Batteries in conventional fuel cell-based backup power systems carry out secondary tasks to support fuel cells in transient states. In this work, batteries fulfill an additional function: contributing to supply the load in stationary state, thus widening possibly the range of economical backup...

Globalization in economy has been taking on an ever greater significance recently. Particularly important it is becoming now to such leading-edge technologies in economics as regional innovation processes. The current stage of the development of regional economies differs from the past ones in...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part 1. Basics -- Chapter 2. What is Data Governance? -- Part 2. Planning -- Chapter 3. Success Factors for the Implementation -- Part 3. Implementation -- Chapter 4. Development of a Responsive Operating Model -- Part 4. Digital Transformation -- Chapter 5....

An increase in demand, and droughts in recent years have resulted in the need for tools to allocate limited water between users in different regions in order to achieve economic, social and environmental benefits. Multi-objective planning is an important decision support tool for natural...

Water Supply Systems (WSS) are large consumers of energy mainly used in pumping stations and treatment plants. Therefore, the improvement of energy efficiency is a major priority for water utilities. The current research work presents a new methodology and a computational algorithm based on...

An inherent characteristic of renewable energy sources (RES)-based electricity generation systems is intermittency and non-controllability. Therefore, the prerequisite for a more significant use of RES within the energy system is the corresponding capacity of Electric Energy Storage (EES). The...