Renewable Energy

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Volume 63, issue C, 2014

Rural wind farm development: Social, environmental and economic features important to local residents pp. 1-8

Theresa M. Groth and Christine A. Vogt

Effect of injection parameters on the combustion and emission characteristics in a common-rail direct injection diesel engine fueled with waste cooking oil biodiesel pp. 9-17

Joonsik Hwang, Donghui Qi, Yongjin Jung and Choongsik Bae

Determination of wind energy potential in the Mwingi-Kitui plateau of Kenya pp. 18-22

B.M. Mukulo, J.M. Ngaruiya and J.N. Kamau

Domestic solar thermal water heating: A sustainable option for the UK? pp. 23-36

Benjamin Greening and Adisa Azapagic

Wind turbine controller comparison on an island grid in terms of frequency control and mechanical stress pp. 37-45

Haritza Camblong, Ionel Vechiu, Xavier Guillaud, Aitor Etxeberria and Stéphane Kreckelbergh

Planning tidal stream turbine array layouts using a coupled blade element momentum – computational fluid dynamics model pp. 46-54

Rami Malki, Ian Masters, Alison J. Williams and T. Nick Croft

Wave-power absorption from a finite array of oscillating wave surge converters pp. 55-68

E. Renzi, A. Abdolali, G. Bellotti and F. Dias

Designing optical devices based on non-uniform rational Béziers splines pp. 69-75

Edgar Teufel

Spatial analysis of the wood pellet production for energy in Europe pp. 76-83

Blas Mola-Yudego, Mari Selkimäki and José Ramón González-Olabarria

Analysis of erythemal UVB and UVA irradiance at Beer Sheva, Israel from 1994 through 2012 pp. 84-89

Avraham I. Kudish and Efim G. Evseev

Artificial neural networks for the performance prediction of large solar systems pp. 90-97

S.A. Kalogirou, E. Mathioulakis and V. Belessiotis

Heat loss characteristics study of a trapezoidal cavity absorber with and without plate for a linear Fresnel reflector solar concentrator system pp. 98-108

R. Manikumar and A. Valan Arasu

Offshore wind farm design with the Coral Reefs Optimization algorithm pp. 109-115

S. Salcedo-Sanz, D. Gallo-Marazuela, A. Pastor-Sánchez, L. Carro-Calvo, A. Portilla-Figueras and L. Prieto

Limitations in solar module azimuth and tilt angles in building integrated photovoltaics at low latitude tropical sites in Brazil pp. 116-124

Ísis Portolan dos Santos and Ricardo Rüther

Uncertainties in the design of support structures and foundations for offshore wind turbines pp. 125-132

Vicente Negro, José-Santos López-Gutiérrez, M. Dolores Esteban and Clara Matutano

Mooring line fatigue damage evaluation for floating marine energy converters: Field measurements and prediction pp. 133-144

Philipp R. Thies, Lars Johanning, Violette Harnois, Helen C.M. Smith and David N. Parish

A preliminary development in hybrid a-silicon/polymer solar cells pp. 145-152

Zhi Zhang, Zhiqun He, Chunjun Liang, Anna H.N. Lind, Adel Diyaf, Ying Peng and John I.B. Wilson

Analysis of renewable energy development to power generation in the United States pp. 153-161

Alireza Aslani and Kau-Fui V. Wong

Data efficient measure-correlate-predict approaches to wind resource assessment for small-scale wind energy pp. 162-171

S.M. Weekes and A.S. Tomlin

Characterisation of flicker emission and propagation in distribution networks with bi-directional power flows pp. 172-180

D. Perera, L. Meegahapola, S. Perera and P. Ciufo

On the quasi-instantaneous aerodynamic load and pressure field measurements on turbines by non-intrusive PIV pp. 181-193

Arturo Villegas and F. Javier Diez

Determination of reliability constrained optimal resource mix for an autonomous hybrid power system using Particle Swarm Optimization pp. 194-204

Priyanka Paliwal, N.P. Patidar and R.K. Nema

Electrocatalytic activity of Pt–Pd electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Effect of supports pp. 205-211

Siripong Limpattayanate and Mali Hunsom

Open loop wind turbine emulator pp. 212-221

Fernando Martinez, L. Carlos Herrero and Santiago de Pablo

Near-wake characteristics of a model horizontal axis tidal stream turbine pp. 222-235

S.C. Tedds, I. Owen and R.J. Poole

Groundwater quality and geothermal energy. The case of Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field, México pp. 236-254

Maria Aurora Armienta, Ramiro Rodriguez Revilla, N. Ceniceros, O. Cruz, A. Aguayo, P. Morales and E. Cienfuegos

Options to mitigate utility-scale wind turbine impacts on defence capability, air supremacy, and missile detection pp. 255-262

Trisha Auld, Mark P. McHenry and Jonathan Whale

Mirrors array for a solar furnace: Optical analysis and simulation results pp. 263-271

D. Jafrancesco, P. Sansoni, F. Francini, G. Contento, C. Cancro, C. Privato, G. Graditi, D. Ferruzzi, L. Mercatelli, E. Sani and D. Fontani

Ethanolysis of waste cottonseed oil over lithium impregnated calcium oxide: Kinetics and reusability studies pp. 272-279

Mandeep Kaur and Amjad Ali

Optimal and cost-effective industrial biomethanation of tobacco pp. 280-285

A. González-González and F. Cuadros

Design of a biomass power plant for burning date palm waste to cogenerate electricity and distilled water pp. 286-291

Mehrdad Mallaki and Rouhollah Fatehi

Dynamic model of a parabolic trough solar concentrator with a water displacement mechanism pp. 292-296

L. Salgado Conrado, J.A. Meda Campaña and C. Palacios Montufar

Quantifying wave and yaw effects on a scale tidal stream turbine pp. 297-307

Pascal W. Galloway, Luke E. Myers and AbuBakr S. Bahaj

Studies on co-cracking of jatropha oil with bagasse to obtain liquid, gaseous product and char pp. 308-316

Shelly Biswas, Pravakar Mohanty and D.K. Sharma

Model validation of a CFB biomass gasification model pp. 317-323

Qi Miao, Jesse Zhu, Shahzad Barghi, Chuangzhi Wu, Xiuli Yin and Zhaoqiu Zhou

Isolation of cellulose from steam-exploded rice straw with aniline catalyzing dimethyl formamide aqueous solution pp. 324-329

Chunyu Mu, Man Jiang, Jun Zhu, Mengmeng Zhao, Shibu Zhu and Zuowan Zhou

Political connections, government subsidies and firm financial performance: Evidence from renewable energy manufacturing in China pp. 330-336

Huiming Zhang, Lianshui Li, Dequn Zhou and Peng Zhou

Kinetic study and thermal analysis of the pyrolysis of non-edible oilseed powders by thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetric analysis pp. 337-344

Krushna Prasad Shadangi and Kaustubha Mohanty

Cooperation mechanisms to achieve EU renewable targets pp. 345-352

Henrik Klinge Jacobsen, Lise Lotte Pade, Sascha Thorsten Schröder and Lena Kitzing

Modeling the causal relationship between energy and growth factors: Journey towards sustainable development pp. 353-365

Rehma Mumtaz, Khalid Zaman, Faiza Sajjad, Muhammad Saeed Lodhi, Muhammad Irfan, Imran Khan and Imran Naseem

Production of mixed acids from non-pretreated red algae Gelidium amansii pp. 366-369

Sung-Mok Lee, Min-Ho Choi, Won-Kyung Hong, Jang Min Park, Anna Yu, Jung-Suck Lee, Jeong-Woo Seo and Chul Ho Kim

Kinetic evaluation of the viologen-catalyzed carbohydrate oxidation reaction for fuel cell application pp. 370-375

Gerald D. Watt

Round robin performance testing of organic photovoltaic devices pp. 376-387

Suren A. Gevorgyan, Oihana Zubillaga, José María Vega de Seoane, Maider Machado, Elif Alturk Parlak, Nesrin Tore, Eszter Voroshazi, Tom Aernouts, Harald Müllejans, Giorgio Bardizza, Nigel Taylor, Wiljan Verhees, Jan M. Kroon, Pasquale Morvillo, Carla Minarini, Francesco Roca, Fernando A. Castro, Stéphane Cros, Balthazar Lechêne, Juan F. Trigo, Cecilia Guillén, Jose Herrero, Birger Zimmermann, Subarna Babu Sapkota, Clemens Veit, Uli Würfel, Pabitra S. Tuladhar, James R. Durrant, Stefan Winter, Sanna Rousu, Marja Välimäki, Volker Hinrichs, Sarah R. Cowan, Dana C. Olson, Peter Sommer-Larsen and Frederik C. Krebs

The role of viscosity in the fluorescence behavior of the diesel/biodiesel blends pp. 388-391

Anderson R.L. Caires, Marisa D. Scherer, José E. De Souza, Samuel L. Oliveira and Jean-Claude M'Peko

Optimization of an atmospheric air volumetric central receiver system: Impact of solar multiple, storage capacity and control strategy pp. 392-401

Bruno Coelho, Szabolcs Varga, Armando Oliveira and Adélio Mendes

Field study of various air based photovoltaic/thermal hybrid solar collectors pp. 402-414

Karima E. Amori and Mustafa Adil Abd-AlRaheem

Design and evaluation of passive concentrator and reflector systems for bifacial solar panel on a highly cloudy region – A case study in Malaysia pp. 415-425

Yun Seng Lim, Chin Kim Lo, Shin Yiing Kee, Hong Tat Ewe and Abd Rahman Faidz

Energy self-sufficiency of smallholder oil palm processing in Nigeria pp. 426-431

Elijah I. Ohimain and Sylvester C. Izah

Energy consumption projection of Nepal: An econometric approach pp. 432-444

Ranjan Parajuli, Poul Alberg Østergaard, Tommy Dalgaard and Govind Raj Pokharel

Study of the new composite adsorbent of salt LiCl/silica gel–methanol used in an innovative adsorption cooling machine driven by low temperature heat source pp. 445-451

Z.S. Lu and R.Z. Wang

Additionality of wind energy investments in the U.S. voluntary green power market pp. 452-457

Michael Gillenwater, Xi Lu and Miriam Fischlein

Selection of renewable energy sources for sustainable development of electricity generation system using analytic hierarchy process: A case of Malaysia pp. 458-466

Salman Ahmad and Razman Mat Tahar

Transmission needs across a fully renewable European power system pp. 467-476

Rolando A. Rodríguez, Sarah Becker, Gorm B. Andresen, Dominik Heide and Martin Greiner

Simulations of a vertical axis turbine in a channel pp. 477-485

Anders Goude and Olov Ågren

Energy performance and thermal comfort of courtyard/atrium dwellings in the Netherlands in the light of climate change pp. 486-497

Mohammad Taleghani, Martin Tenpierik and Andy van den Dobbelsteen

Three-dimensional CFD analysis for simulating the greenhouse effect in solar chimney power plants using a two-band radiation model pp. 498-506

Ehsan Gholamalizadeh and Man-Hoe Kim

Development of an algorithm for correction of specific gravity of biodiesel pp. 507-510

David M. Fernandes, Douglas Q. Santos, Daniela F. Vieira and Rodrigo A.A. Munoz

Analysis of the heat transfer and airflow in solar chimney drying system with porous absorber pp. 511-518

Wei Chen and Man Qu

Thermodynamic properties and thermal stability of ionic liquid-based nanofluids containing graphene as advanced heat transfer fluids for medium-to-high-temperature applications pp. 519-523

Jian Liu, Fuxian Wang, Long Zhang, Xiaoming Fang and Zhengguo Zhang

Grass for biogas production: The impact of silage fermentation characteristics on methane yield in two contrasting biomethane potential test systems pp. 524-530

J. McEniry, E. Allen, J.D. Murphy and P. O'Kiely

An actively controlled residential heat pump: Potential on peak shaving and maximization of self-consumption of renewable energy pp. 531-543

D. Vanhoudt, D. Geysen, B. Claessens, F. Leemans, L. Jespers and J. Van Bael

Pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification of new phytoresource for bioethanol production from halophyte species pp. 544-549

Neila Smichi, Yosra Messaoudi, Riadh Ksouri, Chedly Abdelly and Mohamed Gargouri

Investigation on energy extraction performance of an oscillating foil with modified flapping motion pp. 550-557

Yonghui Xie, Kun Lu and Di Zhang

Wavelet transform-based stress-time history editing of horizontal axis wind turbine blades pp. 558-575

Panu Pratumnopharat, Pak Sing Leung and Richard S. Court

Assessing complementarity of wind and solar resources for energy production in Italy. A Monte Carlo approach pp. 576-586

F. Monforti, T. Huld, K. Bódis, L. Vitali, M. D'Isidoro and R. Lacal-Arántegui

The effect of urban layout, street geometry and orientation on shading conditions in urban canyons in the Mediterranean pp. 587-596

E. Andreou

Structural integrity of a direct-drive generator for a floating wind turbine pp. 597-616

Latha Sethuraman, Vengatesan Venugopal, Aristeidis Zavvos and Markus Mueller

Reduction of low grade iron ore pellet using palm kernel shell pp. 617-623

Rusila Zamani Abd Rashid, Hamzah Mohd. Salleh, Mohd Hanafi Ani, Nurul Azhani Yunus, Tomohiro Akiyama and Hadi Purwanto

Stochastic analysis and simulation of hydrometeorological processes associated with wind and solar energy pp. 624-633

Georgios Tsekouras and Demetris Koutsoyiannis

Change in carbon footprint of canola production in the Canadian Prairies from 1986 to 2006 pp. 634-641

Bharat M. Shrestha, Raymond L. Desjardins, Brian G. McConkey, Devon E. Worth, James A. Dyer and Darrel D. Cerkowniak

Double layered plasmonic thin-film luminescent solar concentrators based on polycarbonate supports pp. 642-649

S.M. El-Bashir, F.M. Barakat and M.S. AlSalhi

Estimate of the tidal stream power resource of the Pentland Firth pp. 650-657

Scott Draper, Thomas A.A. Adcock, Alistair G.L. Borthwick and Guy T. Houlsby

Tidal turbine array optimisation using the adjoint approach pp. 658-673

S.W. Funke, P.E. Farrell and M.D. Piggott

A new mathematical programming approach to optimize wind farm layouts pp. 674-680

S.D.O. Turner, D.A. Romero, P.Y. Zhang, C.H. Amon and T.C.Y. Chan

Assessment of biofertilizer quality and health implications of anaerobic digestion effluent of cow dung and chicken droppings pp. 681-686

M.I. Alfa, D.B. Adie, S.B. Igboro, U.S. Oranusi, S.O. Dahunsi and D.M. Akali

Developing an improved global solar radiation map for Zimbabwe through correlating long-term ground- and satellite-based monthly clearness index values pp. 687-697

T. Hove, E. Manyumbu and G. Rukweza

Contribution of pumped hydro storage to integration of wind power in Kenya: An optimal control approach pp. 698-707

Maureen Wanjiku Murage and C. Lindsay Anderson

Hierarchical porous carbon derived from rice husk as a low-cost counter electrode of dye-sensitized solar cells pp. 708-714

Guiqiang Wang, Delong Wang, Shuai Kuang, Wei Xing and Shuping Zhuo

Numerical simulation of a marine current turbine in free surface flow pp. 715-723

X. Bai, E.J. Avital, A. Munjiza and J.J.R. Williams

Experimental study of the phase change and energy characteristics inside a cylindrical latent heat energy storage system: Part 2 simultaneous charging and discharging pp. 724-734

Robynne E. Murray and Dominic Groulx

Performance analysis of a novel dual-nozzle ejector enhanced cycle for solar assisted air-source heat pump systems pp. 735-740

Lin Zhu, Jianlin Yu, Mengliu Zhou and Xiao Wang

Determination of thermal properties of crosslinked EVA encapsulant material in outdoor exposure by TSC and DSC methods pp. 741-746

Kamel Agroui and George Collins

Evaluation of the thermal performance indices of a ventilated double window through experimental and analytical procedures: Uw-values pp. 747-754

Jorge S. Carlos and Helena Corvacho

Silica gel adsorbents doped with Al, Ti, and Co ions improved adsorption capacity, thermal stability and aging resistance pp. 755-761

Y.T. Fang, T. Liu, Z.C. Zhang and X.N. Gao

Comparison of pretreatment methods for total lipids extraction from mixed microalgae pp. 762-766

Anna Patrícya Florentino de Souza Silva, Mayara Carantino Costa, Alexandre Colzi Lopes, Eliezer Fares Abdala Neto, Renato Carrhá Leitão, César Rossas Mota and André Bezerra dos Santos

Adaptive robust PSS to enhance stabilization of interconnected power systems with high renewable energy penetration pp. 767-774

A.N. Cuk Supriyadi, H. Takano, J. Murata and T. Goda

In-situ spectroscopic monitoring of Jatropha oil combustion properties pp. 775-778

Nelfa Desmira, Kitagawa Kuniyuki, Shigeaki Morita and Ashwani K. Gupta

Network study of the distribution of talent in the Chinese renewable energy industry pp. 779-784

Guodong Li, Lin Liu and Han Luo

A novel adaptative maximum power point tracking algorithm for small wind turbines pp. 785-796

Iñigo Kortabarria, Jon Andreu, Iñigo Martínez de Alegría, Jaime Jiménez, José Ignacio Gárate and Eider Robles

Power extraction from tidal channels – Multiple tidal constituents, compound tides and overtides pp. 797-806

Thomas A.A. Adcock and Scott Draper