Solar energy technologies and their applications are as relevant today as they were in 1950s. A comprehensive review of … energy and exergy efficiencies of all three zones of salt-gradient solar pond are presented. Need of the evaluation and … revival of solar pond technology for continuous supply of large quantity of solar thermal energy for low temperature …

realistic picture than energy efficiency analysis. In addition, the environmental impact and the economic feasibility of these … thermal energy storage (CTES) system has become more significant in the past decade. The present paper has reviewed the … studies conducted on the energy and exergy analysis of CTES systems with a special focus on ice thermal and chilled water …

This study attempts to evaluate the energy and environmental efficiency of the primary sectors of the EU member state … efficiency after the implementation of the the new CAP, with the new member states siginificantly differ of both energy and …-proportional adjustments to energy inputs and undesirable outputs and thus it provides different estimations for energy and environmental …

temperature from 35 to 60°C, cold water temperature from 21 to 25.35°C in the experiments. The energy efficiency increases …, the optimum conditions comes out. Energy efficiency of the chevron type heat exchanger has the theoretical and …In this study, the theoretical results of energy and exergy analyses of the chevron type heat exchanger are compared …

Nowadays the difference between the supply and demand of energy continuously rises. Thus finding new energy resources … and also using present resources more efficiently are the key concepts of the new century. One of the ways to use energy … resources more efficient is to produce electrical energy from combined cycle power plants. In order to maintain the efficient …

Rapid methods to characterise biomass for energy are needed due to the increasing use of biomass in the energy system … management systems, allowing for the appropriate selection and optimum use of biomass to energy conversion techniques …. Composition of biomass has important implications for optimisation of conversion processes such as pelletising …

techno-economic algorithm to determine the system that would guarantee a reliable energy supply with a lowest investment. …

In this research, a site selection method for wind-compressed air energy storage (wind-CAES) power plants was developed … localities for wind-CAES power plant sites. One important consequence of this research was the identification of the wind energy … potential for wind-CAES sites. The theoretical wind energy potential of Iran of greater than 50W/m2 was identified from a wind …

This paper presents a comprehensive review of all significant research applying computational optimisation to … sustainable building design problems. A summary of common heuristic optimisation algorithms is given, covering direct search …, including constructions and form; configuration and control of building systems; renewable energy generation; and holistic …