Renewable Energy

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Volume 74, issue C, 2015

Computational and experimental analysis of a commercially available Seebeck module pp. 1-10

D.N. Kossyvakis, C.G. Vossou, C.G. Provatidis and E.V. Hristoforou

Natural drying effect on active layer for achieving high performance in polymer solar cells pp. 11-17

Ziyang Hu, Jianjun Zhang, Like Huang, Jingyang Sun, Ting Zhang, Hongyun He, Jing Zhang, Houcheng Zhang and Yuejin Zhu

Comprehensive assessment of flexibility of the wind power industry chain pp. 18-26

Cun-Bin Li, Hong-Yi Chen, Jiang Zhu, Jian Zuo, George Zillante and Zhen-Yu Zhao

From wood wastes to hydrogen – Preparation and catalytic steam reforming of crude bio-ethanol obtained from fir wood pp. 27-36

Monica Dan, Lacrimioara Senila, Marius Roman, Maria Mihet and Mihaela D. Lazar

Designing multi-well layout for enhanced geothermal system to better exploit hot dry rock geothermal energy pp. 37-48

Jiliang Chen and Fangming Jiang

Where to produce rapeseed biodiesel and why? Mapping European rapeseed energy efficiency pp. 49-59

Iris van Duren, Alexey Voinov, Oludunsin Arodudu and Melese Tesfaye Firrisa

Development of Aeolian map of China using mesoscale atmospheric modelling pp. 60-69

George Caralis, Zhiqiu Gao, Peijin Yang, Meng Huang, Arthouros Zervos and Kostas Rados

Correlation of actual efficiency of photovoltaic panels with air mass pp. 70-77

Elias Roumpakias, Olympia Zogou and Anastassios Stamatelos

Impact of regulatory rules on economic performance of PV power plants pp. 78-86

A. Cervone, E. Santini, S. Teodori and Donatella Zaccagnini Romito

Modeling and optimization of bioethanol production from breadfruit starch hydrolyzate vis-à-vis response surface methodology and artificial neural network pp. 87-94

Eriola Betiku and Abiola Ezekiel Taiwo

Numerical modelling and optimisation of natural convection heat loss suppression in a solar cavity receiver with plate fins pp. 95-105

L.C. Ngo, T. Bello-Ochende and J.P. Meyer

Performance analysis of the first method for long-term turbulence intensity estimation at potential wind energy sites pp. 106-115

Livio Casella

Analysis of solar desalination system using heat pump pp. 116-123

Zakaria Mohd Amin and M.N.A. Hawlader

Preparation and application of binary acid–base CaO–La2O3 catalyst for biodiesel production pp. 124-132

H.V. Lee, J.C. Juan and Y.H. Taufiq-Yap

Activity of Fe supported by Ce1−xSmxO2−δ derived from metal complex decomposition toward the steam reforming of toluene as biomass tar model compound pp. 133-138

Apirat Laobuthee, Chatchai Veranitisagul, Worawat Wattanathana, Nattamon Koonsaeng and Navadol Laosiripojana

A detailed nonuniform thermal model of a parabolic trough solar receiver with two halves and two inactive ends pp. 139-147

Ze-Dong Cheng, Ya-Ling He and Yu Qiu

Experimental performance investigation of modified cavity receiver with fuzzy focal solar dish concentrator pp. 148-157

K.S. Reddy, Sendhil Kumar Natarajan and G. Veershetty

A comprehensive power loss, efficiency, reliability and cost calculation of a 1 MW/500 kWh battery based energy storage system for frequency regulation application pp. 158-169

Md Arifujjaman

A technique to map monthly average global illuminance from satellite data in the tropics using a simple semi-empirical model pp. 170-175

S. Pattarapanitchai, S. Janjai, K. Tohsing and J. Prathumsit

Development of flexible designs for PVFC hybrid power systems pp. 176-186

Vincentius Surya Kurnia Adi and Chang, Chuei–Tin

Evaluating the optimum load range for box-type solar cookers pp. 187-194

S. Mahavar, P. Rajawat, R.C. Punia, N. Sengar and P. Dashora

Solar radiation variability in Nigeria based on multiyear RegCM3 simulations pp. 195-207

Olayinka S. Ohunakin, Muyiwa S. Adaramola, Olanrewaju M. Oyewola and Richard O. Fagbenle

Energy consumption analysis of wheat production in West Azarbayjan utilizing life cycle assessment (LCA) pp. 208-213

Hamid Taghavifar and Aref Mardani

Lambert W function-based technique for tracking the maximum power point of PV modules connected in various configurations pp. 214-226

Hassan Fathabadi

Electrochemical conversion of enriched crude glycerol: Effect of operating parameters pp. 227-236

Mali Hunsom and Payia Saila

Comparative evaluation of life cycle impact assessment software tools through a wind turbine case study pp. 237-246

E. Martínez, J. Blanco, E. Jiménez, J.C. Saenz-Díez and F. Sanz

New multi-stage DC–DC converters for grid-connected photovoltaic systems pp. 247-254

Yihua Hu, Wenping Cao, Bing Ji, Jikai Si and Xiangping Chen

A comparative study of feed-in tariff and renewable portfolio standard policy in renewable energy industry pp. 255-262

Peng Sun and Pu-yan Nie

LCA study and testing of a photovoltaic ceramic tile prototype pp. 263-270

Lorenzo Belussi, Matteo Mariotto, Italo Meroni, Chiara Zevi and Sandra Dei Svaldi

A simplified method for optimal design of solar water heating systems based on life-cycle energy analysis pp. 271-278

Chengchu Yan, Shengwei Wang, Zhenjun Ma and Wenxing Shi

Development of synthetic hemispheric projections suitable for assessing the sky view factor on vertical planes pp. 279-286

J. Ramírez-Faz, R. López-Luque and F.J. Casares

Experimental study on working pairs for two-stage chemisorption freezing cycle pp. 287-297

L. Jiang, L.W. Wang, W.L. Luo and R.Z. Wang

Validation of a wind misalignment observer using field test data pp. 298-306

C.L. Bottasso and C.E.D. Riboldi

An appraisal of the power density of current profile in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman using numerical simulation pp. 307-317

Mahmood Akhyani, Vahid Chegini and Abbasali Aliakbari Bidokhti

Performance measurements of cylindrical- and spherical-helical cross-flow marine hydrokinetic turbines, with estimates of exergy efficiency pp. 318-325

Peter Bachant and Martin Wosnik

Energy dispatching based on predictive controller of an off-grid wind turbine/photovoltaic/hydrogen/battery hybrid system pp. 326-336

Juan P. Torreglosa, Pablo García, Luis M. Fernández and Francisco Jurado

Development of a new temperature data acquisition system for solar energy applications pp. 337-343

H.E. Gad and Hisham E. Gad

Temporal-spatial distribution of wave energy: A case study of Beibu Gulf, China pp. 344-356

Guoqing Zhou, Jingjin Huang, Tao Yue, Qingli Luo and Guangyun Zhang

Energy and exergy analysis of different solar air collector systems with natural convection pp. 357-368

D. Bahrehmand and M. Ameri

Continuous liquid-phase valorization of bio-ethanol towards bio-butanol over metal modified alumina pp. 369-378

Toni Riittonen, Kari Eränen, Päivi Mäki-Arvela, Andrey Shchukarev, Anne-Riikka Rautio, Krisztian Kordas, Narendra Kumar, Tapio Salmi and Jyri-Pekka Mikkola

The web-oriented framework of the world geothermal production database: A business intelligence platform for wide data distribution and analysis pp. 379-389

Eugenio Trumpy, Ruggero Bertani, Adele Manzella and Marietta Sander

Modelling an off-grid integrated renewable energy system for rural electrification in India using photovoltaics and anaerobic digestion pp. 390-398

J.G. Castellanos, Michael Walker, D. Poggio, M. Pourkashanian and W. Nimmo

Bioethanol production from hydrolyzed sugarcane bagasse supplemented with molasses “B” in a mixed yeast culture pp. 399-405

Beatriz Gutiérrez-Rivera, Beningo Ortiz-Muñiz, Javier Gómez-Rodríguez, Angel Cárdenas-Cágal, José Manuel Domínguez González and Maria Guadalupe Aguilar-Uscanga

Feasibility study of offshore wind turbine substructures for southwest offshore wind farm project in Korea pp. 406-413

Wei Shi, Jonghoon Han, Changwan Kim, Daeyong Lee, Hyunkyoung Shin and Hyunchul Park

Performance analysis of the airfoil-slat arrangements for hydro and wind turbine applications pp. 414-421

T. Yavuz, E. Koç, B. Kılkış, Ö. Erol, C. Balas and T. Aydemir

The Spanish intraday market design: A successful solution to balance renewable generation? pp. 422-432

José Chaves-Ávila and C. Fernandes

Comparative study of natural dolomitic rock and waste mixed seashells as heterogeneous catalysts for the methanolysis of palm oil to biodiesel pp. 433-440

Siyada Jaiyen, Thikumporn Naree and Chawalit Ngamcharussrivichai

Syngas production from glycerol-dry(CO2) reforming over La-promoted Ni/Al2O3 catalyst pp. 441-447

Kah Weng Siew, Hua Chyn Lee, Jolius Gimbun, Sim Yee Chin, Maksudur R. Khan, Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap and Chin Kui Cheng

Convection–radiation heat transfer in solar heat exchangers filled with a porous medium: Homotopy perturbation method versus numerical analysis pp. 448-455

Maziar Dehghan, Yousef Rahmani, Davood Domiri Ganji, Seyfollah Saedodin, Mohammad Sadegh Valipour and Saman Rashidi

Potential for rice straw ethanol production in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam pp. 456-463

Nhu Quynh Diep, Kinya Sakanishi, Nobukazu Nakagoshi, Shinji Fujimoto and Tomoaki Minowa

Experimental and modeling studies of a micro direct methanol fuel cell pp. 464-470

D.S. Falcão, V.B. Oliveira, C.M. Rangel and A.M.F.R. Pinto

Short-term experiments with borehole heat exchangers and model validation in TRNSYS pp. 471-477

Peter Pärisch, Oliver Mercker, Phillip Oberdorfer, Erik Bertram, Rainer Tepe and Gunter Rockendorf

A maximum power point tracking control strategy with variable weather parameters for photovoltaic systems with DC bus pp. 478-488

Shaowu Li, Amine Attou, Yongchao Yang and Dongshan Geng

Evaluation of anaerobic co-digestion of spent brewery grains and an azo dye pp. 489-496

I.C. Gonçalves, A. Fonseca, A.M. Morão, H.M. Pinheiro, A.P. Duarte and M.I.A. Ferra

Microgrid capability diagram: A tool for optimal grid-tied operation pp. 497-504

A.V. Jayawardena, L.G. Meegahapola, D.A. Robinson and S. Perera

Experimental investigation of the performance of a liquid fuel-fired porous burner operating on kerosene-vegetable cooking oil (VCO) blends for micro-cogeneration of thermoelectric power pp. 505-516

K.F. Mustafa, S. Abdullah, M.Z. Abdullah, K. Sopian and A.K. Ismail

Real time interior water and thermal monitoring of fuel cell with micro 3-in-1 sensor pp. 517-522

Chi-Yuan Lee, Li-Hsing Fang, Ay Su, Yun-Min Liu and Chung-Ju Lee

Prospective for hazelnut cultivation small energetic plants outcome in Turkey: Optimization and inspiration from an Italian model pp. 523-527

K. Boubaker, M. de Franchi, A. Colantoni, D. Monarca, M. Cecchini, L. Longo, E. Allegrini, S. Di Giacinto, P. Biondi and G. Menghini

Energy harvesting from atmospheric variations – Theory and test pp. 528-535

Gibran Ali, John Wagner, David Moline and Todd Schweisinger

A study of the wake effects on the wind characteristics and fatigue loads for the turbines in a wind farm pp. 536-543

Soo-Hyun Kim, Hyung-Ki Shin, Young-Chul Joo and Keon-Hoon Kim

Dynamic analysis of island systems with wind-pumped-storage hybrid power stations pp. 544-554

Stefanos V. Papaefthymiou, Vasileios G. Lakiotis, Ioannis D. Margaris and Stavros A. Papathanassiou

Intelligent photovoltaic farms for robust frequency stabilization in multi-area interconnected power system based on PSO-based optimal Sugeno fuzzy logic control pp. 555-567

Nattapol Sa-ngawong and Issarachai Ngamroo

Comparative cost evaluation of heating oil and small-scale wood chips produced from Euro-Mediterranean forests pp. 568-575

Bernat Esteban, Jordi-Roger Riba, Grau Baquero and Antoni Rius

Solar flux distribution on central receivers: A projection method from analytic function pp. 576-587

Alberto Sánchez-González and Domingo Santana

Preparation of nanocrystalline metal (Cr, Al, Mn, Ce, Ni, Co and Cu) modified ferrite catalysts for the high temperature water gas shift reaction pp. 588-598

Fereshteh Meshkani and Mehran Rezaei

Assessment of near infrared spectroscopy for energetic characterization of olive byproducts pp. 599-605

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

Performance and integrity of protective coating systems for offshore wind power structures after three years under offshore site conditions pp. 606-617

A.W. Momber, P. Plagemann and V. Stenzel

Evaluation of decomposition models of various complexity to estimate the direct solar irradiance over Belgium pp. 618-626

Cédric Bertrand, Gilles Vanderveken and Michel Journée

Performance analysis on a building-integrated solar heating and cooling panel pp. 627-632

Cui Yong, Wang Yiping and Zhu Li

Spatio-temporal characterisation of extended low direct normal irradiance events over Australia using satellite derived solar radiation data pp. 633-639

Ben Elliston, Iain MacGill, Abhnil Prasad and Merlinde Kay

Modeling and optimization of biodiesel engine performance using kernel-based extreme learning machine and cuckoo search pp. 640-647

Pak Kin Wong, Ka In Wong, Chi Man Vong and Chun Shun Cheung

Polygeneration using agricultural waste: Thermodynamic and economic feasibility study pp. 648-660

Kuntal Jana and Sudipta De

Quantification of the effects of geometric approximations on the performance of a vertical axis wind turbine pp. 661-670

M. Salman Siddiqui, Naveed Durrani and Imran Akhtar

Biomass gasification using low-temperature solar-driven steam supply pp. 671-680

Zohreh Ravaghi-Ardebili, Flavio Manenti, Michele Corbetta, Carlo Pirola and Eliseo Ranzi

Frequency support capability of variable speed wind turbine based on electromagnetic coupler pp. 681-688

Rui You, Braulio Barahona, Jianyun Chai and Nicolaos A. Cutululis

Phase-change characteristics and thermal performance of form-stable n-alkanes/silica composite phase change materials fabricated by sodium silicate precursor pp. 689-698

Fang He, Xiaodong Wang and Dezhen Wu

Evaluation of distributed building thermal energy storage in conjunction with wind and solar electric power generation pp. 699-707

Byron W. Jones and Robert Powell

Technico-economical analysis of a hybrid wave power-air compression storage system pp. 708-717

David Hernández-Torres, Laurent Bridier, Mathieu David, Philippe Lauret and Thomas Ardiale

A simplified and unified analytical solution for temperature and pressure variations in compressed air energy storage caverns pp. 718-726

Caichu Xia, Yu Zhou, Shuwei Zhou, Pingyang Zhang and Fei Wang

Design, manufacture, and test of a prototype for a parabolic trough collector for industrial process heat pp. 727-736

Gianluca Coccia, Giovanni Di Nicola and Marco Sotte

Salinity gradient energy potential in Colombia considering site specific constraints pp. 737-748

Oscar Alvarez-Silva and Andrés F. Osorio

Multiple surrogate based optimization of a bidirectional impulse turbine for wave energy conversion pp. 749-760

Rameez Badhurshah and Abdus Samad

Wind resource estimates with an analog ensemble approach pp. 761-773

Emilie Vanvyve, Luca Delle Monache, Andrew J. Monaghan and James O. Pinto

Characterization of microalga Scenedesmus sp. ISTGA1 for potential CO2 sequestration and biodiesel production pp. 774-781

Ritu Tripathi, Jyoti Singh and Indu Shekhar Thakur

Development of optimization algorithms for the Leaf Community microgrid pp. 782-795

Elena Provata, Dionysia Kolokotsa, Sotiris Papantoniou, Maila Pietrini, Antonio Giovannelli and Gino Romiti

The effects of surge motion of the floating platform on hydrodynamics performance of horizontal-axis tidal current turbine pp. 796-802

Liang Zhang, Shu-qi Wang, Qi-hu Sheng, Feng-mei Jing and Yong Ma

Effect of outdoor storage losses on feedstock inventory management and plant-gate cost for a switchgrass conversion facility in East Tennessee pp. 803-814

James Larson, Tun-hsiang Yu, Burton English, Kimberly L. Jensen, Yuan Gao and Chenguang Wang

Thermodynamic evaluation of solar integration into a natural gas combined cycle power plant pp. 815-824

Guangdong Zhu, Ty Neises, Craig Turchi and Robin Bedilion

Analytical solution of heat transfer in a shell-and-tube latent thermal energy storage system pp. 825-838

Mohammed Bechiri and Kacem Mansouri

Enhanced ethanol production by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of pretreated olive stones pp. 839-847

Manuel Cuevas, Sebastián Sánchez, Juan F. García, Jaime Baeza, Carolina Parra and Juanita Freer

Exergy analysis of thermal energy storage in a district energy application pp. 848-854

Behnaz Rezaie, Bale V. Reddy and Marc A. Rosen

Optimization of Stirling engine design parameters using neural networks pp. 855-866

M. Hooshang, R. Askari Moghadam, S. Alizadeh Nia and M. Tale Masouleh

Synthesis and characterization of graphene-cobalt phthalocyanines and graphene-iron phthalocyanine composites and their enzymatic fuel cell application pp. 867-874

Veerappan Mani, Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Shen-Ming Chen, Jiun-An Gu and Sheng-Tung Huang

Development and testing of tube type wet ESP for the removal of particulate matter and tar from producer gas pp. 875-883

Amit Kumar Singh Parihar, Thomas Hammer and G. Sridhar

Econometric estimation of the petroleum products consumption in Nigeria: Assessing the premise for biofuels adoption pp. 884-892

Nelson Abila

Modelling the energy performance of a farm-scale cellulose to ethanol process with on-site cellulase production and anaerobic digestion pp. 893-902

Mitchell Lever

Experimental study on the performance and emission measures of direct injection diesel engine with Kapok methyl ester and its blends pp. 903-909

T. Senthil Kumar, P. Senthil Kumar and K. Annamalai

Experimental investigation of antioxidant effect on oxidation stability and emissions in a methyl ester of neem oil fueled DI diesel engine pp. 910-916

G. Balaji and M. Cheralathan

Modeling of multi-junction photovoltaic cell using MATLAB/Simulink to improve the conversion efficiency pp. 917-924

Narottam Das, Hendy Wongsodihardjo and Syed Islam

Integration costs revisited – An economic framework for wind and solar variability pp. 925-939

Lion Hirth, Falko Ueckerdt and Ottmar Edenhofer

Thermoelectric figure of merit of bulk FeSi2–Si0.8Ge0.2 nanocomposite and a comparison with β-FeSi2 pp. 940-947

Milad Mohebali, Yin Liu, Lobat Tayebi, Jerzy S. Krasinski and Daryoosh Vashaee

Study on the COP of free piston Stirling cooler (FPSC) in the anti-sublimation CO2 capture process pp. 948-954

Chunfeng Song, Jingwen Lu and Yutaka Kitamura