Renewable Energy

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Volume 59, issue C, 2013

Flume tank characterization of marine current turbine blade behaviour under current and wave loading pp. 1-12

Benoît Gaurier, Peter Davies, Albert Deuff and Grégory Germain

Analysis of alternative adaptive geometrical configurations for the NREL-5 MW wind turbine blade pp. 13-22

Lucas I. Lago, Fernando L. Ponta and Alejandro D. Otero

Transesterification of palm oil using KF and NaNO3 catalysts supported on spherical millimetric γ-Al2O3 pp. 23-29

Aminul Islam, Yun Hui Taufiq-Yap, Chi-Ming Chu, Pogaku Ravindra and Eng-Seng Chan

Evaluation of solar radiation properties by statistical tools and wavelet analysis pp. 30-38

A. Peled and J. Appelbaum

A potential solution for thermal imbalance of ground source heat pump systems in cold regions: Ground source absorption heat pump pp. 39-48

Wei Wu, Baolong Wang, Tian You, Wenxing Shi and Xianting Li

Plastic vs. fuel: Which use of the Brazilian ethanol can bring more environmental gains? pp. 49-52

Rodrigo A.F. Alvarenga and Jo Dewulf

Economic competitiveness of ethanol production from cellulosic feedstock in Tennessee pp. 53-57

Ankit Bansal, Prabodh Illukpitiya, Surendra P. Singh and Fisseha Tegegne

First and second law analyses to an energetic valorization process of biogas pp. 58-64

Cristina Guedes Carolino and João Paulo Medeiros Ferreira

Analysis of structural deformation and deformation-induced solar radiation misalignment in a tracking photovoltaic system pp. 65-74

Chih-Kuang Lin, Chen-Yu Dai and Jiunn-Chi Wu

Assessment of wind energy potential for selected areas in Jordan pp. 75-81

Khaled M. Bataineh and Doraid Dalalah

Experimental measurements of the hydrodynamic performance and structural loading of the Transverse Horizontal Axis Water Turbine: Part 3 pp. 82-91

R.A. McAdam, G.T. Houlsby and M.L.G. Oldfield

Numerical analysis and parameters optimization of shell-and-tube heat storage unit using three phase change materials pp. 92-99

Y.Q. Li, Y.L. He, H.J. Song, C. Xu and W.W. Wang

Cost of heat energy generation from willow biomass pp. 100-104

Mariusz J. Stolarski, Stefan Szczukowski, Józef Tworkowski and Michał Krzyżaniak

Experimental measurements of the hydrodynamic performance and structural loading of the Transverse Horizontal Axis Water Turbine: Part 1 pp. 105-114

R.A. McAdam, G.T. Houlsby and M.L.G. Oldfield

Optimum design of transmissions systems for offshore wind farms including decision making under risk pp. 115-127

J. Serrano González, M. Burgos Payán and J. Riquelme Santos

A study of the performance benefits of closely-spaced lateral wind farm configurations pp. 128-135

S. McTavish, D. Feszty and F. Nitzsche

Non-color distortion for visible light transmitted tandem solid state dye-sensitized solar cells pp. 136-140

Yi-Fang Chiang, Ruei-Tang Chen, Anthony Burke, Udo Bach, Peter Chen and Tzung-Fang Guo

Experimental measurements of the hydrodynamic performance and structural loading of the transverse horizontal axis water turbine: Part 2 pp. 141-149

R.A. McAdam, G.T. Houlsby and M.L.G. Oldfield

Analysis of the effects of inverter ripple current on a photovoltaic power system by using an AC impedance model of the solar cell pp. 150-157

Wook Kim, Van-Huan Duong, Thanh-Tuan Nguyen and Woojin Choi

Considering uncertainty in the optimal energy management of renewable micro-grids including storage devices pp. 158-166

Aliasghar Baziar and Abdollah Kavousi-Fard

Nano-structured calcium silicate hydrate and doping of soggy sand electrolytes pp. 167-171

Thomas Borrmann, Jessica Lai and Michael Richardson

Development of an anisotropic beam finite element for composite wind turbine blades in multibody system pp. 172-183

Taeseong Kim, Anders M. Hansen and Kim Branner

Optimization of a Darrieus vertical-axis wind turbine using blade element – momentum theory and evolutionary algorithm pp. 184-192

Gabriele Bedon, Marco Raciti Castelli and Ernesto Benini

Robust VAWT control system evaluation by coupled aerodynamic and electrical simulations pp. 193-201

Anders Goude and Fredrik Bülow

Fermentative hydrogen production by a new mesophilic bacterium Clostridium sp. 6A-5 isolated from the sludge of a sugar mill pp. 202-209

Jinling Cai, Qi Wu, Guangce Wang and Chaobin Deng

Potential application of renewable energy for rural electrification in Malaysia pp. 210-219

H. Borhanazad, S. Mekhilef, R. Saidur and G. Boroumandjazi

Renewable energy aggregation with intelligent battery controller pp. 220-228

Jiaming Li, Ying Guo, Glenn Platt and John K. Ward

Life-cycle assessment of Fischer–Tropsch products from biosyngas pp. 229-236

Diego Iribarren, Ana Susmozas and Javier Dufour

Volume 58, issue C, 2013

Wave resource assessment along the Cornish coast (UK) from a 23-year hindcast dataset validated against buoy measurements pp. 1-14

Joana C.C. van Nieuwkoop, Helen C.M. Smith, George H. Smith and Lars Johanning

Biodiesel purification using micro and ultrafiltration membranes pp. 15-20

Magno José Alves, Suellen Mendonça Nascimento, Iara Gomes Pereira, Maria Inês Martins, Vicelma Luiz Cardoso and Miria Reis

A novel analysis model of China’s new energy talents pp. 21-27

Lin Liu, Guodong Li and Han Luo

Development of a porosity-graded micro porous layer using thermal expandable graphite for proton exchange membrane fuel cells pp. 28-33

Jeong Hwan Chun, Dong Hyun Jo, Sang Gon Kim, Sun Hee Park, Chang Hoon Lee, Eun Sook Lee, Jy-Young Jyoung and Sung Hyun Kim

Coastal impact induced by a Pelamis wave farm operating in the Portuguese nearshore pp. 34-49

Eugen Rusu and C. Guedes Soares

A study on the effect of different modeling parameters on the dynamic response of a jacket-type offshore wind turbine in the Korean Southwest Sea pp. 50-59

Wei Shi, Hyunchul Park, Jonghoon Han, Sangkwon Na and Changwan Kim

Sustainable bioenergy production from tofu-processing wastewater by anaerobic hydrogen fermentation for onsite energy recovery pp. 60-67

Chyi-How Lay, Biswarup Sen, Shih-Ching Huang, Chin-Chao Chen and Chiu-Yue Lin

On the park effect in arrays of oscillating wave energy converters pp. 68-78

A. Babarit

The energy gains realisable through pumping for tidal range energy schemes pp. 79-84

Nicholas Yates, Ian Walkington, Richard Burrows and Judith Wolf

Reactive power management of distribution networks with wind generation for improving voltage stability pp. 85-94

N.K. Roy, H.R. Pota and Md Saddam Hossain

Wind farm layout optimization using particle filtering approach pp. 95-107

Yunus Eroğlu and Serap Ulusam Seçkiner

The effect of surface waves on the performance characteristics of a model tidal turbine pp. 108-114

Luksa Luznik, Karen A. Flack, Ethan E. Lust and Katharin Taylor

Extracting fatigue damage parts from the stress–time history of horizontal axis wind turbine blades pp. 115-126

Panu Pratumnopharat, Pak Sing Leung and Richard S. Court

‘State-of-the-art’ of building integrated photovoltaic products pp. 127-133

Isabel Cerón, E. Caamaño-Martín and F. Javier Neila

Modelling and optimization of transparent parabolic trough collector based on gas-phase nanofluids pp. 134-139

A. de Risi, M. Milanese and D. Laforgia

Windtane contour map of the state of Texas pp. 140-150

Donald Leer, Byungik Chang, Gerald Chen, David Carr, Kenneth Starcher and Roy Issa

Development of correlations for Nusselt number and friction factor for solar air heater with roughened duct having multi v-shaped with gap rib as artificial roughness pp. 151-163

Anil Kumar, R.P. Saini and J.S. Saini

Volume 57, issue C, 2013

Which factors affect the willingness of consumers to adopt renewable energies? pp. 1-4

Eleni Sardianou and P. Genoudi

A patent landscape analysis for organic photovoltaic solar cells: Identifying the technology's development phase pp. 5-11

Sebastien Lizin, Julie Leroy, Catherine Delvenne, Marc Dijk, Ellen De Schepper and Steven Van Passel

A high precision tracking system based on a hybrid strategy designed for concentrated sunlight transmission via fibers pp. 12-19

Jifeng Song, Yongping Yang, Yong Zhu and Zhou Jin

Comparison of quality and production cost of briquettes made from agricultural and forest origin biomass pp. 20-26

Mariusz J. Stolarski, Stefan Szczukowski, Józef Tworkowski, Michał Krzyżaniak, Paweł Gulczyński and Mirosław Mleczek

Validation of a DFIG wind turbine model submitted to two-phase voltage dips following the Spanish grid code pp. 27-34

Francisco Jiménez, Emilio Gómez-Lázaro, Juan Alvaro Fuentes, Angel Molina-García and Antonio Vigueras-Rodríguez

Co-benefits analysis on climate change and environmental effects of wind-power: A case study from Xinjiang, China pp. 35-42

Zhixiao Ma, Bing Xue, Yong Geng, Wanxia Ren, Tsuyoshi Fujita, Zilong Zhang, Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira, David A. Jacques and Fengming Xi

Energy saving mechanism analysis of the absorption–compression hybrid refrigeration cycle pp. 43-50

Xuelin Meng, Danxing Zheng, Jianzhao Wang and Xinru Li

Financial evaluation of two models for energy production in small French farm forests pp. 51-56

Bernard Elyakime and Alain Cabanettes

The first disaggregated solar atlas of Djibouti: A decision-making tool for solar systems integration in the energy scheme pp. 57-69

Benjamin Pillot, Marc Muselli, Philippe Poggi, Pierrick Haurant and Idriss Hared

Evaluation of tidal stream resource in a potential array area via direct measurements pp. 70-78

Iain Fairley, Paul Evans, Chris Wooldridge, Miles Willis and Ian Masters

A novel small scale efficient wind turbine for power generation pp. 79-85

N.A. Ahmed

Experimental study on the performance of a solar-biomass hybrid air-conditioning system pp. 86-93

Boonrit Prasartkaew and S. Kumar

The impact of renewable energy on electricity prices in the Netherlands pp. 94-100

Machiel Mulder and Bert Scholtens

Performance analysis of a new kind of heat pump-driven outdoor air processor using solid desiccant pp. 101-110

Rang Tu, Xiao-Hua Liu and Yi Jiang

Optimized linearization of chord and twist angle profiles for fixed-pitch fixed-speed wind turbine blades pp. 111-119

Xiongwei Liu, Lin Wang and Xinzi Tang

Optical performance of solar reflective concentrators: A simple method for optical assessment pp. 120-129

D. Chemisana, J. Barrau, J.I. Rosell, B. Abdel-Mesih, M. Souliotis and F. Badia

Experimental study on the selection of phase change materials for low temperature applications pp. 130-136

Eduard Oró, Camila Barreneche, Mohammed M. Farid and Luisa F. Cabeza

A comparison of the cost and financial returns for solar photovoltaic systems installed by businesses in different locations across the United States pp. 137-143

Kenton D. Swift

Reliability models for DFIGs considering topology change under different control strategies and components data change under adverse operation environments pp. 144-150

Shenghu Li

Design of composite tidal turbine blades pp. 151-162

D.M. Grogan, S.B. Leen, C.R. Kennedy and C.M. Ó Brádaigh

Influences of expanded graphite on structural morphology and thermal performance of composite phase change materials consisting of fatty acid eutectics and electrospun PA6 nanofibrous mats pp. 163-170

Yibing Cai, Chuntao Gao, Ting Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Qufu Wei, Jinmei Du, Yuan Hu and Lei Song

Short-term behavior of classical analytic solutions for the design of ground-source heat pumps pp. 171-180

Louis Lamarche

Transient overvoltage phenomena on the control system of wind turbines due to lightning strike pp. 181-189

Jheng-Lun Jiang, Hong-Chan Chang, Cheng-Chien Kuo and Cheng-Kai Huang

Quality control and estimation hourly solar irradiation on inclined surfaces in South Korea pp. 190-199

Kwanho Lee, Hochun Yoo and Geoff J. Levermore

Spatial and temporal variability of winds in the Northern European Seas pp. 200-210

Ioanna Karagali, Merete Badger, Andrea N. Hahmann, Alfredo Peña, Charlotte B. Hasager and Anna Maria Sempreviva

Effect of wastewater irrigation on biodiesel quality and productivity from castor and sunflower oil seeds pp. 211-215

Theocharis Tsoutsos, Michael Chatzakis, Ioannis Sarantopoulos, Athanasios Nikologiannis and Nikos Pasadakis

Construction and preliminary test of a low-temperature regenerative Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) using R123 pp. 216-222

Maoqing Li, Jiangfeng Wang, Weifeng He, Lin Gao, Bo Wang, Shaolin Ma and Yiping Dai

Experimental study on an adsorption icemaker driven by parabolic trough solar collector pp. 223-233

C. Li, R.Z. Wang, L.W. Wang, T.X. Li and Y. Chen

Effects of operating parameters on hydrogen crossover rate through Nafion® membranes in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells pp. 234-239

Kyung Don Baik, Bo Ki Hong and Min Soo Kim

Estimation of the wave power resource in the Caribbean Sea in areas with scarce instrumentation. Case study: Isla Fuerte, Colombia pp. 240-248

Santiago Ortega, Andres F. Osorio and Pablo Agudelo

‘Reserving judgement’: Perceptions of pumped hydro and utility-scale batteries for electricity storage and reserve generation in New Zealand pp. 249-261

Gareth Kear and Ralph Chapman

An experimental investigation of the heat losses of a U-type solar heat pipe receiver of a parabolic trough collector-based natural circulation steam generation system pp. 262-268

Liang Zhang, Zitao Yu, Liwu Fan, Wujun Wang, Huan Chen, Yacai Hu, Jianren Fan, Mingjiang Ni and Kefa Cen

Numerical modelling of the effect of turbines on currents in a tidal channel – Tory Channel, New Zealand pp. 269-282

David R. Plew and Craig L. Stevens

A conceptual study of floating axis water current turbine for low-cost energy capturing from river, tide and ocean currents pp. 283-288

Hiromichi Akimoto, Kenji Tanaka and Kiyoshi Uzawa

Siting solar energy development to minimize biological impacts pp. 289-298

David M. Stoms, Stephanie L. Dashiell and Frank W. Davis

Alternative pathways for providing access to electricity in developing countries pp. 299-310

Brijesh Mainali and Semida Silveira

Experimental study of bottom feed updraft gasifier pp. 311-316

Daniel Travieso Pedroso, Einara Blanco Machín, Jose Luz Silveira and Yasuyuki Nemoto

Analyzing solar energy policies using a three-tier model: A case study of photovoltaics adoption in Arizona, United States pp. 317-322

Pei Zhai

Biological stoichiometric analysis of nutrition and ammonia toxicity in thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of organic substrates under different organic loading rates pp. 323-329

Su-Fang Chiu, Juei-Yu Chiu and Wen-Chien Kuo

Numerical modelling of the nearshore wave energy resources of Shandong peninsula, China pp. 330-338

Bingchen Liang, Fei Fan, Zegao Yin, Hongda Shi and Dongyong Lee

Characterizing measurements campaigns for an innovative calibration approach of the global horizontal irradiation estimated by HelioClim-3 pp. 339-347

Christophe Vernay, Philippe Blanc and Sébastien Pitaval

Reliability comparison of power electronic converters for grid-connected 1.5kW wind energy conversion system pp. 348-357

Md. Arifujjaman

Scour prediction and scour protections in offshore wind farms pp. 358-365

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

Material selection and testing for thermal energy storage in solar cooling pp. 366-371

Antoni Gil, Eduard Oró, Gerard Peiró, Servando Álvarez and Luisa F. Cabeza

The Global Grid pp. 372-383

Spyros Chatzivasileiadis, Damien Ernst and Göran Andersson

A stand-alone hybrid photovoltaic, fuel cell and battery system: A case study of Tocantins, Brazil pp. 384-389

S.B. Silva, M.M. Severino and M.A.G. de Oliveira

Policy options for reducing the costs of reaching the European renewables target pp. 390-403

Corinna Klessmann, Max Rathmann, David de Jager, Alexis Gazzo, Gustav Resch, Sebastian Busch and Mario Ragwitz

A methodology and computerized approach for optimizing hybrid ground source heat pump system design pp. 404-412

Masih Alavy, Hiep V. Nguyen, Wey H. Leong and Seth B. Dworkin

Optimization of the heat exchanger in a flat plate indirect heating integrated collector storage solar water heating system pp. 413-421

Marwaan AL-Khaffajy and Ruth Mossad

Effects of mooring systems on the performance of a wave activated body energy converter pp. 422-431

Barbara Zanuttigh, Elisa Angelelli and Jens Peter Kofoed

Ethanol production from agroindustrial biomass using a crude enzyme complex produced by Aspergillus niger pp. 432-435

Nattácia Rodrigues de Araujo Felipe Rocha, Maria Aparecida Barros, Janaína Fischer, Ubirajara Coutinho Filho and Vicelma Luiz Cardoso

Black Sea wave energy atlas from 13 years hindcasted wave data pp. 436-447

Burak Aydoğan, Berna Ayat and Yalçın Yüksel

Bioenergy production and use in Italy: Recent developments, perspectives and potential pp. 448-461

N. Scarlat, J.F. Dallemand, V. Motola and F. Monforti-Ferrario

Application of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound to increase bio-ethanol production pp. 462-468

Mohamed Shaheen, Michael Choi, Woon Ang, Yupeng Zhao, James Xing, Ray Yang, Jida Xing, Jian Zhang and Jie Chen

The thermodynamic effect of air storage chamber model on Advanced Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage System pp. 469-478

Yuan Zhang, Ke Yang, Xuemei Li and Jianzhong Xu

Performance improvement of wire mesh packed double-pass solar air heaters with external recycle pp. 479-489

Chii-Dong Ho, Chun-Sheng Lin, Yu-Chuan Chuang and Chun-Chieh Chao

A note on multiple reflections of radiation within CPCs and its effect on calculations of energy collection pp. 490-496

Runsheng Tang and Jinfu Wang

Energy performance evaluation of an innovative hydrostatic motor pp. 497-505

Jianjun Wang, Huawei Qin and Ying Chen

Technical and socio-economic assessment for a Si-based low-cost solar cells factory in West Africa pp. 506-511

R. Guerrero-Lemus, P. Rivero-Rodríguez, B. Díaz-Herrera, B. González-Díaz and G. López

Noise spectra from wind turbines pp. 512-519

L.B. Baath

Concentrated solar power hybrid plants, which technologies are best suited for hybridisation? pp. 520-532

Juergen H. Peterseim, Stuart White, Amir Tadros and Udo Hellwig

Perceptions of bioenergy among Nepalese foresters – Survey results and policy implications pp. 533-538

Yamuna Baral Gautam, Paavo Pelkonen and Pradipta Halder

Renewable vs. traditional energy management solutions – A Finnish hospital facility case pp. 539-545

Mikko Kantola and Arto Saari

Spatial estimation of monthly mean daily sunshine hours and solar radiation across mainland China pp. 546-553

Wei Wu, Xiao-Ping Tang, Chao Yang, Nai-Jia Guo and Hong-Bin Liu

Factors influencing success of wind-diesel hybrid systems in remote Alaska communities: Results of an informal survey pp. 554-557

Ginny Fay and Nataliya Udovyk

Exploring the role of reanalysis data in simulating regional wind generation variability over Northern Ireland pp. 558-561

M.L. Kubik, D.J. Brayshaw, P.J. Coker and J.F. Barlow

Theoretical analysis of error transfer from surface slope to refractive ray and their application to the solar concentrated collector pp. 562-569

Weidong Huang, Yongping Li and Zhengfu Han

Experimental investigation in a Wells turbine under bi-directional flow pp. 570-576

Maurizio Paderi and Pierpaolo Puddu

Numerical and experimental study of an integrated solar collector with CPC reflectors pp. 577-586

Hamdi Kessentini and Chiheb Bouden

Electric grid dependence on the configuration of a small-scale wind and solar power hybrid system pp. 587-593

M. Mikati, M. Santos and C. Armenta

Wave energy resources: Wave climate and exploitation pp. 594-605

Jesus Portilla, Jeison Sosa and Luigi Cavaleri

Establishing robust short-term distributions of load extremes of offshore wind turbines pp. 606-619

Yingguang Wang, Yiqing Xia and Xiaojun Liu

The role of financial incentives in promoting renewable energy in Jordan pp. 620-625

Fawwaz Z. El-Karmi and Nazih M. Abu-Shikhah

Monte Carlo analysis of wind farm surge arresters risk of failure due to lightning surges pp. 626-634

Petar Sarajcev, Josip Vasilj and Ranko Goic

Integration of temperature and dust effects in siting large PV power plant in hot arid area pp. 635-644

Yassine Charabi and Adel Gastli

Wine industry waste thermal processing for derived fuel properties improvement pp. 645-652

Cosmin Marculescu and Simona Ciuta

An analysis of the costs and opportunities for concentrating solar power in Australia pp. 653-661

James T. Hinkley, Jennifer A. Hayward, Bryan Curtin, Alex Wonhas, Rod Boyd, Charles Grima, Amir Tadros, Ross Hall and Kevin Naicker

Seaweaver: A new surge-resonant wave energy converter pp. 662-670

Robert Valentine Chaplin

Various nickel doping in commercial Ni–Mo/Al2O3 as catalysts for natural gas decomposition to COx-free hydrogen production pp. 671-678

Ahmed E. Awadallah, Ateyya A. Aboul-Enein and Ahmed K. Aboul-Gheit