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Energies, Volume 10, Issue 2

February 2017 - 114 articles

Cover Story: The development of distributed energy resources increases the needs of higher grid capacity. It is shown that by performing and comparing three power transformer capacity allocation mechanisms among virtual power plants (VPPs), the congestion problem at the transformer level can be prevented. Inside each VPP, an ACOPF problem is formulated to minimize operational costs, taking into account line thermal limits, voltage limits, and the transformer use power limits/congestion price resulting from the capacity allocation mechanism. View this paper.
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Articles (114)

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,517 Views
21 Pages

A Cluster Design on the Influence of Energy Taxation in Shaping the New EU-28 Economic Paradigm

  • Marian Zaharia,
  • Aurelia Pătrașcu,
  • Manuela Rodica Gogonea,
  • Ana Tănăsescu and
  • Constanța Popescu

21 February 2017

Environmental and energy taxation are essential components for designing global economic policies and they often contribute to achieving the sustainable economic development goals in contemporary economies. Starting from the analysis of certain eleme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,680 Views
19 Pages

21 February 2017

In this study, micro-oxygen was integrated into a rusty scrap iron (RSI)-loaded anaerobic digester. Under an optimal RSI dosage of 20 g/L, increasing O2 levels were added stepwise in seven stages in a semi-continuous experiment. Results showed the av...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
8,938 Views
13 Pages

21 February 2017

An alternative Nafion composite membrane was prepared by incorporating various loadings of CeO2 nanoparticles into the Nafion matrix and evaluated its potential application in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). The effects of CeO2 in the Nafion matr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,727 Views
15 Pages

21 February 2017

Switchgrass displays an excellent potential to serve as a non-food bioenergy feedstock for bioethanol production in China due to its high potential yield on marginal lands. However, few studies have been conducted on the spatial distribution of switc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
12,057 Views
13 Pages

The Efficiency Improvement by Combining HHO Gas, Coal and Oil in Boiler for Electricity Generation

  • Chia-Nan Wang,
  • Min-Tsong Chou,
  • Hsien-Pin Hsu,
  • Jing-Wein Wang and
  • Sridhar Selvaraj

20 February 2017

Electricity is an essential energy that can benefit our daily lives. There are many sources available for electricity generation, such as coal, natural gas and nuclear. Among these sources, coal has been widely used in thermal power plants that accou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,508 Views
12 Pages

Research on the Combustion Characteristics and Kinetic Analysis of the Recycling Dust for a COREX Furnace

  • Haiyang Wang,
  • Jianliang Zhang,
  • Guangwei Wang,
  • Di Zhao,
  • Jian Guo and
  • Tengfei Song

20 February 2017

Thermogravimetric analysis of recycling dust (RD) from the melter gasifier of COREX, coke1 (C-1), coke2 (C-2) and coal char (CC) under 70% oxygen atmosphere was carried out using thermal balance. The chemical composition and physical structure of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,990 Views
17 Pages

20 February 2017

Visible light communication (VLC) has recently gained significant academic and industrial attention. VLC has great potential to supplement the functioning of the upcoming radio-frequency (RF)-based 5G networks. It is best suited for home, office, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,777 Views
14 Pages

A Parameter Selection Method for Wind Turbine Health Management through SCADA Data

  • Mian Du,
  • Jun Yi,
  • Peyman Mazidi,
  • Lin Cheng and
  • Jianbo Guo

20 February 2017

Wind turbine anomaly or failure detection using machine learning techniques through supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system is drawing wide attention from academic and industry While parameter selection is important for modelling a wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,434 Views
14 Pages

Spatial and Temporal Wind Power Forecasting by Case-Based Reasoning Using Big-Data

  • Fabrizio De Caro,
  • Alfredo Vaccaro and
  • Domenico Villacci

20 February 2017

The massive penetration of wind generators in electrical power systems asks for effective wind power forecasting tools, which should be high reliable, in order to mitigate the effects of the uncertain generation profiles, and fast enough to enhance p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,855 Views
16 Pages

A New Vertical JFET Power Device for Harsh Radiation Environments

  • Pablo Fernández-Martínez,
  • David Flores,
  • Salvador Hidalgo,
  • Xavier Jordà,
  • Xavier Perpiñà,
  • David Quirion,
  • Lucia Ré,
  • Miguel Ullán and
  • Miquel Vellvehí

20 February 2017

An increasing demand for power electronic devices able to be operative in harsh radiation environments is now taking place. Specifically, in High Energy Physics experiments the required power devices are expected to withstand very high radiation leve...

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Energies - ISSN 1996-1073