Models of two-stage serial and parallel thermoelectric generators have been established in this paper. Low-temperature thermoelectric material bismuth telluride and medium-temperature skutterudite are employed in the models and the exhaust gas of internal combustion engine is used as heat...

An advanced numerical investigation has been carried out in order to study the effect of multiple injection strategies on Caterpillar heavy-duty diesel engine emissions. Both different injected fuel percentages for each pulse and several dwells between main and post phase were investigated via...

The use of hydrogen/methane mixtures with low methane contents as fuels for internal combustion engines (ICEs) may help to speed up the development of the hydrogen energy market and contribute to the decarbonization of the transportation sector. In this work, a commercial 1.4L four-cylinder...

This study investigates the application of Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) technique to predict the performance of a hybrid microgeneration system. The hybrid system consists of an internal combustion engine (1kWe and 3.2kWth) integrated with a high efficiency condensing furnace...

The portion of oil could be estimated 33 % of global primary energy consumption in 2012 (BP, 2012) and its average price – beside the products produced from it as well - significantly increased, unlike the demand for transport which has been reduced. This tendency is expected to remain...

The damaging effect of climate change has made mankind to continuously pursue means of reversing global warming caused by greenhouse gases. CO2 gas according to available data for the year 2010 represents a whopping 76% of the emitted global greenhouse gases hence, making it a focal point in the...

The CO2 legislation has become more restrictive over time, and to reach the goals imposed by this legislation the automotive industry saw in the hybrid vehicles a solution. Technologies like micro, mild, full and plug in hybrids emerged in order to achieve the imposed goals. This article will...

There are sectors of agriculture, manufacturing processes where conventional power is indispensable, although it may be more savings and better managed. Agricultural production consumes large amounts of conventional energy, especially oil to the normal process flow results more or less efficient...

About 150 million metric tons of rice straw is produced in Southeast Asian countries every year. Several barriers impeding the collection of rice straw from the fields as well as the lack of knowledge on alternative uses of rice straw led to the practice of burning which causes air pollution and...