Renewable Energy

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Volume 79, issue C, 2015

Sonication-assisted homogenization system for improved lipid extraction from Chlorella vulgaris pp. 3-8

Ji-Yeon Park, Kyubock Lee, Sun-A Choi, Min-Ji Jeong, Bohwa Kim, Jin-Suk Lee and You-Kwan Oh

Catalytic conversion of waste particle board and polypropylene over H-beta and HY zeolites pp. 9-13

Hyung Won Lee, Suek Joo Choi, Jong-Ki Jeon, Sung Hoon Park, Sang-Chul Jung and Young-Kwon Park

Production of biocrude-oil from swine manure by fast pyrolysis and analysis of its characteristics pp. 14-19

Yeon Woo Jeong, Sang Kyu Choi, Yeon Seok Choi and Seock Joon Kim

Catalytic fast pyrolysis of waste pepper stems over HZSM-5 pp. 20-27

Young-Kwon Park, Myung Lang Yoo, Sung Ho Jin and Sung Hoon Park

Production of aromatic compounds from catalytic fast pyrolysis of Jatropha residues using metal/HZSM-5 prepared by ion-exchange and impregnation methods pp. 28-37

Supawan Vichaphund, Duangdao Aht-ong, Viboon Sricharoenchaikul and Duangduen Atong

Conversion of cassava rhizome using an in-situ catalytic drop tube reactor for fuel gas generation pp. 38-44

Panchaluck Sornkade, Duangduen Atong and Viboon Sricharoenchaikul

Fuel gas production from peanut shell waste using a modular downdraft gasifier with the thermal integrated unit pp. 45-50

Jurarat Nisamaneenate, Duangduen Atong, Panchaluck Sornkade and Viboon Sricharoenchaikul

An irradiation-alkaline pretreatment of kenaf core for improving the sugar yield pp. 51-55

Joon-Pyo Jeun, Byoung-Min Lee, Jin-Young Lee, Phil-Hyun Kang and Jung-Ki Park

Observations of hydraulic stimulations in seven enhanced geothermal system projects pp. 56-65

Linmao Xie, Ki-Bok Min and Yoonho Song

Evaluation of the impacts of high stage refrigerant charge on cascade heat pump performance pp. 66-71

Jung-Hoon Chae and Jong Min Choi

Synthesis and properties of grafting sulfonated polymer containing isatin by super acid-catalyzed polyhydroxyalkylation reaction for PEMFC pp. 72-77

Soonho Lee, Youngdon Lim, Md Awlad Hossain, Hohyoun Jang, Youngtae Jeon, Sangyoung Lee, Lei Jin and Whangi Kim

Optimization of a highly active nano-sized Pt/CeO2 catalyst via Ce(OH)CO3 for the water-gas shift reaction pp. 78-84

Dae-Woon Jeong, Won-Jun Jang, Jae-Oh Shim, Won-Bi Han, Hak-Min Kim, Yeol-Lim Lee, Jong Wook Bae and Hyun-Seog Roh

Synthesis and characterization of pendant propane sulfonic acid on phenylene based copolymers by superacid-catalyzed reaction pp. 85-90

Youngdon Lim, Soonho Lee, Hohyoun Jang, Md. Awlad Hossain, Seongyoung Choi, Younggil Cho, Jinseong Lim and Whangi Kim

Metal oxide (MgO, CaO, and La2O3) promoted Ni-Ce0.8Zr0.2O2 catalysts for H2 and CO production from two major greenhouse gases pp. 91-95

Won-Jun Jang, Dae-Woon Jeong, Jae-Oh Shim, Hak-Min Kim, Won-Bi Han, Jong Wook Bae and Hyun-Seog Roh

Quality control in welding repair of Pelton runner pp. 96-102

Amod Panthee, Bhola Thapa and Hari Prasad Neopane

Influence of air supply on the performance and internal flow characteristics of a cross flow turbine pp. 103-110

Zhenmu Chen and Young-Do Choi

Numerical and experimental studies on the PTO system of a novel floating wave energy converter pp. 111-121

Byung-Ha Kim, Joji Wata, Mohammed Asid Zullah, M. Rafiuddin Ahmed and Young-Ho Lee

Performance study on a counter-rotating tidal current turbine by CFD and model experimentation pp. 122-126

Nak Joong Lee, In Chul Kim, Chang Goo Kim, Beom Soo Hyun and Young Ho Lee

Solution growth of chalcopyrite compounds single crystal pp. 127-130

Akira Nagaoka, Yoshitaro Nose, Hideto Miyake, Michael A. Scarpulla and Kenji Yoshino

Effect of laser damage etching on i-PERC solar cells pp. 131-134

Yeonhee Hwang, Chang-sub Park, Jisun Kim, Jisoo Kim, Jong-Youb Lim, Hoonjoo Choi, Jeongjae Jo and Eunjoo Lee

Laser ablation of aluminum oxide and silicon nitride rear-side passivation for i-PERC cell pp. 135-139

Jisoo Kim, Jisun Kim, Jong-Youb Lim, Yeonhee Hwang, Jeongjae Cho, Hoonjoo Choi and Eunjoo Lee

Evaluation of potential fossil fuel conservation by the renewable heat obligation in Korea pp. 140-149

Jeonghun Song, Seung Jin Song, Si-Deok Oh and Yungpil Yoo

Implementation of a torque and a collective pitch controller in a wind turbine simulator to characterize the dynamics at three control regions pp. 150-160

Ki-Yong Oh, Joon-Young Park, Jun-Shin Lee and JaeKyung Lee

Reliability analysis of offshore wind turbine support structures under extreme ocean environmental loads pp. 161-166

Dong Hyawn Kim and Sang Geun Lee

Effects of end plates with various shapes and sizes on helical Savonius wind turbines pp. 167-176

Keum Soo Jeon, Jun Ik Jeong, Jae-Kyung Pan and Ki-Wahn Ryu

Mechanical calibration for the load measurement of a 750 kW direct-drive wind turbine generator system (KBP-750D) pp. 177-186

Kyehwan Gil, Chinwha Chung and Je-Sung Bang

Development of fatigue life prediction method and effect of 10-minute mean wind speed distribution on fatigue life of small wind turbine composite blade pp. 187-198

Yun Jung Jang, Chan Woong Choi, Jang Ho Lee and Ki Weon Kang

Development of low-noise drag-type vertical wind turbines pp. 199-208

Sanghyeon Kim and Cheolung Cheong

Transformation algorithm of wind turbine blade moment signals for blade condition monitoring pp. 209-218

Jae-Kyung Lee, Joon-Young Park, Ki-Yong Oh, Seung-Hwan Ju and Jun-Shin Lee

Experimental and theoretical analysis of the stress–strain state of anisotropic multilayer composite panels for wind turbine blade pp. 219-226

Olga Bitkina, Ki-Weon Kang and Jang-Ho Lee

Blockage effect correction for a scaled wind turbine rotor by using wind tunnel test data pp. 227-235

Jaeha Ryi, Wook Rhee, Ui Chang Hwang and Jong-Soo Choi

Volume 78, issue C, 2015

Design and performance evaluation of a pump-as-turbine micro-hydro test facility with incorporated inlet flow control pp. 1-6

D.R. Giosio, A.D. Henderson, J.M. Walker, P.A. Brandner, J.E. Sargison and P. Gautam

Site selection for new PV power plants based on their observability pp. 7-15

L. Alfredo Fernandez-Jimenez, Montserrat Mendoza-Villena, Pedro Zorzano-Santamaria, Eduardo Garcia-Garrido, Pedro Lara-Santillan, Enrique Zorzano-Alba and Alberto Falces

Dynamic reliability based design optimization of the tripod sub-structure of offshore wind turbines pp. 16-25

Hezhen Yang, Yun Zhu, Qijin Lu and Jun Zhang

Impact of climate changes on potential sugarcane yield in Pernambuco, northeastern region of Brazil pp. 26-34

André Luiz de Carvalho, Rômulo Simões Cezar Menezes, Ranyére Silva Nóbrega, Alexandre de Siqueira Pinto, Jean Pierre Henry Balbaud Ometto, Celso von Randow and Angélica Giarolla

Performance assessment of a magnesium chloride saturated solar pond pp. 35-41

Ismail Bozkurt, Sibel Deniz, Mehmet Karakilcik and Ibrahim Dincer

An off-grid hybrid PV/diesel model as a planning and design tool, incorporating dynamic and ANN modelling techniques pp. 42-50

Wai Kean Yap and Vishy Karri

Modeling and design of a 25 MW osmotic power plant (PRO) on Bahmanshir River of Iran pp. 51-59

Ahmad Naghiloo, Majid Abbaspour, Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo and Khosro Bakhtari

Dynamic response analysis on torsional vibrations of wind turbine geared transmission system with uncertainty pp. 60-67

Sha Wei, Jingshan Zhao, Qinkai Han and Fulei Chu

Surface turbulence intensity as a predictor of extrapolated wind resource to the turbine hub height pp. 68-81

Giovanni Gualtieri

Fuel properties of Brassica juncea oil methyl esters blended with ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel pp. 82-88

Bryan R. Moser, Roque L. Evangelista and Gulab Jham

The use of alkaline earth oxides as pH modifiers for selective glycerol oxidation over supported Au catalysts pp. 89-92

James Sullivan and Sarah Burnham

Feasibility analysis of a Borehole Heat Exchanger (BHE) array to be installed in high geothermal flux area: The case of the Euganean Thermal Basin, Italy pp. 93-104

Antonio Galgaro, Zeno Farina, Giuseppe Emmi and Michele De Carli

A three diode model for industrial solar cells and estimation of solar cell parameters using PSO algorithm pp. 105-113

Vandana Khanna, B.K. Das, Dinesh Bisht, Vandana, and Piyush Singh

Enhanced microbial oil production by activated sludge microorganisms from sugarcane bagasse hydrolyzate pp. 114-118

Andro Mondala, Rafael Hernandez, Todd French, Magan Green, Linda McFarland and Lonnie Ingram

Aerodynamic dissipation effects on the rotating blades of floating wind turbines pp. 119-127

Sara Salehyar and Qiang Zhu

Influence of fuel properties on the burning characteristics of sour plum (Ximenia americana L.) seed oil compared with Jatropha curcas L. seed oil pp. 128-131

R.M. Kibuge, S.T. Kariuki and M.R. Njue

Three-float broad-band resonant line absorber with surge for wave energy conversion pp. 132-140

P. Stansby, E. Carpintero Moreno, T. Stallard and A. Maggi

Selective conversion of starch to glucose using carbon based solid acid catalyst pp. 141-145

Vijay Bhooshan Kumar, Indra Neel Pulidindi and Aharon Gedanken

Innovative household systems based on solid oxide fuel cells for a northern European climate pp. 146-156

Giulio Vialetto and Masoud Rokni

Economic analysis to implement distributed generation system in a rail-way rake maintenance depot pp. 157-164

A. Hazra and M. Basu

Sustainable energy system design with distributed renewable resources considering economic, environmental and uncertainty aspects pp. 165-172

M.A. Abdullah, K.M. Muttaqi and A.P. Agalgaonkar

CPV module electric characterisation by artificial neural networks pp. 173-181

B. García-Domingo, M. Piliougine, D. Elizondo and J. Aguilera

Solving the wind farm layout optimization problem using random search algorithm pp. 182-192

Ju Feng and Wen Zhong Shen

Degradation analysis of 28 year field exposed mono-c-Si photovoltaic modules of a direct coupled solar water pumping system in western Himalayan region of India pp. 193-202

S.S. Chandel, M. Nagaraju Naik, Vikrant Sharma and Rahul Chandel

On the role of lagged exogenous variables and spatio–temporal correlations in improving the accuracy of solar forecasting methods pp. 203-218

Athanassios Zagouras, Hugo T.C. Pedro and Carlos F.M. Coimbra

Analysis of the effect of global climate change on ground source heat pump systems in different climate categories pp. 219-225

Mohamad Kharseh, Lobna Altorkmany, Mohammed Al-Khawaja and Ferri Hassani

Solar regime and LVOE of PV embedded generation systems in Nigeria pp. 226-235

O.D. Ohijeagbon and Oluseyi O. Ajayi

Induced flow for ventilation and cooling by a solar chimney pp. 236-244

Ahmed Abdulnabi Imran, Jalal M. Jalil and Sabah T. Ahmed

A photovoltaic/thermal system with a combination of a booster diffuse reflector and vacuum tube for generation of electricity and hot water production pp. 245-252

Milad Mohsenzadeh and Reza Hosseini

Synoptic and sub-synoptic circulation effects on wind resource variability – A case study from a coastal terrain setting in New Zealand pp. 253-263

Peter B. Gibson and Nicolas J. Cullen

Positioning of PV panels for reduction in line losses and mismatch losses in PV array pp. 264-275

Srinivasa Rao Potnuru, Dinesh Pattabiraman, Saravana Ilango Ganesan and Nagamani Chilakapati

Wave energy assessment in Sicily (Italy) pp. 276-287

M. Monteforte, C. Lo Re and G.B. Ferreri

Thin-film luminescent solar concentrators: A device study towards rational design pp. 288-294

Gianmarco Griffini, Marinella Levi and Stefano Turri

An assessment of wind power potential along the coast of Tamaulipas, northeastern Mexico pp. 295-305

Magdiel Carrasco-Díaz, David Rivas, Manuel Orozco-Contreras and Orzo Sánchez-Montante

Enhancing proton conduction of sulfonated poly (phenylene ether ether sulfone) membrane by charged surface modifying macromolecules for H2/O2 fuel cells pp. 306-313

S. Neelakandan, P. Kanagaraj, A. Nagendran, D. Rana, T. Matsuura and A. Muthumeenal

Monitoring performance and efficiency of photovoltaic parks pp. 314-321

Federico Bizzarri, Angelo Brambilla, Lorenzo Caretta and Carlo Guardiani

Adaptability of a generic wave energy converter to different climate conditions pp. 322-333

A. de Andres, R. Guanche, C. Vidal and I.J. Losada

Economics of small wind turbines in urban settings: An empirical investigation for Germany pp. 334-350

Benno Grieser, Yasin Sunak and Reinhard Madlener

Curtailing wind turbine operations to reduce avian mortality pp. 351-356

Karamvir Singh, Erin D. Baker and Matthew A. Lackner

Single-phase Ni3Sn alloy alkali-leached for hydrogen production from methanol decomposition pp. 357-363

Pan Wei, Wei Xia, Jian Zhu Li, Haifei Long, Jindan Chen, Ting Li and Meiqiang Fan

Effect of conductive carbon material content and structure in carbon fiber paper made from carbon felt on the performance of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell pp. 364-373

Chih-Jung Hung, Ching-Han Liu, Chien-Hsun Wang, Wei-Hung Chen, Chin-Wei Shen, Heng-Chia Liang and Tse-Hao Ko

A self-adaptive hybrid approach for wind speed forecasting pp. 374-385

Jianzhou Wang, Jianming Hu, Kailiang Ma and Yixin Zhang

Experimental investigation into the influence of the flanged diffuser on the dynamic behavior of CFRP blade of a shrouded wind turbine pp. 386-397

Wen-Xue Wang, Terutake Matsubara, Junfeng Hu, Satoru Odahara, Tomoyuki Nagai, Takashi Karasutani and Yuji Ohya

Economic analysis of PV/diesel hybrid system with flywheel energy storage pp. 398-405

Makbul A.M. Ramli, Ayong Hiendro and Ssennoga Twaha

Assessment of algae biodiesel viability based on the area requirement in the European Union, United States and Brazil pp. 406-417

Lais Galileu Speranza, Andrew Ingram and Gary A. Leeke

Degradation of electrical performance of a crystalline photovoltaic module due to dust deposition in northern Poland pp. 418-426

Ewa Klugmann-Radziemska

Imperial competitive algorithm optimization of fuzzy multi-objective design of a hybrid green power system with considerations for economics, reliability, and environmental emissions pp. 427-437

H. Gharavi, M.M. Ardehali and S. Ghanbari-Tichi

Effect of internal void placement on the heat transfer performance – Encapsulated phase change material for energy storage pp. 438-447

Laura Solomon, Ali F. Elmozughi, Alparslan Oztekin and Sudhakar Neti

Thermal evaluation of laminated composite phase change material gypsum board under dynamic conditions pp. 448-456

Tongyu Zhou, Jo Darkwa and Georgios Kokogiannakis

Numerical modelling of the wave energy in Galway Bay pp. 457-466

A. Rute Bento, Paulo Martinho and C. Guedes Soares

Feasibility analysis of offshore wind power plants with DC collection grid pp. 467-477

Mikel De Prada Gil, J.L. Domínguez-García, F. Díaz-González, M. Aragüés-Peñalba and Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt

Tar reduction in downdraft biomass gasifier using a primary method pp. 478-483

Einara Blanco Machin, Daniel Travieso Pedroso, Nestor Proenza, José Luz Silveira, Leonetto Conti, Lúcia Bollini Braga and Adrian Blanco Machin

Numerical and experimental studies on updraft gasifier HTAG pp. 484-497

T.M. Ismail and M. Abd El-Salam

Decision methodology for the development of an expert system applied in an adaptable energy retrofit façade system for residential buildings pp. 498-508

Carlos E. Ochoa and I. Guedi Capeluto

Recycling mobile phone batteries for lighting pp. 509-515

Boucar Diouf, Ramchandra Pode and Rita Osei

Combined steam-explosion toward vacuum and dilute-acid spraying of wheat straw. Impact of severity factor on enzymatic hydrolysis pp. 516-526

Maache-Rezzoug Zoulikha, Maugard Thierry, Zhao Jean-Michel Qiuyu, Armelle Nouviaire and Rezzoug Sid-Ahmed

Anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and straw for biogas production pp. 527-530

Zihan Yong, Yulin Dong, Xu Zhang and Tianwei Tan

A proposed methodology for quick assessment of timestamp and quality control results of solar radiation data pp. 531-537

S. Moreno-Tejera, L. Ramírez-Santigosa and M.A. Silva-Pérez

Trivariate maximum entropy distribution of significant wave height, wind speed and relative direction pp. 538-549

Sheng Dong, Shanshan Tao, Xue Li and C. Guedes Soares

A GIS-based multi-criteria evaluation for wind farm site selection. A regional scale application in Greece pp. 550-560

D. Latinopoulos and K. Kechagia

Performances and improvement potential of solar drying system for palm oil fronds pp. 561-565

Ahmad Fudholi, Kamaruzzaman Sopian, M.A. Alghoul, Mohd Hafidz Ruslan and Mohd Yusof Othman

New techniques developed to quantify the impurities of olive stone as solid biofuel pp. 566-572

Jesús Mata Sánchez, Jose Antonio Pérez Jiménez, Manuel Jesús Díaz Villanueva, Antonio Serrano, Nieves Núñez and Jesús López Giménez

Incentives for rural off grid electrification in Burkina Faso using LCOE pp. 573-582

Bachir I. Ouedraogo, S. Kouame, Y. Azoumah and D. Yamegueu

Cellulose reactivity in ethanol at elevate temperature and the kinetics of one-pot preparation of ethyl levulinate from cellulose pp. 583-589

Guizhuan Xu, Chun Chang, Shuqi Fang and Xiaojian Ma

The effect of front pyramid heights on the efficiency of homogeneously textured inline-diffused screen-printed monocrystalline silicon wafer solar cells pp. 590-598

Prabir Kanti Basu, Ankit Khanna and Ziv Hameiri

Short-term wind speed forecasting based on spectral clustering and optimised echo state networks pp. 599-608

Da Liu, Jilong Wang and Hui Wang

The effect of tidal flow directionality on tidal turbine performance characteristics pp. 609-620

C. Frost, C.E. Morris, A. Mason-Jones, D.M. O'Doherty and T. O'Doherty

Hierarchical energy management system for multi-source multi-product microgrids pp. 621-630

Xiandong Xu, Hongjie Jia, Dan Wang, David C. Yu and Hsiao-Dong Chiang

A new RC and g-function hybrid model to simulate vertical ground heat exchangers pp. 631-642

Ismael Rodríguez Maestre, Francisco Javier González Gallero, Pascual Álvarez Gómez and Luis Pérez-Lombard

Economic evaluation of batteries planning in energy storage power stations for load shifting pp. 643-647

Xiaojuan Han, Tianming Ji, Zekun Zhao and Hao Zhang

A perspective on the potential role of renewable gas in a smart energy island system pp. 648-656

Eoin P. Ahern, Paul Deane, Tobias Persson, Brian Ó Gallachóir and Jerry D. Murphy

Experimental investigation of wind effects on a standalone photovoltaic (PV) module pp. 657-665

Ayodeji Abiola-Ogedengbe, Horia Hangan and Kamran Siddiqui

Optimal design of photovoltaic energy collectors with mutual shading for pre-existing building roofs pp. 666-678

A. Martinez-Rubio, F. Sanz-Adan and J. Santamaria

The ‘low power’ revolution: Rural off-grid consumer technologies and portable micropower systems in non-industrialised regions pp. 679-684

Mark P. McHenry and David Doepel