To fully model the anaerobic digestion process, biological and physico-chemical background, the kinetics of bacterial growth, substrate degradation and product formation have to be taken into account. The presented approaches differ depending on the requirements and the developer of the model....

Biomass is becoming a more and more interesting option to replace conventional fossil fuels for heat and power generation. Small plants able to use solid biomass, collected in the plant neighborhoods, are having a growing diffusion: University of Pisa jointly with some local manufactures has...

Harmonic models were computed using mean monthly average daily values of global irradiation for seven stations in Oman. Pertinent amplitudes and phase angles have been obtained for each station. The results show the dominance of the first two harmonics in the southern stations, Salalah and...

A new concept of building integrated solar water collector and the experimentation are described, then experimental results are shown. Numerical calculations are performed in Matlab environment using a finite difference model and an electrical analogy.

A tubular solid oxide fuel cell (TSOFC) module fed by methane is modelled and analyzed thermodynamically from the exergy point of view in this paper. The model of TSOFC module consists of mixer, pre-reformer, internal reforming fuel cell group, afterburner and internal pre-heater components. The...

This paper presents a system dynamics computer model to predict population growth, solid waste production, electricity generation from solid waste and percentage of total electricity demand supplied from the solid waste of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Simulated solid waste generation in Dhaka agrees well...

A methodology for developing a simple theoretical model for calculating global insolation on a horizontal surface is described in this paper. The input parameters to the model are the latitude of the desired location and the amount of total precipitable water content in the vertical column at...

Hourly diffuse and direct solar irradiance data are required for weather files used in building energy simulation as well as Photovoltaic and solar thermal calculations. Access to up to date hourly observation data or satellite derived data for these parameters is currently only available for a...

This work presents a new design of an air conditioning prototype by solar energy developed at the Laboratory of Electromechanical Systems of the National Engineering School of Sfax, Tunisia. The new conception permits to produce heat or cold by using solar energy without polluting the...

This paper introduces a dynamic forecasting of irradiance and ambient temperature. The medium term forecasting (MTF) gives a daily meteorological behaviour. It consists of a neuro-fuzzy estimator based on meteorological parameters’ behaviours during the days before, and on time distribution...