Renewable Energy

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Volume 96, issue PB, 2016

From biomass waste to biofuels and biomaterial building blocks pp. 1056-1062

Chun-Min Liu and Shu-Yii Wu

Exploring the potential of fur farming wastes and byproducts as substrates to anaerobic digestion process pp. 1063-1070

I. Zarkadas, G. Dontis, G. Pilidis and D.A. Sarigiannis

Response surface design to study the influence of inoculum, particle size and inoculum to substrate ratio on the methane production from Ulex sp pp. 1071-1077

J.C. Costa, J.V. Oliveira and M.M. Alves

Effect of ultrasonic and ozonation pretreatment on methane production potential of raw molasses wastewater pp. 1078-1085

M. Mischopoulou, P. Naidis, S. Kalamaras, T.A. Kotsopoulos and P. Samaras

Biodegradation of particulate organics and its enhancement during anaerobic co-digestion of municipal biowaste and waste activated sludge pp. 1086-1092

Xingbao Gao, Xiao Liu and Wei Wang

Optimum energy integration of thermal hydrolysis through pinch analysis pp. 1093-1102

D. Fernández-Polanco and H. Tatsumi

From piggery wastewater nutrients to biogas: Microalgae biomass revalorization through anaerobic digestion pp. 1103-1110

Beatriz Molinuevo-Salces, Ahmed Mahdy, Mercedes Ballesteros and Cristina González-Fernández

The role of subsidy in ensuring the sustainability of small-scale anaerobic digesters in Odisha, India pp. 1111-1118

L. York, C. Heffernan and C. Rymer

Study on selective hydrogen sulfide removal over carbon dioxide by catalytic oxidative absorption method with chelated iron as the catalyst pp. 1119-1126

Yiwen Ma, Zezhi Chen and Huijuan Gong

Analysis of accidents in biogas production and upgrading pp. 1127-1134

Valeria Casson Moreno, Salvatore Papasidero, Giordano Emrys Scarponi, Daniele Guglielmi and Valerio Cozzani

Enhanced hydrogen production from corn starch wastewater as nitrogen source by mixed cultures pp. 1135-1141

Shaojie Wang, Ting Zhang and Haijia Su

Multiobjective optimization of a sugarcane biorefinery involving process and environmental aspects pp. 1142-1152

Caliane Bastos Borba Costa, Erich Potrich and Antonio José Gonçalves Cruz

Volume 96, issue PA, 2016

Maiden application of Cuckoo Search algorithm for optimal sizing of a remote hybrid renewable energy System pp. 1-10

Sarangthem Sanajaoba and Eugene Fernandez

Extent of inhibition and utilization of volatile fatty acids as carbon sources for activated sludge microbial consortia dedicated for biodiesel production pp. 11-19

Dhan Lord Fortela, Rafael Hernandez, William Todd French, Mark Zappi, Emmanuel Revellame, William Holmes and Andro Mondala

Wave energy potential along the Atlantic coast of Morocco pp. 20-32

J.P. Sierra, Christopher Martin, C. Mösso, M. Mestres and R. Jebbad

Technical and economical evaluation of olive mills solid waste pellets pp. 33-41

Elias Christoforou, Angeliki Kylili and Paris A. Fokaides

Numerical optimization and experimental validation for a tidal turbine blade with leading-edge tubercles pp. 42-55

Weichao Shi, Mehmet Atlar, Rosemary Norman, Batuhan Aktas and Serkan Turkmen

Oxidative fast pyrolysis of banana leaves in fluidized bed reactor pp. 56-64

Noeli Sellin, Diego Ricardo Krohl, Cintia Marangoni and Ozair Souza

Formulation of a 1D finite element of heat exchanger for accurate modelling of the grouting behaviour: Application to cyclic thermal loading pp. 65-79

B. Cerfontaine, G. Radioti, F. Collin and R. Charlier

Renewable energy scenarios for costs reductions in the European Union pp. 80-90

Simona Bigerna, Carlo Andrea Bollino and Silvia Micheli

Release of alkali metals during co-firing biomass and coal pp. 91-97

Dongyin Wu, Yuhao Wang, Yang Wang, Sen Li and Xiaolin Wei

Role of two different pretreatment methods in osmotic power (salinity gradient energy) generation pp. 98-119

Elham Abbasi-Garravand, Catherine N. Mulligan, Claude B. Laflamme and Guillaume Clairet

Design and feasibility of high temperature shell and tube latent heat thermal energy storage system for solar thermal power plants pp. 120-136

S. Saeed Mostafavi Tehrani, Robert A. Taylor, Pouya Saberi and Gonzalo Diarce

Fluid and borehole wall temperature profiles in vertical geothermal boreholes with multiple U-tubes pp. 137-147

Massimo Cimmino

Surface roughness impact on the heat loss of solar vacuum heat collector elements (HCE) pp. 148-156

Doron Nakar and Daniel Feuermann

A biomimetic approach for modeling cloud shading with dynamic behavior pp. 157-166

Jesús M. García, Ricardo Vasquez Padilla and Marco E. Sanjuan

Pyrolysis of babool seeds (Acacia nilotica) in a fixed bed reactor and bio-oil characterization pp. 167-171

Rahul Garg, Neeru Anand and Dinesh Kumar

Optimum choice and placement of concentrating solar power technologies in integrated solar combined cycle systems pp. 172-189

Giovanni Manente, Sergio Rech and Andrea Lazzaretto

The effect of the physical boundary conditions on the thermal performance of molten salt thermocline tank pp. 190-202

Zheshao Chang, Xin Li, Chao Xu, Chun Chang, Zhifeng Wang, Qiangqiang Zhang, Zhirong Liao and Qing Li

FTIR studies of thermal stability of the oils and methyl esters from Afzelia africana and Hura crepitans seeds pp. 203-208

I.M. Ogbu and V.I.E. Ajiwe

Effect of guide wall on the potential of a solar chimney power plant pp. 209-219

Siyang Hu, Dennis Y.C. Leung, Michael Z.Q. Chen and John C.Y. Chan

Estimating CO2 emissions reduction from renewable energy use in Italy pp. 220-232

F. Aliprandi, A. Stoppato and A. Mirandola

Exergy based performance evaluation of solar air heater with arc-shaped wire roughened absorber plate pp. 233-243

Mukesh Sahu and Radha Krishna Prasad

Effects of different working fluid use on the energy and exergy performance for evacuated tube solar collector with thermosyphon heat pipe pp. 244-256

Mustafa Ali Ersöz

A simplified method to estimate tidal current effects on the ocean wave power resource pp. 257-269

M. Reza Hashemi, Stéphan T. Grilli and Simon P. Neill

Impact of cold conditions on diesel injection processes of biodiesel blends pp. 270-280

P. Tinprabath, C. Hespel, S. Chanchaona and F. Foucher

Availability analysis of using iso-octane/n-butanol blends in spark-ignition engines pp. 281-294

Hongqing Feng, Daojian Liu, Xiaoxi Yang, Ming An, Weiwen Zhang and Xiaodong Zhang

Improvement of ventilation and heat transfer in Shavadoon via numerical simulation: A traditional HVAC system pp. 295-304

Shabnam Mohammadshahi, Mahdi Nili-Ahmadabadi and Omid Nematollahi

Feasibility study of grid connected photovoltaic system in family farms for electricity generation in rural areas pp. 305-318

T. Nacer, A. Hamidat, O. Nadjemi and M. Bey

Air-fuel mixing and combustion behavior of gasoline-ethanol blends in a GDI wall-guided turbocharged multi-cylinder optical engine pp. 319-332

Francesco Catapano, Paolo Sementa and Bianca Maria Vaglieco

A polydopamine coating ultralight graphene matrix as a highly effective polysulfide absorbent for high-energy LiS batteries pp. 333-340

Lan Zhou, Yun Zong, Zhaolin Liu and Aishui Yu

Effects of bottom profile of an oscillating water column device on its hydrodynamic characteristics pp. 341-353

S. John Ashlin, V. Sundar and S.A. Sannasiraj

Heuristic-based power management of a grid-connected hybrid energy system combined with hydrogen storage pp. 354-365

Mehdi Rouholamini and Mohsen Mohammadian

Study of the hydrodynamic derivatives of vertical-axis tidal current turbines in surge motion pp. 366-376

Qihu Sheng, Fengmei Jing, Liang Zhang, Nianfu Zhou, Shuqi Wang and Zhiyang Zhang

A comparative study of evolutionary algorithms and adapting control parameters for estimating the parameters of a single-diode photovoltaic module's model pp. 377-389

Dhiaa Halboot Muhsen, Abu Bakar Ghazali, Tamer Khatib and Issa Ahmed Abed

Enhancement of growth and biohydrogen production potential of Chlorella vulgaris MSU-AGM 14 by utilizing seaweed aqueous extract of Valoniopsis pachynema pp. 390-399

M. Lakshmikandan and A.G. Murugesan

Measurements of fuel burn rate, emissions and thermal efficiency from a domestic two-stage wood-fired hydronic heater pp. 400-409

Joseph P. Richter, Brian T. Bojko, Joseph C. Mollendorf and Paul E. DesJardin

Development of a nearshore oscillating surge wave energy converter with variable geometry pp. 410-424

N.M. Tom, M.J. Lawson, Y.H. Yu and A.D. Wright

Overcoming the challenges of full scale anaerobic co-digestion of casein whey pp. 425-432

N. Brown, J. Güttler and A. Shilton

Optimisation of Karanja/Jatropha-Methanol emulsification variables and their engine evaluation pp. 433-441

Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Vikas Katiyar and Kushagra Singh

Glucose and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural production from cellulosic waste by sequential alkaline and acid hydrolysis pp. 442-449

Hidayet Argun and Gülizar Onaran

Hybrid thermochemical/biological processing: The economic hurdles and opportunities for biofuel production from bio-oil pp. 450-457

Joshua T. Claypool and Christopher W. Simmons

BTX from the gas-phase hydrodeoxygenation and transmethylation of guaiacol at room pressure pp. 458-468

Xiwei Xu, Enchen Jiang, Yanhong Du and Bosong Li

One-day-ahead daily power forecasting of photovoltaic systems based on partial functional linear regression models pp. 469-478

Guochang Wang, Yan Su and Lianjie Shu

Diagnostic concept for dynamically operated biogas production plants pp. 479-489

Astrid Bensmann, Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach, Robert Heyer, Fabian Kohrs, Dirk Benndorf, Robert Kausmann, Matthias Plöchl, Monika Heiermann, Udo Reichl and Kai Sundmacher

Reaction pathways of hemicellulose and mechanism of biomass pyrolysis in hydrogen plasma: A density functional theory study pp. 490-497

Xiaoyuan Huang, Dang-guo Cheng, Fengqiu Chen and Xiaoli Zhan

Improving power grid performance using parallel connected Compressed Air Energy Storage and wind turbine system pp. 498-508

Nor Shahida Hasan, Mohammad Yusri Hassan, Hayati Abdullah, Hasimah Abdul Rahman, Wan Zaidi Wan Omar and Norzanah Rosmin

Solar energy conservation in greenhouse: Thermal analysis and experimental validation pp. 509-519

Hassan Ghasemi Mobtaker, Yahya Ajabshirchi, Seyed Faramarz Ranjbar and Mansour Matloobi

Effect of switching scheme on the performance of a hybrid solar PV system pp. 520-530

Po-Chien Hsu, Bin-Juine Huang, Wei-Chiuan Lin, Yu-Jen Chang, Cheng-Jui Chang, Kang Li and Kung-Yen Lee

Mechanical design and modeling of a single-piston pump for the novel power take-off system of a wave energy converter pp. 531-547

Antonis I. Vakis and John S. Anagnostopoulos

Impact of forested fetch on energy yield and maintenance of wind turbines pp. 548-558

M. Zendehbad, N. Chokani and R.S. Abhari

Energetic and economic optimisation of islanded household-scale photovoltaic-plus-battery systems pp. 559-573

I.G. Mason and A.J.V. Miller

Do current wind farms in Spain take maximum advantage of spatiotemporal balancing of the wind resource? pp. 574-582

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

Optimization, kinetics and thermodynamic studies on oil extraction from Daturametel Linn oil seed for biodiesel production pp. 583-590

Ramasamy Mathiarasi and Nagarajan Partha

Impacts of synoptic circulation patterns on wind power ramp events in East Japan pp. 591-602

Masamichi Ohba, Shinji Kadokura and Daisuke Nohara

Optimum tilt and azimuth angles for fixed solar collectors in South Africa using measured data pp. 603-612

W.G. Le Roux

Kinetic study of the pyrolysis of pine cone shell through non-isothermal thermogravimetry: Effect of heavy metals incorporated by biosorption pp. 613-624

M.A. Martín-Lara, G. Blázquez, A. Ronda and M. Calero

The application of GIS and 3D graphic software to visual impact assessment of wind turbines pp. 625-635

Rafał Wróżyński, Mariusz Sojka and Krzysztof Pyszny

Estimating the political, economic and environmental factors’ impact on the installed wind capacity development: A system GMM approach pp. 636-644

Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu, Dilara Kilinc, Esra Onater-Isberk and Tezer Yelkenci

Renewable vs non-renewable electricity and the industrial production nexus: Evidence from an ARDL bounds test approach for Greece pp. 645-655

António Marques, José Alberto Fuinhas and Angeliki N. Menegaki

Butanol production from organosolv treated spent mushroom substrate integrated with in situ biodiesel extraction pp. 656-661

Youshuang Zhu, Yunkang Chang, Jing Guan, Guoqiang Shanguan and Fengxue Xin

The feasible onshore wind energy potential in Baden-Württemberg: A bottom-up methodology considering socio-economic constraints pp. 662-675

Tobias Jäger, Russell McKenna and Wolf Fichtner

Wind turbine layout optimization with multiple hub height wind turbines using greedy algorithm pp. 676-686

K. Chen, M.X. Song, X. Zhang and S.F. Wang

Use of some advanced biofuels for overcoming smoke/NOx trade-off in a light-duty DI diesel engine pp. 687-699

B. Rajesh Kumar, S. Saravanan, D. Rana and A. Nagendran

Evaluation of utility transformers' lifespan with different levels of grid-connected photovoltaic systems penetration pp. 700-714

Alex R.A. Manito, Aimé Pinto and Roberto Zilles

Exergoeconomic study of gas turbine steam injection and combined power cycles using fog inlet cooling and biomass fuel pp. 715-726

Hassan Athari, Saeed Soltani, Marc A. Rosen, Masood Kordoghli Gavifekr and Tatiana Morosuk

Short-term wind speed forecasting using empirical mode decomposition and feature selection pp. 727-737

Chi Zhang, Haikun Wei, Junsheng Zhao, Tianhong Liu, Tingting Zhu and Kanjian Zhang

Assessment of wind energy potential in Chile: A project-based regional wind supply function approach pp. 738-755

David Watts, Nicolás Oses and Rodrigo Pérez

Evaluation of temperature and efficiency in relation to mass flow on a solar flat plate collector in Mexico pp. 756-764

U. Diego-Ayala and J.G. Carrillo

Comparison of methods for evaluation of wind turbine power production by the results of wind shear measurements on the Baltic shore of Latvia pp. 765-774

Valerijs Bezrukovs, Aleksejs Zacepins, Vladislavs Bezrukovs and Vitalijs Komasilovs

A Markovian approach for modelling the effects of maintenance on downtime and failure risk of wind turbine components pp. 775-783

Chinedu I. Ossai, Brian Boswell and Ian J. Davies

Restoring the missing high-frequency fluctuations in a wind power model based on reanalysis data pp. 784-791

Jon Olauson, Hans Bergström and Mikael Bergkvist

Sun-tracking imaging system for intra-hour DNI forecasts pp. 792-799

Yinghao Chu, Mengying Li and Carlos F.M. Coimbra

A dynamic economic emission dispatch considering wind power uncertainty incorporating energy storage system and demand side management pp. 800-811

M.H. Alham, M. Elshahed, Doaa Khalil Ibrahim and Essam El Din Abo El Zahab

Wind resource development along Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior pp. 812-823

Michael Mageau, Brody Sunderland, Stacey Stark and Steve Graham

Improved blade element momentum theory for wind turbine aerodynamic computations pp. 824-831

Zhenye Sun, Jin Chen, Wen Zhong Shen and Wei Jun Zhu

Appropriate biorefining strategies for multiple feedstocks: Critical evaluation for pretreatment methods, and hydrolysis with high solids loading pp. 832-842

Yadhu N. Guragain, Donghai Wang and Praveen V. Vadlani

Heat recovery from air in underground transport tunnels pp. 843-849

Konstantinos Ninikas, Nicholas Hytiris, Rohinton Emmanuel, Bjorn Aaen and Paul L. Younger

Recirculating metallic particles for the efficiency enhancement of concentrated solar receivers pp. 850-862

M.R.I. Sarker, Manabendra Saha, Md Sazan Rahman and R.A. Beg

Simulation and evaluation of a hybrid concentrating-solar and wind power plant for energy autonomy on islands pp. 863-871

Fontina Petrakopoulou, Alexander Robinson and Maria Loizidou

An experimental study of a heat pipe evacuated tube solar dryer with heat recovery system pp. 872-880

Roonak Daghigh and Abdellah Shafieian

Ethyl biodiesel production from non-edible oils of Balanites aegyptiaca, Azadirachta indica, and Jatropha curcas seeds – Laboratory scale development pp. 881-890

Svitlana Nitièma-Yefanova, Lucie Coniglio, Raphaël Schneider, Roger H.C. Nébié and Yvonne L. Bonzi-Coulibaly

Effect of natural convection on thermal response test conducted in saturated porous formation: Comparison of gravel-backfilled and cement-grouted borehole heat exchangers pp. 891-903

Wonjun Choi and Ryozo Ooka

A wind tunnel study on the aerodynamic interaction of vertical axis wind turbines in array configurations pp. 904-913

Mojtaba Ahmadi-Baloutaki, Rupp Carriveau and David S-K. Ting

A novel power flow analysis in an islanded renewable microgrid pp. 914-927

Abdolreza Esmaeli, Mohammad Abedini and Mohammad H. Moradi

Effect of solidity on aerodynamic forces around straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine by wind tunnel experiments (depending on number of blades) pp. 928-939

Li, Qing’an, Takao Maeda, Yasunari Kamada, Junsuke Murata, Kento Shimizu, Tatsuhiko Ogasawara, Alisa Nakai and Takuji Kasuya

Recovery of flow conditions for optimum electricity generation through micro hydro turbines pp. 940-948

Abid Khan, Asim Shahzad, Imran Hayat and Md Salim Miah

Scale-up evaluation of the anaerobic digestion of food-processing industrial wastes pp. 949-959

S. Fiore, B. Ruffino, G. Campo, C. Roati and M.C. Zanetti

Heat transfer enhancement of phase change composite material: Copper foam/paraffin pp. 960-965

Changhong Wang, Tao Lin, Na Li and Huanpei Zheng

Investment cost and view damage cost of siting an offshore wind farm: A spatial analysis of Lake Michigan pp. 966-976

Amy C. Chiang, Gregory A. Keoleian, Michael R. Moore and Jarod C. Kelly

Performance improvement of a 500-kW Francis turbine based on CFD pp. 977-992

Leonel Alveyro Teran, Francisco Jose Larrahondo and Sara Aida Rodríguez

Classification of imbalance levels in a scaled wind turbine through detrended fluctuation analysis of vibration signals pp. 993-1002

Elineudo Pinho de Moura, Francisco Erivan de Abreu Melo Junior, Filipe Francisco Rocha Damasceno, Luis Câmara Campos Figueiredo, Carla Freitas de Andrade, Maurício Soares de Almeida and Paulo Alexandre Costa Rocha

A simple hourly wind power simulation for the South-West region of Western Australia using MERRA data pp. 1003-1014

Dean Laslett, Chris Creagh and Philip Jennings

Quality control of solar shortwave and terrestrial longwave radiation for surface radiation measurements at two sites in Cyprus pp. 1015-1033

S. Pashiardis and S.A. Kalogirou

Hybrid renewable energy integration (HREI) system for subtropical climate in Central Queensland, Australia pp. 1034-1053

G.M. Shafiullah