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Energies, Volume 14, Issue 2

January-2 2021 - 264 articles

Cover Story: In this work, the findings of different 2030 scenarios, considering various socio-economic and techno-economic determinants of possible future energy system development, identify numerous modification and reduction potentials of the electricity demand due to societal commitment and energy community penetration. View this paper
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Articles (264)

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,595 Views
28 Pages

Energy and Economic Investigation of a Biodiesel-Fired Engine for Micro-Scale Cogeneration

  • Diego Perrone,
  • Angelo Algieri,
  • Pietropaolo Morrone and
  • Teresa Castiglione

18 January 2021

The work aims at investigating the techno-economic performance of a biodiesel micro combined heat and power (CHP) system for residential applications. The CHP unit is based on a direct-injection compression ignition engine providing 6.7 kWel and 11.3...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,507 Views
15 Pages

An Integrated Approach to Convert Lignocellulosic and Wool Residues into Balanced Fertilisers

  • Filippo Marchelli,
  • Giorgio Rovero,
  • Massimo Curti,
  • Elisabetta Arato,
  • Barbara Bosio and
  • Cristina Moliner

18 January 2021

Valorising biomass waste and producing renewable energy or materials is the aim of several conversion technologies. In this work, we consider two residues from different production chains: lignocellulosic residues from agriculture and wool residues f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,152 Views
16 Pages

18 January 2021

Horizontally assembled trapezoidal piezoelectric cantilevers driven by magnetic coupling were fabricated for rotational energy harvester applications. A dodecagonal rigid frame with an attached array of six trapezoidal cantilevers served as a stator...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
5,657 Views
22 Pages

Monofacial and Bifacial Micro PV Installation as Element of Energy Transition—The Case of Poland

  • Piotr Olczak,
  • Małgorzata Olek,
  • Dominika Matuszewska,
  • Artur Dyczko and
  • Tomasz Mania

18 January 2021

The several government subsidies available in Poland contributed to an increased interest in PV installations. Installed PV capacity increased from 100 MW in 2016 up to 2682.7 MW in July 2020. In 2019 alone, 104,000 microinstallations (up to 50 kWp)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,663 Views
20 Pages

18 January 2021

Studies on microalgal lipid production as a sustainable feedstock for biofuels and chemicals are scarce, particularly those on applying open thin-layer cascade (TLC) photobioreactors under dynamic diurnal conditions. Continuous lipid production with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,396 Views
20 Pages

17 January 2021

This article presents three variants of the Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) for the Double Square Multiphase type Conventional Matrix Converters (DSM-CMC) supplying loads with the open-end winding. The first variant of PWM offers the ability to obtain z...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,328 Views
18 Pages

Enhanced Oil Removal by a Non-Toxic Biosurfactant Formulation

  • Emília Mendes da Silva Santos,
  • Isabela Regina Alvares da Silva Lira,
  • Hugo Moraes Meira,
  • Jaciana dos Santos Aguiar,
  • Raquel Diniz Rufino,
  • Darne Germano de Almeida,
  • Alessandro Alberto Casazza,
  • Attilio Converti,
  • Leonie Asfora Sarubbo and
  • Juliana Moura de Luna

17 January 2021

In this study, a new formulation of low-cost, biodegradable, and non-toxic biosurfactant by Candida sphaerica UCP 0995 was investigated. The study was conducted in a bioreactor on an industrial waste-based medium, and a central composite rotatable de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,280 Views
33 Pages

Building Suitable Datasets for Soft Computing and Machine Learning Techniques from Meteorological Data Integration: A Case Study for Predicting Significant Wave Height and Energy Flux

  • Antonio Manuel Gómez-Orellana,
  • Juan Carlos Fernández,
  • Manuel Dorado-Moreno,
  • Pedro Antonio Gutiérrez and
  • César Hervás-Martínez

17 January 2021

Meteorological data are extensively used to perform environmental learning. Soft Computing (SC) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques represent a valuable support in many research areas, but require datasets containing information related to the topic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,598 Views
19 Pages

17 January 2021

The article presents the concept of voltage control in a medium-voltage network, using the classical control of a HV/MV (High Voltage/Medium Voltage) transformer and active participation of distributed generation sources. The proposed solution is bas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,988 Views
16 Pages

17 January 2021

This study conducted a detailed technical analysis of small-scale solar–bio-hybrid power generation systems using Rankine (steam turbine) and Brayton (gas turbine) cycles. Thermodynamic models were developed to characterize the state of working...

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