Pavement Energy Harvesting and Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 19232
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pavement design; pavement maintenance management; maintenance and rehabilitation of pavements; pavement energy harvesting; pavement management systems; transport infrastructure management; road safety management systems
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Interests: Pavement Energy Harvesting, Renewable Energy, Energy Conversion, Energy Storage, Energy Efficiency
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing mobilization of people to live in cities, known as urbanization, has led to an increase in the consumption of the planet resources. Energy, in particular electric energy, is a resource whose consumption has increased considerably, and which has associated a huge environmental impact, because most of its production is made on the basis of non-renewable resources. Also, its production is made in a centralized way, outside cities, meaning that it is far from the places where this energy is mostly consumed, leading to energy losses due to transportation. Within this context, energy harvesting in the urban environment can play a very important role to change the current paradigm, so that electric energy can be produced inside cities, minimizing the energy losses and maximizing the energy efficiency.
To achieve an interesting level of renewable energy generation within cities, it is not enough to have one or two technologies working. An energy mix is required that takes advantage of all available sources. Road pavements are permanently exposed to energy sources, both solar radiation and the kinetic energy from moving vehicles. From both, it is possible to harvest energy and convert it into electric energy, which can be stored and delivered to electric loads when required, using different technologies. Based on this, there can be created sustainable solutions both to energy production, as well as to an efficient energy consumption, which is directly associated to the energy needs of the place.
Articles are welcome on this Special Issue which enhance stakeholders' capacity to make strategic and more informed decisions regarding the integration of energy harvesting solutions in the cities' network, that would ultimately enhance the sustainability of the urban electric grids. Specifically, the studies of this Special Issue are expected to address cutting edge research and development in the following topics:
- Pavement energy harvesting systems.
- Railway energy harvesting systems.
- Integration of energy harvesting systems in urban micro grids.
- Energy storage systems for energy harvesting devices.
- Energy efficiency solutions based on energy harvesting devices.
- Life-Cycle Assessment of energy harvesting systems.
- Cost-Benefit Analysis of energy harvesting systems.
Prof. Adelino Adelino Ferreira
Dr. Francisco Duarte
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Pavement Energy Harvesting
- Railway Energy Harvesting
- Energy Conversion
- Energy Storage
- Energy Efficiency
- Sustainability
- Life-Cycle Assessment
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Experimental validation
- Simulation Models
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