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Volume 168, issue C, 2021

Enhancing biogas production through co-digestion and thermal pretreatment of wheat straw and sunflower meal pp. 1-10

Asad Ayub Rajput, Zeshan, and Muhammad Hassan

Analysis of a novel photovoltaic/thermal system using InGaN/GaN MQWs cells in high temperature applications pp. 11-20

Xiao Ren, Jing Li, Datong Gao, Lijun Wu and Gang Pei

Numerical simulation and experimental investigation on the influence of the clocking effect on the hydraulic performance of the centrifugal pump as turbine pp. 21-30

Guan Hongyu, Jiang Wei, Wang Yuchuan, Tian Hui, Li Ting and Chen Diyi

Theoretical, experimental, and numerical methods to predict the best efficiency point of centrifugal pump as turbine pp. 31-44

Tong Lin, Zuchao Zhu, Xiaojun Li, Jian Li and Yanpi Lin

Optimal combination of bioenergy and solar photovoltaic for renewable energy production on abandoned cropland pp. 45-56

Malene Eldegard Leirpoll, Jan Sandstad Næss, Otavio Cavalett, Martin Dorber, Xiangping Hu and Francesco Cherubini

High-efficient production of biofuels using spent fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts and high acid value waste cooking oils pp. 57-63

Nguyen Le-Phuc, Tri V. Tran, Thien T. Phan, Phuong T. Ngo, Quan L.M. Ha, Thuy N. Luong, Thinh H. Tran and Tuan T. Phan

The performance of a weir-mounted tidal turbine: An experimental investigation pp. 64-75

M.C. Verbeek, R.J. Labeur and W.S.J. Uijttewaal

Modelling the economic role of hydropower: Evidence from bootstrap autoregressive distributed lag approach pp. 76-84

Mufutau Bello, Sakiru Solarin and Yuen Yee Yen

A new approach for modeling photovoltaic modules based on difference equation pp. 85-96

Shinong Wang, Huan Luo, Yuan Ge and Shilin Liu

Design and research of cooling system for 2.5 MW permanent magnet wind turbine pp. 97-106

Ningqiang Shi, Min Wei, Lixin Zhang, Xue Hu and Bao Song

Development and manufacturing of solar and wind energy technologies in Ethiopia: Challenges and policy implications pp. 107-118

Mulualem G. Gebreslassie

Economic assessment of biogas purification systems for removal of both H2S and siloxane from biogas pp. 119-130

Yuyao Zhang, Yu Kawasaki, Kazuyuki Oshita, Masaki Takaoka, Daisuke Minami, Go Inoue and Toshihiro Tanaka

Application of solar drying on the apple peels using an indirect hybrid solar-electrical forced convection dryer pp. 131-140

Haytem Moussaoui, Younes Bahammou, Zakaria Tagnamas, Mounir Kouhila, Abdelkader Lamharrar and Ali Idlimam

Optimised blending for anaerobic co-digestion using ant colony approach: Besòs river basin case study pp. 141-150

D. Palma-Heredia, M. Verdaguer, M. Molinos-Senante, M. Poch and M.À. Cugueró-Escofet

Geoenergy permits in Finnish regional administration – Contradictory practices and inadequate judicial regulation pp. 151-159

Pirjo Majuri, Teppo Arola, Anne Kumpula and Timo Vuorisalo

Investigation on the effect of different backsheet materials on performance characteristics of a photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system pp. 160-169

S. Vaishak and Purnanand V. Bhale

Improvement in the performance and cost of passive solar stills using a finned-wall/built-in condenser: An experimental study pp. 170-180

H.S. Mohaisen, J.A. Esfahani and M.B. Ayani

Assessment of solar photovoltaic potentials on urban noise barriers using street-view imagery pp. 181-194

Teng Zhong, Kai Zhang, Min Chen, Yijie Wang, Rui Zhu, Zhixin Zhang, Zixuan Zhou, Zhen Qian, Guonian Lv and Jinyue Yan

Annual energy losses due to partial shading in PV modules with cut wafer-based Si solar cells pp. 195-203

Kristijan Brecl, Matevž Bokalič and Marko Topič

Predictive capability evaluation and optimization of sustainable biodiesel production from oleaginous biomass grown on pulp and paper industrial wastewater pp. 204-215

Madhu Vasaki E, Rama Rao Karri, Gobinath Ravindran and Balasubramanian Paramasivan

Uncertainty analysis of a WEC model test experiment pp. 216-233

Jarrah Orphin, Jean-Roch Nader and Irene Penesis

Experimental and numerical investigation of the impact of operating conditions on thermocline storage performance pp. 234-246

S. Vannerem, P. Neveu and Q. Falcoz

Comparison study of URANS and hybrid RANS-LES models on predicting vertical axis wind turbine performance at low, medium and high tip speed ratio ranges pp. 247-269

T.P. Syawitri, Y.F. Yao, B. Chandra and J. Yao

Jet-nozzle based improvement of dissolved H2 concentration for efficient in-situ biogas upgrading in an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor pp. 270-279

Jun-Gyu Park, Hye-Jeong Kwon, A-In Cheon and Hang-Bae Jun

Kinetics models of transesterification reaction for biodiesel production: A theoretical analysis pp. 280-296

Rohollah Ezzati, Shahram Ranjbar and Azim Soltanabadi

Selective production of furfural and phenols from rice husk: the influence of synergetic pretreatments with different order pp. 297-308

Ren Tu, Yan Sun, Yujian Wu, Xudong Fan, Shuchao Cheng, Enchen Jiang and Xiwei Xu

Expired food products and used disposable adult nappies mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion: Biochemical methane potential, feedstock pretreatment and two-stage system performance pp. 309-318

Konstantina Tsigkou, Dimitris Zagklis, Panagiota Tsafrakidou, Paraskevi Zapanti, Georgios Manthos, Konstantina Karamitou, Constantina Zafiri and Michael Kornaros

Performance analysis of liquid-flow-window with submerged heat exchanger pp. 319-331

Wenjie Liu and Tin-tai Chow

Performance and cost evaluation of solar dish power plant: sensitivity analysis of levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) and net present value (NPV) pp. 332-342

Suzan Abdelhady

New global thermal numerical model of vertical U-tube ground heat exchanger pp. 343-352

Michal Chwieduk

A direct energy reuse strategy for absorption air-conditioning system based on electrode regeneration method pp. 353-364

Junqin Yang, Hui Zhao, Chenchen Li and Xiuwei Li

Experimental investigation and performance comparison of a 1 single OWC, array and M-OWC pp. 365-374

Simeon Doyle and George A. Aggidis

Relationships between P-wave velocity and mechanical properties of granite after exposure to different cyclic heating and water cooling treatments pp. 375-392

Zhennan Zhu, Pathegama Gamage Ranjith, Hong Tian, Guosheng Jiang, Bin Dou and Gang Mei

Heliostat layout optimization for load-following solar tower plants pp. 393-405

Elisa Ghirardi, Giovanni Brumana, Giuseppe Franchini and Antonio Perdichizzi

Biochemical potential of methane (BMP) of camelid waste and the Andean region agricultural crops pp. 406-415

W.O. Meneses-Quelal, B. Velázquez-Martí, J. Gaibor-Chávez and Z. Niño-Ruiz

Cost-effective and efficient plum-pudding-like FexNi1-xS2/C composite electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction pp. 416-423

Xianghao Yang, Hongxiang Xie, Yang Zou, Yuan Huang, Li-Wen Jiang, Xumei Wang, Dui-Hai Tang, Chuanling Si and Jian-Jun Wang

Modeling of enhanced micro-energy harvesting of thermal ambient fluctuations with metallic foams embedded in Phase Change Materials pp. 424-437

Santiago Madruga

Bioenergy in the era of circular economy: Anaerobic digestion technological solutions to produce biogas from lipid-rich wastes pp. 438-447

Vasileios Diamantis, Alexandros Eftaxias, Katerina Stamatelatou, Constantinos Noutsopoulos, Christos Vlachokostas and Alexandros Aivasidis

Life cycle assessment of a floating photovoltaic system and feasibility for application in Thailand pp. 448-462

Sáde K. Cromratie Clemons, Coleman R. Salloum, Kyle G. Herdegen, Richard M. Kamens and Shabbir H. Gheewala

An inverse mean-line design method for optimizing radial outflow two-phase turbines in geothermal systems pp. 463-490

Hongyang Li, Sham Rane, Zhibin Yu and Guopeng Yu

Thermoeconomic assessment of integrated solar flat plat collector with cross flow heat exchanger as solar air heater using numerical analysis pp. 491-504

Hassan Hajabdollahi

Pre-hydrogenation stage as a strategy to improve the continuous production of a diesel-like biofuel from palm oil pp. 505-515

Juan I. del Río, William Pérez, Fernando Cardeño, James Marín and Luis A. Rios

Proposal of a novel GPU-accelerated lifetime optimization method for onshore wind turbine dampers under real wind distribution pp. 516-543

Zhenqing Liu, Yize Wang, Patrice Nyangi, Zhiwen Zhu and Xugang Hua

Calibrations of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling parameters for heating and water-cooling treated granite pp. 544-558

Fujian Yang, Guiling Wang, Dawei Hu, Yanguang Liu, Hui Zhou and Xianfeng Tan

Turbulence-parameter estimation for current-energy converters using surrogate model optimization pp. 559-567

Sterling S. Olson, Jack C.P. Su, H. Silva, Chris C. Chartrand and Jesse D. Roberts

Design and performance evaluation of an evacuated tube solar dryer for drying garlic clove pp. 568-580

Santanu Malakar, Vinkel Kumar Arora and Prabhat K. Nema

A comparison of deterministic refinement techniques for wind farm layout optimization pp. 581-592

Shriya V. Nagpal, M. Vivienne Liu and C. Lindsay Anderson

Bio-based refinery intermediate production via hydrodeoxygenation of fast pyrolysis bio-oil pp. 593-605

Athanasios Dimitriadis, Loukia P. Chrysikou, George Meletidis, George Terzis, Miloš Auersvald, David Kubička and Stella Bezergianni

Improvement of regulation quality for hydro-dominated power system: quantifying oscillation characteristic and multi-objective optimization pp. 606-631

Zhigao Zhao, Jiandong Yang, Yifan Huang, Weijia Yang, Weichao Ma, Liangyu Hou and Man Chen

Investigation of correlation between chemical composition and properties of biodiesel using principal component analysis (PCA) and artificial neural network (ANN) pp. 632-646

M.I. Jahirul, M.G. Rasul, R.J. Brown, W. Senadeera, M.A. Hosen, R. Haque, S.C. Saha and T.M.I. Mahlia

Integrating the plasmonic sensitizer and electron relay into ZnO/Au/CdS sandwich nanotube array photoanode for efficient solar-to-hydrogen conversion with 3.2% efficiency pp. 647-658

Yue Wang, Wenzhong Wang, Junli Fu, Yujie Liang, Lizhen Yao and Tianyu Zhu

Low cost single crystal CdZnTe-Silicon tandem PV pp. 659-667

Peter Dingus, James Garnett, Shumin Wang and Chaehwi Chong

Ruthenium nanoparticles supported on carbon-based nanoallotropes as co-catalyst to enhance the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of carbon nitride pp. 668-675

Ignacio Álvarez-Prada, Daniel Peral, Mary Song, Jose Muñoz, Nuria Romero, Lluís Escriche, Amitava Acharjya, Arne Thomas, Reinhard Schomäcker, Michael Schwarze, Xavier Sala, Minoo Tasbihi and Jordi García-Antón

An investigation on the usage of different supercritical fluids in parabolic trough solar collector pp. 676-691

Hafiz Aman Zaharil

Thermal performance and design parameters investigation of a novel cavity receiver unit for parabolic trough concentrator pp. 692-704

Khaled Mohamad and P. Ferrer

Downscaling wave energy converters for optimum performance in low-energy seas pp. 705-722

AjabGul Majidi, Bilal Bingölbali, Adem Akpınar, Gregorio Iglesias and Halid Jafali

Effect of short time ball milling on physicochemical and adsorption performance of activated carbon prepared from mangosteen peel waste pp. 723-733

Asma Nasrullah, Amir Sada Khan, A.H. Bhat, Israf Ud Din, Abrar Inayat, Nawshad Muhammad, Esraa M. Bakhsh and Sher Bahadar Khan

Experimental study of a parabolic trough solar collector with rotating absorber tube pp. 734-749

Amir Mohammad Norouzi, Majid Siavashi, Rouhollah Ahmadi and Milad Tahmasbi

Numerical investigation of water droplet impact on PEM fuel cell flow channel surface pp. 750-763

Yanzhou Qin, Qiaoyu Guo, Rouxian Chen, Yuan Zhuang and Yulin Wang

A robust parametrization method of photovoltaic modules for enhancing one-diode model accuracy under varying operating conditions pp. 764-778

Chenxi Li, Yongheng Yang, Sergiu Spataru, Kanjian Zhang and Haikun Wei

Design and synthesis of novel amphipathic ionic liquids for biodiesel production from soapberry oil pp. 779-790

Dongren Cai, Guowu Zhan, Jingran Xiao, Shu-Feng Zhou and Ting Qiu

Comparison between the energetic and environmental performance of a combined heat and power unit fueled with diesel and waste vegetable oil: An experimental and numerical study pp. 791-805

Michela Costa, Luca Marchitto, Daniele Piazzullo and Maria Vittoria Prati

Effect of coal ash additive on potassium fixation and melting behaviors of the mixture under simulated biomass gasification condition pp. 806-814

Heng Zhang, Zhenhua Hao, Junguo Li, Xin Yang, Zhiqing Wang, Zheyu Liu, Jiejie Huang, Yongqi Zhang and Yitian Fang

Techno-economical and energy analysis of sunflower oil biodiesel synthesis assisted with waste ginger leaves derived catalysts pp. 815-828

Monnie John, Mohammad Omar Abdullah, Tan Yie Hua and Cirilo Nolasco-Hipólito

Enhancement of depolymerization slag gasification in supercritical water and its gasification performance in fluidized bed reactor pp. 829-837

Cui Wang, Chao Zhu, Jianbing Huang, Linfeng Li and Hui Jin

Mapping concentrated solar power site suitability in Algeria pp. 838-853

Brahim Haddad, Pilar Díaz-Cuevas, Paula Ferreira, Ahmed Djebli and Juan Pedro Pérez

Nonlinear modal interaction analysis and vibration characteristics of a francis hydro-turbine generator unit pp. 854-864

Beibei Xu, Xingqi Luo, Mònica Egusquiza, Wei Ye, Jing Liu, Eduard Egusquiza, Diyi Chen and Pengcheng Guo

Parametric analysis and optimisation of energy efficiency of a lightweight building integrated with different configurations and types of PCM pp. 865-877

Ehsan Mohseni and Waiching Tang

A multihorizon approach for the reliability oriented network restructuring problem, considering learning effects, construction time, and cables maintenance costs pp. 878-895

Chiara Bordin, Sambeet Mishra and Ivo Palu

Disruptive innovation for inclusive renewable policy in sub-Saharan Africa: A social shaping of technology analysis of appliance uptake in Rwanda pp. 896-912

Olivia Muza and Ramit Debnath

Design optimization and optical performance analysis on multi-sectioned compound parabolic concentrator with plane absorber pp. 913-926

Yongcai Li, Feng Jiao, Fei Chen and Zhenhua Zhang

Sustainable biodiesel production from low-quantity oils utilizing H6PV3MoW8O40 supported on magnetic Fe3O4/ZIF-8 composites pp. 927-937

Wenlei Xie, Chunli Gao and Jiangbo Li

Performance analysis of coaxial heat exchanger and heat-carrier fluid in medium-deep geothermal energy development pp. 938-959

Yuting He, Min Jia, Xiaogang Li, Zhaozhong Yang and Rui Song

Numerical study of turbulent flow past a rotating axial-flow pump based on a level-set immersed boundary method pp. 960-971

Kan Kan, Zixuan Yang, Pin Lyu, Yuan Zheng and Lian Shen

A novel wind turbine health condition monitoring method based on composite variational mode entropy and weighted distribution adaptation pp. 972-980

He Ren, Wenyi Liu, Mengchen Shan, Xin Wang and Zhengfeng Wang

Synthesis of the SrO–CaO–Al2O3 trimetallic oxide catalyst for transesterification to produce biodiesel pp. 981-990

Yujiao Zhang, Shengli Niu, Kuihua Han, Yingjie Li and Chunmei Lu

Dynamic reliability analysis of a floating offshore wind turbine under wind-wave joint excitations via probability density evolution method pp. 991-1014

Yupeng Song, Biswajit Basu, Zili Zhang, John Dalsgaard Sørensen, Jie Li and Jianbing Chen

Improvement of thermal energy accumulation by incorporation of carbon nanomaterial into magnesium chloride hexahydrate and magnesium nitrate hexahydrate pp. 1015-1026

Pavla Honcová, Galina Sádovská, Jana Pastvová, Petr Koštál, Jürgen Seidel, Petr Sazama and Radim Pilař

Free trade and renewable energy: A cross-income levels empirical investigation using two trade openness measures pp. 1027-1039

Qiang Wang and Fuyu Zhang

A state-of-the-art review of the application of phase change materials (PCM) in Mobilized-Thermal Energy Storage (M-TES) for recovering low-temperature industrial waste heat (IWH) for distributed heat supply pp. 1040-1057

Kun Du, John Calautit, Philip Eames and Yupeng Wu

Study of probability characteristics and peak value of heliostat support column base shear pp. 1058-1072

Qiwei Xiong, Zhengnong Li, Haiyin Luo, Zhefei Zhao and Anmin Jiang

Evaluation approach for sustainable renewable energy systems under uncertain environment: A case study pp. 1073-1095

Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Abduallah Gamal, Ripon K. Chakrabortty and Michael J. Ryan

Systematic evaluation for hydropower exploitation rationality in hydro-dominant area: A case study of Sichuan Province, China pp. 1096-1111

Chuyin Tian, Guohe Huang and Yulei Xie

Metal organic frameworks constructed heterojunction with α-NiS-β-NiS/CdS: The effect of organic-ligand in UiO-66 for charge transfer of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution pp. 1112-1121

Heqing Zhang, Zebin Yu, Ronghua Jiang, Yanping Hou, Jun Huang, Hongxiang Zhu, Fei Yang, Mingjie Li, Fengyuan Li and Qi Ran

Performance enhancement of a thermoelectric harvester with a PCM/Metal foam composite pp. 1122-1140

S.M. Borhani, M.J. Hosseini, R. Pakrouh, A.A. Ranjbar and A. Nourian

Intensification of methane production from waste frying oil in a biogas-lift bioreactor pp. 1141-1148

M. Salomé Duarte, Erika Sinisgalli, Ana J. Cavaleiro, Lorenzo Bertin, M. Madalena Alves and M. Alcina Pereira

Smart removal of monosaccharide contaminants in xylo-oligosaccharide slurry using sandwich-integration bioprocess of whole-cell catalysis combined with electrodialysis separation pp. 1149-1156

Xinlu Liu, Rou Cao, Ali Nawaz, Ikram ul Haq, Xin Zhou and Yong Xu

The influence of temperature and oxidizing atmosphere on the process of combusting pellets from agricultural and forest biomass in the stream of inert material pp. 1157-1164

Konrad Kaczyński, Katarzyna Kaczyńska and Piotr Pełka

What determines environmental deficit in Asia? Embossing the role of renewable and non-renewable energy utilization pp. 1165-1176

Muhammad Usman, Khaizran Khalid and Muhammad Abuzar Mehdi

Research on the characteristics of hydraulic wind turbine with multi-accumulator pp. 1177-1188

Chengbing He, Jianchong Wang, Runze Wang and Xiaoxiang Zhang

Performance optimization and thermodynamic analysis of irreversibility in a contemporary solar thermoelectric generator pp. 1189-1206

Chika C. Maduabuchi, Kevwe A. Ejenakevwe and Chigbo A. Mgbemene

Biodiesel production from edible oils using algal biochar/CaO/K2CO3 as a heterogeneous and recyclable catalyst pp. 1207-1216

Rauf Foroutan, Reza Mohammadi, Jafar Razeghi and Bahman Ramavandi

CSP clustering in unit commitment for power system production cost modeling pp. 1217-1228

Chenjia Feng, Chengcheng Shao and Xifan Wang

Optimal approach for wind resource assessment using Kolmogorov–Smirnov statistic: A case study for large-scale wind farm in Pakistan pp. 1229-1248

Muhammad Abid Saeed, Zahoor Ahmed and Weidong Zhang

Damage detection in operational wind turbine blades using a new approach based on machine learning pp. 1249-1264

Kartik Chandrasekhar, Nevena Stevanovic, Elizabeth J. Cross, Nikolaos Dervilis and Keith Worden

Performance analysis of domed roof integrated with earth-to-air heat exchanger system to meet thermal comfort conditions in buildings pp. 1265-1293

Ali Mirzazade Akbarpoor, Amin Haghighi Poshtiri and Faraz Biglari

Anode state observation of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell based on unscented Kalman filter and relative humidity sensor before flooding pp. 1294-1307

Liangfei Xu, Zunyan Hu, Chuan Fang, Jianqiu Li, Po Hong, Hongliang Jiang, Di Guo and Minggao Ouyang

Effects of different poses and wind speeds on wind-induced vibration characteristics of a dish solar concentrator system pp. 1308-1326

Hongyan Zuo, Jiqiu Tan, Kexiang Wei, Zhonghua Huang, Dingqing Zhong and Fuchun Xie

A new tool to analysing photovoltaic self-consumption systems with batteries pp. 1327-1343

Francisco José Muñoz-Rodríguez, Gabino Jiménez-Castillo, Jesús de la Casa Hernández and Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña

Towards optimal aerodynamic design of wind catchers: Impact of geometrical characteristics pp. 1344-1363

M. Alsailani, H. Montazeri and A. Rezaeiha

UAV-based thermal imaging and heat output estimation of a coastal geothermal resource: La Jolla beach, Baja California, Mexico pp. 1364-1376

Daniel Carbajal-Martínez, Loïc Peiffer, Alejandro Hinojosa-Corona, Armando Trasviña-Castro, Sergio M. Arregui-Ojeda, Francisco J. Carranza-Chávez, Carlos Flores-Luna, Rodrigo Méndez-Alonzo, Claudio Inguaggiato and Karen L. Casallas-Moreno

Clay-supported zinc oxide as catalyst in pyrolysis and deoxygenation of licuri (Syagrus coronata) oil pp. 1377-1387

João Leonardo F. Oliveira, Luana M.B. Batista, Nataly Alburquerque dos Santos, Aruzza M.M. Araújo, Valter J. Fernandes, Antonio S. Araujo, Ana P.M. Alves and Amanda D. Gondim

Measurement based parameters estimation of large scale wind farm dynamic equivalent model pp. 1388-1398

Akhilesh Prakash Gupta, A. Mohapatra and S.N. Singh