Progress in Clean Energy, Volume 1: Analysis and Modeling

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Sustainability Assessment of Hybrid Community Energy Systems....Pages 1-20
Thermodynamic Modeling of an Integrated Energy System for Poly-generation Design....Pages 21-39
Assessment of Maisotsenko Combustion Turbine Cycle with Compressor Inlet Cooler....Pages 41-55
Modeling of Fluidized Bed Gasification of Rice Straw in Egypt....Pages 57-71
Thermodynamic Evaluation of an Integrated System with Concentrating Collector....Pages 73-88
Design and Optimization of an Integrated System to Recover Energy from a Gas Pressure Reduction Station....Pages 89-107
Performance Improvement of Adsorption Cooling System by Heat Recovery Operation....Pages 109-119
The Use of Municipality Water System for Building Cooling as an Alternative to Conventional Ground Source Heat Pump....Pages 121-133
Study and Optimization of the Energy Profile of the Meat Industry in the Region of Alentejo, Portugal....Pages 135-152
Energy and Exergy Analyses of Water Usage in Oil Sands Extraction and Upgrading Operations....Pages 153-170
Air Source Heat Pump Performance in Open, Semi-closed, and Closed Greenhouse Systems in British Columbia....Pages 171-181
Air Source Heat Pump Performance in Open, Semi-closed, and Closed Greenhouse Systems in the Canadian Maritimes....Pages 183-191
Air Source Heat Pump Performance in Open, Semi-closed, and Closed Greenhouse Systems in Ontario....Pages 193-202
Air Source Heat Pump Performance in Open, Semi-closed, and Closed Greenhouse Systems in the Canadian Prairies....Pages 203-212
Air Source Heat Pump Performance in Open, Semi-closed, and Closed Greenhouse Systems in Quebec and Labrador....Pages 213-223
Experimental Study of a Multilayer Active Magnetic Regenerator Refrigerator-Demonstrator....Pages 225-233
Evaluation of Thermal Properties of Refrigerant Clathrates with Additives....Pages 235-257
Refrigeration System Optimization for Drinking Water Production Through Atmospheric Air Dehumidification....Pages 259-280
Short-Term Forecasting of the Global Solar Irradiation Using the Fuzzy Modeling Technique: Case Study of Tamanrasset City, Algeria....Pages 281-289
Improving WRF GHI Forecasts with Model Output Statistics....Pages 291-299
CitInES: Design of a Decision Support Tool for Industrial Complexes and Cities....Pages 301-309
Forecasting the Energy Consumption Using Neural Network Approach....Pages 311-320
Complex-Valued Wavelet Neural Network Prediction of the Daily Global Solar Irradiation of the Great Maghreb Region....Pages 321-339
Neural Modeling Adsorption of Copper, Chromium, Nickel, and Lead from Aqueous Solution by Natural Wastes....Pages 341-356
Computational Study of the Effects of Heat Generating Finned Annular Pipe on the Conjugate Heat Transfer....Pages 357-370
Exergy-Based Design and Analysis of Heat Exchanger Networks....Pages 371-387
Flow Velocity Prediction for Heat Exchanger for Fuel Cell by Test and Analysis....Pages 389-401
Preparation and Characterization of Nanoencapsulated n-Nonadecane for Convective Heat Transfer....Pages 403-411
Numerical Simulation of Heat Transfer to TiO2-Water Nanofluid Flow in a Double-Tube Counter Flow Heat Exchanger....Pages 413-422
The Effects of Oil Palm Shell Volume Fractions on Thermal Conductivity for Insulation Concrete....Pages 423-432
Double Diffusion Effects on Entropy Generation in Convective Heat and Mass Transfer....Pages 433-447
Three-Dimensional Numerical Study of the Heat Transfer on The Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: Joules Effect....Pages 449-461
Modeling of Heat Transfer in the PEMFC: Velocity Inlet and Current Density Effect....Pages 463-473
Modeling the Structure Based on GaAsNBi/GaAs for Solar Cell....Pages 475-483
Phenomenological Study of a Cylindrical Solar Water Heater: Critical Analysis of the Mathematical Model....Pages 485-501
Assessment of Turbulence Models for Aerodynamic Performance Analysis of a Commercial Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine....Pages 503-519
Activated Zeolites and Heteropolyacids Have Efficient Catalysts for Synthesis Without Use of Organic Solvent at Room Temperature....Pages 521-533
Utilization of Iron Oxides in Chemical Looping Combustion Processes....Pages 535-549
On the Catalytic Activity of Palladium Nanoparticles-Based Anodes Towards Formic Acid Electro-oxidation: Effect of Electrodeposition Potential....Pages 551-558
The Effect of Temperature and Initial Concentration on Synthesis of Ammonia Borane....Pages 559-570
Electrocatalysis of Formic Acid Electro-Oxidation at Platinum Nanoparticles Modified Surfaces with Nickel and Cobalt Oxides Nanostructures....Pages 571-576
Electro-Oxidation of Formic Acid, Glucose, and Methanol at Nickel Oxide Nanoparticle Modified Platinum Electrodes....Pages 577-594
Hydrotreatment of High-Acidity Vegetable Oil-Heavy Gas Oil Mixtures over a CoMo Catalyst....Pages 595-604
Carbon Sequestration by Direct Seeding of Wheat in Setif High Plains (North East Of Algeria)....Pages 605-613
Chemical Activation of a Sewage Sludge for Elimination of Cationic die (Rhodamine-B) From Aqueous Solution....Pages 615-621
Preferential CO Oxidation Over Ru/Al2O3-Coated Metal Monolith Catalyst for Small-Scale Fuel Processor....Pages 623-631
Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies of Adsorption of Cd (II), Zn(II), and Cu(II) from Aqueous Solution into Cereal By-Products....Pages 633-646
Response Surface Modeling and Optimization of Chromium (VI) Removal from Aqueous Solution Using Date Stones Activated Carbon in Batch Process....Pages 647-669
Carbon Dioxide Adsorption on Coconut Shell Biochar....Pages 671-682
Metal Dispersion and Interaction with the Supports in the Coke Production Over Ethanol Steam Reforming Catalysts....Pages 683-693
Biodegradation of o-Cresol by a Pseudomonas spp....Pages 695-711
Bioadditive Synthesis from Glycerol by Esterification Using Catalytic Chitosan Membrane....Pages 713-724
Biosorption of Pharmaceutical Pollutant....Pages 725-737
Switchable Magnetic Properties of Hydrogenated Metal Alloys....Pages 739-750
Effect of Thickness on Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2 Thin Films....Pages 751-761
Electrochemical Behavior of Silicon in Light and Dark Environments in 0.5 M Sulfuric Acid....Pages 763-776
Monte-Carlo Modelling and Experimental Study of Radon and Progeny Radiation Detectors for Open Environment....Pages 777-786
Adsorption of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution by Natural Clays....Pages 787-801
Application of a Binary Teaching Learning-Based Algorithm to the Optimal Placement of Phasor Measurement Units....Pages 803-815
Innovative Process of Essential Oil Extraction: Steam Distillation Assisted by Microwave....Pages 817-830
Dynamics Molecular Simulation of the Mechanical and Electronic Properties of Polyethylene/Nanotubes Nanocomposites....Pages 831-841
Numerical Simulation of Nonlinear Waves in Numerical Wave Tank Using Boundary Element Method....Pages 843-855
Modeling of Flow Around a Solid Body in Free and Restricted Fluidal Media....Pages 857-868
Effect on Wall Shear Rates of Taylor Vortex Instabilities Induced by Progressive Variation of the Inner Cylinder....Pages 869-889
Void Fraction Influence Over Aqueous Foam Flow: Wall Shear Stress and Core Shear Evolution....Pages 891-908
Signal-Processing Technology for Rotating Machinery Fault Signal Diagnosis....Pages 909-931
Back Matter....Pages 933-943
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