Special Issue "Renewable Energy Conversion and Management"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Codruta Jaliu
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Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling R&D Centre, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brasov, Romania
Interests: small hydropower, wind energy, renewable energy conversion systems, hybrid systems, energy efficiency, reliability, mechanical engineering, product design and development
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Prof. Dr. Mircea Neagoe
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Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling R&D Centre, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brasov, Romania
Interests: renewable energy systems; wind turbines; speed increasers; solar radiation; photovoltaic systems; solar thermal systems; solar tracking systems; hybrid renewable energy systems, product design and development; artificial intelligence in renewable energy
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Prof. Dr. Radu Săulescu
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Design of Mechanical Elements and Systems R&D Centre, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brasov, Romania
Interests: wind energy; wind turbines; speed increasers; energy efficiency; mechanical engineering; conceptual design
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to publish your latest research results in this Special Issue of the Sustainability journal on Renewable Energy Conversion and Management.

The climate change and the continuously increasing demand in the energy sector all over the world require urgent actions for the widespread use of renewable energy sources in the effort of nations to increase the total share of energy obtained from renewables. The efficient energy production and energy intelligent management are key issues in meeting the global goal of 100% energy from renewables by 2050. Consequently, the research in the renewable energy field is trying to identify solutions to respond to all the challenges that the world is facing nowadays and in the future in the energy sector. Thus, topics like better use of the renewable energy potential, accurate forecasting, increase of energy conversion efficiency, the use of computational intelligence techniques in energy management are several goals which definitely pose a major challenge to researchers and designers in the field. Besides, sun, wind, water, biomass and geothermal energies are the main sources of renewable energy, some of them being unpredictable and site-dependent. The research in the field of hybrid energy systems tries to overcome these disadvantages and to offer solutions both for on-grid and off-grid applications.

This Special Issue is aiming to gather new research results and future trends in the field of renewable energy conversion and management, covering a broad range of topics related to the renewable energy sources, the energy conversion system design and optimization and the energy management, but not limited at:

  • Renewable energy potential and forecasting
  • Design and optimization of renewable energy systems
  • Renewable hybrid energy systems
  • Renewable energy conversion efficiency
  • Energy management
  • Renewable energy communities.

Review papers and articles based on multidisciplinary research are also encouraged.

Prof. Dr. Codruta Jaliu
Prof. Dr. Mircea Neagoe
Prof. Dr. Radu Gabriel Săulescu
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Keywords

  • solar energy
  • wind power
  • hydropower
  • tidal power
  • wave power
  • geothermal energy
  • biomass
  • biofuel
  • renewable municipal waste
  • forecasting
  • renewable energy potential
  • energy conversion system
  • hybrid systems
  • energy management
  • energy efficiency
  • optimization of energy systems
  • artificial intelligence
  • life cycle assessment
  • environmental impact assessments
  • modelling
  • simulation
  • experimental testing
  • energy supply security
  • energy storage
  • energy regulation
  • energy policy
  • integration of renewable energy
  • renewable energy communities

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Optimal Allocation of Multiple Types of Distributed Generations in Radial Distribution Systems Using a Hybrid Technique
Sustainability 2021, 13(12), 6644; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126644 - 10 Jun 2021
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In recent years, the integration of distributed generators (DGs) in radial distribution systems (RDS) has received considerable attention in power system research. The major purpose of DG integration is to decrease the power losses and improve the voltage profiles that directly lead to [...] Read more.
In recent years, the integration of distributed generators (DGs) in radial distribution systems (RDS) has received considerable attention in power system research. The major purpose of DG integration is to decrease the power losses and improve the voltage profiles that directly lead to improving the overall efficiency of the power system. Therefore, this paper proposes a hybrid optimization technique based on analytical and metaheuristic algorithms for optimal DG allocation in RDS. In the proposed technique, the loss sensitivity factor (LSF) is utilized to reduce the search space of the DG locations, while the analytical technique is used to calculate initial DG sizes based on a mathematical formulation. Then, a metaheuristic sine cosine algorithm (SCA) is applied to identify the optimal DG allocation based on the LSF and analytical techniques instead of using random initialization. To prove the superiority and high performance of the proposed hybrid technique, two standard RDSs, IEEE 33-bus and 69-bus, are considered. Additionally, a comparison between the proposed techniques, standard SCA, and other existing optimization techniques is carried out. The main findings confirmed the enhancement in the convergence of the proposed technique compared with the standard SCA and the ability to allocate multiple DGs in RDS. Full article
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