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Design optimization and analysis of a biomass gasification based BCHP system: A case study in Harbin, China
Wang, Jiang-Jiang; Xu, Zi-Long; Jin, Hong-Guang; Shi, … - In: Renewable Energy 71 (2014) C, pp. 572-583
configuration and operation strategy of the biomass gasification based BCHP system and proposes an integrated optimization design … obtained, and the validation and error analysis of the optimization model are verified. The results show that the error of the … optimization ATC is only 0.00041% and the optimization speed of this optimization model is 12.4 times than that of the general …
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Scheduling coupled photovoltaic, battery and conventional energy sources to maximize profit using linear programming
Torres, David; Crichigno, Jorge; Padilla, Gregg; … - In: Renewable Energy 72 (2014) C, pp. 284-290
is becoming one of the most promising alternatives. In this context, this paper presents an optimization model for the …. The optimization model is formulated as a Linear Program (LP) with a bounded number of variables and constraints. The …
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An energy management approach for renewable energy integration with power generation and water desalination
Al-Nory, Malak; El-Beltagy, Mohamed - In: Renewable Energy 72 (2014) C, pp. 377-385
can be applied in the case of power and desalinated water generation. The approach is based on mathematical optimization …
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Thin-film luminescent solar concentrators: A device study towards rational design
Griffini, Gianmarco; Levi, Marinella; Turri, Stefano - In: Renewable Energy 78 (2015) C, pp. 288-294
A study on the effect of different device parameters on the photophysical and photovoltaic behavior of thin-film luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) is presented in this work. The concentration of the luminescent species, the thickness of the LSC film, the geometric gain of the LSC device and...
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Imperial competitive algorithm optimization of fuzzy multi-objective design of a hybrid green power system with considerations for economics, reliability, and environmental emissio...
Gharavi, H.; Ardehali, M.M.; Ghanbari-Tichi, S. - In: Renewable Energy 78 (2015) C, pp. 427-437
algorithm is utilized for optimization. To address different levels of importance for economics and environmental emission …
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Optimization of process parameters in electrocoagulation treating chicken industry wastewater to recover hydrogen gas with pollutant reduction
Thirugnanasambandham, K.; Sivakumar, V.; Prakash Maran, J. - In: Renewable Energy 80 (2015) C, pp. 101-108
Electrocoagulation process (EC) was performed in an upflow blanket reactor (UBR) applying response surface methodology (RSM) based on the Box–Behnken design (BBD) to produce hydrogen gas and reduce the chemical oxygen demand (COD) from chicken industry wastewater. The results showed that RSM...
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Optimum design of the slotted-interdigitated channels flow field for proton exchange membrane fuel cells with consideration of the gas diffusion layer intrusion
Peng, Linfa; Mai, Jianming; Hu, Peng; Lai, Xinmin; Lin, … - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 5, pp. 1413-1420
the flow field distribution. Secondly, a multi-objective optimization model is proposed to eliminate the nonuniform …
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Optimization of operational planning for wind/hydro hybrid water supply systems
Vieira, Filipe; Ramos, Helena M. - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 3, pp. 928-936
Water supply systems (WSS) frequently present high-energy consumption values, which correspond to the major expenses of these systems. Energy costs are a function of its real consumption and of the variability of the daily energy tariff.
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Condition based maintenance optimization for wind power generation systems under continuous monitoring
Tian, Zhigang; Jin, Tongdan; Wu, Bairong; Ding, Fangfang - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 5, pp. 1502-1509
By utilizing condition monitoring information collected from wind turbine components, condition based maintenance (CBM) strategy can be used to reduce the operation and maintenance costs of wind power generation systems. The existing CBM methods for wind power generation systems deal with wind...
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Design and optimization of desalination reverse osmosis plants driven by renewable energies using genetic algorithms
Bourouni, K.; Ben M’Barek, T.; Al Taee, A. - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 3, pp. 936-950
Renewable energy sources (RES) for powering desalination processes is a promising option especially in remote and arid regions where the use of conventional energy is costly or unavailable. Reverse Osmosis (RO) is one of the most suitable desalination processes to be coupled with different...
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