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Wind generation modelling to help the managerial process of modern transmission systems
Vallée, François; Lobry, Jacques; Deblecker, Olivier - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 5, pp. 1632-1638
In this paper, a strategy is proposed in order to introduce in a realistic way wind generation into a transmission power system non sequential Monte Carlo adequacy study with economic dispatch. Thanks to the implemented solution, wind generation is consequently confronted to operational...
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Developments in the utilisation of wind energy in Greece
Papadopoulos, A.M.; Glinou, G.L.; Papachristos, D.Α. - In: Renewable Energy 33 (2008) 1, pp. 105-110
The utilisation of renewable energy sources, and wind energy in particular, can be described in Greece as a story of high expectations, intense initial entrepreneurial interest, delays in the start-up phase of projects and, some times, disappointments during the implementation procedure. Still,...
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Performance assessment of a magnesium chloride saturated solar pond
Bozkurt, Ismail; Deniz, Sibel; Karakilcik, Mehmet; … - In: Renewable Energy 78 (2015) C, pp. 35-41
This paper deals with the experimental investigation of a magnesium chloride saturated solar pond and its performance evaluation through energy and exergy efficiencies. The solar pond system is filled with magnesium chloride containing water to form layers with varying densities. A solar pond...
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A virtual reality study of surrounding obstacles on BIPV systems for estimation of long-term performance of partially shaded PV arrays
Celik, Berk; Karatepe, Engin; Gokmen, Nuri; Silvestre, … - In: Renewable Energy 60 (2013) C, pp. 402-414
This work presents a new analytical method to evaluate the efficiency of PV systems working in partial shading …
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Controlled synthesis of ZnO and TiO2 nanotubes by chemical method and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells
Liu, Zhifeng; Liu, Chengcheng; Ya, Jing; Lei, E. - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 4, pp. 1177-1181
them were successfully fabricated and the cell performances were characterized. The efficiency of DSSCs based on ZnO and …
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Nonlinear 2D analysis of the efficiency of fixed Oscillating Water Column wave energy converters
Luo, Yongyao; Nader, Jean-Roch; Cooper, Paul; Zhu, Song-Ping - In: Renewable Energy 64 (2014) C, pp. 255-265
analyse the efficiency of fixed Oscillating Water Column (OWC) Wave Energy Conversion (WEC) devices with linear power take off … frequency and the capture efficiency of the OWC. The key outcome of the present work is that for fully nonlinear waves a … substantial decrease in the hydrodynamic capture efficiency of the OWC device was observed with increasing wave height, which …
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Thermodynamic efficiency of sorption heat pumps
Sorin, M.; Le Goff, P.; Paris, J.; Galatone, V. - In: Renewable Energy 5 (1994) 1, pp. 412-414
A new definition of the exergy efficiency for two types of Sorption Heat Pumps (type I or conventional heat pump and … given operations. Finally the direct relationships between coefficient of performance and exergy efficiency of heat pump and …
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Anaerobic digestion of palm oil mill effluent and its utilization as fertilizer for environmental protection
Ugoji, Esther O - In: Renewable Energy 10 (1997) 2, pp. 291-294
carried out. This method of digestion was chosen in preference to the aerobic mode, among other factors, efficiency of COD and …
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A graphical method to estimate the efficiency of a solar concentrator
Nijegorodov, N.; Jain, P.K.; Devan, K.R.S. - In: Renewable Energy 5 (1994) 1, pp. 373-375
A graphical method to estimate the efficiency of a solar concentrator used for heating and boiling liquids is described … graphically estimated efficiency is within 5% of the efficiency obtained from solar radiation measurements. …
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Numerical simulation of the solar chimney power plant systems coupled with turbine
Tingzhen, Ming; Wei, Liu; Guoling, Xu; Yanbin, Xiong; … - In: Renewable Energy 33 (2008) 5, pp. 897-905
turbine efficiency are 10MW and 50%, respectively, which presents a reference to the design of large-scale solar chimney power …
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