuser design optimization pp. 386-399

F. Sorribes-Palmer, A. Sanz-Andres, L. Ayuso, R. Sant and S. Franchini

Biodiesel production potential of oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus grown on biomass gasification wastewater pp. 400-406

Lalit Goswami, M.M. Tejas Namboodiri, R. Vinoth Kumar, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi

Energy management control strategy to improve the FC/SC dynamic behavior on hybrid electric vehicles: A frequency based distribution pp. 407-418

Cinda Sandoval, Victor M. Alvarado, Jean-Claude Carmona, Guadalupe Lopez Lopez and J.F. Gomez-Aguilar

Trailing-edge flow control for wind turbine performance and load control pp. 419-435

Hao Chen and Ning Qin

Beyond carbon and energy: The challenge in setting guidelines for life cycle assessment of biofuel systems pp. 436-448

Magdalena M. Czyrnek-Delêtre, Beatrice M. Smyth and Jerry D. Murphy

Estimating heat transfer losses caused by alkali salt deposits in biomass combustion pp. 449-457

Joaquín Capablo and Joan Salvadó

Dark bio-hydrogen fermentation by an immobilized mixed culture of Bacillus cereus and Brevumdimonas naejangsanensis pp. 458-464

Zhihong Ma, Chan Li and Haijia Su

Process optimization for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil using multi-enzyme systems through response surface methodology pp. 465-472

Mohadese Babaki, Maryam Yousefi, Zohreh Habibi and Mehdi Mohammadi

Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms and hyper-heuristics for wind farm layout optimisation pp. 473-482

Wenwen Li, Ender Özcan and Robert John

Adaptive pitch control of wind turbine for load mitigation under structural uncertainties pp. 483-494

Yuan Yuan and J. Tang

Use of surplus wind electricity in Ireland to produce compressed renewable gaseous transport fuel through biological power to gas systems pp. 495-504

Truc T.Q. Vo, Ao Xia, David M. Wall and Jerry D. Murphy

Matched pitch rate extensions to dynamic stall on rotor blades pp. 505-519

Hanns Friedrich Müller-Vahl, Georgios Pechlivanoglou, Christian Navid Nayeri, Christian Oliver Paschereit and David Greenblatt

Experimental evaluation of a heating radiant wall coupled to a ground source heat pump pp. 520-529

Joaquim Romaní, Gabriel Pérez and Alvaro de Gracia

Fluttering conditions of an energy harvester for autonomous powering pp. 530-538

Stefano Olivieri, Gregorio Boccalero, Andrea Mazzino and Corrado Boragno

Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of lipid-extracted microalgae N. gaditana for methane production pp. 539-546

Gabriel Capson-Tojo, Alvaro Torres, Raúl Muñoz, Jan Bartacek and David Jeison

Effect of draught conditions and ignition technique on combustion performance of firewood roomheaters pp. 547-560

G. Reichert, H. Hartmann, W. Haslinger, H. Oehler, R. Mack, C. Schmidl, C. Schön, M. Schwabl, H. Stressler, R. Sturmlechner and C. Hochenauer

Heavy oils (mainly alkanes) over-production from inulin by Aureobasidium melanogenum 9-1 and its transformant 88 carrying an inulinase gene pp. 561-568

Fang-Hua Xin, Yan Zhang, Si-Jia Xue, Zhe Chi, Guang-Lei Liu, Zhong Hu and Zhen-Ming Chi

Machine learning methods for solar radiation forecasting: A review pp. 569-582

Cyril Voyant, Gilles Notton, Soteris Kalogirou, Marie-Laure Nivet, Christophe Paoli, Fabrice Motte and Alexis Fouilloy

Experimental investigation of thin layer drying kinetics of ghost chilli pepper (Capsicum Chinense Jacq.) dried in a forced convection solar tunnel dryer pp. 583-589

D.K. Rabha, P. Muthukumar and C. Somayaji

Decision process to manage useful life of multi-stacks fuel cell systems under service constraint pp. 590-600

Nathalie Herr, Jean-Marc Nicod, Christophe Varnier, Louise Jardin, Antonella Sorrentino, Daniel Hissel and Marie-Cécile Péra

Solar water heating system and photovoltaic floating cover to reduce evaporation: Experimental results and modeling pp. 601-615

M.E. Taboada, L. Cáceres, T.A. Graber, H.R. Galleguillos, L.F. Cabeza and R. Rojas

Parametric optimization of biodiesel synthesis from rubber seed oil using iron doped carbon catalyst by Taguchi approach pp. 616-624

Sumit H. Dhawane, Akash Pratim Bora, Tarkeshwar Kumar and Gopinath Halder

A revised theoretical analysis of aerodynamic optimization of horizontal-axis wind turbines based on BEM theory pp. 625-636

Ricardo Luiz Utsch de Freitas Pinto and Bruna Patrícia Furtado Gonçalves

Assessment of fuel properties, engine performance and emission characteristics of outdoor grown marine Chlorella vulgaris BDUG 91771 biodiesel pp. 637-646

Thangavel Mathimani, Tamilkolundu Senthil Kumar, Murugesan Chandrasekar, Lakshmanan Uma and Dharmar Prabaharan

Direct glycerol fuel cell with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) thin film separator pp. 647-655

Neeva Benipal, Ji Qi, Jacob C. Gentile and Wenzhen Li

Co-firing combustion characteristics of different ages of Bambusa balcooa relative to a high ash coal pp. 656-664

M.O. Makwarela, S.O. Bada and R.M.S. Falcon

Experimental aspects of CuO reduction in solar-driven reactors: Comparative performance of a rotary kiln and a packed-bed pp. 665-673

Elisa Alonso, Carlos Pérez-Rábago, Javier Licurgo, Alessandro Gallo, Edward Fuentealba and Claudio A. Estrada

Detection and classification of faults in pitch-regulated wind turbine generators using normal behaviour models based on performance curves pp. 674-688

Ran Bi, Chengke Zhou and Donald M. Hepburn

Effect of the transient energy input on thermodynamic performance of passive water-in-glass evacuated tube solar water heaters pp. 689-701

Johane Bracamonte

Run-time detection and correction of heliostat tracking errors pp. 702-711

Matteo Chiesi, Eleonora Franchi Scarselli and Roberto Guerrieri

A wave emulator for ocean wave energy, a Froude-scaled dry power take-off test setup pp. 712-721

Kristof L. De Koker, Guillaume Crevecoeur, Bart Meersman, Marc Vantorre and Lieven Vandevelde

CFD study of Savonius wind turbine: 3D model validation and parametric analysis pp. 722-734

G. Ferrari, D. Federici, P. Schito, F. Inzoli and R. Mereu

Asymmetry of tidal currents off the W.Brittany coast and assessment of tidal energy resource around the Ushant Island pp. 735-747

Maxime Thiébaut and Alexei Sentchev

Coordinated control strategy for hybrid wind farms with DFIG-based and PMSG-based wind farms during network unbalance pp. 748-763

Jun Yao, Ruikuo Liu, Te Zhou, Weihao Hu and Zhe Chen

Energy and exergy analyses of the solar drying processes of ghost chilli pepper and ginger pp. 764-773

D.K. Rabha, P. Muthukumar and C. Somayaji

Techno-economic and reliability assessment of solar water heaters in Australia based on Monte Carlo analysis pp. 774-785

S. Rezvani, P.A. Bahri, T. Urmee, G.F. Baverstock and A.D. Moore

Performance evaluation of solar air heater with novel hyperbolic rib geometry pp. 786-797

Deep Singh Thakur, Mohd. Kaleem Khan and Manabendra Pathak