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Energies, Volume 16, Issue 8

2023 April-2 - 310 articles

Cover Story: The concurrent worldwide energy crisis has become a strong incentive for researchers, governments, and industry professionals to focus on sustainable energy solutions. Consequently, pavement photovoltaic energy-harvesting technologies, as one of the most common sustainable energy solutions, have recently experienced significant improvement, especially in the new innovative designs of pavement solar panels. In this study, an innovative design for a prototype energy-harvesting system was proposed based on thin-film photovoltaic solar panels. View this paper
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Articles (310)

  • Review
  • Open Access
67 Citations
8,598 Views
25 Pages

21 April 2023

The increasing demand for electricity and the need for environmentally friendly transportation systems has resulted in the proliferation of solar photovoltaic (PV) generators and electric vehicle (EV) charging within the low voltage (LV) distribution...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,419 Views
18 Pages

21 April 2023

The possibilities for reducing the fuel consumption of internal combustion engines focus mainly on developing combustion systems, as one such solution is a two-stage combustion system using jet ignition. The combustion of gaseous mixtures with a high...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue NOx, PM and CO2 Emission Reduction in Fuel Combustion Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,255 Views
19 Pages

21 April 2023

Delamination damage to spar caps seriously endangers the operation safety of offshore wind turbines. The effect of initial delamination of various depths and areas on the ultimate tensile load of laminates is studied based on experiments and numerica...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theoretical and Technical Challenges in Offshore Wind Power)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,364 Views
18 Pages

21 April 2023

In 2022, Thailand’s Demand Response (DR) business model was shifting from the Traditional Utility (TU) model to the Load Aggregator (LA) model in accordance with Thailand’s smart grid master plan. This research studied the current demand...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Blockchain, IoT and Smart Grids Challenges for Energy)
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,534 Views
13 Pages

Challenges of Industrial-Scale Testing Infrastructure for Green Hydrogen Technologies

  • Jonas Bollmann,
  • Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu and
  • Moritz F. Kühnel

21 April 2023

Green hydrogen is set to become the energy carrier of the future, provided that production technologies such as electrolysis and solar water splitting can be scaled to global dimensions. Testing these hydrogen technologies on the MW scale requires th...

(This article belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
9,534 Views
19 Pages

A Review of Different Types of Solar Cell Materials Employed in Bifacial Solar Photovoltaic Panel

  • Muthu Vimala,
  • Geetha Ramadas,
  • Muthaiya Perarasi,
  • Athikesavan Muthu Manokar and
  • Ravishankar Sathyamurthy

21 April 2023

Conventionally accessible silicon solar cells experience two major drawbacks, such as reduced efficiency and increased fabrication costs. The prospects for the reduction in the cost of the photovoltaic form of energy conversion are bifacial solar cel...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Review Papers in Energy and Buildings)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4,430 Views
16 Pages

21 April 2023

Recently, the demand for small, low-cost electronics has increased the use of cost-effective tiny inductors in power-management ICs (PMICs). However, the conduction loss caused by the parasitic DC resistance (RDCR) of a small inductor leads to low ef...

(This article belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,771 Views
22 Pages

21 April 2023

The ERTMS/ETCS is the newest automatic train protection system. This is a system that supports the driver in driving the train. It is currently being implemented throughout the European Union. This system’s latest specifications also provide ad...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling of Quality, Reliability, and Exploitation for Power Supply Systems, ICT Systems, and Transportation Systems)
  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
8,127 Views
24 Pages

21 April 2023

Remote community initiatives for renewable energy are rapidly emerging across Canada but with varying numbers, success rates, and strategies. To meet low-carbon transition goals, the need to coordinate technology deployment and long-term policy to gu...

(This article belongs to the Collection Review Papers in Energy and Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,744 Views
13 Pages

21 April 2023

Electromagnetic forces acting on conductors of the cleats and lead of a power transformer can cause permanent damage to the insulation of conductors. Determining the force acting on the conductor of cleats and leads cannot be performed using the stan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Problems during the Design and Testing of Instrument, Special and Power Transformers)
  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,486 Views
19 Pages

21 April 2023

With growing concern about risks related to energy security around the world, the development of hydrogen cooperation between India and Japan has become very important to ensure the economic security of the two countries and to deepen economic cooper...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Hydrogen Energy Ⅱ)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,746 Views
27 Pages

Simulation Study of Hydrodynamic Conditions in Reaction Cell for Cement Biomineralization Using Factorial Design and Computational Fluid Dynamics: Prospects for Increased Useful Life of Concrete Structures and Energetic/Environmental Benefits

  • Bruno Augusto Cabral Roque,
  • Pedro Pinto Ferreira Brasileiro,
  • Yana Batista Brandão,
  • Hilario Jorge Bezerra de Lima Filho,
  • Attilio Converti,
  • Bahar Aliakbarian,
  • Mohand Benachour and
  • Leonie Asfora Sarubbo

21 April 2023

Studies have reported the incorporation of microorganisms into cement to promote the formation of calcium carbonate in cracks of concrete, a process known as biomineralization. The paper aims to improve the process of the cascade system for biominera...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Valorisation of Wastes: Environmental Sustainability and Production of Biofuels by Advanced Technologies Ⅱ)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,804 Views
20 Pages

21 April 2023

Appropriate frequency response is an issue of great importance in power system management, especially in an islanded one. An energy-based method for assessing a system’s response, which is needed to prevent under frequency load shedding (UFLS),...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,181 Views
14 Pages

Numerical Investigation of Compression and Expansion Process of Twin-Screw Machine Using R-134a

  • Chia-Cheng Tsao,
  • Wen-Kai Lin,
  • Kai-Yuan Lai,
  • Savas Yavuzkurt and
  • Yao-Hsien Liu

21 April 2023

Increasing the efficiency of twin-screw machines is beneficial for gas compression and expansion applications. We used a computation fluid dynamic approach to obtain the flow field and efficiency of a twin-screw machine that used R-134a as the workin...

  • Review
  • Open Access
105 Citations
16,256 Views
21 Pages

Cellulases: From Lignocellulosic Biomass to Improved Production

  • Nevena Ilić,
  • Marija Milić,
  • Sunčica Beluhan and
  • Suzana Dimitrijević-Branković

21 April 2023

Cellulases are enzymes that are attracting worldwide attention because of their ability to degrade cellulose in the lignocellulosic biomass and transform it into highly demanded bioethanol. The enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose by cellulases into fer...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Biofuel Production from Waste Biomass)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,853 Views
22 Pages

21 April 2023

Integrated solar combined cycle (ISCC) systems play a pivotal role in the utilization of non-fossil energy; however, the efficient application of solar energy has emerged as a primary issue in the study of ISCC systems. Therefore, it is extremely urg...

(This article belongs to the Topic Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,590 Views
29 Pages

21 April 2023

The increasing market share of electric vehicles and the politically intended phase-out of the internal combustion engine require reliable and realistic predictions for future consumption and greenhouse gas emissions as a function of technological so...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,200 Views
16 Pages

21 April 2023

The constant development of the electrical engineering sector, especially in the transmission of electrical energy under high-voltage direct current (HVDC), requires research on new insulation materials and investigations of physical phenomena under...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,994 Views
13 Pages

Machine-Learning-Based Classification for Pipeline Corrosion with Monte Carlo Probabilistic Analysis

  • Mohd Fadly Hisham Ismail,
  • Zazilah May,
  • Vijanth Sagayan Asirvadam and
  • Nazrul Anuar Nayan

21 April 2023

Pipeline corrosion is one of the leading causes of failures in the transmission of gas and hazardous liquids in the oil and gas industry. In-line inspection is a non-destructive inspection for detecting corrosion defects in pipelines. Defects are mea...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Detection and Diagnosis in Oil and Gas Pipelines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,888 Views
20 Pages

21 April 2023

As one of the crucial factors contributing to coal spontaneous combustion, the oxidation of pyrite is a complex process involving multiple reactions, particularly in the presence of oxidants (Fe3+ and O2) and bacteria. However, experimental results b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,852 Views
16 Pages

Hybrid Surrogate Model-Based Multi-Objective Lightweight Optimization of Spherical Fuel Element Canister

  • Yuchen Hao,
  • Jinhua Wang,
  • Musen Lin,
  • Menghang Gong,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Bin Wu,
  • Tao Ma,
  • Haitao Wang,
  • Bing Liu and
  • Yue Li

21 April 2023

A number of canisters need to be lightweight designed to store the spherical fuel elements (SFE) used in high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR). The main challenge for engineering is pursuing high-accuracy and high-efficiency optimization simult...

(This article belongs to the Topic Nuclear Energy Systems)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,554 Views
6 Pages

21 April 2023

Transport plays an important role in the economy of a given country or region [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Transportation Systems Modeling, Simulation and Analysis with Reference to Energy Supplying)
  • Review
  • Open Access
85 Citations
16,970 Views
16 Pages

Urban Transportation Concept and Sustainable Urban Mobility in Smart Cities: A Review

  • Inese Mavlutova,
  • Dzintra Atstaja,
  • Janis Grasis,
  • Jekaterina Kuzmina,
  • Inga Uvarova and
  • Dagnija Roga

21 April 2023

In order to create a sustainable future for the urban environment in s=Smart cities, it is necessary to develop a concept of urban transport, partially reduce the use of traditional transport, primarily cars, as well as the environmental pressure on...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Circular Business Models and Circular Economy in Energy Production and Consumption)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,245 Views
19 Pages

Impacts Analysis of Dual Carbon Target on the Medium- and Long-Term Petroleum Products Demand in China

  • Li Shang,
  • Qun Shen,
  • Xuehang Song,
  • Weisheng Yu,
  • Nannan Sun and
  • Wei Wei

21 April 2023

Petroleum has become a strategic resource to the national economy, and forecasting its demand is a critical step to supporting energy planning and policy-making for carbon reduction. We first conducted a characteristic analysis of end consumption for...

(This article belongs to the Topic Energy Policy, Regulation and Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,032 Views
14 Pages

21 April 2023

This paper proposes an improved common mode (CM) electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression method in switching power supplies. The lossless snubber circuit can reduce du/dt and EMI in the high-frequency band. Nevertheless, it has a weak EMI supp...

(This article belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,739 Views
14 Pages

20 April 2023

Generator fault diagnosis has a great impact on power networks. With the coupling effects, some uncertain factors, and all the complexities of generator design, fault diagnosis is difficult using any theoretical analysis or mathematical model. This p...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,982 Views
19 Pages

Review of Big Data Analytics for Smart Electrical Energy Systems

  • Huilian Liao,
  • Elizabeth Michalenko and
  • Sarat Chandra Vegunta

20 April 2023

Energy systems around the world are going through tremendous transformations, mainly driven by carbon footprint reductions and related policy imperatives and low-carbon technological development. These transformations pose unprecedented technical cha...

(This article belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,818 Views
25 Pages

Solar Electric Vehicles as Energy Sources in Disaster Zones: Physical and Social Factors

  • Kenji Araki,
  • Yasuyuki Ota,
  • Anju Maeda,
  • Minoru Kumano and
  • Kensuke Nishioka

20 April 2023

Electric vehicles (EVs) have the advantage of being resilient to natural disasters. However, users hesitate to donate electricity when they lose the chance to recharge at the utility. Solar electric vehicles (SEVs) save energy through vehicle-integra...

(This article belongs to the Collection Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,206 Views
27 Pages

Structural Performance of Energy Efficient Geopolymer Concrete Confined Masonry: An Approach towards Decarbonization

  • Muhammad Mubashir Ajmal,
  • Asad Ullah Qazi,
  • Ali Ahmed,
  • Ubaid Ahmad Mughal,
  • Safeer Abbas,
  • Syed Minhaj Saleem Kazmi and
  • Muhammad Junaid Munir

20 April 2023

Geopolymer concrete is preferred over OPC due to its use of energy waste such as fly ash, making it more sustainable and energy-efficient. However, limited research has been done on its seismic characterization in confined masonry, highlighting a gap...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Energy Systems in Zero/Positive Energy Buildings, Communities and Districts)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,096 Views
24 Pages

Testing Method for Electric Bus Auxiliary Heater Emissions

  • Rasmus Pettinen,
  • Joel Anttila,
  • Tommi Muona,
  • Mikko Pihlatie and
  • Rafael Åman

20 April 2023

Auxiliary diesel heaters are commonly used in all types of vehicles in cold climates and conditions around the world. Electric buses used in public transport utilise diesel-burning auxiliary heaters to provide thermal comfort for passengers under col...

(This article belongs to the Topic Electric Vehicles Energy Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,238 Views
32 Pages

Techno-Economic Potential of Urban Photovoltaics: Comparison of Net Billing and Net Metering in a Mediterranean Municipality

  • Enrique Fuster-Palop,
  • Carlos Prades-Gil,
  • Ximo Masip,
  • J. D. Viana-Fons and
  • Jorge Payá

20 April 2023

Solar photovoltaic self-consumption is an attractive approach to increase autarky and reduce emissions in the building sector. However, a successful deployment in urban rooftops requires both accurate and low-computational-cost methods to estimate th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Efficiency and Optimization Strategies in Buildings for a Sustainable Future)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,691 Views
15 Pages

20 April 2023

To enhance the operational dependability of renewable energy power systems with high proportions, this study proposes a multi-timescale optimization strategy based on the inertia evaluation model. Firstly, the inertia evaluation model is established...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,810 Views
22 Pages

20 April 2023

This review article aims to describe the main applications of gas hydrates in industrial processes and the related advantages and limitations. In particular, gas storage, energy storage, gas transportation, final disposal of greenhouse gases, desalin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,257 Views
11 Pages

20 April 2023

The Crofer 22 APU alloy is a frequently used metallic material to manufacture interconnects in solid oxide fuel cells. However, the formation and evaporation of Cr2O3 not only increases the electrical resistance but also leads to the Cr-related degra...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design, Modeling, and Optimization of Novel Fuel Cell Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,617 Views
19 Pages

20 April 2023

Efforts to control climate change with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 have had the most significant impact on businesses operating in the energy sector, which produce large amounts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In light of such p...

(This article belongs to the Collection Energy Transition Towards Carbon Neutrality)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,322 Views
3 Pages

Energy Efficiency Improvement of Electric Machines without Rare-Earth Magnets

  • Vladimir Prakht,
  • Mohamed N. Ibrahim and
  • Vadim Kazakbaev

20 April 2023

Electric motors are one of the largest consumers of electricity and are responsible for 40–45% of the world’s energy consumption [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Efficiency Improvement of Electric Machines without Rare-Earth Magnets)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,412 Views
18 Pages

20 April 2023

The timely discovery of low-frequency oscillations in power systems and accurate identification of their modal parameters is critical in numerous applications. Therefore, we investigated the feasibility of using multi-channel signals and established...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power System Operation, Control and Stability)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,759 Views
27 Pages

20 April 2023

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transport sector and their effect on air quality are now a major concern, and the electrification of road freight transport is seen as one potential solution. However, this presents a challenge with the increas...

(This article belongs to the Collection Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
7,350 Views
11 Pages

20 April 2023

Machine learning (ML) is efficiently disrupting and modernizing cities in terms of service quality for mobility, security, robotics, healthcare, electricity, finance, etc. Despite their undeniable success, ML algorithms need crucial computational eff...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,376 Views
20 Pages

High Degree of Electrification in Heavy-Duty Vehicles

  • Santiago Martinez-Boggio,
  • Javier Monsalve-Serrano,
  • Antonio García and
  • Pedro Curto-Risso

20 April 2023

Because of the rising demand for CO2 emission limits and the high cost of fuel, the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles has become a hot topic. Manufacturers have tried a variety of designs to entice customers, but the outcomes vary depending on t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Vehicles Power Train, Storage and Charging: Design, Modelling and Simulation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,519 Views
16 Pages

20 April 2023

While hydro turbines generate over 40% of the world’s total renewable energy, these traditional turbines present a great environmental concern due to the potential of their sharp blades to damage aquatic lives and ecology, along with their harm...

(This article belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
17,519 Views
12 Pages

Naphtha Characterization (PIONA, Density, Distillation Curve and Sulfur Content): An Origin Comparison

  • Aline Pioli Silva,
  • Juliana Otavia Bahú,
  • Renato Soccol,
  • Leonardo Rodríguez-Urrego,
  • William Stive Fajardo-Moreno,
  • Hiram Moya,
  • Jeffrey León-Pulido and
  • Víktor Oswaldo Cárdenas Concha

20 April 2023

Naphtha is an important distillation product of crude oil, and is used as a raw material for first-generation products such as ethylene, propylene, gasoline, xylene (BTX), and others. However, due to the different sources of crude oil, differences in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,448 Views
23 Pages

Best Practice Data Sharing Guidelines for Wind Turbine Fault Detection Model Evaluation

  • Sarah Barber,
  • Unai Izagirre,
  • Oscar Serradilla,
  • Jon Olaizola,
  • Ekhi Zugasti,
  • Jose Ignacio Aizpurua,
  • Ali Eftekhari Milani,
  • Frank Sehnke,
  • Yoshiaki Sakagami and
  • Charles Henderson

20 April 2023

In this paper, a set of best practice data sharing guidelines for wind turbine fault detection model evaluation is developed, which can help practitioners overcome the main challenges of digitalisation. Digitalisation is one of the key drivers for re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Digitalisation and Data)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,285 Views
14 Pages

20 April 2023

Expansion energy is the main factor of coal and gas outbursts, and the gas desorption around the outburst hole is developed in variable pressure conditions. While studying the impact of moisture on gas desorption characteristics, atmospheric pressure...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Methane Production from Coal, Shale and Other Tight Rocks 2023)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,351 Views
20 Pages

20 April 2023

Over the last few decades, climate change and global warming have intensified a serious threat that may deteriorate global sustainable development. The factors significantly contributing to global warming are greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,679 Views
34 Pages

Supercritical Water Gasification of Coconut Shell Impregnated with a Nickel Nanocatalyst: Box–Behnken Design and Process Evaluation

  • Marcela M. Marcelino,
  • Gary A. Leeke,
  • Guozhan Jiang,
  • Jude A. Onwudili,
  • Carine T. Alves,
  • Delano M. de Santana,
  • Felipe A. Torres,
  • Ednildo A. Torres and
  • Silvio A. B. Vieira de Melo

20 April 2023

The energy conversion of nickel-impregnated coconut shells using supercritical water has not yet been explored. The impregnation process was conducted at room temperature and a pH of 5.80 for 72 h. Characterization of the prepared sample confirmed th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomass Resources and Bio-Energy Potential)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,782 Views
48 Pages

20 April 2023

The success of energy transition relies on what happens in the contact zone, the area between citizens and municipality governments, which still awaits more thorough research. This article employs the concept of the contact zone both as a theory desc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable and Low Carbon Development in the Energy Sector)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,177 Views
22 Pages

Predicting and Managing EV Charging Demand on Electrical Grids: A Simulation-Based Approach

  • Pramote Jaruwatanachai,
  • Yod Sukamongkol and
  • Taweesak Samanchuen

20 April 2023

Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular, and it is important for utilities to understand their charging characteristics to accurately estimate the demand on the electrical grid. In this work, we developed simulation models for diffe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data Mining Applications for Charging of Electric Vehicles II)

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