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Volume 98, issue C, 2016

Hydrotropic pretreatment on rice straw for bioethanol production pp. 2-8

Leena P. Devendra and Ashok Pandey

Hydrolysis of pretreated rice straw by an enzyme cocktail comprising acidic xylanase from Aspergillus sp. for bioethanol production pp. 9-15

Leya Thomas, Binod Parameswaran and Ashok Pandey

A novel staggered hybrid SSF approach for efficient conversion of cellulose/hemicellulosic fractions of corncob into ethanol pp. 16-22

K.K. Brar, Satindar Kaur and B.S. Chadha

Sesbania aculeate biomass hydrolysis using magnetic nanobiocomposite of cellulase for bioethanol production pp. 23-28

G. Baskar, R. Naveen Kumar, X. Heronimus Melvin, R. Aiswarya and S. Soumya

Cellulase adsorption on lignin: A roadblock for economic hydrolysis of biomass pp. 29-42

Jitendra Kumar Saini, Anil Kumar Patel, Mukund Adsul and Reeta Rani Singhania

Improvement of wheat straw hydrolysis by cellulolytic blends of two Penicillium spp pp. 43-50

Jitendra Kumar Saini, Reeta Rani Singhania, Alok Satlewal, Reetu Saini, Ravi Gupta, Deepak Tuli, Anshu Mathur and Mukund Adsul

Optimization of concomitant production of cellulase and xylanase from Rhizopus oryzae SN5 through EVOP-factorial design technique and application in Sorghum Stover based bioethanol production pp. 51-56

Ajay Kumar Pandey, Gnansounou Edgard and Sangeeta Negi

Lignocellulosic ethanol production employing immobilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae in packed bed reactor pp. 57-63

Abhishek Mishra, Ajay K. Sharma, Sumit Sharma, Rashmi Bagai, Anshu S. Mathur, Ravi P. Gupta and Deepak K. Tuli

Critical parametric influence on microalgae cultivation towards maximizing biomass growth with simultaneous lipid productivity pp. 64-71

P. Chiranjeevi and S. Venkata Mohan

Enhancement of biodiesel potential in cyanobacteria: using agro-industrial wastes for fuel production, properties and acetyl CoA carboxylase D (accD) gene expression of Synechocystis sp.NN pp. 72-77

Kalimuthu Jawaharraj, Rathinasamy Karpagam, Balasubramaniem Ashokkumar, Chanda Nagarajan Pratheeba and Perumal Varalakshmi

Spectral characterization of β, ε-carotene-3, 3′-diol (lutein) from marine microalgae Chlorella salina pp. 78-83

S. Gayathri, S.R. Radhika Rajasree, R. Kirubagaran, L. Aranganathan and T.Y. Suman

Tropho-metabolic transition during Chlorella sp. cultivation on synthesis of biodiesel pp. 84-91

M.V. Rohit and S. Venkata Mohan

New horizons in the enzymatic production of biodiesel using neoteric solvents pp. 92-100

Esther Gutiérrez-Arnillas, María S. Álvarez, Francisco J. Deive, Ana Rodríguez and M. Ángeles Sanromán

Production of biodiesel from castor oil using iron (II) doped zinc oxide nanocatalyst pp. 101-107

G. Baskar and S. Soumiya

Biogas from anaerobic digestion processes: Research updates pp. 108-119

Quanguo Zhang, Jianjun Hu and Duu-Jong Lee

Challenges in biogas production from anaerobic membrane bioreactors pp. 120-134

Cheng Chen, Wenshan Guo, Huu Hao Ngo, Duu-Jong Lee, Kuo-Lun Tung, Pengkang Jin, Jie Wang and Yun Wu

Mesophilic batch anaerobic digestion from fruit fragments pp. 135-141

Adhitya Pitara Sanjaya, Muhammad Nur Cahyanto and Ria Millati

Thermophilic digestion of waste-activated sludge coupled with solar pond pp. 142-147

Guodong Zhang, Zhiyue Wu, Fangqin Cheng, Zhang Min and Duu-Jong Lee

Community dynamics and significance of anaerobic protozoa during biomethanation of lignocellulosic waste pp. 148-152

Priya Prabhakaran, Arya Bhasi, Shabeer Ali, Nimi Narayanan, Manilal Vattackatt Balakrishnan and Krishnakumar Bhaskaran

An overview on emerging bioelectrochemical systems (BESs): Technology for sustainable electricity, waste remediation, resource recovery, chemical production and beyond pp. 153-170

Suman Bajracharya, Mohita Sharma, Gunda Mohanakrishna, Xochitl Dominguez Benneton, David P.B.T.B. Strik, Priyangshu M. Sarma and Deepak Pant

Coupling of aerobic/anoxic and bioelectrogenic processes for treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater associated with bioelectricity generation pp. 171-177

Dileep Kumar Yeruva, G. Velvizhi and S. Venkata Mohan

Cathodic material effect on electron acceptance towards bioelectricity generation and wastewater treatment pp. 178-187

J. Annie Modestra, P. Chiranjeevi and S. Venkata Mohan

Integrated bio-electrogenic process for bioelectricity production and cathodic nutrient recovery from azo dye wastewater pp. 188-196

C. Nagendranatha Reddy and S. Venkata Mohan

Bioconversion of organic wastes into biodiesel and animal feed via insect farming pp. 197-202

K.C. Surendra, Robert Olivier, Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Rajesh Jha and Samir Kumar Khanal

Bioconversion of sugarcane crop residue for value added products – An overview pp. 203-215

Raveendran Sindhu, Edgard Gnansounou, Parameswaran Binod and Ashok Pandey

Evaluation of oil palm front hydrolysate as a novel substrate for 2,3-butanediol production using a novel isolate Enterobacter cloacae SG1 pp. 216-220

Sulfath Hakkim Hazeena, Ashok Pandey and Parameswaran Binod

Whey waste as potential feedstock for biohydrogen production pp. 221-225

Anil Kumar Patel, Neha Vaisnav, Anshu Mathur, Ravi Gupta and Deepak Kumar Tuli

Strategies for selection of thermo-chemical processes for the valorisation of biomass pp. 226-237

Rawel Singh, Bhavya B. Krishna, Garima Mishra, Jitendra Kumar and Thallada Bhaskar

Pyrolysis of Cedrus deodara saw mill shavings in hydrogen and nitrogen atmosphere for the production of bio-oil pp. 238-244

Bhavya B. Krishna, Bijoy Biswas, Priyanka Ohri, Jitendra Kumar, Rawel Singh and Thallada Bhaskar

Characterization of bio-oil and its sub-fractions from pyrolysis of Scenedesmus dimorphus pp. 245-253

Neonjyoti Bordoloi, Rumi Narzari, Debashis Sut, Ruprekha Saikia, Rahul Singh Chutia and Rupam Kataki

A method for rapid purification and evaluation of catalytically distinct lignocellulolytic glycosyl hydrolases from thermotolerant fungus Acrophialophora sp pp. 254-263

Rohit Rai, Baljit Kaur and B.S. Chadha

Multiscale mixing analysis and modeling of biohydrogen production by dark fermentation pp. 264-282

Zaineb Trad, Jean-Pierre Fontaine, Christian Larroche and Christophe Vial

Unregulated emissions and health risk potential from biodiesel (KB5, KB20) and methanol blend (M5) fuelled transportation diesel engines pp. 283-291

Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Pravesh Chandra Shukla, Chetankumar Patel, Jai Gopal Gupta, Nikhil Sharma, Rajesh Kumar Prasad and Rashmi A. Agarwal

Spatial combustion analysis of biodiesel fueled engine using combustion chamber endoscopy and modeling pp. 292-303

Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Akhilendra Pratap Singh, Anuj Agarwal, Joonho Jeon, Chang Sik Lee and Sungwook Park

Volume 97, issue C, 2016

Improvement of selectivity from lipid to jet fuel by rational integration of feedstock properties and catalytic strategy pp. 1-7

Chao Ju, Yuping Zhou, Mingli He, Qiuying Wu and Yunming Fang

Provision of enhanced ancillary services from wind power plants – Examples and challenges pp. 8-18

Anca D. Hansen, Müfit Altin and Florin Iov

Biodiesel production by esterification of oleic acid over zeolite Y prepared from kaolin pp. 19-23

Aidan M. Doyle, Talib M. Albayati, Ammar S. Abbas and Ziad T. Alismaeel

Evaluation of the application of Phase Change Materials (PCM) on the envelope of a typical dwelling in the Mediterranean region pp. 24-32

G.P. Panayiotou, S.A. Kalogirou and S.A. Tassou

Investigation of nonlinear dynamic behavior of lattice structure wind turbines pp. 33-46

Davoud Nezamolmolki and Ahmad Shooshtari

Dynamic stall control via adaptive blowing pp. 47-64

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

Thermal evaluation of coaxial deep borehole heat exchangers pp. 65-76

Henrik Holmberg, José Acuña, Erling Næss and Otto K. Sønju

A geospatial assessment of the techno-economic wind power potential in India using geographical restrictions pp. 77-88

Dimitrios Mentis, Shahid Hussain Siyal, Alexandros Korkovelos and Mark Howells

Feasibility of a fully autonomous wireless monitoring system for a wind turbine blade pp. 89-96

O.O. Esu, S.D. Lloyd, J.A. Flint and S.J. Watson

Performance prediction and fundamental understanding of small scale vertical axis wind turbine with variable amplitude blade pitching pp. 97-113

Palash Jain and A. Abhishek

Approach for performance optimization of switched reluctance generator in variable-speed wind generation system pp. 114-128

Tarcio A.S. Barros, Pedro J.S. Neto, Paulo S.N. Filho, Adson B. Moreira and Ernesto Ruppert

A comprehensive model for optical and thermal characterization of a linear Fresnel solar reflector with a trapezoidal cavity receiver pp. 129-144

Yu Qiu, Ya-Ling He, Ming Wu and Zhang-Jing Zheng

Transient heat conduction in an infinite medium subjected to multiple cylindrical heat sources: An application to shallow geothermal systems pp. 145-154

Noori BniLam and Rafid Al-Khoury

The application of Bayesian network classifiers to cloud classification in satellite images pp. 155-161

J. Alonso-Montesinos, M. Martínez-Durbán, J. del Sagrado, I.M. del Águila and F.J. Batlles

Investigating the influence of dimensional scaling on aerodynamic characteristics of wind turbine using CFD simulation pp. 162-168

Mohammad Hossein Giahi and Ali Jafarian Dehkordi

Optimization of the investment cost of solar based grid pp. 169-176

M. Siali, S. Flazi, A. Boudghene Stambouli and S. Fergani

A superstructure model of an isolated power supply system using renewable energy: Development and application to Jeju Island, Korea pp. 177-188

Sunghoon Kwon, Wangyun Won and Jiyong Kim

Cost/benefit analysis of transmission grid expansion to enable further integration of renewable electricity generation in Austria pp. 189-196

Bettina Burgholzer and Hans Auer

Feasibility assessment of Anchor-Business-Community model for off-grid rural electrification in India pp. 197-209

Neeraj Ramchandran, Rajesh Pai and Amit Kumar Singh Parihar

Study on a piezo-windmill for energy harvesting pp. 210-217

Junwu Kan, Chuntao Fan, Shuyun Wang, Zhonghua Zhang, Jianming Wen and Leshuai Huang

Numerical simulations of a parabolic trough solar collector with nanofluid using a two-phase model pp. 218-229

E. Kaloudis, E. Papanicolaou and V. Belessiotis

CFD simulation of a floating offshore wind turbine system using a variable-speed generator-torque controller pp. 230-242

Sean Quallen and Tao Xing

Optimization of breastshot water wheels performance using different inflow configurations pp. 243-251

E. Quaranta and R. Revelli

Pretreatment of cassava stems and peelings by thermohydrolysis to enhance hydrolysis yield of cellulose in bioethanol production process pp. 252-265

Paul Alain Kouteu Nanssou, Yvette Jiokap Nono and César Kapseu

Cell wash-out enrichment increases the stability and performance of biohydrogen producing packed-bed reactors and the community transition along the operation time pp. 266-273

Julián Carrillo-Reyes, Miguel Angel Cortés-Carmona, Christian Daniela Bárcenas-Ruiz and Elías Razo-Flores

Hydrokinetic turbine array characteristics for river applications and spatially restricted flows pp. 274-283

Jacob Riglin, Cosan Daskiran, Joseph Jonas, W. Chris Schleicher and Alparslan Oztekin

The potential of cross-stream aligned sub-arrays to increase tidal turbine efficiency pp. 284-292

S.C. Cooke, R.H.J. Willden and B.W. Byrne

Techno-economic feasibility of photovoltaic, wind, diesel and hybrid electrification systems for off-grid rural electrification in Colombia pp. 293-305

Alireza Haghighat Mamaghani, Sebastian Alberto Avella Escandon, Behzad Najafi, Ali Shirazi and Fabio Rinaldi

A novel maximum power point tracker for thermoelectric generation system pp. 306-318

Yi-Hua Liu, Yi-Hsun Chiu, Jia-Wei Huang and Shun-Chung Wang

Natural frequency degradation and permanent accumulated rotation for offshore wind turbine monopiles in clay pp. 319-330

W. Carswell, S.R. Arwade, D.J. DeGroot and A.T. Myers

Fluid flow and heat transfer in PCM panels arranged vertically and horizontally for application in heating systems pp. 331-343

M.M. Prieto and B. González

Analysis of the effect of eccentricity and operational parameters in PCM-filled single-pass shell and tube heat exchangers pp. 344-357

Younes Pahamli, Mohammad J. Hosseini, Ali A. Ranjbar and Rasool Bahrampoury

Damage mechanics based design methodology for tidal current turbine composite blades pp. 358-372

Edward M. Fagan, Ciaran R. Kennedy, Sean B. Leen and Jamie Goggins

Crude bio-glycerol aqueous phase reforming and hydrogenolysis over commercial SiO2Al2O3 nickel catalyst pp. 373-379

Antonios Seretis and Panagiotis Tsiakaras

Significant wave height and energy flux prediction for marine energy applications: A grouping genetic algorithm – Extreme Learning Machine approach pp. 380-389

L. Cornejo-Bueno, J.C. Nieto-Borge, P. García-Díaz, G. Rodríguez and S. Salcedo-Sanz

Exergy and exergoeconomic assessments of an electricity production system in a running wastewater treatment plant pp. 390-398

N. Filiz Tumen Ozdil and Atakan Tantekin

Photovoltaic panel and array static models for power production prediction: Integration of manufacturers’ and on-line data pp. 399-413

Marko Gulin, Tomislav Pavlović and Mario Vašak

Design, analysis and test of a model turbine blade for a wave basin test of floating wind turbines pp. 414-421

Weikang Du, Yongsheng Zhao, Yanping He and Yadong Liu

Identification-based prediction of wind park power generation pp. 422-433

Iulian Munteanu and Gildas Besançon

Performance comparison of a group of thermal conductivity enhancement methodology in phase change material for thermal storage application pp. 434-443

Carlos R. Abujas, Aleix Jové, Cristina Prieto, Manuel Gallas and Luisa F. Cabeza

Reducing sensor complexity for monitoring wind turbine performance using principal component analysis pp. 444-456

Yifei Wang, Xiandong Ma and Malcolm J. Joyce

Estimating photovoltaic energy potential from a minimal set of randomly sampled data pp. 457-467

Alberto Bocca, Lorenzo Bottaccioli, Eliodoro Chiavazzo, Matteo Fasano, Alberto Macii and Pietro Asinari

Terminal voltage build-up and control of a DFIG based stand-alone wind energy conversion system pp. 468-480

Fateh Abdoune, Djamal Aouzellag and Kaci Ghedamsi

Load sharing behavior analysis method of wind turbine gearbox in consideration of multiple-errors pp. 481-491

Shuai Mo, Yidu Zhang, Qiong Wu, Shigeki Matsumura and Haruo Houjoh

The Hydropower Potential Assessment Tool (HPAT): Evaluation of run-of-river resource potential for any global land area and application to Falls Creek, Oregon, USA pp. 492-503

Thomas M. Mosier, Kendra V. Sharp and David F. Hill

Prediction and optimization of wave energy converter arrays using a machine learning approach pp. 504-517

Dripta Sarkar, Emile Contal, Nicolas Vayatis and Frederic Dias

A novel control method to maximize the energy-harvesting capability of an adjustable slope angle wave energy converter pp. 518-531

Nguyen Minh Tri, Dinh Quang Truong, Do Hoang Thinh, Phan Cong Binh, Dang Tri Dung, Seyoung Lee, Hyung Gyu Park and Kyoung Kwan Ahn

Techno-economic anaerobic co-digestion feasibility study for two-phase olive oil mill pomace and pig slurry pp. 532-540

M. Orive, M. Cebrián and J. Zufía

Biogas from cattle slaughterhouse waste: Energy recovery towards an energy self-sufficient industry in Ireland pp. 541-549

Aidan Ware and Niamh Power

Risk and unit commitment decisions in scenarios of wind power uncertainty pp. 550-558

Mauro S.S. Pinto, Vladimiro Miranda and Osvaldo R. Saavedra

Policy incentives and adoption of agricultural anaerobic digestion: A survey of Europe and the United States pp. 559-571

Mook Bangalore, Gal Hochman and David Zilberman

Standalone micro grid power quality improvement using inertia and power reserves of the wind generation systems pp. 572-584

Rashad M. Kamel

Off-grid electrification with solar home systems: An appraisal of the quality of components pp. 585-598

Shahriar Ahmed Chowdhury and Monjur Mourshed

Combining solar irradiance measurements, satellite-derived data and a numerical weather prediction model to improve intra-day solar forecasting pp. 599-610

L. Mazorra Aguiar, B. Pereira, P. Lauret, F. Díaz and M. David

An integrated 3D approach to assess the geothermal heat-exchange potential: The case study of western Sicily (southern Italy) pp. 611-624

Alessandro Santilano, Assunta Donato, Antonio Galgaro, Domenico Montanari, Antonio Menghini, Andrea Viezzoli, Eloisa Di Sipio, Elisa Destro and Adele Manzella

Modelling turbulence with an Actuator Disk representing a tidal turbine pp. 625-635

Van Thinh Nguyen, Sylvain S. Guillou, Jérôme Thiébot and Alina Santa Cruz

Multistage generation expansion planning incorporating large scale energy storage systems and environmental pollution pp. 636-645

Reza Hemmati, Hedayat Saboori and Mehdi Ahmadi Jirdehi

Minimizing the energy cost for microgrids integrated with renewable energy resources and conventional generation using controlled battery energy storage pp. 646-655

Muhammad Khalid, Abdollah Ahmadi, Andrey V. Savkin and Vassilios G. Agelidis

Designing renewable energy auctions for India: Managing risks to maximize deployment and cost-effectiveness pp. 656-670

Gireesh Shrimali, Charith Konda and Arsalan Farooquee

Increasing the efficiency of PV panel with the use of PCM pp. 671-679

Rok Stropnik and Uroš Stritih

A simple model for the prediction of yearly energy yields for grid-connected PV systems starting from monthly meteorological data pp. 680-688

J. Muñoz and O. Perpiñán

Cascade closed-loop control of solar trackers applied to HCPV systems pp. 689-696

Ruben Garrido and Arturo Díaz

Solar cooling system using concentrating collectors for office buildings: A case study for Greece pp. 697-708

Vassiliki Drosou, Panos Kosmopoulos and Agis Papadopoulos

Toward performance-based evaluation for offshore wind turbine jacket support structures pp. 709-721

K. Wei, S.R. Arwade, A.T. Myers, S. Hallowell, J.F. Hajjar, E.M. Hines and W. Pang

Experimental investigation of concentrated solar air-heater with internal multiple-fin array pp. 722-730

Magdalena Nemś and Jacek Kasperski

Study on dynamic characteristic of wind turbine emulator based on PMSM pp. 731-736

Jianhu Yan, Yi Feng and Jianning Dong

Performance investigations of solar water pumping system using helical pump under the outdoor condition of Nagpur, India pp. 737-745

Arunendra K. Tiwari and Vilas R. Kalamkar

Estimating the probability of fish encountering a marine hydrokinetic device pp. 746-756

Haixue Shen, Gayle Barbin Zydlewski, Haley A. Viehman and Garrett Staines

Technoeconomic parametric analysis of PV-battery systems pp. 757-768

Kaveh Rajab Khalilpour and Anthony Vassallo

Speed control of oil-hydraulic power take-off system for oscillating body type wave energy converters pp. 769-783

José F. Gaspar, Mojtaba Kamarlouei, Ashank Sinha, Haitong Xu, Miguel Calvário, François-Xavier Faÿ, Eider Robles and C. Guedes Soares

Experimental study on kinetic energy conversion of horizontal axis tidal stream turbine pp. 784-797

Jeonghwa Seo, Seung-Jae Lee, Woo-Sik Choi, Sung Taek Park and Shin Hyung Rhee

Active robust optimization for wind integrated power system economic dispatch considering hourly demand response pp. 798-808

Xu Wang, Chuanwen Jiang and Bosong Li

Large-scale solar water heating in South Africa: Status, barriers and recommendations pp. 809-822

E.C. Joubert, S. Hess and J.L. Van Niekerk

Parameter extraction of solar cell models based on adaptive differential evolution algorithm pp. 823-837

C. Chellaswamy and R. Ramesh

Improvement in artificial neural network-based estimation of grid connected photovoltaic power output pp. 838-848

Chao Huang, Alain Bensoussan, Michael Edesess and Kwok L. Tsui

Modeling noise and lease soft costs improves wind farm design and cost-of-energy predictions pp. 849-859

Le Chen, Chris Harding, Anupam Sharma and Erin MacDonald

Performance of Silicon Heterojunction Photovoltaic modules in Qatar climatic conditions pp. 860-865

Amir Abdallah, Diego Martinez, Benjamin Figgis and Ounsi El Daif

Cost assessment methodology for combined wind and wave floating offshore renewable energy systems pp. 866-880

Laura Castro-Santos, Elson Martins and C. Guedes Soares

Study of the simultaneous effects of secondary flow and sediment erosion in Francis turbines pp. 881-891

Sailesh Chitrakar, Hari Prasad Neopane and Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug