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Volume 148, issue C, 2020

An experimental and numerical investigation on temperature profile of underground soil in the process of heat storage pp. 1-21

Donghai Zhang, Penghui Gao, Yang Zhou, Yijiang Wang and Guoqing Zhou

The grid parity analysis of onshore wind power in China: A system cost perspective pp. 22-30

Hao Chen, Xin-Ya Gao, Jian-Yu Liu, Qian Zhang, Shiwei Yu, Jia-Ning Kang, Rui Yan and Yi-Ming Wei

A new trigeneration system for power, cooling, and freshwater production driven by a flash-binary geothermal heat source pp. 31-43

Towhid Gholizadeh, Mohammad Vajdi and Hadi Rostamzadeh

Investigation of deflector geometry and turbine aspect ratio effect on 3D modified in-pipe hydro Savonius turbine: Parametric study pp. 44-59

S. Abdolkarim Payambarpour, Amir F. Najafi and Franco Magagnato

Numerical investigation into the energy extraction characteristics of 3D self-induced oscillating foil pp. 60-71

W. Jiang, Y.L. Wang, D. Zhang and Y.H. Xie

Potable water extraction from the atmosphere: Potential of MOFs pp. 72-80

Larisa G. Gordeeva, Marina V. Solovyeva, Alessio Sapienza and Yuri I. Aristov

Brewer’s spent grain as a source of renewable fuel through optimized dilute acid pretreatment pp. 81-90

José A. Rojas-Chamorro, Inmaculada Romero, Juan C. López-Linares and Eulogio Castro

Theoretical model of a fluidized bed solar reactor design with the aid of MCRT method and synthesis gas production pp. 91-102

Mohamed R. Gomaa, Nesrien Al-Dmour, Hani A. AL-Rawashdeh and Mohammad Shalby

Numerical investigation on improvement of energy transfer in solar power satellite pp. 103-112

Xianlong Meng, Kun Du, Xiaohui Bai, John C. Mankins and Cunliang Liu

Optimal active and reactive power cooperative dispatch strategy of wind farm considering levelised production cost minimisation pp. 113-123

Ni Wang, Jian Li, Xiang Yu, Dao Zhou, Weihao Hu, Qi Huang, Zhe Chen and Frede Blaabjerg

Production of microbial lipids from optimized waste office paper hydrolysate, lipid profiling and prediction of biodiesel properties pp. 124-134

Anu Sadasivan Nair, Saif Al-Bahry, Nicholas Gathergood, Bhumi Nath Tripathi and Nallusamy Sivakumar

Multi-distribution ensemble probabilistic wind power forecasting pp. 135-149

Mucun Sun, Cong Feng and Jie Zhang

Chemical Kinetics Study on Combustion of Ethanol/biodiesel/n-heptane pp. 150-167

Jun Kong, Hanyu Liu and Zhaolei Zheng

Alkali metal bifunctional catalyst-sorbents enabled biomass pyrolysis for enhanced hydrogen production pp. 168-175

Ming Zhao, Muhammad Zaki Memon, Guozhao Ji, Xiaoxiao Yang, Arun K. Vuppaladadiyam, Yinqiang Song, Abdul Raheem, Jinhui Li, Wei Wang and Hui Zhou

Solar and wind power generation systems with pumped hydro storage: Review and future perspectives pp. 176-192

Muhammad Shahzad Javed, Tao Ma, Jakub Jurasz and Muhammad Yasir Amin

The potential for grid defection of small and medium sized enterprises using solar photovoltaic, battery and generator hybrid systems pp. 193-204

Trevor B. Peffley and Joshua Pearce

A spatio-temporal Durbin fixed effects IV-Model for ENTSO-E electricity flows analysis pp. 205-213

Carsten Croonenbroeck and Marcel Palm

Performance and energy recovery of single and two stage biogas production from paper sludge: Clostridium thermocellum augmentation and microbial community analysis pp. 214-222

Qian An, Jing-Rong Cheng, Yu-Tao Wang and Ming-Jun Zhu

A global approach to obtain biobutanol from corn stover pp. 223-233

María Hijosa-Valsero, Jerson Garita-Cambronero, Ana I. Paniagua-García and Rebeca Díez-Antolínez

GPU-accelerated numerical analysis of jet interference in a six-jet Pelton turbine using Finite Volume Particle Method pp. 234-246

Siamak Alimirzazadeh, Takashi Kumashiro, Sebastián Leguizamón, Ebrahim Jahanbakhsh, Audrey Maertens, Christian Vessaz, Kiyohito Tani and François Avellan

Development of a small scale plant for a solar chimney power plant (SCPP): A detailed fabrication procedure, experiments and performance parameters evaluation pp. 247-260

Ramakrishna Balijepalli, V.P. Chandramohan and K. Kirankumar

Thermodynamic performance evaluation of a geothermal ORC power plant pp. 261-274

A.F. Altun and M. Kilic

Integrating spent coffee grounds and silver skin as biofuels using torrefaction pp. 275-283

Ying-Chu Chen and Sih-Yu Jhou

Radiogenic heat production variations in the Gonghe basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Implications for the origin of high-temperature geothermal resources pp. 284-297

Chao Zhang, Shengbiao Hu, Shengsheng Zhang, Shengtao Li, Linyou Zhang, Yanlong Kong, Yinhui Zuo, Rongcai Song, Guangzheng Jiang and Zhuting Wang

Statistical analysis of glucose production from Eucalyptus pellita with individual control of chemical constituents pp. 298-308

Soo-Kyeong Jang, June-Ho Choi, Jong-Hwa Kim, Hoyong Kim, Hanseob Jeong and In-Gyu Choi

On the dynamics of an array of spar-buoy oscillating water column devices with inter-body mooring connections pp. 309-325

C.L.G. Oikonomou, R.P.F. Gomes, L.M.C. Gato and A.F.O. Falcão

Optimizing heat mining strategies in a fractured geothermal reservoir considering fracture deformation effects pp. 326-337

Yun Chen, Guowei Ma, Huidong Wang, Tuo Li, Yang Wang and Zizheng Sun

Air purification and thermal performance of photocatalytic-Trombe wall based on multiple physical fields coupling pp. 338-348

Shuang-Ying Wu, Li Xu and Lan Xiao

Syngas from palm oil mill effluent (POME) steam reforming over lanthanum cobaltite: Effects of net-basicity pp. 349-362

Yoke Wang Cheng, Chi Cheng Chong, Soon Poh Lee, Jun Wei Lim, Ta Yeong Wu and Chin Kui Cheng

CFD modeling of biomass grate combustion using a steady-state discrete particle model (DPM) approach pp. 363-373

Surapoom Somwangthanaroj and Suneerat Fukuda

Increased anode respiration enhances utilization of short-chain fatty acid and lipid wet-extraction from Scenedesmus acutus biomass in electro-selective fermentation pp. 374-379

Yuanzhe Liu, Yen-Jung Sean Lai and Bruce E. Rittmann

rGO decorated BiVO4/Cu2O n-n heterojunction photoanode for photoelectrochemical water splitting pp. 380-387

Shouli Bai, Jingyi Han, Yingying Zhao, Haomiao Chu, Shiqiang Wei, Jianhua Sun, Lixia Sun, Ruixian Luo, Dianqing Li and Aifan Chen

Thermal and in situ infrared analysis to characterise the slow pyrolysis of mixed municipal solid waste (MSW) and its components pp. 388-401

Vibhuti Chhabra, Keith Bambery, Sankar Bhattacharya and Yogendra Shastri

Performance evaluation of phase change materials suitable for cities representing the whole tropical savanna climate region pp. 402-416

Madina Bimaganbetova, Shazim Ali Memon and Almas Sheriyev

Life cycle assessment of the use of nanomaterials in biogas production from anaerobic digestion of manure pp. 417-424

O. Hijazi, E. Abdelsalam, M. Samer, Y.A. Attia, B.M.A. Amer, M.A. Amer, M. Badr and H. Bernhardt

Effect of design parameters on performance and emissions of a CI engine operated with diesel-biodiesel- higher alcohol blends pp. 425-436

S. Saravanan, R. Kaliyanasunder, B. Rajesh Kumar and G. Lakshmi Narayana Rao

Comparing the performance of passive and active double and single slope solar stills incorporated with parabolic trough collector via energy, exergy and productivity pp. 437-450

Hamdy Hassan

Molybdenum hybrid – Nanocrystals supported on modified Laponite composite as superior catalyst for vapour phase hydrodeoxygenation of clove oil pp. 451-466

P. Santhana Krishnan, P. Tamizhdurai, G. Sonia Theres and K. Shanthi

Formulation of synthetic bacterial consortia and their evaluation by principal component analysis for lignocellulose rich biomass degradation pp. 467-477

Priyadarshani S. Sadalage, Mudasir A. Dar, Atul R. Chavan and Kiran D. Pawar

Multi-objective optimization of hydraulic transient condition in a pump-turbine hydropower considering the wicket-gates closing law and the surge tank position pp. 478-491

Ali Rezghi, Alireza Riasi and Pedram Tazraei

Thermo-physical investigation and experimental discharge characteristics of lauryl alcohol as a potential phase change material for thermal management in buildings pp. 492-503

C. Veerakumar and A. Sreekumar

Eco-friendly electrospun nanofibrous membranes with high thermal energy capacity and improved thermal transfer efficiency pp. 504-511

Shaokun Song, Hong Ai, Wanting Zhu, Feng Qiu, Yuqi Wang and Jian Zhou

Effects of a wave-shaped piston bowl geometry on the performance of heavy duty Diesel engines fueled with alcohols and biodiesel blends pp. 512-522

Tankai Zhang, Jan Eismark, Karin Munch and Ingemar Denbratt

Upgrading current method of anaerobic co-digestion of waste activated sludge for high-efficiency methanogenesis: Establishing direct interspecies electron transfer via ethanol-type fermentation pp. 523-533

Zhiqiang Zhao, Cheng Sun, Yang Li, Hong Peng and Yaobin Zhang

Impact of wide particle size distribution on the gasification performance of biomass in a bubbling fluidized bed gasifier pp. 534-547

Tao Zhou, Shiliang Yang, Yonggang Wei, Jianhang Hu and Hua Wang

Glycerol acetylation with acetic acid over Purolite CT-275. Product yields and process kinetics pp. 548-557

Ionut Banu, Gheorghe Bumbac, Dorin Bombos, Sanda Velea, Ana-Maria Gălan and Grigore Bozga

Performance assessment of a hybrid photovoltaic-thermal and heat pump system for solar heating and electricity pp. 558-572

Mustapha A. Obalanlege, Yasser Mahmoudi, Roy Douglas, Ehsan Ebrahimnia-Bajestan, John Davidson and David Bailie

Design approaches of performance-scaled rotor for wave basin model tests of floating wind turbines pp. 573-584

Binrong Wen, Xinliang Tian, Xingjian Dong, Zhanwei Li, Zhike Peng, Wenming Zhang and Kexiang Wei

Mean kinetic energy distribution in finite-size wind farms: A function of turbines’ arrangement pp. 585-599

G. Cortina, V. Sharma, R. Torres and M. Calaf

Mechanisms of power augmentation in two side-by-side vertical axis wind turbines pp. 600-610

Aaron S. Alexander and Arvind Santhanakrishnan

Maximum power extraction from wind energy system using homotopy singular perturbation and fast terminal sliding mode method pp. 611-626

Mahnaz Abolvafaei and Soheil Ganjefar

Numerical and experimental study of a helical Savonius wind turbine and a comparison with a two-stage Savonius turbine pp. 627-638

Leonardo Brito Kothe, Sérgio Viçosa Möller and Adriane Prisco Petry

Ground testing of a 1% gravo-aeroelastically scaled additively-manufactured wind turbine blade with bio-inspired structural design pp. 639-650

Meghan Kaminski, Eric Loth, D. Todd Griffith and Qin, Chao (Chris)

Designing wind turbine rotor blades to enhance energy capture in turbine arrays pp. 651-664

Behnam Moghadassian and Anupam Sharma

Fuzzy-based novel risk and reward definition applied for optimal generation-mix estimation pp. 665-673

Arjun C. Unni, Weerakorn Ongsakul and Nimal Madhu M.

Catalytic upgrading of biomass pyrolysis oil over tailored hierarchical MFI zeolite: Effect of porosity enhancement and porosity-acidity interaction on deoxygenation reactions pp. 674-688

A. Palizdar and S.M. Sadrameli

Enzymatic synthesis of neopentyl glycol-bases biolubricants using biodiesel from soybean and castor bean as raw materials pp. 689-696

Érika C.G. Aguieiras, Elisa D.C. Cavalcanti, Priscila R. da Silva, Valéria F. Soares, Roberto Fernandez-Lafuente, Charles Lima Bessa Assunção, José André C. da Silva and Denise M.G. Freire

Economic analysis of grid-connected residential rooftop PV systems in Turkey pp. 697-711

A. Can Duman and Önder Güler

Catalytic pyrolysis of chemical extraction residue from microalgae biomass pp. 712-719

Zhiqiang Gong, Peiwen Fang, Zhenbo Wang, Qiang Li, Xiaoyu Li, Fanzhi Meng, Haoteng Zhang and Lei Liu

Analysis of property variation and stability on the aging of bio-oil from fractional condensation pp. 720-728

Chu Wang, Haozhi Ding, Yiming Zhang and Xifeng Zhu

Selective hydrogenolysis of lignin-derived aryl ethers over Co/C@N catalysts pp. 729-738

Qing-Lu Song, Yun-Peng Zhao, Fa-Peng Wu, Guo-Sheng Li, Xing Fan, Rui-Yu Wang, Jing-Pei Cao and Xian-Yong Wei

Performance and emission characterization of a common-rail compression-ignition engine fuelled with ternary mixtures of rapeseed oil, pyrolytic oil and diesel pp. 739-755

Maciej Mikulski, Marta Ambrosewicz-Walacik, Kamil Duda and Jacek Hunicz

In-depth physiochemical characterization and detailed thermo-kinetic study of biomass wastes to analyze its energy potential pp. 756-771

Hammad Siddiqi, Manisha Bal, Usha Kumari and B.C. Meikap

Experimental investigation on combined effect of ignition promoters and ceramic coating fuelled with papaya seed oil methyl ester in DI diesel engine pp. 772-789

V. Karthickeyan

Modeling of a bench-scale fixed-bed reactor for catalytic hydrotreating of vegetable oil pp. 790-797

Alexis Tirado and Jorge Ancheyta

Effect of fish steroids 17β-estradiol and 17,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one on growth, accumulation of pigments, and fatty acid profiles in the microalgae Scenedesmus quadricauda (CPCC-158) pp. 798-806

Tatiana A. Kozlova, Bruce P. Hardy and David B. Levin

Effect of cultivation parameters and heat management on the algae species growth conditions and biomass production in a continuous feedstock photobioreactor pp. 807-815

E.A. El Shenawy, Medhat Elkelawy, Hagar Alm-Eldin Bastawissi, Mohammed Taha, Hitesh Panchal, Kishor kumar Sadasivuni and Nishant Thakar

Energy balance, GHG emission and economy for cultivation of high biomass verities of bamboo, sorghum and pearl millet as energy crops at marginal ecologies of Gujarat state in India pp. 816-823

Beena Patel, Akash Patel, Bharat Gami and Pankaj Patel

Effect of reservoir’s permeability and porosity on the performance of cellular development model for enhanced geothermal system pp. 824-838

Jie Zhang and Jingxuan Xie

Techno-economic assessment and optimization of a hybrid renewable earth - air heat exchanger coupled with electric boiler, hydrogen, wind and PV configurations pp. 839-851

Mohammad Reza Akhtari, Iman Shayegh and Nader Karimi

Numerical investigation on the thermal performance of double glazing air flow window with integrated blinds pp. 852-863

Sirous Zeyninejad Movassag and Kamiar Zamzamian

Effect of niobia addition on cobalt catalysts supported on alumina for glycerol steam reforming pp. 864-875

João Paulo da S.Q. Menezes, Karine R. Duarte, Robinson L. Manfro and Mariana M.V.M. Souza

Effect of aspect ratio and dispersed PCM balls on the charging performance of a latent heat thermal storage unit for solar thermal applications pp. 876-888

Mahboob E. Afshan, A.s Selvakumar, R. Velraj and R. Rajaraman

Effect of basicity in the aqueous phase reforming of brewery wastewater for H2 production pp. 889-896

A.S. Oliveira, J.A. Baeza, D. Garcia, B. Saenz de Miera, L. Calvo, J.J. Rodriguez and M.A. Gilarranz

Catalytic activity of heterogeneous acid catalysts derived from corncob in the esterification of oleic acid with methanol pp. 897-906

Suppasate Dechakhumwat, Plaifa Hongmanorom, Chachchaya Thunyaratchatanon, Siwaporn Meejoo Smith, Supakorn Boonyuen and Apanee Luengnaruemitchai

Influence of C groove on suppressing vortex and cavitation for a NACA0009 hydrofoil with tip clearance in tidal energy pp. 907-922

Yabin Liu and Lei Tan

Organosolv pretreatments of rice straw followed by microbial hydrolysis for efficient biofuel production pp. 923-934

Bahiru Tsegaye, Chandrajit Balomajumder and Partha Roy

Performance evaluation of modified nanohybrid membrane polyethersulfone-nano ZnO (PES-nano ZnO) using three combination effect of PVP, irradiation of ultraviolet and thermal for biodiesel purification pp. 935-945

Tutuk Djoko Kusworo, Widayat Widayat, Dani Puji Utomo, Yulius Harmawan Setya Pratama and Riska Anindisa Vira Arianti

Synthesis of zinc/ferrocyanide nano-composite catalysts having a high activity for transesterification reaction pp. 946-952

Praveen Kumar, Lev Matoh, Vimal Chandra Srivastava and Urška Lavrenčič Štangar

Optimization of a downdraft furnace for rice straw-based heat generation pp. 953-963

Maria Victoria P. Migo-Sumagang, Nguyen Van Hung, Monet Concepcion M. Detras, Catalino G. Alfafara, Myra G. Borines, Jewel A. Capunitan and Martin Gummert

Effect of morphed trailing-edge flap on aerodynamic load control for a wind turbine blade section pp. 964-974

Chen Zhuang, Gang Yang, Yawei Zhu and Dean Hu

Inverse optimization of building thermal resistance and capacitance for minimizing air conditioning loads pp. 975-986

Jianming Yang, Zhongqi Lin, Huijun Wu, Qingchun Chen, Xinhua Xu, Gongsheng Huang, Liseng Fan, Xujun Shen and Keming Gan

Discharge of a composite metal foam/phase change material to air heat exchanger for a domestic thermal storage unit pp. 987-1001

Pouyan Talebizadeh Sardari, Donald Giddings, David Grant, Mark Gillott and Gavin S. Walker

Physical and combustion properties of agricultural residue bio-char bio-composite briquettes as sustainable domestic energy sources pp. 1002-1016

Michael Lubwama, Vianney Andrew Yiga, Frank Muhairwe and Joseph Kihedu

A new approach based on economic profitability to sizing the photovoltaic generator in self-consumption systems without storage pp. 1017-1033

G. Jiménez-Castillo, F.J. Muñoz-Rodriguez, C. Rus-Casas and D.L. Talavera

Development of bio-inspired supports based on Ca–SiO2 and their use in hydrodeoxygenation of palmitic acid pp. 1034-1040

Diego Valencia, Rosa Isela Conde, Belen García, Luis Felipe Ramírez-Verduzco and Jorge Aburto

Comparative studies for CO oxidation and hydrogenation over supported Pt catalysts prepared by different synthesis methods pp. 1041-1053

Ziyaad Mohamed, Venkata D.B.C. Dasireddy, Sooboo Singh and Holger B. Friedrich

A coupled modeling of design and investment parameters for optimal operation of methane bioreactors: Attainable region concept approach pp. 1054-1064

F. Abunde Neba, Nana Y. Asiedu, Ahmad Addo, John Morken, Stein W. Østerhus and Razak Seidu

Evaluation of comparative combustion, performance, and emission of soybean-based alternative biodiesel fuel blends in a CI engine pp. 1065-1073

Mehmet Reşit Seraç, Selman Aydın, Adem Yılmaz and Seyfi Şevik

Bioenergy and emission characterizations of catalytic combustion and pyrolysis of litchi peels via TG-FTIR-MS and Py-GC/MS pp. 1074-1093

Chao Liu, Jingyong Liu, Fatih Evrendilek, Wuming Xie, Jiahong Kuo and Musa Buyukada

The added value of high resolution regional reanalyses for wind power applications pp. 1094-1109

Christopher W. Frank, Bernhard Pospichal, Sabrina Wahl, Jan D. Keller, Andreas Hense and Susanne Crewell

Numerical modeling of a coaxial borehole heat exchanger to exploit geothermal energy from abandoned petroleum wells in Hinton, Alberta pp. 1110-1123

Xincheng Hu, Jonathan Banks, Linping Wu and Wei Victor Liu

Probabilistic modelling of wind turbine power curves with application of heteroscedastic Gaussian Process regression pp. 1124-1136

T.J. Rogers, P. Gardner, N. Dervilis, K. Worden, A.E. Maguire, E. Papatheou and E.J. Cross

Significant decrease of photovoltaic power production by aerosols. The case of Santiago de Chile pp. 1137-1149

Mirko Del Hoyo, Roberto Rondanelli and Rodrigo Escobar

Three tidal turbines in interaction: An experimental study of turbulence intensity effects on wakes and turbine performance pp. 1150-1164

Benoît Gaurier, Clément Carlier, Grégory Germain, Grégory Pinon and Elie Rivoalen

Novel solar collector: Evaluating the impact of nanoparticles added to the collector’s working fluid, heat transfer fluid temperature and flow rate pp. 1165-1173

Hassan Fathabadi

Design of domestic photovoltaics manufacturing systems under global constraints and uncertainty pp. 1174-1189

José Ezequiel Santibañez-Aguilar, Sergio Castellanos, Antonio Flores-Tlacuahuac, Benjamin B. Shapiro, Douglas M. Powell, Tonio Buonassisi and Daniel M. Kammen

Evaluation of the potential performance of hyphenated pyrolysis-anaerobic digestion (Py-AD) process for carbon negative fuels from woody biomass pp. 1190-1199

Cristian Torri, Giampiero Pambieri, Chiara Gualandi, Maurizio Piraccini, Alessandro G. Rombolà and Daniele Fabbri

Self-consumption and self-sufficiency for household solar producers when introducing an electric vehicle pp. 1200-1215

D. Gudmunds, E. Nyholm, M. Taljegard and M. Odenberger

Experimental study on the performance of gasification of corncobs in a downdraft fixed bed gasifier at various conditions pp. 1216-1226

Laura V. Martínez, Jairo E. Rubiano, Manuel Figueredo and María F. Gómez

Introducing a hybrid renewable energy system for production of power and fresh water using parabolic trough solar collectors and LNG cold energy recovery pp. 1227-1243

Bahram Ghorbani, Kimiya Borzoo Mahyari, Mehdi Mehrpooya and Mohammad-Hossein Hamedi

Influences of hydrochloric acid washing on the thermal decomposition behavior and thermodynamic parameters of sweet sorghum stalk pp. 1244-1255

Dongyu Chen, Dongxiao Gao, Sergio C. Capareda, Shuang E, Fengrui Jia and Ying Wang

Multi-objective optimal sizing of grid connected photovoltaic batteryless system minimizing the total life cycle cost and the grid energy pp. 1256-1265

Kasereka Ndwali, Jackson G. Njiri and Evan M. Wanjiru

Solar PV generation in Colombia - A qualitative and quantitative approach to analyze the potential of solar energy market pp. 1266-1279

Andrea Ruíz López, Alexandra Krumm, Lukas Schattenhofer, Thorsten Burandt, Felipe Corral Montoya, Nora Oberländer and Pao-Yu Oei

Waste heat recovery from a biomass heat engine for thermoelectric power generation using two-phase thermosyphons pp. 1280-1291

Rohtash Goswami and Ranjan Das

Combustion and Co-Combustion characteristics of torrefied poultry litter with lignite pp. 1292-1301

Aysel Atimtay and Sema Yurdakul

Solar thermal drying plant for agricultural products. Part 1: Direct air heating system pp. 1302-1320

O. García-Valladares, N.M. Ortiz, I. Pilatowsky and A.C. Menchaca

Effect of antioxidant additives on oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emission reduction from Annona biodiesel operated diesel engine pp. 1321-1326

Silambarasan Rajendran