Renewable Energy

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Volume 2, issue 6, 1992

Maximum power point tracking: A cost saving necessity in solar energy systems pp. 543-549

J.H.R. Enslin

A study of a wind power converter with micro-computer based maximal power control utilising an over-synchronous electronic scherbius cascade pp. 551-562

J.H.R. Enslin and J.D. Van Wyk

An investigation of variable speed operation of diesel generators in hybrid energy systems pp. 563-571

J.F. Manwell, W.A. Stein, A. Rogers and J.G. McGowan

Specific wind energy as a function of mean speed pp. 573-576

Alka Mihelić-Bogdanić and Rajka Budin

Investigation of an indirect type multi-shelf solar fruit and vegetable dryer pp. 577-586

V.K. Sharma, A. Colangelo and G. Spagna

Application of photovoltaic systems in Saudi Arabia pp. 587-590

S.A.M. Said

Dynamic simulation of a solar pumping system pp. 591-596

W.B. Lawrance and R. Troster

Thermal behaviour of adobe and concrete houses in Yemen pp. 597-602

A.H. Algifri, S.M. Bin Gadhi and B.T. Nijaguna

The effect of tube spacing on the cost-effectiveness of a flat-plate solar collector pp. 603-606

D.M. Ghamari and R.A. Worth

Statistical distributions of diffuse, beam and global solar irradiances in Sydney, Australia pp. 607-610

V.T. Morgan

Stochastic modelling of daily beam irradiation pp. 611-624

M. Callegari, R. Festa and C.F. Ratto

An inexpensive instrument to measure the absorptance of the solar radiation pp. 625-629

A. Fasulo and L.A. Odicino

Floating vertical solar still for desalination of marsh water pp. 631-635

A.N. Minasian and A.A. Al-Karaghouli

Wind energy in West Bank and Gaza Strip pp. 637-639

Afif Hasan

Air pollutants due to energy supply in Mexico pp. 641-644

Manuel Martínez

A new optimized Si-solar cell structure pp. 645-648

F. Pelanchon, S. Mouhammad and P. Mialhe

Volume 2, issue 4, 1992

Wind generator potentiality in Somalia pp. 353-361

Rodolfo Pallabazzer and Abdulkadir A. Gabow

Transient response of the thomason type solar residential heating system pp. 363-370

C. Choudhury and H.P. Garg

Theoretical and experimental studies of pressurized and non-pressurized solar water heating systems of thermosyphonic type pp. 371-384

R.S. Mishra

Wind energy end-use: The performance characteristics of a rotating suction cowl pp. 385-389

L.O. Adekoya

Batch and semi-continuous anaerobic digestion systems pp. 391-400

R.B.S. Chowdhury and D.J. Fulford

A sunshine dependent global insolation model for latitudes between 60°N and 70°N pp. 401-404

K.K. Gopinathan and Alfonso Soler

Comparison of free and forced condensing systems in solar desalination units pp. 405-410

Nabil A. Rahim and Emad Taqi

Distribution of wind power resource over Pakistan pp. 411-420

S.M. Nasir, S.M. Raza and I.A. Raja

Performance studies of a large size nontracking solar cooker pp. 421-430

N.M. Nahar

Exergy and engineering analyses of hybrid thermochemical solar hydrogen production pp. 431-444

A Hammache and E Bilgen

Expansion of fuel and power resources by the use of non-conventional power sources pp. 445-449

I.L. Kolbenev

An empirical method for estimation of hourly diffuse fraction of global radiation pp. 451-456

M. Al-Riahi, N. Al-Hamdani and K. Tahir

The estimation of solar radiation data in Czechoslovakia pp. 457-460

K. Vaníĉek

On the characteristic distribution of hourly diffuse and global solar radiation at Ibadan pp. 461-468

F.J.K. Ideriah

Applicability of a simple model for computing diffuse solar radiation to locations of the European, African, Asian and North American areas pp. 469-472

S. Coppolino

Determination of correlations of solar radiation measured in Tetouan pp. 473-476

El H. Aroudam, M. El Hammouti and H. Ezbakhe

Theoretical analysis of the thermal performance of all-glass evacuated tube solar collectors with absorber coating on the outside or inside of the inner tube pp. 477-483

C.A. Estrada-Gasca, G. Alvarez-Garcia, R.E. Cabanillas and P.K. Nair

Analysis of the performance of direct gain systems in Alexandria, Egypt pp. 485-488

Adel A. Ghoneim

A technical and economical analysis of a solar water still in Mexico pp. 489-495

E. Barrera

18.5% AM1.5 efficiency GaAs solar cell grown by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy: a first step to realize III–V multi-junction cells pp. 497-499

A. Zaouk, A. Rudra, P. Basmaji, J.F. Carlin and P. Gibart

Design of solar receivers for chemical energy storage and pyroheliometallurgy applications pp. 501-506

L. D'Alessio, M. Paolucci and G. De Maria

Studies on the effect of mean wind speed profile on the height of air layer affected by buildings pp. 507-512

Ishwar Chand and P.K. Bhargava

Performance analysis between thermopile and silicon solarimeters pp. 513-520

E. Scerri

Optimization of solar air heaters of different designs pp. 521-531

Ratna Verma, Ram Chandra and H.P. Garg

Thermal performance of a linear Fresnel reflector solar concentrator using a black liquid pp. 533-535

Mohammed Nurul Islam, B.S. Negi and T.C. Kandpal

Volume 2, issue 3, 1992

The advantages of using continuously variable transmissions in wind power systems pp. 201-209

L. Mangialardi and G. Mantriota

Performance prediction of a hybrid air-to-water solar heater pp. 211-218

H.P. Garg, C. Choudhury, Ranjana Jha and Z.H. Zaidi

An investigation into the performance and cost effectiveness of thermosyphon solar water heaters pp. 219-225

I.M. Michaelides, W.C. Lee, D.R. Wilson and P.P. Votsis

Battery storage for PV power systems: An overview pp. 227-235

A. Chaurey and S. Deambi

Effectiveness of nocturnal ventilative passive cooling strategy in the maritime desert climate of the Arabian Gulf region pp. 237-254

Mohammad Maqsood Bajwa

Direct convective passive cooling as an energy conserving technique in the maritime desert climate of the Arabian Gulf region pp. 255-273

Mohammad Maqsood Bajwa

Performance of a solar LiBr-water absorption refrigeration system pp. 275-282

M.A. Hammad and M.S. Audi

Dynamic simulation of indirect thermosyphon solar energy water heaters pp. 283-297

B. Norton, J.E.J. Edmonds and E. Kovolos

Some theoretical and experimental aspects of built-in solar storage pp. 299-303

M.A. Hamdan and B.A. Jubran

Solar radiation prediction from sunshine in eastern Spain pp. 305-310

Javier Cañada

Estimation of global solar radiation in Benin pp. 311-317

Saliou Amoussa

Estimates of monthly average daily global solar radiation in Malaysia pp. 319-325

Kamaruzzaman Sopian and Mohd.Yusof Hj. Othman

Comparative performance and emission studies when using olive oil as a fuel supplement in DI and IDI diesel engines pp. 327-331

C.D. Rakopoulos

The use of grid-generated turbulence to improve heat transfer in passive solar systems pp. 333-336

R.Ben Maad and A. Belghith

A simulation model of the rectification column of a solar cold storage unit pp. 337-342

D.K. Dixit

Three and a half years field test of fluorescent lamp as a load for PV rural electrification system pp. 343-345

Abubakar Lubis and Zanggischan Udin

Short term experimental procedure for the determination of solar collectors' time constant pp. 347-348

A.V. Souproun

Volume 2, issue 2, 1992

FEC: A fuzzy based economic criterion for the evaluation of wind power investments pp. 103-110

G.D. Skikos and A.V. Machias

Performance studies of two discrete mirror, seasonally-adjusted, linear solar concentrators pp. 111-115

R.K. Mazumder and M. Hussain

Use of solar Parabolic Trough Collectors for hot water production in Cyprus. A feasibility study pp. 117-124

S.A. Kalogirou and S. Lloyd

Iron pyrite FeS2 for flexible solar cells pp. 125-128

B. Rezig, H. Dahman and M. Kenzari

Stochastic analysis and generation of synthetic sequences of daily global solar irradiation: Rabat site (Morocco) pp. 129-138

H. Loutfi and A. Khtira

Clear sky radiation as a function of altitude pp. 139-157

X. Berger, J. Bathiebo, F. Kieno and C.N. Awanou

Hidden energy and correlated environmental characteristics of P.V. power generation pp. 159-166

Helmut Schaefer and Gerd Hagedorn

Some aspects of solar radiation climatology of Iraq pp. 167-173

M. Al-Riahi, N. Al-Hamdani and H. Al-Saffar

On the measurement of clear day solar irradiance components at Islamabad pp. 175-179

P. Akhter, A. Baig and A. Mufti

Two axis tracking system for solar concentrators pp. 181-182

A.K. Agarwal

Helio-aero-gravity electric power production at low cost pp. 183-189

M.A.K. Lodhi and M.Yusof Sulaiman

Sun irradiance and local breeze parametric approach by statistical method pp. 191-194

Rodolfo Guzzi

Convention of solar and surface azimuth angles pp. 195-195

Moustafa M. Elsayed

Volume 2, issue 1, 1992

Energy consumption and conservation in tea processing in China pp. 1-5

Ji Qin Ni, and Zhou Hang

Experimental study of adsorptive solar-powered ice makers in Agadir (Morocco)—1. Performance in actual site pp. 7-13

A. Boubakri, M. Arsalane, B. Yous, L. Ali-Moussa, M. Pons, F. Meunier and J.J. Guilleminot

Experimental study of adsorptive solar-powered ice makers in Agadir (Morocco)—2. Influences of meteorological parameters pp. 15-21

A. Boubakri, M. Arsalane, B. Yous, L. Ali-Moussa, M. Pons, F. Meunier and J.J. Guilleminot

Stochastic modelling of daily global irradiation pp. 23-34

R. Festa, S. Jain and C.F. Ratto

Wind energy potential of Nigeria pp. 35-39

L.O. Adekoya and A.A. Adewale

On the improvement of tandem solar cell conversion efficiency pp. 41-46

M.A. El-Kosheiry and A.H.M. Shousha

Applications of wind power on the East coast of Saudi Arabia pp. 47-55

F.A. Al-Sulaiman and F.A. Jamjoum

Solar cars free of environmental pollution—prototype of practically usable car completed pp. 57-64

Masaharu Fujinaka

Assessment of solar radiation models for the Gulf Arabian countries pp. 65-71

N. Al Mahdi, N.S. Al Baharna and F.F. Zaki

Comparison of measured and predicted performance of heat storage unit packed with spheres of a local material pp. 73-76

A.S.A. Ammar, M.A. El-Osairy and A.A. Ghoneim

Semi-empirical relationships for calculating net and net long-wave solar radiation over Egypt pp. 77-83

A.I. Salem, A.A. Trabea and Z. Awwad

Evaluation of efficiency and degradation of mono- and polycrystalline PV modules under outdoor conditions pp. 85-91

A.K. Som and S.M. Al-Alawi

Solar UV-B radiation measurement over Bahrain pp. 93-98

A.K. Som