Renewable Energy

1991 - 2025

Current editor(s): Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides

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Volume 27, issue 4, 2002

Model of a space heating system integrating a heat pump, photothermal collectors and solar cells pp. 489-505

Viorel Badescu

A distributed model for a tedlar-foil flat plate solar collector pp. 507-523

M.A. Minn, K.C. Ng, W.H. Khong and T. Melvin

Theoretical and experimental study on the transient adsorption characteristics of a vertical packed porous bed pp. 525-541

Ahmed M. Hamed

Numerical study of transient heat transfer in semitransparent porous medium pp. 543-560

C. Ben Kheder, B. Cherif and M.S. Sifaoui

Fuel lignocellulosic briquettes, die design and products study pp. 561-573

E Granada, L.m López González, J.l Míguez and J Moran

Prediction of the properties of Spanish lignocellulosic briquettes by means of dispersive X-ray fluorescence pp. 575-584

J.L. Míguez, E. Granada, L.M. López González, J. Xiberta and P. Fernández

Vulnerability of wind power resources to climate change in the continental United States pp. 585-598

Paul B. Breslow and David J. Sailor

A new design for an economical, highly efficient, conical solar cooker pp. 599-619

Emam Sharaf

Determination of Ångström coefficients from spectral aerosol optical depth at two sites in Egypt pp. 621-645

M.T.Y. Tadros, M. El-Metwally and A.B. Hamed

Prediction of global daily solar radiation using higher order statistics pp. 647-666

S. Safi, A. Zeroual and M. Hassani

Volume 27, issue 3, 2002

Effects of preheating of crude palm oil (CPO) on injection system, performance and emission of a diesel engine pp. 339-351

S. Bari, T.H. Lim and C.W. Yu

Energy analysis of buildings employing thermal mass in Cyprus pp. 353-368

Soteris A. Kalogirou, George Florides and Savvas Tassou

A study of the effects of collector and environment parameters on the performance of a solar powered solid adsorption refrigerator pp. 369-382

M. Li and R.Z. Wang

Solar energy resource assessment — Brazil pp. 383-400

C. Tiba, N. Fraidenraich, H. Grossi Gallegos and F.J.M. Lyra

Design and performance simulation of a new solar continuous solid adsorption refrigeration and heating hybrid system pp. 401-415

X.J. Zhang and R.Z. Wang

Investigation of ohmic contact to P-type CdTe:P using ac and dc techniques pp. 417-425

A. Alnajjar, S.Abdul Jawad and N. Yusuf

A numerical method to estimate time-varying values of diffuse irradiance on surfaces in complex geometrical environments pp. 427-439

A. Tsangrassoulis, K. Niachou, N. Papakostantinou, C. Pavlou and M. Santamouris

Simulation of a solar domestic water heating system using a time marching model pp. 441-452

M. Bojić, S. Kalogirou and K. Petronijević

Spatial variability of soil temperature under greenhouse conditions pp. 453-462

A.W. Al-Kayssi

Analytical study to minimise the heat losses from a propane powered 4-stroke spark ignition engine pp. 463-478

J.A. Yamin and O.O. Badran

Hybrid PV/fuel cell system design and simulation pp. 479-485

Th.F. El-Shatter, M.N. Eskandar and M.T. El-Hagry

Volume 27, issue 2, 2002

A novel approach for the forecasting of mean hourly wind speed time series pp. 163-174

A. Sfetsos

An offshore wind resource assessment study for New England pp. 175-187

J.F. Manwell, A.L. Rogers, J.G. McGowan and B.H. Bailey

The maximum work output of an electric battery in a given time pp. 189-196

Jincan Chen, Zheqiang Shi and Xuyang Chen

Stochastic models for sunshine duration and solar irradiation pp. 197-209

P.K. Jain and E.M. Lungu

Experimental study on dynamic performance analysis of a flat-plate solar solid-adsorption refrigeration for ice maker pp. 211-221

M Li, R.z Wang, Y.x Xu, J.y Wu and A.o Dieng

Producing chilled air in cool thermal discharge systems with air flowing over an ice surface by complete removal of melt pp. 223-236

C.D. Ho and C.K. Wang

A simulation model for predicting the performance of a solar photovoltaic system with alternating current loads pp. 237-258

Y. Sukamongkol, S. Chungpaibulpatana and W. Ongsakul

Development and performance analysis of compound parabolic solar concentrators with reduced gap losses—‘V’ groove reflector pp. 259-275

Rachel Oommen and S Jayaraman

Solar thermal performance of a nickel-pigmented aluminium oxide selective absorber pp. 277-292

A Wazwaz, J Salmi, H Hallak and R Bes

Emissions from electricity generation in Malaysia pp. 293-300

T.M.i Mahlia

Thermal performance of the condensing covers in a triangular solar still pp. 301-308

Eduardo Rubio-Cerda, Miguel A. Porta-Gándara and José L. Fernández-Zayas

A methodology for investigating the effect of a south oriented surface on natural illuminance received on north oriented glazing of a top lighting system under clear sky conditions pp. 309-317

Khalid Alshaibani

On the transient thermal behaviour of structural walls — the combined effect of time varying solar radiation and ambient temperature pp. 319-336

P.T. Tsilingiris

Volume 27, issue 1, 2002

Investigation on wind power potential on Hong Kong islands—an analysis of wind power and wind turbine characteristics pp. 1-12

Lin Lu, Hongxing Yang and John Burnett

Mass transfer in vertical cloth layers impregnated with calcium chloride for recovery of water from air pp. 13-25

Ahmed M. Hamed and Ahmed A. Sultan

A solar air heater with composite–absorber systems for food dehydration pp. 27-37

A Madhlopa, S.a Jones and J.d Kalenga Saka

Neuro-fuzzy control for autonomous wind–diesel systems using biomass pp. 39-56

Francisco Jurado and José R Saenz

Modelling of a photovoltaic heat recovery system and its role in a design decision support tool for building professionals pp. 57-68

Morgan D. Bazilian and Deo Prasad

Performance of a natural circulation solar air heating system with phase change material energy storage pp. 69-86

S.o Enibe

Useful solar heat gains in multi-zone non-domestic buildings as a function of orientation and thermal time constant pp. 87-95

Y.G. Yohanis and B. Norton

Means of enhancing and promoting the use of solar energy pp. 97-105

A.s Bahaj

The system performance of autonomous photovoltaic–wind hybrid energy systems using synthetically generated weather data pp. 107-121

A.n Celik

Calculation of solar irradiance profiles from hourly data to simulate energy systems behaviour pp. 123-142

G. Notton, C. Cristofari, P. Poggi and M. Muselli

Power generation using dedicated woody crops: thermodynamics and economics of integrated plants pp. 143-159

R Carapellucci

Volume 26, issue 4, 2002

Implementation of the first building integrated photovoltaic cladding on the south coast of the United Kingdom pp. 509-519

A.s Bahaj

Investigation of n-type Cu2O layers prepared by a low cost chemical method for use in photo-voltaic thin film solar cells pp. 521-529

C.A.N. Fernando, P.H.C. de Silva, S.K. Wethasinha, I.M. Dharmadasa, T. Delsol and M.C. Simmonds

Performance of double exposure solar still pp. 531-547

M.E. El-Swify and M.Z. Metias

The natural circulation solar water heater model with linear temperature distribution pp. 549-559

A. Zerrouki, A. Boumédien and K. Bouhadef

Enhancement of ground radiation in greenhouses by reflection of direct sunlight pp. 561-586

M.Dj. Pucar

Optimizing the tilt angle of solar collectors pp. 587-598

Adnan Shariah, M-Ali Al-Akhras and I.A. Al-Omari

Numerical simulation of heat transfer in regenerator of solid adsorption refrigeration system pp. 599-610

X.J. Zhang, H.X. Liu, R.Z. Wang and F. Shi

Investigation of a novel combined cycle of solar powered adsorption–ejection refrigeration system pp. 611-622

C.H. Li, R.Z. Wang and Y.Z. Lu

Capital cost and economic viability of thermosyphonic solar water heaters manufactured from alternate materials in India pp. 623-635

N.m Nahar

A new approach for soil solarization by using paraffin-wax emulsion as a mulching material pp. 637-648

A.W. Al-Kayssi and A. Al-Karaghouli

Thermodynamic method for designing dryers operated by flat-plate solar collectors pp. 649-660

E. Torres-Reyes, J.J. Navarrete-Gonzalez and B.A. Ibarra-Salazar

Biomass energy potential in Turkey pp. 661-678

K. Kaygusuz and M.F. Türker

Volume 26, issue 3, 2002

Wind energy potential for Oman pp. 333-338

A.S.s Dorvlo and D.b Ampratwum

Energy and CO2 life-cycle analyses of wind turbines—review and applications pp. 339-362

Manfred Lenzen and Jesper Munksgaard

The distribution and potential utilizablity of Zimbabwe's wind energy resource pp. 363-377

Wilson Mungwena

Photovoltaic-powered rural zone family house in Egypt pp. 379-390

G.E. Ahmad

Thermal performance of a water-phase change material solar collector pp. 391-399

Ahmet Kürklü, Aziz Özmerzi and Sefai Bilgin

Performance evaluation of hybrid (wind/solar/diesel) power systems pp. 401-413

M.A. Elhadidy

On the use of sunspace for space heating/cooling in Europe pp. 415-429

G Mihalakakou

Experimental investigation of temperature and flow distribution in a thermosyphon solar water heating system pp. 431-448

K. Chuawittayawuth and S. Kumar

Thermographic analysis of a building integrated photovoltaic system pp. 449-461

Morgan D. Bazilian, Harry Kamalanathan and D.K. Prasad

Neural network controller for a permanent magnet generator applied in a wind energy conversion system pp. 463-477

Mona N. Eskander

A novel approach on the determination of the minimal operating efficiency of a PEM fuel cell pp. 479-488

Ayoub Kazim

New approach to modelling a flat plate collector: the Fourier transform technique pp. 489-506

M.K. El-Adawi

Volume 26, issue 2, 2002

Design requirements for medium-sized wind turbines for remote and hybrid power systems pp. 157-168

A.l Rogers, J.f Manwell, J.g McGowan and A.f Ellis

A simple clear skies model for the luminous efficacy of diffuse solar radiation on inclined surfaces pp. 169-176

L. Robledo and A. Soler

Parametric definition of the daylight climate pp. 177-187

R. Kittler and S. Darula

Assesment of grid-connected photovoltaic systems in the Kuwaiti climate pp. 189-199

Ali H. Abdullah, Adel A. Ghoneim and Ahmad Y. Al-Hasan

Effect of guide vanes on the performance of a self-rectifying air turbine with constant and variable chord rotors pp. 201-219

M. Govardhan and T.S. Dhanasekaran

3D isotropic approximation for solar diffuse irradiance on tilted surfaces pp. 221-233

V. Badescu

Using renewable energy technologies for domestic cooking in India: a methodology for potential estimation pp. 235-246

Pallav Purohit, A Kumar, S Rana and T.c Kandpal

Dewatering of wastewater sludge through a solar still pp. 247-256

D.a Haralambopoulos, G Biskos, C Halvadakis and T.d Lekkas

Natural convection in enclosures with partial partitions pp. 257-270

E. Bilgen

The effect of inlet parameters on the performance of packed tower-regenerator pp. 271-283

G.I. Sultan, Ahmed M. Hamed and A.A. Sultan

The electrical properties of post-deposition annealed and as-deposited In-doped CdTe thin films pp. 285-294

W.F. Mohammed and Ma'an Ahmed Shehathah Yousif

Steady-state experimental study of a closed recycle solar still with enhanced falling film evaporation and regeneration pp. 295-308

Zheng Hongfei and Ge Xinshi

Numerical analysis of two dimensional parallel flow flat-plate solar collector pp. 309-323

H. Kazeminejad

Volume 26, issue 1, 2002

Application of renewable energy sources in the Greek islands of the South Aegean Sea pp. 1-19

G Mihalakakou, B Psiloglou, M Santamouris and D Nomidis

Fixed-bed pyrolysis of safflower seed: influence of pyrolysis parameters on product yields and compositions pp. 21-32

S.H. Beis, Ö. Onay and Ö.M. Koçkar

Marketing solar thermal technologies: strategies in Europe, experience in Greece pp. 33-46

Theocharis D Tsoutsos

Statistical analysis of solar measurements in Algeria using beta distributions pp. 47-67

F. Youcef Ettoumi, A. Mefti, A. Adane and M.Y. Bouroubi

Daylight availability and models for global and diffuse horizontal illuminance and irradiance for Bangkok pp. 69-89

Surapong Chirarattananon, Pipat Chaiwiwatworakul and Singthong Pattanasethanon

Passive solar systems for heating, daylighting and ventilation for rooms without an equator-facing facade pp. 91-111

V Garcia-Hansen, A Esteves and A Pattini

Metal-insulator-semiconductor solar cell under gamma irradiation pp. 113-120

Mohamed Y. Feteha, Moataz Soliman, Naima G. Gomaa and Moustafa Ashry,

Effect of passive techniques on interior temperature in small houses in the dry, hot climate of northwestern Mexico pp. 121-135

Miguel Ángel Porta-Gándara, Eduardo Rubio, José Luis Fernández and Vı́ctor Gómez Muñoz

Self absorption treatment for the luminescent solar concentrators pp. 137-142

A.M. Taleb

Dynamic modelling and simulation of a photovoltaic refrigeration plant pp. 143-153

Adnene Cherif and Ahmed Dhouib