ICREGA’14 - Renewable Energy: Generation and Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
The Potential of Castor as a Biodiesel Feedstock Crop for the Arabian Peninsula....Pages 1-9
The Effect of Internal Parameters on Biohydrogen Production in Batch Microbial Electrolysis Cell Reactor....Pages 11-22
Assessment of Surplus Agricultural Residues Available for Biomass Briquetting in India....Pages 23-35
Feasibility of Algal Systems for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment....Pages 37-48
Effectiveness of Enzymatic Biodiesel Production from Microalga Oil in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide....Pages 49-57
Review of Dynamic Electric Circuit Models for PEM Fuel Cells....Pages 59-71
SBG for Health Monitoring of Fuel Cell System....Pages 73-85
Dynamic Modeling of PEM Fuel Cell Using Particle Swarm Optimization....Pages 87-99
Catalytic Characterization of Size Based Gold Nanoparticles for Applications in Fuel Cells....Pages 101-116
Advances in P.E.M. Fuel Cell Stack Observer Design Using a Takagi–Sugeno Approach with Unmeasurable Premise Variables....Pages 117-130
Maximum Power Control for Photovoltaic System Using Two Strategies....Pages 131-142
Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) of Stand-Alone Photovoltaic Systems Based on Synergetic Control....Pages 143-159
Reconfiguration Solution for Shaded PV Panels Using Fuzzy Logic....Pages 161-177
High Voltage Gain DC–DC Converter with Low Input Current Ripple for Fuel Cell Source....Pages 179-192
Integrated Double Boost–SEPIC DC–DC Converter for Renewable Energy Systems....Pages 193-206
Low Cost Controller for Wave Energy Converter....Pages 207-219
Coordinated Hybrid Electric Vehicle Charging in Hybrid AC/DC Distribution Systems....Pages 221-232
Monitoring Framework for Cost-Effective Energy Consumption in a Building....Pages 233-240
Distributed Energy Storage Based Series Compensator to Mitigate Power Quality Problems....Pages 241-250
Guidelines for Sizing Shading Devices for Typical Residential Houses in Muscat, Oman....Pages 251-265
Thermal Performance of Ferrocement Green Building System....Pages 267-275
Using PCM Implanted in Building Material for Thermal Management: One Versus Seven Days Assessment....Pages 277-286
Effective U-Value of Wall Assemblies for an Eco-Friendly Paint Coating....Pages 287-298
Function-Based Model Predictive Control Approach for Maximum Power Capture of Heaving Wave Energy Converters....Pages 299-313
Overview of Water Energy Nexus of Abu Dhabi’s Power Sector-Energy Water Analysis of End Use Segment....Pages 315-328
Diesel Engine Performance and Emission Under Hydrogen Supplement....Pages 329-337
The Potential of Using Raw Jojoba Oil as Fuel in Furnaces....Pages 339-346
Present Status of Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste....Pages 347-364
Grid Connection of Wind Energy Conversion System Using Doubly-Fed Induction Generator....Pages 365-378
Capacitor Bank Resizing in Islanded Power Grid Fed by Induction Generator....Pages 379-392
Economic Droop Parameter Selection for Autonomous Microgrids Including Wind Turbines....Pages 393-404
Energy Management for a Grid-Tied Photovoltaic-Wind-Storage System: Part I—Forecasting Models....Pages 405-415
Failure Analysis of Adhesively Bonded Wind Turbine Blade....Pages 417-427
New Pitch Control Scheme for Wind Turbines....Pages 429-441
Numerical Investigation of Four Commonly Used Airfoils for Vertical Axis Wind Turbine....Pages 443-454
Sodar (SOnic Detection and Ranging) Measurement Campaign: Case Study....Pages 455-462
Energy Recovery from Low Speed Winds....Pages 463-478
Thermal Management of Solar Photovoltaics Modules for Enhanced Power Generation....Pages 479-490
Thermal Performance of Improved Inverted Trickle Solar Still....Pages 491-504
Electrodeposited Dendritic Structures of Copper Oxide as Solar Selective Absorbers in the UV–Vis Range....Pages 505-512
Numerical Investigation of Solar Chimney Power Plant in UAE....Pages 513-524
Jordan Current Status on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Analysis and Recommendations for Curricula Development....Pages 525-534
Heterojunction Solar Cell Based on p-type PbS Quantum Dots and Two n-type Nanocrystals CdS and ZnO....Pages 535-545
Dye and Nanoparticles-Sensitized Solar Cells....Pages 547-556
Combination of an Improved P&O Technique with ANN for MPPT of a Solar PV System....Pages 557-570
Articulation Control of a PLC Based Robot Manipulator used for Heliostat Orientation....Pages 571-583
High Density Polyethylene Pyrolysis: Review and Progress....Pages 585-595
Developing Sustainable and Clean Energy for Environmental Issues in Turkey....Pages 597-606
Detailed Kinetics-Based Entrained Flow Gasification Modeling of Utah Bituminous Coal and Waste Construction Wood Using Aspen Plus....Pages 607-622
Estimating Global Solar Radiation with Multiple Meteorological Predictors for Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, UAE....Pages 623-632
Voltage and Photo Driven Energy Storage in Graphene Based Phase Change Composite Material....Pages 633-642
Enhancing the Performance of Mg–Al Brine Water Batteries Using Conductive Polymer-PEDOT:PSS....Pages 643-653
Design Considerations of Digitally Controlled PV Battery Chargers....Pages 655-665
Experimentally Assessing Hydrogen–Oxygen Production Using Alkaline Fuel Cell....Pages 667-673
Reducing the Combustion Noise and Operational Roughness of Diesel Engine by Using Palm Oil Methyl Ester Biofuel....Pages 675-682
Design and Simulation of a High Performance Standalone Photovoltaic System....Pages 683-697
Computer Simulation for Design Configuration and Optimization Performance of Flat Plate Collectors Case Study for Ifrane, Morocco....Pages 699-713