International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

2006 - 2025

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2022, volume 17

Research on fault diagnosis of microgrid based on variational sparse Bayesian fuzzy H-network (Designing a robust and accurate model for consumer centric short term load forecasting in microgrid environment) pp. 1-10

Aoran Xu, Cailian Gu, Baoliang Liu and Xuemin Leng

Parametric study of reflectivity transmittance of materials for potential solar adsorption refrigeration system (Laminar convective boundary layer slip flow over a flat plate using homotopy analysis method) pp. 1-7

A R Sowunmi

Heat transfer and economic analyses of using various nanofluids in shell and tube heat exchangers for the cogeneration and solar-driven organic Rankine cycle systems (Decision-making between renewable energy configurations and grid extension to simultaneously supply electrical power and fresh water in remote villages for five different climate zones) pp. 11-22

Mehdi Mehrpooya, Meqdad Dehqani, Seyed Ali Mousavi and Ali Moosavian Sm

The fabrication and testing of a self-sensing MWCNT nanocomposite sensor for oil leak detection (Environmental decision support systems for monitoring small scale oil spills: existing solutions, best practices and current challenges) pp. 19-43

Mohammed Al-Bahrani, Aissa Bouaissi and Alistair Cree

Hedonic adaptation and conscious consumption in the civil engineering market: corporate reputation and user behavior strategies for sustainable development (Determinants of the turnover intention of construction professionals: a mediation analysis) pp. 23-32

Haiyang Su, Miragha Ahmadov, Daria Tkachenko and Svetlana Danshina

Indoor air quality test and air distribution CFD simulation in hospital consulting room (Clinical characteristics of 2019 novel coronavirus infection in China) pp. 33-37

Jiali Yao, Jiachen Zhong and Ning Yang

Impact of socio-economic characteristics on energy consumption behaviors of suburban rural residents: evidence from on-site surveys in the Guanzhong Plain of China (Occupant behavior and robustness of building design) pp. 38-57

Xiaojun Liu, Min Zhang, Xi Luo, Peng Wang, Ting Mu, Hui Ming, Deze Hu, Tianliang Zhao and Yanzi Yang

Feasibility and optimal operation of micro energy hybrid system (hydro/wind) in the rural valley region (Energy revolution: from a fossil energy era to a new energy era) pp. 58-68

Nesrine Kefif, Bachir Melzi, Mehran Hashemian, Mamdouh El Haj Assad and Siamak Hoseinzadeh

Aerodynamic shape optimization of H-VAWT blade airfoils considering a wide range of angles of attack (A review on computational fluid dynamic simulation techniques for Darrieus vertical axis wind turbines) pp. 87-100

Quan Wang, Boyang Liu, Cong Hu, Fengyun Wang and Shuyi Yang

Optimized wavelet packet analysis for photovoltaic wave power suppression (An enhanced emulated inertia control for grid-connected PV systems with HESS in a weak grid) pp. 90-96

Xiaolong Liu, Xinran Li, Ya Meng, Changqin Chen and Yang Yang

Photovoltaic-grid control method based on self-gain system compensation (AGC of dish-Stirling solar thermal integrated thermal system with biogeography based optimised three degree of freedom PID controller) pp. 97-101

Junci Tang, Tie Li, Junbo Pi and Dai Cui

TiO2 nano-coated thin film PV glazing with superior thermal resistance, self-cleaning, electricity generation and adaptive optical control (Introducing novel configurations for double-glazed windows with lower energy loss) pp. 130-139

Erdem Cuce, Pinar Mert Cuce and Saffa Riffat

Graph neural network based hydraulic turbine data stream prediction (Variational mode decomposition) pp. 140-146

Ning Li, Jing Ren, Xin Zhou, Jun Li and Chen Xue

Energy, exergy and economic analysis of combined solar ORC-VCC power plant (Climate Change Indicators: Greenhouse Gases) pp. 157-67

Yashar Aryanfar, Mamdouh El Haj Assad, Ali Khosravi, Rahman S M Atiqure, Shubham Sharma, Jorge Luis García Alcaraz and Reza Alayi

Research and application progress of transcritical CO2 refrigeration cycle system: a review (Incentives and strategies for financing the renewable energy transition: a review) pp. 245-256

Dazhang Yang, Yang Li, Jing Xie and Jinfeng Wang

Corrigendum to: Using sustainable development indicators in developing Saudi cities—case study: Makkah city pp. 257-257

Mansour Helmi, Ibrahim Hegazy, Emad Qurnfulah, Rahif Maddah and Hossam Samir Ibrahim

A preliminary experimental study of a novel incorporation of chilled ceiling with phase change materials and transparent membrane cover (Interaction between urban microclimate and electric air-conditioning energy consumption during high temperature season) pp. 258-265

James Riffat, Cagri Kutlu, Emmanuel Tapia-Brito, Yuehong Su and Saffa Riffat

Applications of solar PV tree systems with different design aspects and performance assessment (Development of solar power tree an innovation that uses up very less land and yet generates much more energy from the sun rays by SPV method) pp. 266-278

Pinar Mert Cuce, Abhishek Saxena, Erdem Cuce and Saffa Riffat

Investigation of European modular façade system utilizing renewable energy (Review of district-scale energy performance analysis: outlooks towards holistic urban frameworks) pp. 279-299

Yangluxi Li and Lei Chen

Questionnaires assessing the anxiety alleviation benefits of indoor plants for self-isolated population during COVID-19 (Particle deposition in tracheobronchial airways of an infant, child and adult) pp. 300-307

Lianyu Yan, Fudan Liu and Xi Meng

Cascade relationship between flow field characteristics and smoke emissions in the industrial reheating furnace (Analysis of slab heating characteristics in a reheating furnace, energy convers) pp. 308-320

Yang Lipo, Liu Yunpeng, Hou Yingwu and Zhang Yongshun

Modeling carbon dioxide emission of countries in southeast of Asia by applying artificial neural network (Energy and exergy analyses of single flash geothermal power plant at optimum separator temperature) pp. 321-326

Ali Komeili Birjandi, Morteza Fahim Alavi, Mohamed Salem, Mamdouh El Haj Assad and Natarajan Prabaharan

Experimental investigation of hot water cogeneration using a carbonizer fit out with a preheating system (Biomass—alternative renewable energy source and its conversion for hydrogen rich gas production) pp. 327-332

Pali Kpelou, Damgou Mani Kongnine, Roger Asse and Essowè Mouzou

Using artificial neural network to optimize hydrogen solubility and evaluation of environmental condition effects (CFD-based irreversibility analysis of avant-garde semi-O/O-shape grooving fashions of solar pond heat trade-off unit) pp. 328-43

Yan Cao, Hamdi Ayed, Mahidzal Dahari, Ndolane Sene and Belgacem Bouallegue

Investigation on the indoor thermal comfort in sports settings and an improvement to Fanger model (Lin Dan wins Olympic final rematch over injured Lee) pp. 333-341

Tai Ji, Jingyong Cai and Kun Wang

Application evaluation of passive energy-saving strategies in exterior envelopes for rural traditional dwellings in northeast of Sichuan hills, China (A review on research and development of passive building in China) pp. 342-355

Jiawen Hou, Tao Zhang, Zu’an Liu, Lili Zhang and Hiroatsu Fukuda

An energy efficiency solution based on time series data mining algorithm on elementary school building (A roadmap towards intelligent net zero-and positive-energy buildings) pp. 356-372

Qiang Gong, Xiaodong Liu, Ying Zeng and Shuyan Han

Performance test of medium-temperature chiller with induction air-conditioning system (Building occupancy diversity and HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) system energy efficiency) pp. 373-379

Yuhua Hong, Gaoyuan Wang and Zhiyi Wang

Multi-criteria decision-making approach for the selection of cleaning method of solar PV panels in United Arab Emirates based on sustainability perspective (Mind the gap: a social sciences review of energy efficiency) pp. 380-393

MaryamNooman AlMallahi, Mamdouh El Haj Assad, Sameh AlShihabi and Reza Alayi

Parametric optimization procedure for efficient window design of educational buildings in the Pearl River Delta of China (Triple bottom line sustainability assessment of window-to-wall ratio in US office buildings) pp. 394-410

Yang Zhao, Yuping Li, Xingjiang Chen, Dawei Xia, Yu Huang and Siwei Lou

Renewable energy configuration scheme of data center in cold area. A case study (An overview of renewable energy resources and grid integration for commercial building applications) pp. 411-420

Jiawen Yu, Yanqiu Yan, Yiqiang Jiang and Jie Ge

Research on efficiency measurement of information industry chain integration based on multiple structures and its application in carbon management industrial park (Measuring efficiency in the hotel industry: a stochastic frontier approach) pp. 421-429

Wei Dong and Tao Wang

Economic, environmental and energy analysis of the utilization of renewable energy based on Analytic Hierarchy Process: a case study (Climate and air-quality benefits of a realistic phase-out of fossil fuels) pp. 430-435

Salam Ollah Mohammadi-Aylar, Morteza Almassi and Hossein Bakhoda

Numerical modeling of a novel two-stage linear refrigeration compressor (Linear compressors for electronics cooling: energy recovery and its benefits) pp. 436-445

Hao Shen, Zhaohua Li, Kun Liang and Xinwen Chen

Environment pollutants removal with non-thermal plasma technology (Advanced oxidation processes and their application in the petroleum industry: a review) pp. 446-455

Buyong Chen, Yuanhao Wang, Sen Li, Naijiao Xu and Yuhong Fu

Investigation of energy and economic parameters of photovoltaic cells in terms of different tracking technologies (Technical and environmental analysis of photovoltaic and solar water heater cogeneration system: a case study of Saveh City) pp. 447-53

Reza Alayi, Andrey Sevbitov, Mamdouh El Haj Assad, Ravil Akhmadeev and Mikhail Kosov

Optimized photovoltaic system for improved electricity conversion (Insights into metastability of PV materials at the mesoscale through massive I–V analytics) pp. 456-461

Dongyue Xiao and Titi Liu

Effect of calcination on the adsorption of Chifeng zeolite on Pb2+ and Cu2+ (Competitive adslkorption of malachite green and pb ions on natural zeolite) pp. 462-468

Xiaolong Chen, Jieshi Tao, Pengliang Sun, Fujia Yu, Bin Li and Linan Dun

Potential for renewable energy–assisted harvesting of potatoes in Scotland (Energy supply, its demands and security issues for developed and emerging economies) pp. 469-481

Tariq Muneer and Rory Dowell

Catalytic biomass gasification of sawdust: integrated experiment investigation with process modeling and analysis (Comparison of kinetic analysis methods in thermal decomposition of cattle manure by themogravimetric analysis) pp. 482-487

Weijuan Lan, Huiling Ding, Xin Jin, Dongxue Yin, Yingxian Wang and Jiangtao Ji

Research on energy management strategy of photovoltaic–battery energy storage system (Whole building optimization of a residential home with PV and battery storage in The Bahamas) pp. 488-493

Zheng Wang, Yanli Xiao, Ye Wan, Ke Liu and Xiyuan Wang

Mass transfer behavior in electrode and battery performance analysis of organic flow battery (Control system design for micro-tubular solid oxide fuel cells) pp. 494-505

Fengming Chu, Wen Lu, Dailong Zhai, Guozhen Xiao and Guoan Yang

Energy retrofitting strategies for office buildings in hot arid climate (Retrofitting building envelope using phase change materials and aerogel render for adaptation to extreme heatwave: a multi-objective analysis considering heat stress, energy, environment, and cost) pp. 506-512

Ehab Rached and Maha Anber

Utilization of hydrogen in gas turbines: a comprehensive review (Hydrogen injection as additional fuel in gas turbine combustor. Evaluation of effects) pp. 513-519

Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari, Morteza Fahim Alavi, Mohamed Salem and Mamdouh El Haj Assad

Artificial intelligence for water–energy nexus demand forecasting: a review (Modeling and co-optimization of a micro water-energy nexus for smart communities) pp. 520-534

Alya A Alhendi, Ameena S Al-Sumaiti, Feruz K Elmay, James Wescaot, Abdollah Kavousi-Fard, Ehsan Heydarian-Forushani and Hassan Haes Alhelou

Research on photovoltaic system MPPT based on IFOINC algorithm (Global MPPT of photovoltaic system based on scanning method under partial shading condition) pp. 520-527

Yuhe Du, Yu Liao, Yichu Liu and Jianwei Ji

Assessment of the performance of solar water heater: an experimental and theoretical investigation (Analysis of a proper strategy for solar energy deployment in Iran using SWOT matrix) pp. 528-539

Naseer T Alwan, Milia H Majeed, Ihsan M Khudhur, S E Shcheklein, Obed M Ali, Salam J Yaqoob and Reza Alayi

A 1D linearization–based MILP–NLP method for short-term hydrothermal operation (Hybrid generation of renewables increases the energy system’s robustness in a changing climate) pp. 540-549

Chuanxiong Kang, Shaofei Wu, Eid Gul, Xiang Yu and Pingan Ren

An integrated CCU-plant scheme and assessment for conversion of captured CO2 into methanol (Novel process technologies for conversion of carbon dioxide from industrial flue gas streams into methanol) pp. 550-562

Ning Yang, Fu Kang, Zhenyu Liu, Xinzhe Ge and Yunlong Zhou

Ecopump: a novel thermoelectric heat pump/heat recovery ventilator system for domestic building applications (A 3-field earth-heat-exchange system for a school building in Imola, Italy: monitoring results) pp. 563-70

Qi Xu, Shihao Zhang and Saffa Riffat

Effect of desiccation on ashcrete (HSDA)-treated soft soil used as flexible pavement foundation: zero carbon stabilizer approach (Dissolution behavior of Jordanian clay-rich materials in alkaline solutions for alkali activation purpose) pp. 563-570

Kennedy C Onyelowe, Sylvain Tome, Ahmed M Ebid, Thompson Usungedo, Duc Bui Van, Roland K Etim, Ifeanyi C Onuoha and Imoh C Attah

Comparative analysis between constant and variable solar radiation reflectivity for exterior walls in the hot-summer and cold-winter zone (Influence of the copper foam fin (CFF) shapes on thermal performance of phase-change material (PCM) in an enclosed cavity) pp. 571-580

Xi Meng, Jiahui Wang and Shuhan Liu

Cooperative decisions of competitive supply chains considering carbon trading mechanism (Competing manufacturers in a retail supply chain: on contractual form and coordination) pp. 571-89

Hui Li, Rou Li, Meng Shang, Yu Liu and Dandan Su

Creating a post-pandemic sustainable environment in the context of technical and reputational business transformation (Cognitive biases operating behind the rejection of government safety advisories during COVID19 pandemic) pp. 581-590

Iman Ibrahim, Daria Tkachenko, Dmitry Gura and Tatyana Sakulyeva

Seasonal thermal performance evaluation of the composite planted roof in subtropical area (Urban form and population density: influences on urban Heat Island intensities in Bogotá, Colombia) pp. 591-602

Yi Li, Wansheng Yang, Zipeng Ling and Jing Wang

Study on the performance and economy of the building-integrated micro-grid considering photovoltaic and pumped storage: a case study in Foshan (Pump as turbine applied to micro energy storage and smart water grids: a case study) pp. 630-636

Haitao Sun, Qingzheng Ren, Jili Hou, Zimo Zhao, Donghuan Xie, Wei Zhao and Fanbin Meng

Ecological footprint of energy and waste generation for environmental sustainability in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria (A new conceptual framework for sustainable development) pp. 637-644

Edet Otto and Henry Sawyerr

Research on offshore wind power system based on Internet of Things technology (A survey of artificial neural network in wind energy systems) pp. 645-650

Fen Zhou, Xuping Tu and Qingdong Wang

Energy and exergy analysis of a hot dry rock geothermal resource power generation system based on organic Rankine cycle (Effect of activation conditions and iron loading content on the catalytic cracking of toluene by biochar) pp. 651-661

Yuan Zhao, Huida Huang, Xin Zhang, Chao Ye, Yuanjuan Tang, Jingqian Huang, Jun Zhao and Guanqun Luo

An algorithm to assess the heating strategy of buildings in cold climates: a case study of Germany (Experimental study on the thermal performance of a grey water heat harnessing exchanger using phase change materials) pp. 662-677

Abdur Rehman Mazhar, Yuliang Zou, Cheng Zeng, Yongliang Shen and Shuli Liu

Energy management strategy of hybrid energy storage system based on fuzzy control for ships (State-of-charge balancing of lithium-ion batteries with state-of-health awareness capability) pp. 673-84

Wenqing Hu, Qianming Shang, Xiangrui Bian and Renjie Zhu

Influence of landscape outside the window on the anxiety level of self-separation people during COVID-19 (Daily time spent indoors in German homes—baseline data for the assessment of indoor exposure of German occupants) pp. 678-685

Chao Liu, Zhengru Li, Xiaotong Jing, Weijun Gao, Jing Shi, Gangwei Cai and Yan Wang

Experimental and simulation performance optimization of an exhaust air heat recovery heat pump unit (Review of heat recovery technologies for building applications) pp. 686-695

Zhiyi Wang, Xiaohong Lu and Gaoyuan Wang

Research on low-carbon supply chain decision-making under different incentive models (Decision optimization of low-carbon dual-channel supply chain of auto parts based on smart city architecture) pp. 696-709

XinXin Peng, YuHong Tao, ChunMei Wang and Zhen Zhong

Energy-saving contribution of the thermochromic coating in exterior walls in hot-summer and cold-winter zone (Demand response scheduling algorithm of the economic energy consumption in buildings for considering comfortable working time and user target price) pp. 710-719

Xi Meng, Li Meng and Jiahui Wang

Optimal scheduling of building integrated energy systems using an improved ant lion algorithm (Technical characteristics of China's new generation power system in energy transformation) pp. 720-729

Liming Wei and Shuo Xv

A comprehensive review on recent advancements in cooling of solar photovoltaic systems using phase change materials (Detailed balance limit of efficiency of p‐n junction solar cells) pp. 745-760

Mohammed Anees Sheik, M K Aravindan, Erdem Cuce, Abhishek Dasore, Upendra Rajak, Saboor Shaik, A Muthu Manokar and Saffa Riffat

Performance assessment of solar chimney power plants with natural thermal energy storage materials on ground: CFD analysis with experimental validation (Optimised performance of a thermally resistive PV glazing technology: an experimental validation) pp. 752-759

Erdem Cuce, Abhishek Saxena, Pinar Mert Cuce, Harun Sen, Hasan Eroglu, Shanmuga Priya Selvanathan, Kumarasamy Sudhakar and Md Hasanuzzaman

Novel method for microencapsulation of eutectic hydrated salt as a phase change material for thermal energy storage (Review of solid–liquid phase change materials and their encapsulation technologies) pp. 760-767

Xianliang Huo, Donghuan Xie, Zimo Zhao, Shujun Wang and Fanbin Meng

Design and multiperspectivity-based performance investigations of H-Darrieus vertical axis wind turbine through computational fluid dynamics adopted with moving reference frame approaches (Numerical simulation and comparative study of aerodynamic performance of Kline Fogleman modified backward stepped airfoils and the NACA 4415 airfoil) pp. 784-806

Rohini Janaki Balamurugan, Hussein A Z AL-bonsrulah, Vijayanandh Raja, Lokeshkumar Kumar, Sri Diviyalakshmi Kannan, Senthil Kumar Madasamy, Raffik Rasheed, Parvathy Rajendran and Mohammed Al-Bahrani

Estimating the swelling potential of non-carbon–based binder (NCBB)-treated clayey soil for sustainable green subgrade using AI (GP, ANN and EPR) techniques (Effect of desiccation on ashcrete (HSDA)-treated soft soil used as flexible pavement foundation; zero carbon stabilizer approach) pp. 807-815

Kennedy C Onyelowe, Ahmed M Ebid, Michael E Onyia and Ezenwa C Amanamba

Corrigendum to: The effect of openings ratio and wall thickness on energy performance in educational buildings pp. 816-816

Laila Amer Hashem Alqahtani and Lamis Saad Eldeen Elgizawi

Corrigendum to: Building envelope and energy saving case study: a residential building in Al-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia pp. 817-817

Laila Amer Hashem Al-Qahtani and Lamis Saad Eldeen Elgizawi

Spatial–temporal characteristics and scenario simulation of carbon emissions from energy consumption based on multiscale in the affected areas of the lower Yellow River (The human imperative of stabilizing global climate change at 1.5°C) pp. 818-830

Zhenyue Liu, Dan Yang, Pengyan Zhang, Ling Jiang, Yanyan Li, Tianqi Rong and Meiling Song

Energetic and financial analysis of solar landfill project: a case study in Qingyuan (Effects of urbanization on municipal solid waste composition) pp. 828-36

Guangyu Gu, Ziteng Song, Boyan Lu, Yu Deckard, Zonglin Lei and Xuan Sun

Dynamic analysis of biodiversity, carbon storage and environmental factors of coniferous forest in Loudi City, Hunan Province (Structural complexity and large-sized trees explain shifting species richness and carbon relationship across vegetation types) pp. 831-840

You Zhou, Jiyun She and Xiongmei Zhu

Drying behavior and mathematical modeling of Tenebrio molitor using a closed system heat pump dryer (Evaluation of Tenebrio molitor larvae as an alternative food source) pp. 841-849

Fuqiang Qiu, Baoguo Li, Taoping Xu and Dugui He

Lithium-ion battery capacity configuration strategy for photovoltaic microgrid (DMPPT control of photovoltaic microgrid based on improved sparrow search algorithm) pp. 850-855

Changsheng Liu and Xingxing Zhang

The influence of exhaust gas recirculation on the characteristics of compression ignition engines powered by tamanu methyl ester (Performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine using Calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel blends with TiO2 nanoadditives and EGR) pp. 856-869

Senthilkumar P B, Parthasarathy M, Asif Afzal, C Ahamed Saleel, Erdem Cuce, Shaik Saboor and Tanya Gera

Simulation and optimization of a Carnot battery process including a heat pump/organic Rankine cycle with considering the role of the regenerator (Robust multi-objective optimal design of islanded hybrid system with renewable and diesel sources/stationary and mobile energy storage systems) pp. 870-878

Dong Zhao, Shuyan Sun and Hosein Alavi

Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations of CH4 molecules adsorption behavior in bituminous coal (CH4, CO2 and H2O adsorption on nonmetallic atom-decorated graphene surface) pp. 879-887

Dan Zhao and Xiaoqing Liu

Selection and performance evaluation of waste and by-product materials for thermal storage applications (Sustainable materials for low carbon buildings) pp. 888-899

Zineb Erregueragui, Abdeslam Tizliouine, Lahoucine Ouhsaine, Mohammed Chafi and Lhaj El Hachemi Omari

Techniques and applications of lignocellulose biomass sources as transport fuels and other bioproducts (A review on process conditions for optimum bio-oil yield in hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass) pp. 900-909

Victoria Inyang, O T Laseinde and Grace M Kanakana

Applications of intelligent techniques in modeling geothermal heat pumps: an updated review (Performance analysis of an integrated cooling system consisted of earth-to-air heat exchanger (EAHE) and water spray channel) pp. 910-918

Khalid Almutairi

Reducing PV soiling and condensation using hydrophobic coating with brush and controllable curtains (Review article-renewable energies) pp. 919-930

Amer Aldawoud, Abdelsalam Aldawoud, Yashar Aryanfar, Mamdouh El Haj Assad, Shubham Sharma and Reza Alayi

Auxiliary social governance system based on knowledge graph: application in carbon reduction (EMS provider and patient safety during response and transport: proceedings of an ambulance safety conference) pp. 931-940

Shun Lyu, Tianle Zhang and Junting Zhang

Effect of air gap depth on Trombe wall system using computational fluid dynamics (A calibration of the solar load ratio method to determine the heat gain in PV-Trombe walls) pp. 941-949

Ehsan F Abbas, Abdulnasser Al-abady, Vijayanandh Raja, Hussein A Z AL-bonsrulah and Mohammed Al-Bahrani

Urban chronic diseases management through promoting low carbon lifestyle and physical activities (Mortality, morbidity, and risk factors in China and its provinces, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2017) pp. 950-961

Kun Liu, Hong Wang, Weixiang Wang, Ming Li, Guqiang Wei, Huaqing Liang, Zirui He, Guangdong Liu, Chen Xu and Xuan Liu

Evaluation of the gas turbine unit in the Kirkuk gas power plant to analyse the energy and exergy using ChemCad simulation (Review of gas turbine power plant modifications and the effectiveness of different operation parameters) pp. 953-70

Sara A Salah, Ehsan F Abbas, Obed Majeed Ali, Naseer T Alwan, Salam J Yaqoob and Reza Alayi

The compressive study of energy security prospects in India through solar power (Inducing the shift from flat-rate or free agricultural powerto metered supply: implications for groundwater depletion and power sector viability in India) pp. 962-979

Om Prakash, Asim Ahmad, Anil Kumar, Rajeshwari Chatterjee, Shubham Sharma, Reza Alayi and Hossein Monfared

Quality level and outsourcing strategies in a three-tier low-carbon supply chain (Delegation vs. control in low-carbon supply chain procurement under competition) pp. 980-990

Xinjian Wu, Chao Yu and Suyong Zhang

Drop-in assessment of plug-in R404A refrigeration equipment using low-global warming potential mixtures (Energy consumption and conservation in food retailing) pp. 991-999

Atilla G Devecioğlu and Vedat Oruç

Parametric layout and performance examination of a novel energy process based on the renewable energies and thermodynamic cycles (A hybrid-electric propulsion system for an unmanned aerial vehicle based on proton exchange membrane fuel cell, battery, and electric motor) pp. 1000-1011

Qi Fang, Shaoping Li and Hadi Fooladi

Research on the strategy of lithium-ion battery–supercapacitor hybrid energy storage to suppress power fluctuation of direct current microgrid (Load frequency control of a novel renewable energy integrated micro-grid containing pumped hydropower energy storage) pp. 1012-1017

Wei Zhang, Ming Zhong, Junfei Han, Yumei Sun and Yang Wang

A battery balancing control strategy for industrial applications (Design and implementation of a battery management system with active charge balance based on the SOC and SOH online estimation) pp. 1018-1023

Zhenyu Liu, Zhiguo Fan, Ke Li, Xiaoyuan Shao, Binning Fan, Aifeng Liu and Lijun Yan

Viscosity reduction of heavy crude oil by co-heating with hydrothermal liquid product of cotton stalk (A mass and energy balance-based process modelling study for the pyrolysis of cotton stalks with char utilization for sustainable soil enhancement and carbon storage) pp. 1024-1028

Hui Ming, Xiao Yang, Kun Yang, Zhilin Yang, Tianqi Wang, Xuqiang Guo and Libo Zhang

Preparation and oxygen reduction performance of nitrogen-doped cotton stalk-derived carbon (Control of nanoparticle aggregation in PEMFCs using surfactants) pp. 1029-1035

Akang Sun, Yuemei Liu, Junhong Ma, Lijing Yang and Yuanhao Wang

Research on carbon emissions of urban residents’ three types of dining based on the whole life cycle (Analysis of shiitake environmental performance via life cycle assessment) pp. 1036-1045

Zimo Zhao, Xiuyuan Lv, Yuanhao Wang, Guangfeng Lv, Bo Miao, Qing Hu, Cheng Ouyang, Yukun Liu and Luhui Yan

Construction of highly hydrophobic and fast endothermic surfaces using candle soot and nano-TiO2 (Superhydrophobic photothermal icephobic surfaces based on candle soot) pp. 1046-1051

Hao Liu, Yangfan Du, Qianyu Zhou, Shifeng Wang and Qi Gao

Potted plants and ventilation effectively remove pollutants from tobacco smoke (Indoor-biofilter growth and exposure to airborne chemicals drive similar changes in plant root bacterial communities) pp. 1052-1060

Chao Liu, Nan Zhang, Limei Sun, Weijun Gao, Qiuyun Zang and Xuening Wang

Research on low-carbon supply chain decision-making under carbon cap-and-trade and subsidy policy (Optimal production and carbon emission reduction level under cap-and-trade and low carbon subsidy policies) pp. 1061-1074

XinXin Peng, YuHong Tao, ChunMei Wang and Zhen Zhong

Carbon sink price prediction based on radial basis kernel function support vector machine regression model (Chaos and order in the capital markets) pp. 1075-1084

Xing Yang, Jun-long Mi, Jin Jiang, Jia-wen Li, Quan-shen Zhang and Meng-meng Geng

Chain destruction of methane–hydrogen explosion in utility tunnel to adjacent space (The development trend of and suggestions for China’s hydrogen energy industry) pp. 1085-1094

Shuhao Zhang, Yanchen Yao, Xinying Yang and Jianmei Du

Review on the adsorption of airborne molecular contaminants in electronic industry cleanrooms (Numerical simulation of particle spatial distribution and filtration characteristic in the pleated filter media using OpenFOAM) pp. 1095-1103

Yuming Lu, Guoqing Cao, Xin Feng and Yanpeng Wu

Hybrid nanofluids flow and heat transfer in cavities: a technological review (Nanofluid flow and heat transfer in porous media: a review of the latest developments) pp. 1104-1123

Temiloluwa O Scott, Daniel R E Ewim and Andrew C Eloka-Eboka

Heuristic power flow optimization of hybrid power systems integrated with bulk renewable energy sources and battery storage (A review of solar photovoltaic technologies) pp. 1124-1133

M J Laly, Elizabeth P Cheriyan, R Sunitha and Hassan Haes Alhelou

Hydraulic conductivity predictive model of RHA-ameliorated laterite for solving landfill liner leachate, soil and water contamination and carbon emission problems (Production of eco-cement exclusively from municipal solid waste incineration residues) pp. 1134-1144

Kennedy C Onyelowe, Ahmed M Ebid, Jair de Jesús Arrieta Baldovino and Michael E Onyia

Research on balance control strategy of lithium-ion battery energy storage system (Impact of cell balance on grid scale battery energy storage systems) pp. 1145-1150

Shujuan Xu and Zhenbao Sun

Vehicle detection method with low-carbon technology in haze weather based on deep neural network (Cascade R-CNN: delving into high quality object detection) pp. 1151-1157

Ning Tao, Jia Xiangkun, Duan Xiaodong, Song Jinmiao and Liang Ranran

High performance evaluation of a PV/T hybrid system connected with a thermal store unit holding paraffin wax (The effect of adding paraffin wax to PVT collector on its efficiency: a practical study) pp. 1158-1165

Ehsan F Abbas, Tahseen A Tahseen, N A Madlol, Hulya S Sulaiman, Hussein A Z Al-bonsrulah, Vijayanandh Raja and Mohammed Al-Bahrani

Performance evaluation of the photovoltaic thermal system with a fin array and surface zigzag layout (Performance enhancement of solar photovoltaic cells using effective cooling methods: a review) pp. 1166-1176

Marrwa S Ghanim and Ammar A Farhan

Mixture optimization of synthesized zeolites 4A and 13X for solar adsorption refrigeration application (A review on solar-powered cooling and air-conditioning systems for building applications) pp. 1177-1185

A R Sowunmi, F O Anafi, O A Ajayi, N O Omisanya, D O Obada, A NOyedeji and K A Salami

Measures to resolve range anxiety in electric vehicle users (A new long term assessment of energy return on investment (EROI) for U.S. oil and gas discovery and production) pp. 1186-1206

Sirapa Shrestha, Bivek Baral, Malesh Shah, Sailesh Chitrakar and Bim P Shrestha

Research on performance evaluation of urban low-carbon management: a case study in Foshan (Strategies for low-carbon green growth and urban management in Korea) pp. 1207-1215

Lyu Shun

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Low-carbon supply chain operations: impacts of carbon tax and fairness concerns (A mathematical model for green supply chain coordination with substitutable products) pp. 1239-1253

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Spatial and temporal evolution of total factor productivity of low-carbon tourism industry based on DEA–Malmquist Index model (Tourism travel under climate change mitigation constraints) pp. 1254-1260

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Effect of area ratio and Reynolds number on the distribution of discharge in dividing manifold (CFD simulation for manifold with tapered longitudinal section) pp. 1271-1279

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CFD analysis and comparison of conventional type and perforated plate type shell tube heat exchangers (Experimental and CFD estimation of heat transfer in helically coiled heat exchangers) pp. 1280-1291

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Optimal site selection for wind power plant using multi-criteria decision-making methods: A case study in eastern Iran (Selection of optimal location and design of a stand-alone photovoltaic scheme using a modified hybrid methodology) pp. 1319-1337

Seyed Mohammad Seyed Alavi, Akbar Maleki and Ali Khaleghi

Irreversibility analysis of induced swirl flow inside the pipes of flat-plate solar collector using dual tangential nozzles (The strain transfer mechanism of fiber Bragg grating sensor for extra large strain monitoring) pp. 1851-63

Yan Cao, Hamdi Ayed, Alibek Issakhov, Ndolane Sene and Belgacem Bouallegue

Improved structural design of wind turbine blade based on topology and size optimization (Assessment of optimum tip speed ratio in wind turbines using artificial neural networks) pp. 2153-61

Jie Zhu, Xin Cai, Dongfang Ma, Jialiang Zhang and Xiaohui Ni

Study on the performance and mechanism of modified mica for improving polypropylene composites (Transforming ground mica into high-performance biomimetic polymeric mica film) pp. 2974-81

Xiaolong Chen, Taozhong Zhang, Pengliang Sun, Fujia Yu, Bin Li and Linan Dun

Investigation of the effects of high-carbon alcohol addition to camelina oil methyl ester on the performance parameters and soot emission of a diesel engine (Exhaust emissions and engine performance analysis of a marine diesel engine fuelled with Parinari polyandra biodiesel–diesel blends) pp. 2999-07

Murat Karabektas and Mehmet Sabit Yilancilar

Model analysis of energy consumption data for green building using deep learning neural network (BIM-LCA integration for the environmental impact assessment of the urbanization process) pp. 4196-72

Mingyu Yu, Lihong Li and Zhenxu Guo

A study of low-carbon development, urban innovation and industrial structure upgrading in China (Developing a long-term local society design methodology towards a low-carbon economy. An application to Shiga prefecture in Japan) pp. 4688-703

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Evaluating an active low-energy cooling upgrade to the building envelope in the hot climates of the Middle East (Energy efficiency of residential buildings in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia: review of status and future roadmap) pp. 102143-96

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