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  • Open Access
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Energy–Carbon Coupling Modeling of Integrated Energy Systems in Low-Carbon Parks

  • Kaibin Wu,
  • Zejing Qiu,
  • Mengmeng Yue,
  • Xudong Zhang,
  • Deyi Shao,
  • Jingsheng Li and
  • Hongru Li

28 January 2025

In integrated energy system modeling, extant research predominantly addresses single-energy system optimization or carbon emission flow models, failing to adequately elucidate the mechanisms of combined energy and carbon flow modeling in complex ener...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,555 Views
22 Pages

Review of Coupling Methods of Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems and Renewable Energy Resources

  • Huan Guo,
  • Haoyuan Kang,
  • Yujie Xu,
  • Mingzhi Zhao,
  • Yilin Zhu,
  • Hualiang Zhang and
  • Haisheng Chen

12 June 2023

With the strong advancement of the global carbon reduction strategy and the rapid development of renewable energy, compressed air energy storage (CAES) technology has received more and more attention for its key role in large-scale renewable energy a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,769 Views
14 Pages

Energy Loss of Magnetic Coupling for Pump

  • Jiaqiong Wang,
  • Jundong Duan,
  • Ruijie Zhang and
  • Jingru Sun

21 January 2025

To investigate the energy loss characteristics of magnetic pumps, an experimental setup for magnetic transmission in pumps was constructed. Through experiments, the impact of various factors on the eddy current loss of the magnetic coupling was exami...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,955 Views
31 Pages

Enhancing Energy Transition through Sector Coupling: A Review of Technologies and Models

  • Qichen Wang,
  • Zhengmeng Hou,
  • Yilin Guo,
  • Liangchao Huang,
  • Yanli Fang,
  • Wei Sun and
  • Yuhan Ge

7 July 2023

In order to effectively combat the effects of global warming, all sectors must actively reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a sustainable and substantial manner. Sector coupling has emerged as a critical technology that can integrate energy systems an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
1,632 Views
17 Pages

17 February 2024

To advance carbon neutrality policies, many countries are increasingly integrating Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) into their energy mix. However, for harnessing natural energy in power generation, RESs present challenges in output control, potential...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,307 Views
18 Pages

14 May 2023

With the increasing pressure on energy and the environment, vehicle brake energy recovery technology is increasingly focused on reducing energy consumption effectively. Based on the magnetization effect of permanent magnets, this paper presents a nov...

  • Review
  • Open Access
160 Views
24 Pages

11 January 2026

The concept of energy-rich molecules is central to metabolic activity and the coupling of catabolic and anabolic processes. Here, we use the term “energy-rich” only in the (bio)chemical sense, i.e., for molecules containing particularly w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,216 Views
16 Pages

The Design and Experiment of a Spring-Coupling Electromagnetic Galloping Energy Harvester

  • Lei Xiong,
  • Shiqiao Gao,
  • Lei Jin,
  • Shengkai Guo,
  • Yaoqiang Sun and
  • Feng Liu

28 April 2023

In order to improve the output characteristics of the electromagnetic energy harvester in a high-speed flow field, a spring-coupling electromagnetic energy harvester (SEGEH) is proposed, based on the galloping characteristics of a large amplitude. Th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,887 Views
35 Pages

11 November 2019

Sector coupling is one of the emerging topics in recent energy and climate change policy discussions. It can play a significant role in creating the pathway of a renewable-based energy system in the European energy sector. The North Sea region is ver...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,758 Views
24 Pages

Power Load Demand Forecasting Model and Method Based on Multi-Energy Coupling

  • Dunnan Liu,
  • Lingxiang Wang,
  • Guangyu Qin and
  • Mingguang Liu

13 January 2020

At the present stage, China’s energy development has the following characteristics: continuous development of new energy technology, continuous expansion of comprehensive energy system scale, and wide application of multi-energy coupling techno...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,526 Views
16 Pages

27 October 2022

In order to solve the demand for low-power microcomputers and micro-electro-mechanical system components for continuous energy supply, a magnetic coupling piezoelectric–electromagnetic composite galloping energy harvester (MPEGEH) is proposed....

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,716 Views
16 Pages

10 May 2021

This paper investigates the possibility of converting vibrations to electricity. A numerical and an experimental study of a magnetic levitation harvester are proposed. The system can be highly efficient when the electrical parameters are correctly tu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,730 Views
25 Pages

Progress of Combined Wind and Wave Energy Harvesting Devices and Related Coupling Simulation Techniques

  • Feifei Cao,
  • Mingqi Yu,
  • Bing Liu,
  • Zhiwen Wei,
  • Lei Xue,
  • Meng Han and
  • Hongda Shi

The use of combined wind and wave energy harvesting devices (CWWHDs) is an effective way to synergistically capture offshore wind and wave energy. However, the form of combined energy harvesting and coupled simulation techniques limit the development...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,248 Views
14 Pages

28 November 2019

Vibration energy harvesters transform environmental vibration energy into usable electrical energy. The transformation is only possible because of a coupling between the mechanical part of the energy harvester and the electric circuit. This paper com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,016 Views
36 Pages

Beyond Traditional Energy Sector Coupling: Conserving and Efficient Use of Local Resources

  • Matthias Maldet,
  • Daniel Schwabeneder,
  • Georg Lettner,
  • Christoph Loschan,
  • Carlo Corinaldesi and
  • Hans Auer

17 June 2022

Decentralisation and sector coupling are becoming increasingly crucial for the decarbonisation of the energy system. Resources such as waste and water have high energy recovery potential and are required as inputs for various conversion technologies;...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,421 Views
24 Pages

The Energy Conversion and Coupling Technologies of Hybrid Wind–Wave Power Generation Systems: A Technological Review

  • Bohan Wang,
  • Zhiwei Sun,
  • Yuanyuan Zhao,
  • Zhiyan Li,
  • Bohai Zhang,
  • Jiken Xu,
  • Peng Qian and
  • Dahai Zhang

12 April 2024

Based on the mutual compensation of offshore wind energy and wave energy, a hybrid wind–wave power generation system can provide a highly cost-effective solution to the increasing demands for offshore power. To provide comprehensive guidance fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
7,518 Views
18 Pages

Coupling and Coordination Degrees of the Core Water–Energy–Food Nexus in China

  • Shasha Xu,
  • Weijun He,
  • Juqin Shen,
  • Dagmawi Mulugeta Degefu,
  • Liang Yuan and
  • Yang Kong

Achieving sustainable development in the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus is gaining global attention. The coupling and coordination degrees are a way to measure sustainable development levels of a complex system. This study assessed the cou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
888 Views
22 Pages

Energy Cost Centre-Based Modelling of Sector Coupling in Local Communities

  • Edvard Košnjek,
  • Boris Sučić,
  • Mojca Loncnar and
  • Tom Smolej

22 May 2025

This paper presents an analysis of energy use and sector coupling in a local energy community using a model based on energy cost centres (ECCs), functional units for decentralised responsibility and optimisation of energy use within defined system bo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
5,483 Views
25 Pages

Wind–Wave Coupling Effect on the Dynamic Response of a Combined Wind–Wave Energy Converter

  • Jinghui Li,
  • Wei Shi,
  • Lixian Zhang,
  • Constantine Michailides and
  • Xin Li

9 October 2021

There is a huge energy demand from offshore renewable energy resources. To maximize the use of various renewable energy sources, a combined floating energy system consisting of different types of energy devices is an ideal option to reduce the leveli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,968 Views
20 Pages

8 August 2022

In a thermoelectric coupling energy system, renewable energy is often curtailed by the uncertainty of the power generation. Besides, the integration of renewable energy is restricted by the inflexible operation of combined heat and power units due to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
104 Views
22 Pages

16 January 2026

Increasing penetration of offshore renewable energy has highlighted the challenges posed by strong intermittency, output uncertainty, and insufficient utilization of marine energy resources. To address these issues, this study investigates an offshor...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,667 Views
30 Pages

Enabling Technologies for Sector Coupling: A Review on the Role of Heat Pumps and Thermal Energy Storage

  • Omais Abdur Rehman,
  • Valeria Palomba,
  • Andrea Frazzica and
  • Luisa F. Cabeza

7 December 2021

In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, current and future energy systems need to be made more efficient and sustainable. This change can be accomplished by increasing the penetration of renewable energy sources and using efficient technologies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,199 Views
21 Pages

18 September 2023

In light of the pressing concerns about worldwide warming and environmental degradation, understanding the nexus between energy consumption and green development has become vital to fostering a low-carbon transition in energy consumption, and promoti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
174 Views
21 Pages

15 January 2026

The natural gas sector, as a pivotal transition fuel, is fundamentally constrained by the “Energy Trilemma”—the intertwined and often competing goals of energy security, affordability, and sustainability. Current research predominan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,111 Views
19 Pages

28 September 2022

As the largest inland river basin in China, the Tarim River Basin is an important energy base and a key cotton-producing area in China. Therefore, the harmonious development of water resources, energy resources and cotton resources in the Tarim River...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,379 Views
14 Pages

Vibration Energy Coupling Behavior of Rolling Mills under Double Disturbance Conditions

  • Lidong Wang,
  • Shen Wang,
  • Xingdou Jia,
  • Xiaoling Wang and
  • Xiaoqiang Yan

20 February 2023

The operation of the world’s first multimode continuous casting and rolling F3 (3rd finishing mill stand) finishing mill was hampered by frequent vibrations. Mill vibrations were found to be caused by the transmission and coupling of vibration...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,921 Views
16 Pages

29 July 2023

The energy of rotating machinery exists widely in the environment. It is of great significance to collect and utilize the energy of rotating machinery for sustainable development. In this paper, a novel piezoelectric and electromagnetic energy harves...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,799 Views
16 Pages

Analysis of the Coupling Coordinated Development of the Water-Soil-Energy-Carbon System in Northwest China

  • Min Wang,
  • Yiming An,
  • Rupu Yang,
  • Xiaoyu Shan,
  • Liping Li and
  • Xiangzhao Feng

20 May 2024

The intricate interplay between water resources, land resources, energy systems, and carbon emissions has emerged as a prominent discourse in academic research. Nonetheless, there remains a dearth of comprehensive research dedicated to fostering envi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,476 Views
22 Pages

Energy Cell Simulation for Sector Coupling with Power-to-Methane: A Case Study in Lower Bavaria

  • Robert Bauer,
  • Dominik Schopf,
  • Grégoire Klaus,
  • Raimund Brotsack and
  • Javier Valdes

4 April 2022

In this study, the possibility of sector coupling with biological Power-to-Methane to support and stabilize the energy transition of the three major sectors of electricity, heat, and gas was addressed. For this purpose, the energy cell simulation met...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,874 Views
7 Pages

1 November 2021

Sensors are devices that measures a change in physical stimulus by converting it into an electronic signal which can be read by a designated instrument. To overcome the real-life challenges associated with powering a sensor using conventional batteri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,183 Views
16 Pages

30 December 2022

The bandwidth of piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) can be broadened by resonance-based frequency tuning approaches, including mechanical tuning and electrical tuning. In this work, a new coupling tuning mechanism for regulating the near-open-cir...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,733 Views
22 Pages

22 April 2024

In the Xinjiang region, the sustainable management of water resources, energy, and food is crucial for regional development. This study establishes a coupling evaluation index for energy–food–water (EFW) systems from the perspectives of s...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
74 Citations
10,706 Views
22 Pages

13 November 2017

With its abundance of renewable energy potentials, not only for hydropower and bioenergy, but also for wind and solar, Brazil provides good prospects for a carbon neutral energy system. The role of an enhanced coupling of the power, heat and transpor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,685 Views
17 Pages

22 September 2023

Renewable energy’s integral role in addressing the global climate crisis underscores the importance of crafting coordinated policies to bolster its growth. Shandong Province, as China’s largest carbon emitter, presents an intriguing case...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,836 Views
26 Pages

On the Effects of Structural Coupling on Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Systems Subject to Random Base Excitation

  • Hamidreza Masoumi,
  • Hamid Moeenfard,
  • Hamed Haddad Khodaparast and
  • Michael I. Friswell

The current research investigates the novel approach of coupling separate energy harvesters in order to scavenge more power from a stochastic point of view. To this end, a multi-body system composed of two cantilever harvesters with two identical pie...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,892 Views
22 Pages

How to Power the Energy–Water Nexus: Coupling Desalination and Hydrogen Energy Storage in Mini-Grids with Reversible Solid Oxide Cells

  • Arianna Baldinelli,
  • Linda Barelli,
  • Gianni Bidini,
  • Giovanni Cinti,
  • Alessandro Di Michele and
  • Francesco Mondi

19 November 2020

Sustainable Development Goals establish the main challenges humankind is called to tackle to assure equal comfort of living worldwide. Among these, the access to affordable renewable energy and clean water are overriding, especially in the context of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,555 Views
18 Pages

27 June 2023

Taking 57 prefecture-level cities in the Yellow River basin as a research area, this study evaluates the coupling coordination level of the water–energy–carbon (WEC) system in the Yellow River basin from 2012 to 2021 and explores the driv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,715 Views
19 Pages

24 February 2020

The optimum design of gas drainage boreholes is crucial for energy security and sustainability in coal mining. Therefore, the construction of fluid–solid coupling models and numerical simulation analyses are key problems for gas drainage boreho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,525 Views
25 Pages

Energy Efficient Design of Massive MIMO Based on Closely Spaced Antennas: Mutual Coupling Effect

  • Peerapong Uthansakul,
  • Arfat Ahmad Khan,
  • Monthippa Uthansakul and
  • Pumin Duangmanee

5 August 2018

Massive Multiple Input Multiple Output MIMO technology is a promising candidate for the next generation of communication applications, which essentially group hundreds of transmitting antennas together at the base station and provides the higher ener...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,101 Views
33 Pages

20 May 2025

In the context of global efforts to address climate change and pursue sustainable development, green finance (GF) and energy efficiency (EE) have become key issues of focus for academics and policymakers. This study explores the spatiotemporal coupli...

  • Review
  • Open Access
88 Citations
15,060 Views
34 Pages

14 April 2021

Piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting technologies have attracted a lot of attention in recent decades, and the harvesters have been applied successfully in various fields, such as buildings, biomechanical and human motions. One important challen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,137 Views
15 Pages

27 March 2019

Although the relationships between water and energy systems have been widely researched globally, such studies have not properly considered the coupling and driving mechanisms of the nexus between water and energy. Based on panel data from 30 Chinese...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,575 Views
19 Pages

Layered Operation Optimization Methods for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Technology and Multi-Energy Flow Coupling Systems

  • Chunchao Wu,
  • Yonghong Zhao,
  • Wulin Li,
  • Jianjun Fan,
  • Haixiang Xu,
  • Dingkun Yuan and
  • Zhongqian Ling

13 December 2024

Solar energy is an abundant renewable resource; the energy reaching the Earth from sunlight in just one hour exceeds the annual energy consumption of all humankind. Concentrated solar power (CSP), as a grid-friendly clean energy utilization method, h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
628 Views
22 Pages

27 May 2025

Reducing carbon emissions while ensuring economic growth has become a realistic demand in China. The ideal scenario would be to realize the coupling and coordination of the economic and energy systems. This research constructs a coupling coordination...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,446 Views
10 Pages

30 August 2019

The industrial application of laser materials processing methods is still far ahead of research into the physical phenomena occurring during these processes. In particular, the effect of high temperatures on the energy coupling of laser irradiation o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,595 Views
22 Pages

16 September 2021

In this work, based on the concept of collaborative water–energy development, a multi-scenario system dynamics simulation model of a water–energy coupling system was constructed by using the system dynamics modeling method. The model was composed of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,713 Views
23 Pages

Investigation of the Coupling and Coordination Relationship of Water–Energy–Food–Ecology and the Driving Mechanism in Dalad Banner

  • Quancheng Zhou,
  • Hanze Tan,
  • Zezhong Zhang,
  • Weijie Zhang,
  • Fei Wang,
  • Jihong Qu,
  • Yingjie Wu,
  • Wenjun Wang,
  • Yong Liu and
  • Kai Feng
  • + 2 authors

19 June 2024

Aiming at the complex problems of water resources, energy, food, and ecology in ten parallel tributaries directly joining the Yellow River in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (the Ten Kongduis), the coordination of the water–energy&...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,650 Views
17 Pages

12 April 2025

This paper presents an investigation into the influence of varying potential well depths on the performance of a dual−coupled beam energy harvester (DEH). Firstly, three varying potential well depths were established with different polynomial c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,232 Views
16 Pages

Thermo-Mechanical Coupling Load Transfer Method of Energy Pile Based on Hyperbolic Tangent Model

  • Ming Sun,
  • Siyang Wu,
  • Tong Wang,
  • Yunze Xie,
  • Meijuan Xu,
  • Yan Dong,
  • Dongxiao Zhao and
  • Wenbing Wu

7 October 2024

By employing the hyperbolic tangent model of load transfer (LT), this paper establishes the thermo-mechanical (TM) coupling load transfer analysis approach for an energy pile (EP). By incorporating the control condition of the unbalance force at the...

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