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International photovoltaic markets, developments and trends forecast to 2010

Maycock, Paul D. - In: Renewable Energy 5 (1994) 1, pp. 154-161

75–100MW are described. Module performance (efficiency and warranty), and manufacturing costs will be summarized and …

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Investigations on the performance and exhaust emissions of a diesel engine using preheated waste frying oil as fuel

Pugazhvadivu, M.; Jeyachandran, K. - In: Renewable Energy 30 (2005) 14, pp. 2189-2202

to bring down its viscosity to that of diesel at 30°C. The performance and exhaust emissions of a single cylinder diesel … inlet temperatures (75 and 135°C). The engine performance was improved and the CO and smoke emissions were reduced using …

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A large-scale solar greenhouse dryer using polycarbonate cover: Modeling and testing in a tropical environment of Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Janjai, Serm; Intawee, Poolsak; Kaewkiew, Jinda; … - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 3, pp. 1053-1062

A large-scale solar greenhouse dryer with a loading capacity of 1000 kg of fruits or vegetables has been developed and tested at field levels. The dryer has a parabolic shape and the dryer is covered with polycarbonate sheets. The base of the dryer is a black concrete floor with an area of...

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The use of a curtain design to increase the performance level of a Savonius wind rotors

Altan, Burçin Deda; Atılgan, Mehmet - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 4, pp. 821-829

In this study, a curtain design has been arranged so as to improve the low performance levels of the Savonius wind … the rotor, and performance experiments have been carried out when the rotor is with and without curtain. It has been … determined from here that a significant increase can be achieved in the rotor performance by means of the curtain design …

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A four-bed mass recovery adsorption refrigeration cycle driven by low temperature waste/renewable heat source

Alam, K.C.A.; Akahira, A.; Hamamoto, Y.; Akisawa, A.; … - In: Renewable Energy 29 (2004) 9, pp. 1461-1475

circulation that leads the system to perform better performances. The performance of the proposed cycle evaluated by the … mathematical model at equilibrium condition and compared with the performance of the basic two-bed adsorption refrigeration cycle …

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A test on DI diesel engine fueled with methyl esters of used palm oil

Sharon, H.; Karuppasamy, K.; Soban Kumar, D.R.; … - In: Renewable Energy 47 (2012) C, pp. 160-166

(between 20% and 100%) to analyze its performance, emission and combustion profile. The results obtained were compared with …

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Performance, reliability and failure analysis of wind farm in a developing Country

Herbert, G.M. Joselin; Iniyan, S.; Goic, Ranko - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 12, pp. 2739-2751

In this paper, an analysis of the performance, failure and reliability, as well as a spare parts analysis have been … Muppandal, Tamil Nadu, South India. The average value of performance parameters such as technical availability, real …

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Really a front-runner, really a Straggler? Of environmental leaders and laggards in the European Union and beyond — A quantitative policy perspective

Knill, Christoph; Heichel, Stephan; Arndt, Daniel - In: Energy Policy 48 (2012) C, pp. 36-45

transparent). Although ambitious efforts have been invested to rank countries in terms of their environmental performance, little … systematic research exists that clearly determines leaders and laggards in terms of their policies (policy performance) and …

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Fictions, fractions, factorials and fractures; on the framing of irrigation efficiency

Lankford, Bruce - In: Agricultural Water Management 108 (2012) C, pp. 27-38

Irrigation efficiency, as a complex and useful measure of irrigation performance, is in a vulnerable scientific …-making; and scientists seem unable to agree on methods of performance assessment. This paper explores these fault-lines and …

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Institutional performance of Payments for Environmental Services: An analysis of the Costa Rican Program

Legrand, Thomas; Froger, Géraldine; Le Coq, Jean-François - In: Forest Policy and Economics 37 (2013) C, pp. 115-123

their institutional dimensions when assessing their performance; this is especially true of the Costa Rican case. This paper … provides an analysis of the institutional performance of the Costa Rican Payment for Environmental Services Program (PESP … objective of the program, concluding that its current social performance is poor. However, it concludes that the program has …

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