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Ground-source energy systems for building heating and cooling - a case study

Sanmamed, Victor P.; Caetano, Nídia S.; Felgueiras, Carlos - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 353-357

The growing concern about decarbonization of the energy production system led to the use of Renewable Energy Sources (RES). However, RES has the drawback of being inherently intermittent and lack controllability, placing limitations on their use. To avoid such limitations, the exploitation of a...

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A study on the bidding strategy of the Virtual Power Plant in energy and reserve market

In: Energy Reports 6 (2020) 2, pp. 622-626

This paper studies the bidding strategy of a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) in a market of energy and regulation service. The operation of distributed energy resources (DER) and battery energy storage inside the VPP is analyzed. A bidding strategy of the VPP including the spinning reserve contract...

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Biogas generation from Sorghum bicolor stalk: Effect of pretreatment methods and economic feasibility

Dahunsi, S. O.; Adesulu-Dahunsi, A. T.; Osueke, C. O.; … - In: Energy Reports 5 (2019), pp. 584-593

In this study, biogas was produced from the anaerobic digestion of Sorghum bicolor stalk. Pretreatment of the biomass …, elemental and structural analyses were carried out on the biomass before and after pretreatment. The microbial composition of … important bonds in the biomass. The most suitable condition for the most efficient acidic pretreatment of the Sorghum bicolor …

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Experimental investigation of the effect of fatty acids configuration, chain length, branching and degree of unsaturation on biodiesel fuel properties obtained from lauric oils, hi...

Folayan, Adewale Johnson; Anawe, Paul Apeye Lucky; … - In: Energy Reports 5 (2019), pp. 793-806

, density, flash point and kinematic viscosity. The feed stock consists of three groups of vegetable oil biomass. The group one … and corn oil biomass with low percentage of mono-unsaturated and high percentage of poly-unsaturated fatty acid. High … oleic olive and canola oil constituted the third group of biomass. The triglycerides in these oils were converted to methyl …

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Ilmenite as low-cost catalyst for producer gas quality improvement from a biomass pilot-scale gasifier

Pio, D. T.; Gomes, H. G. M. F.; Tarelho, L. A. C.; … - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 325-330

/kg biomass (dry basis) specific dry gas production, 44.5% cold gas efficiency and 68.4% carbon conversion efficiency were …/kg biomass (dry basis) specific dry gas production, 49.8% cold gas efficiency and 75.5% carbon conversion efficiency were …

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Influence of cultivation conditions on the bioenergy potential and bio-compounds of Chlorella vulgaris

Caetano, N.; Melo, A. R.; Gorgich, M.; Branco-Vieira, M.; … - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 378-384

contents of Chlorella vulgaris. Results show that the use of nitrate rich media, from 170.7 mg/L, favors a faster biomass … growth, reaching values above 800 mg/L biomass. In addition, it favors higher pigments concentrations with more emphasis for … obtaining biomass with higher concentrations of chlorophyll-a, at an initial stage, with values varying from 0.2 to 0.6 mg/L. In …

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Emissions mitigation by control of biomass feeding in an industrial biomass boiler

Valente, L.; Tarelho, L. A. C.; Costa, V. A. F. - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 483-489

The objective of this work is the experimental investigation and characterization of the influence of biomass feeding … on combustion efficiency of an industrial biomass boiler. The collected experimental data relate the biomass feeding … control with the operating conditions and boiler performance parameters. Two different methods to control of the biomass …

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Determination of kinetic data through the fluidized bed combustion of chars made from vine and kiwi pruning wastes

Moreira, D. M.; Ferreira, V.; Resende, P. R.; Pinho, C. - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 615-619

This work concerns a preliminary study of the combustion of chars made from two different biomass species, vine and …

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Urban air pollution, climate change and wildfires: The case study of an extended forest fire episode in northern Italy favoured by drought and warm weather conditions

Bo, Matteo; Mercalli, Luca; Pognant, Federica; … - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 781-786

, the deferred impact of wildfires on the local wood biomass energy supply chain is briefly outlined. …

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Oleic acid enhances the production of reactive oxygen species in neuronal tissue

Alves, J. L.; Figueira, A. S. C.; Souto, M.; Lopes, I. L.; … - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 885-890

, which is made from biodegradable and renewable biomass such as vegetable oils. In particular, olive oil contains large …

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