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Sizing stand-alone photovoltaic–wind hybrid system: Techno-economic analysis and optimization
Belmili, Hocine; Haddadi, Mourad; Bacha, Seddik; Almi, … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 30 (2014) C, pp. 821-832
In this paper a detailed sizing method of stand-alone Photovoltaic–Wind hybrid systems is proposed and evaluated by the … design and the development of flexible software basing on techno-economic analysis and using Object-Oriented Programming …. First, a short review of the different sizing programs is given after, a detailed sizing methodology for PV–Wind systems is …
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Integrating hydroprocessors in refinery hydrogen network optimisation
Umana, Blessing; Shoaib, Abeer; Zhang, Nan; Smith, Robin - In: Applied Energy 133 (2014) C, pp. 169-182
hydrogen systems. Previous methodologies on hydrogen network optimisation have been developed mainly based on the assumption of …
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Multi-component optimisation for refinery hydrogen networks
Jia, Nan; Zhang, Nan - In: Energy 36 (2011) 8, pp. 4663-4670
. Therefore, optimisation of overall hydrogen networks is required to improve the hydrogen utilisation in oil refineries. Previous … work over hydrogen management has developed methodologies for H2 network optimisation, with a very simplistic assumption … the drawbacks in previous work, an improved modelling and optimisation approach has been developed. Light hydrocarbon …
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A review of computational optimisation methods applied to sustainable building design
Evins, Ralph - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 22 (2013) C, pp. 230-245
sustainable building design problems. A summary of common heuristic optimisation algorithms is given, covering direct search …This paper presents a comprehensive review of all significant research applying computational optimisation to … these methods to different fields of sustainable building design. Key fields are reviewed in detail: envelope design …
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Methods to optimise the design and management of biomass-for-bioenergy supply chains: A review
De Meyer, Annelies; Cattrysse, Dirk; Rasinmäki, Jussi; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 31 (2014) C, pp. 657-670
Biomass supply chain optimisation is essential to overcome barriers and uncertainties that may inhibit the development … of a sustainable and competitive bioenergy market. The number of research papers presenting optimisation models in the … field of bioenergy systems rises exponentially. This paper gives an overview of the optimisation methods and models …
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Soft-Computing Control of Ball and Beam System
Patil, Pravin P.; Kharola, Ashwani - In: International Journal of Applied Evolutionary … 9 (2018) 4, pp. 1-21
This article derives a mathematical model and compares different soft-computing techniques for control of a highly dynamic ball and beam system. The techniques which were incorporated for control of proposed system were fuzzy logic, proportional-integral-derivative (PID), adaptive neuro fuzzy...
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Process Synthesis and the G-H Space for Analysing and Optimising Biomass Gasification
Ngubevana, Lwazi - In: International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical … 7 (2018) 1, pp. 13-41
Biomass is a key source of energy to power the world's growing hunger for energy, whilst replacing fossil fuels as the fight against greenhouse gas emissions intensifies. This has led to a significant focus on not only using biomass as a source of energy, but also on the need to use it...
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Decision Support based on Bio-PEPA Modeling and Decision Tree Induction: A New Approach, Applied to a Tuberculosis Case Study
Hamami, Dalila; Baghdad, Atmani; Shankland, Carron - In: International Journal of Information Systems in the … 9 (2017) 2, pp. 71-101
The problem of selecting determinant features generating appropriate model structure is a challenge in epidemiological modelling. Disease spread is highly complex, and experts develop their understanding of its dynamic over years. There is an increasing variety and volume of epidemiological data...
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The Implementation of DSSim: A Multi-Agent Ontology Mapping System
Vargas-Vera, Maria - In: International Journal of Knowledge Society Research (IJKSR) 8 (2017) 3, pp. 34-53
This paper presents the decisions taken during the implementation of DSSim (DSSim stands for Similarity based on Dempster-Shafer) our multi-agent ontology mapping system. It describes several types of agents and their roles in the DSSim architecture. These agents are mapping agents which are...
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A Novel Hybrid Firefly Bee Algorithm for Optimization Problems
Nemmich, Mohamed Amine; Debbat, Fatima; Slimane, Mohamed - In: International Journal of Organizational and Collective … 8 (2018) 4, pp. 21-46
hybrid optimisation approach, namely a Hybrid Firefly Bee Algorithm (HFBA), by using the Bees Algorithm (BA) and the Firefly …
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