Academic Articles & Research Papers

Advances in materials informatics for tailoring thermal radiation: A perspective review

Materials informatics has emerged as a powerful tool for the discovery, design, and optimization of materials with tailored thermal radiative properties. This perspective review highlights the recent advances in optimization algorithms, inc...

Optimal dispatching method for integrated energy system based on robust economic model predictive control considering source–load power interval prediction

Effective source–load prediction and reasonable dispatching are crucial to realize the economic and reliable operations of integrated energy systems (IESs). They can overcome the challenges introduced by the uncertainties of new energies an...

Photovoltaics and renewable energies in Europe

Extraction and Energy Management of Solar Photovoltaic, Fuel Cell, and Battery Systems Using a Novel Multi Port Power Converter for DC Microgrid Applications

In DC microgrids, efficient power extraction and an effective energy management strategy (EMS) are crucial when integrating multiple power sources. This study presents a novel Four-Port Converter (FPC) configuration designed to extract powe...

Capacity Optimization and Rolling Scheduling of Offshore Multi-Energy Coupling Systems

Increasing penetration of offshore renewable energy has highlighted the challenges posed by strong intermittency, output uncertainty, and insufficient utilization of marine energy resources. To address these issues, this study investigates ...

Thermal performance analysis of net zero energy home for sub zero temperature areas

With the increase in energy demand globally, environmental risks are also becoming more serious than ever before. Emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) are hastily contributing to global warming and ozone deplet...

Renewable energy : sources for fuels and electricity

This book assesses the technical and economic prospects for making fuels and electricity from renewable energy sources. Twenty-three chapters discuss the following renewable technologies: hydropower; wind energy; solar thermal electric tech...

Renewable Energy Resources

Renewable Energy Resources is a numerate and quantitative text covering the full range of renewable energy technologies and their implementation worldwide. Energy supplies from renewables (such as from biofuels, solar heat, photovoltaics, w...

Comprehensive renewable energy

Comprehensive Renewable is the only multi-volume reference work of its type at a time when renewable energy sources are seen increasingly as realistic alternatives to fossil fuels. As the majority of information published for the target aud...

Platinum-free counter electrodes of plasma-modified hybrid nanomaterials for dye-sensitised solar cells

Molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) nanotube and tungsten oxide (W18O49) nanowire were coated with poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) by a radio frequency (RF: 13.56 MHz)-rotating plasma-modification method ...

Hybrid Nanocomposite Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications: A Review

Continuing growth in global energy consumption and the growing concerns regarding climate change and environmental pollution are the strongest drivers of renewable energy deployment. Solar energy is the most abundant and cleanest renewable ...

The Renewable Energy Sources

Introduction to the report. Introduction and summary. The place of renewable energy as an energy source. Types of renewable energy source. Tidal energy. Wave energy. Wind energy. Small scale hydro- electric energy. Geothermal energy. Ocean ...

Improving PV Resilience by Dynamic Reconfiguration in Distribution Grids: Problem Complexity and Computation Requirements

The dissemination of low-carbon technologies, such as urban photovoltaic distributed generation, imposes new challenges to the operation of distribution grids. Distributed generation may introduce significant net-load asymmetries between fe...

Nitrogen-Doped Mesoporous Carbon Microspheres by Spray Drying-Vapor Deposition for High-Performance Supercapacitor

Nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon microspheres have been successfully synthesized via a spray drying-vapor deposition method for the first time, using commercial Ludox silica nanoparticles as hard templates. Compared to freeze-drying and air...

Multi-regional energy sharing approach for shared energy storage and local renewable energy resources considering efficiency optimization

As distributed photovoltaic and shared energy storage systems expanded on the user side, developing an energy-sharing mechanism across different regions became crucial for fully utilizing local renewable energy resources and maximizing the ...

Coordination between the central control unit and local control function of a photovoltaic system under the uncertainties of sunlight and three‐phase unbalanced loads

Abstract At present, high penetration of photovoltaic (PV) systems on low voltage (LV) distribution systems is increasing worldwide because of several favourable conditions, such as government policies, decreasing cost of PV technologies, a...

Investigation on Individual and Collective PV Self-Consumption for a Fifth Generation District Heating Network

Renewable Energy Communities have been recently introduced in European legislation to promote distributed generation from renewable energy sources. In fact, they allow to produce and consume energy from shared local power plants. Low temper...

Research on local voltage control strategy based on high-penetration distributed PV systems

With the high-penetration distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems accessed to a distribution network, the peak active power output of PV systems is always greater than the total local load demands, which might lead to the issues of overvoltag...

Design and Practice of Green and Low-Carbon Urban Rail Transit Planning

[Objective] To achieve cost efficiency and low-carbon transformation in rail transit, the planning, design, and implementation of green and low-carbon urban rail transit systems is investigated. [Method] Aiming at life-cycle sustainable dev...

Economical analysis of FV power plants according installed performance

According prognosis of future development of power capacities in Slovakia till 2030 there is assumed increasing of the electricalenergy volume, produced from renewable energy sources from present 260 MW approximately to 2100 MW (Petrovič, 2...