Energy and Sustainability 2 (Wit Transactions on Ecology and the Environment)

Energy and Sustainability II......Page 2
Copyright Pages......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
Contents......Page 14
Section 1: Renewable energy technologies......Page 20
Solar thermal heating and cooling: experience of a practical implementation......Page 22
A multicriteria space model to locate grid-connected photovoltaic power plants in Granada (Spain), case study......Page 32
Numerical analysis of a minichannel solar collector for CO[sub(2)]-based Rankine cycle applications......Page 42
Biomass refineries: relationships between feedstock and conversion approach......Page 54
Elimination of siloxanes by adsorption process as a way of upgrading biogas......Page 68
Gasified residual/waste biomass as solid oxide fuel cell feed for renewable electricity production......Page 78
Lighting the world with LEDs......Page 90
The optical and electrical properties of Eu[sup(3+)]-Y[sup(3+)] codoped ITO transparent conductive electrodes as luminescent solar concentrators......Page 98
Towards a Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) model to assess financing options of renewable energy technologies......Page 110
Hydrogen fuelled agricultural diesel engine with electronically controlled timed manifold induction: an experimental approach......Page 122
Selection of renewable energy technologies in Africa: the case of efficient stoves in Malawi......Page 136
The sustainable energy service company (ESCO) experience at DIC Corporation......Page 148
Renewable energy from restored prairie plots in southeastern Minnesota, USA......Page 156
Iron catalysts supported on carbon nanotubes for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis: effect of pore size......Page 166
Pyrolysis of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) residue under isothermal and dynamic heating processes......Page 176
Section 2: Energy management......Page 192
Energy and sustainability through integrated water network management......Page 194
Vanadium battery technology – integration in future renewable energy systems......Page 206
Short-term wind forecasting using artificial neural networks (ANNs)......Page 216
Section 3: Energy policies......Page 228
A review of the Bioenergy potential of residual materials in Quebec......Page 230
Potential transport energy demand and oil dependency mitigation measures......Page 244
Sustainable energy policy choice: an economic assessment of Japanese renewable energy public support programs......Page 256
An energy and environmental meta-model for strategic sustainable planning......Page 266
The Italian gas retail market: a cluster analysis based on performance indexes......Page 276
Participatory assessment of sustainable end-user technology in Austria......Page 288
Towards a SADC model to assess financing options of renewable energy technologies......Page 298
Energy from biomass: decision support system for integrating Sustainability into technology assessment......Page 310
Recovering energy from liquid sanitary waste for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell......Page 322
An innovative concept leveraging mass volunteerism and the viral nature of the Web to substantially reduce global carbon emissions......Page 330
Section 4: Energy and the environment......Page 340
Integrating intelligent glass facades into sustainable buildings: cases from Abu Dhabi, UAE......Page 342
Case study 'the Vela Roof – UNIPOL', Bologna: use of on-site climate and energy resources......Page 352
Gap analysis of current research in the area of IT for energy in buildings......Page 362
Development of a sustainability assessment framework for planning for sustainability for biofuel production at the policy, programme or project level......Page 374
Production of biodiesel from Jatropha curcas and performance along with emission characteristics of an agricultural diesel engine using biodiesel......Page 386
Environmental and exergetic performance of electrolytic hydrogen using life cycle assessment......Page 396
Section 5: Energy analysis......Page 406
Heat transfer from in-line tube bundles to downward aqueous foam flow......Page 408
Mathematical models of air-cooled condensers for thermoelectric units......Page 418
Optimisation of cogeneration systems – combined production of methanol and electricity......Page 430
Section 6: Energy efficiency......Page 442
The promotion of energy efficiency of the building envelope in the rehabilitation process. Case study: a minor centre in Abruzzo......Page 444
Domestic appliances end-use efficiencies: the case of eleven suburbs in greater Johannesburg......Page 456
Analysis of energy conversion in ship propulsion system in off-design operation conditions......Page 468
Development of combustion efficiency tables for biofuels......Page 480
Combustion of urban solid wastes in an experimental fluidized bed combustor......Page 488
Optimisation of ammonia injection for an efficient nitric oxide reduction......Page 500
Conversion of waste rubber as an alternative rout to renewable fuel production......Page 508
Energy efficiency development in the German and Colombian energy intensive sectors: a non-parametric analysis......Page 518
Section 7: Energy storage and management......Page 532
Assessing European power grid reliability by means of topological measures......Page 534
Application of energy storage systems for DC electric railways......Page 546
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Z......Page 557