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8 Citations
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Electrical Efficiency Investigation on Photovoltaic Thermal Collector with Two Different Coolants

  • Emad Abouel Nasr,
  • Haitham A. Mahmoud,
  • Mohammed A. El-Meligy,
  • Emad Mahrous Awwad and ,
  • Sachin Salunkhe,
  • Vishal Naranje,
  • R. Swarnalatha and
  • Jaber E. Abu Qudeiri
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

3 April 2023

The design and development of a photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collector were developed in this study, and electrical and electrical thermal efficiency were assessed. To improve system performance, two types of coolants were employed, liquid and liquid-b...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
50 Citations
7,803 Views
19 Pages

A Review on Energy Efficiency in Three Transportation Sectors: Railways, Electrical Vehicles and Marine

  • Morris Brenna,
  • Vittorio Bucci,
  • Maria Carmen Falvo,
  • Federica Foiadelli and ,
  • Alessandro Ruvio,
  • Giorgio Sulligoi and
  • Andrea Vicenzutti
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

9 May 2020

The present paper is a review on efficiency issues related to three important sectors of the transportation systems: railways, electrical vehicles, and marine. For the three sectors, the authors, in reference of their knowledge and research area, sho...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Systems for Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,813 Views
46 Pages

A Modeling Toolkit for Comparing AC and DC Electrical Distribution Efficiency in Buildings

  • Avpreet Othee,
  • James Cale,
  • Arthur Santos,
  • Stephen Frank and ,
  • Daniel Zimmerle,
  • Omkar Ghatpande,
  • Gerald Duggan and
  • Daniel Gerber
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

25 March 2023

Recently, there has been considerable research interest in the potential for DC distribution systems in buildings instead of the traditional AC distribution systems. Due to the need for performing power conversions between DC and AC electricity, DC d...

(This article belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,784 Views
16 Pages

Energy Efficiency of Plasma Jets: Electrical Modeling Based on Experimental Results

  • Achraf Hani,
  • Karim Saber,
  • Alyen Abahazem and
  • Nofel Merbahi

23 October 2024

This paper focuses on the determination of and improvement in the energy efficiency of plasma jets. To achieve this goal, an equivalent electrical model of a discharge reactor was developed, incorporating variable electrical parameters. The evolution...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Insights into Plasma Theory, Modeling and Predictive Simulations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,092 Views
22 Pages

13 May 2023

Mass-produced thermoelectric modules are mainly fabricated with Bi2Te3-based materials. Due to the limited world reserves and the high price of tellurium, it must be saved. The miniaturization of thermoelectric converters is one of the modern trends...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theory and Applications of Thermoelectric Materials and Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,353 Views
15 Pages

Energy Efficiency in Measurement and Image Reconstruction Processes in Electrical Impedance Tomography

  • Barbara Stefaniak,
  • Tomasz Rymarczyk,
  • Dariusz Wójcik,
  • Marta Cholewa-Wiktor and ,
  • Tomasz Cieplak,
  • Zbigniew Orzeł,
  • Janusz Gudowski,
  • Ewa Golec,
  • Michał Oleszek and
  • Marcin Kowalski
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

21 November 2024

This paper presents an energy optimization approach to applying electrical impedance tomography (EIT) for medical diagnostics, particularly in detecting lung diseases. The designed Lung Electrical Tomography System (LETS) incorporates 102 electrodes...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
533 Views
18 Pages

Optimal Relocation of Power Transformers in Electrical Substations: An Approach to Improve Energy Efficiency

  • Murilo Pereira Vieira,
  • Clainer Bravin Donadel,
  • Marcelo Brunoro and
  • João Marcus Ramos Bacalhau

11 September 2026

Economic expansion is commonly accompanied by accelerated growth in electricity consumption. In this context, distribution networks play a fundamental role in delivering electricity to end users; however, they remain subject to technical losses. Amon...

(This article belongs to the Collection Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Smart Energy Systems Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,471 Views
14 Pages

6 April 2021

Since 2014, Taiwan has promoted a 1% annual electricity saving target to promote electrical efficiency efforts. As the industrial sector accounts for approximately 60% of the overall electricity consumption of Taiwan, this sector presents the greates...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Management and Energy Efficiency in Industry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,174 Views
20 Pages

On Field Infrared Thermography Sensing for PV System Efficiency Assessment: Results and Comparison with Electrical Models

  • Mirco Muttillo,
  • Iole Nardi,
  • Vincenzo Stornelli,
  • Tullio de Rubeis and ,
  • Giovanni Pasqualoni and
  • Dario Ambrosini
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 February 2020

The evaluation of photovoltaic (PV) system’s efficiency loss, due to the onset of faults that reduce the output power, is crucial. The challenge is to speed up the evaluation of electric efficiency by coupling the electric characterization of p...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
4,286 Views
17 Pages

Ukrainian Market of Electrical Energy: Reforming, Financing, Innovative Investment, Efficiency Analysis, and Audit

  • Ruslan Kostyrko,
  • Tetiana Kosova,
  • Lidiia Kostyrko,
  • Liudmyla Zaitseva and
  • Oleksandr Melnychenko

18 August 2021

The aim of this research is to determine the influence of electrical energy market regulation reform in Ukraine on the competitive environment, the reproduction processes of financial and innovative support, and the energy efficiency of the national...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Management and Economics Analyses)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,462 Views
14 Pages

Most of the operating oil fields are in the late stages of development, in which special attention is paid to the oil production energy efficiency. In accordance with the trend toward the digitalization of technical processes, intelligent control sta...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Automatic Control and System Theory and Advanced Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
947 Views
22 Pages

Evaluation of the Biological Efficiency of Water Disinfection Using High-Frequency Electrical Discharge

  • Nurgul Almuratova,
  • Akerke Dyussenbiyeva,
  • Makpal Zharkymbekova,
  • Elmira Nurmadiyeva and ,
  • Nurlan Kystaubayev and
  • Askar Abdykadyrov
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

9 December 2025

The object of this research is the process of water disinfection by means of high-frequency electrical discharge. The study addresses the problem of achieving high biological efficiency while reducing energy consumption and avoiding harmful by-produc...

(This article belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,438 Views
12 Pages

5 December 2023

The frequency and the suction refrigerant state are complex in the actual operation of variable compressors, which leads to the variability of compressor performance under different operating conditions. The characterization and the modeling of the c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,425 Views
20 Pages

8 September 2021

The extent to which the structural reform of the Peruvian electricity market in the 1990s has improved the technical efficiency levels of the distribution companies and whether some firm specific explanatory variables had influenced upon the efficien...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,093 Views
17 Pages

A direct use approach incorporating a cost approach assumed that replacing oversized electrical appliances with those better fit to actual energy consumption can reduce energy consumption, optimizing capacities of the new appliances to the maximum wh...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Paper Collection on Civil Engineering and Architecture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,675 Views
27 Pages

19 December 2022

In order to objectively reflect the energy utilization performance of an active water heating system (AWHS) using photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) modules, this study proposes a new evaluation method based on energy efficiency, exergy efficiency and therm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Solar Thermal Technologies: Renewable Energy Conversion and Utilization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,678 Views
21 Pages

11 March 2015

Based on the benchmark solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) dynamic model for power system studies and the analysis of the SOFC operating conditions, the nonlinear programming (NLP) optimization method was used to determine the maximum electrical efficiency...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microgrids)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,718 Views
17 Pages

19 December 2020

The main goal of this work was to conduct a comparative analysis of the electrical properties of the silicon implanted with neon ions, depending on the dose of ions and the type of substrate doping, for the possibility of generating additional energy...

(This article belongs to the Section A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,894 Views
16 Pages

15 October 2016

Material efficiency is one of the most important strategies for helping manufacturing companies achieve sustainability in their production activities. However, there are many barriers to the implementation of material efficiency strategies in the man...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenges in Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
2,265 Views
17 Pages

Optimizing the Neural Network Loss Function in Electrical Tomography to Increase Energy Efficiency in Industrial Reactors

  • Monika Kulisz,
  • Grzegorz Kłosowski,
  • Tomasz Rymarczyk,
  • Jolanta Słoniec and ,
  • Konrad Gauda and
  • Wiktor Cwynar
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

31 January 2024

This paper presents innovative machine-learning solutions to enhance energy efficiency in electrical tomography for industrial reactors. Addressing the key challenge of optimizing the neural model’s loss function, a classifier tailored to preci...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Electromagnetism in Energy Efficiency)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,460 Views
19 Pages

Solar UAVs—More Aerodynamic Efficiency or More Electrical Power?

  • Liviu Dinca,
  • Jenica-Ileana Corcau and
  • Daniel-Gabriel Voinea

28 April 2023

Solar UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) have experienced important development in recent years. The use of solar free energy is not neglected in the present energy crisis, with the intention to move toward green energies. However, an important problem...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Linear and Nonlinear Electric Circuits: Theoretical Analysis and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,521 Views
12 Pages

Electricity Usage Efficiency and Electricity Demand Modeling in the Case of Germany and the UK

  • Branislav Dudic,
  • Jan Smolen,
  • Pavel Kovac,
  • Borislav Savkovic and
  • Zdenka Dudic

27 March 2020

In this article, monthly and yearly electricity consumption predictions for the German power market were calculated using the multiple variable regression model. This model accounts for several factors that are often neglected when forecasting electr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
12,467 Views
22 Pages

Non Invasive Sensors for Monitoring the Efficiency of AC Electrical Rotating Machines

  • Farid Zidat,
  • Jean-Philippe Lecointe,
  • Fabrice Morganti,
  • Jean-François Brudny and ,
  • Thierry Jacq and
  • Frédéric Streiff
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 August 2010

This paper presents a non invasive method for estimating the energy efficiency of induction motors used in industrial applications. This method is innovative because it is only based on the measurement of the external field emitted by the motor. The...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the 14th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields-ISEF2009)
  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
16,236 Views
27 Pages

Losses in Efficiency Maps of Electric Vehicles: An Overview

  • Emad Roshandel,
  • Amin Mahmoudi,
  • Solmaz Kahourzade,
  • Amirmehdi Yazdani and
  • GM Shafiullah

22 November 2021

In some applications such as electric vehicles, electric motors should operate in a wide torque and speed ranges. An efficiency map is the contour plot of the maximum efficiency of an electric machine in torque-speed plane. It is used to provide an o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Intelligence-Based Modeling, Control, Estimation, and Optimization in Electrical Motor/Drive, Renewable Energy, and Power Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
10,565 Views
12 Pages

3 October 2021

In this study, a method for estimating the efficiency of electric bicycle power train systems consisting of typical components, such as an electric motor, gears, sprockets, and chains is presented. In order to calculate the efficiency of a power trai...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,724 Views
17 Pages

Efficiency and Mergers and Acquisitions of Electric Utility Companies

  • Mika Goto,
  • Tadaaki Tomikawa and
  • Toshiyuki Sueyoshi

22 April 2024

Since the 1990s, market liberalization of the electricity industry has advanced all around the world. To survive in the drastically changing business environment, incumbent electric utility companies have conducted operational reforms, including Merg...

(This article belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,824 Views
15 Pages

8 January 2021

The advancement of electric mobility as a measure to comply with international climate targets and sustain renewable resources in the future has led to an electrification of the mobility sector in recent years. This trend has not been spared in the l...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electrical Machine Design for Emerging Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,469 Views
18 Pages

Development and Assessment of an Over-Expanded Engine to be Used as an Efficiency-Oriented Range Extender for Electric Vehicles

  • F. P. Brito,
  • Jorge Martins,
  • Francisco Lopes,
  • Carlos Castro and ,
  • Luís Martins and
  • A. L. N. Moreira
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 January 2020

A range extender (RE) is a device used in electric vehicles (EVs) to generate electricity on-board, enabling them to significantly reduce the number of required batteries and/or extend the vehicle driving range to allow occasional long trips. In the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Mobility and Energy Transitions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,688 Views
31 Pages

Improving Efficiency of Rolling Mill Stand Electric Drives Through Load Alignment

  • Stanislav S. Voronin,
  • Andrey A. Radionov,
  • Alexander S. Karandaev,
  • Roman A. Lisovsky and ,
  • Boris M. Loginov,
  • Mark A. Zinchenko,
  • Vadim R. Khramshin and
  • Ivan N. Erdakov
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

17 June 2025

The problem of reducing electric power consumption is critical to ferrous metallurgy as it is a very energy-intensive industry. Significant energy savings can be achieved by increasing the efficiency of high-power electric drives of rolling mills. Ex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,979 Views
28 Pages

Energy Efficiency Assessment of Electric Bicycles

  • Tomasz Matyja,
  • Zbigniew Stanik and
  • Andrzej Kubik

3 July 2025

Electric-assist bicycles have recently become very popular. However, riding them generally requires significantly more energy, generated simultaneously by the motor and the rider, compared to much lighter traditional bicycles. Assessing the energy ef...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,807 Views
16 Pages

27 September 2021

The dramatic deregulatory reforms in US electricity markets increased competition, resulting in more complex prices compared to other commodities. This paper aims to investigate and compare the overall and time-varying multifractality and efficiency...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue BIWAES 2021—Biennial International Workshop Advances in Energy Studies "Empowering Communities, Beyond Energy Scarcity")
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,486 Views
24 Pages

15 February 2024

The electric seaplane, designed for take-off and landing directly on water, incorporates additional structures such as floats to meet operational requirements. Consequently, during the take-off taxiing phase, it encounters significantly higher aerody...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Aircraft Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
8,203 Views
5 Pages

The energy efficiency for electric vehicle battery is affected by many factors. Through the definition of energy efficiency we find the relationship between energy efficiency, voltage efficiency and coulomb efficiency. The factors such as current, in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
8,327 Views
15 Pages

10 February 2014

This paper measured the economic and unified efficiency of 24 electric power supply companies in China. With the development of a low carbon economy, further requirements for energy-saving and emission-reducing have been put forward for electric powe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,584 Views
22 Pages

Insights from Past Trends in Exergy Efficiency and Carbon Intensity of Electricity: Portugal, 1900–2014

  • Laura Felício,
  • Sofia T. Henriques,
  • André Serrenho,
  • Tiago Domingos and
  • Tânia Sousa

8 February 2019

We use the societal exergy analysis to identify periods and factors controlling efficiency dilution and carbon deepening of electricity in Portugal from 1900 to 2014. Besides estimating the carbon intensity of electricity production, we propose a new...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
6,442 Views
19 Pages

19 December 2018

Brushless electric motors are used intensively in the industrial automation sector due to the motors low inertia and fast response. According to the International Electrotechnical Commission, IEC 60034-2-1, the efficiency of a three-phase electric ma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analysis for Electrical Machines Monitoring)
  • Article
  • Open Access
785 Views
14 Pages

15 October 2025

Corporate ownership structure has been extensively studied as a complementary indicator of corporate performance; however, there is a lack of research on specific sectors. This research aims to understand the effects of ownership structure on debt le...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,233 Views
28 Pages

24 December 2023

Minimizing electric losses is critical to the success of battery-powered small unmanned aerial systems (SUASs) that weigh less than 25 kgf (55 lb). Losses increase energy and battery weight requirements which hinder the vehicle’s range and endu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Aircraft Design (SI-5/2023))
  • Review
  • Open Access
836 Views
21 Pages

4 September 2026

Optimizing transmission efficiency is critical for advancing electric vehicle (EV) technology. This review paper covers advanced driveline schemes for electric cars and electric heavy vehicles through a selection and analysis of articles published ov...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Intelligent Control for Cyber–Physical Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
978 Views
27 Pages

4 January 2026

This study systematically investigates the influence of capacitor energy storage parameters on the energy utilization efficiency of the underwater electrochemical explosion process. By integrating spherical and cylindrical shock wave propagation mode...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,625 Views
23 Pages

Empirical Study on the Efficiency of an LPG-Supplied Range Extender for Electric Vehicles

  • Jakub Lasocki,
  • Artur Kopczyński,
  • Paweł Krawczyk and
  • Paweł Roszczyk

13 September 2019

A range extender is an auxiliary power unit, usually consisting of an internal combustion engine and an electric generator, which is used to charge a battery of an electric vehicle in order to increase its range. This paper considers a range extender...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,645 Views
23 Pages

15 September 2024

The conversion efficiency of photovoltaic (PV) cells can be increased by reducing high temperatures with appropriate cooling. Passive cooling systems using air, water, ethylene glycol, and air/water+TiO2 nano bi-fluid froth in the duct channel have b...

(This article belongs to the Section Computational Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,954 Views
15 Pages

20 October 2022

Improving energy efficiency is a key global policy goal for climate protection. Residential energy consumption has also increased rapidly with the acceleration of China’s urbanization process, there is still a lack of studies that deeply explor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,198 Views
38 Pages

14 May 2026

Assessing electricity market efficiency is important for power market reform and the development of sustainable power systems. Efficient prices can improve resource allocation and provide better signals for system operation, system flexibility and lo...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,100 Views
14 Pages

3 September 2025

In this study, a high-efficiency permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) was designed for a geared electric vehicle. The motor was developed for use in an L-category electric vehicle with four wheels and a two-passenger capacity. During the design...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electrical Machine Systems with High Efficiency, Reliability and Integration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
20,155 Views
16 Pages

Electric Vehicle Drivetrain Efficiency and the Multi-Speed Transmission Question

  • Stephan Lacock,
  • Armand André du Plessis and
  • Marthinus Johannes Booysen

The availability of high-fidelity energy consumption estimates and the ability to evaluate drivetrain efficiency are crucial for effectively planning a large-scale transition to electric vehicles. For both new and retrofitted electric vehicles, a key...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,834 Views
22 Pages

10 March 2025

In recent years, zero-emission technologies in public transport have developed rapidly, particularly in the electrification of bus fleets. Amid global efforts to reduce CO2 emissions and improve urban air quality, the economic viability of electric b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric and Hydrogen Vehicles in Urban Transport Systems: The Current State, Plans, and Technical Requirements)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,917 Views
17 Pages

14 October 2021

An electricity substitution strategy that replaces fossil fuels such as coal and oil with electricity in end-use energy consumption, can effectively contribute to an energy transition and the early achievement of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
11,788 Views
23 Pages

5 July 2024

Transitioning to clean cooking fuels is not only part of achieving SDG7 but also makes a significant contribution to mitigating climate change by reducing carbon emissions. Research projects and pilots across a number of countries in Africa and South...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Transition and Sustainability in Emerging Economies: Clean Energy and Net Zero Emission)
  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
12,509 Views
16 Pages

Electric cars are typically subject to highly variable operational conditions, especially when they drive in urban environments. Consequently, the efficiency of the electric motors may degrade significantly, possibly leading to lower autonomy and hig...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Italian Advances on MMS)

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