To obtain the early realization of carbon peak and carbon neutrality in China, this study explores the cooperative relationship of inter-regional energy power-generation substitution between regions dominated by traditional thermal power and renewabl...
To boost the sustainable development of energy and the environment, a new power system with clean energy sources has been proposed by the Chinese government and traditional coal-fired power units are being transformed into regulation service provider...
High renewables penetrated power systems would be greatly influenced by the uncertainty of variable renewable energy such as wind power and photovoltaic power. Unlike wind and photovoltaic plant, concentrating solar power with thermal energy storage...
With the improvement and development of micro-mechanical manufacturing technology, people can produce an increasing variety of micro-electromechanical systems in recent years, such as micro-satellite thrusters, micro-sensors, micro-aircrafts, micro-m...
With the continuous decline in the cost of renewable energy such as wind power and photovoltaic power generation, the economic competitiveness in the power supply structure is increasing, and traditional thermal power units are gradually being replac...
Today, with the increases in organic fuel prices and growing legislative restrictions aimed at increasing environmental safety and reducing our carbon footprint, the task of increasing thermal power plant efficiency is becoming more and more topical....
Traditional photovoltaic-powered forced air-cooling systems face significant challenges in balancing energy efficiency and thermal comfort due to temperature sensitivity, mechanical ventilation energy consumption, and spatial constraints. This study...
A new type of power system with a high proportion of renewable energy sources (RES) penetration has become a global development trend. Meanwhile, the marketization reforms of the electricity market pose challenges to traditional energy. A multi-energ...
By effectively integrating traditional engines with reciprocating plunger pumps, the constrained piston hydraulic engine can simultaneously output hydraulic energy and rotational mechanical energy, which effectively solves the problems of the complex...
The high-proportion of renewable energies is gradually becoming one of the main power supply sources and bringing strong uncertainties to the power grid. In this paper, a sample entropy (SampEn) based net load tracing dispatch strategy with a specifi...
As the share of renewable energy in modern power systems continues to grow, its inherent uncertainty and variability pose severe challenges to grid stability and the accuracy of traditional thermal power dispatch. To address this issue, this study fu...
Many thermal solar power plants use thermal oil as heat transfer fluid, and molten salts as thermal energy storage. Oil absorbs energy from sun light, and transfers it to a water-steam cycle across heat exchangers, to be converted into electric energ...
Combined heat and power technologies represent an efficient way to ensure energy efficiency, as they promote usage of both electrical and thermal energy, something not done by most traditional energy sources, especially in residential environments. I...
With the development of smart grid and low-carbon electricity, a high proportion of renewable energy is connected to the grid. In addition, the peak-valley difference of system load increases, which makes the traditional grid scheduling method no lon...
In recent years, renewable, clean energy options such as hydropower, wind energy and solar energy have been attracting more and more attention as high-quality alternatives to fossil fuels, due to the depletion of fossil fuels and environmental pollut...
In terms of energy generation and consumption, ships are autonomous and isolated power systems with energy requirements related to the type and kind of power demands and according to ship types: passenger ships, or commercial ships. Power supply on s...
In order to reduce the pollution caused by coal-fired generating units during the heating season, and promote the wind power accommodation, an electrical and thermal system dispatch model based on combined heat and power (CHP) with thermal energy sto...
Local heating of the activity area for nursing piglets is crucial for piglet health and the energy efficiency of barn climate control. Traditional heating methods using lamps or covers lack precise control, result in significant energy waste, and can...
With the rapid transformation of energy structures, the Integrated Energy System (IES) has developed rapidly. It can meet the complementary needs of various energy sources such as cold, thermal, and electricity in industrial parks; can realize multi-...
For the multi-energy power system composed of thermal power, wind power, and a pumped-storage power station aiming at minimizing coal consumption of the power grid, an optimal dispatch model is established in this paper. Its advantage is to allow the...
The aim of the article is to analyse the impact of selected conditions on the use of municipal solid waste in energy production processes. The authors in this publication indicated that the factors determining the effective use of solid municipal was...
Traditional thermal power systems are merging with distributed generation and renewable energy sources, resulting in complex interconnected power system networks. This results in operational burdens and complexities in thermal power plants that they...
In order to improve the level of new energy consumption and reduce the dependence of the power system on traditional fossil energy, this paper proposed a bi-level optimization model for virtual power plant member selection by means of coordination an...
Phase change material (PCM) is an effective thermal management method to improve the thermoelectric conversion performance of a system. PCM can not only absorb excessive thermal energy at high temperature to protect the thermoelectric module (TEM) an...
Utilization of renewable energy such as solar, wind, and geothermal power, appears to be the most promising solution for the development of sustainable energy systems without using fossil fuels. Energy storage, especially to store the energy from flu...
Compact, stable, high-power and high repetition rate picosecond laser systems are excellent sources for optical parametric chirped pulse amplification systems and laser satellite ranging systems. Compared with the traditional complex high-power ampli...
A power-to-methanol (P2M) system is a promising energy storage approach in transforming surplus renewable energy into a chemical product while utilizing the captured CO2 from conventional thermal power units. Most of the traditional methods for the o...
Enhancing the energy efficiency of building envelopes is one of the key strategies for energy conservation and reducing consumption in buildings. This study employs numerical research methods to explore the impact of crucial factors such as solar cel...
This paper focuses on power system scheduling problems, aiming to enhance energy utilization efficiency through multi-energy complementarity. To support the “dual-carbon” strategic goals, this paper proposes a coordinated dispatch model f...
Starting from the definition of traditional thermal power generation enterprises, this paper defines thermal power enterprises that are committed to achieving the carbon peak and neutrality by developing new energy sources as new type thermal power e...
The efficiency of hybrid electric vehicles may be substantially increased if the energy of exhaust gases, which do not complete the expansion inside the cylinder of the internal combustion engine, is efficiently recovered using a properly designed tu...
The efficiency of Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) may be substantially increased if the energy of the exhaust gases, which do not complete the expansion inside the cylinder of the internal combustion engine, is efficiently recovered by means of a pro...
The ocean, as one of the largest thermal energy storage bodies on earth, has great potential as a thermal-electric energy reserve. Application of the relatively fixed-temperature ocean as the heat sink, and using concentrated solar energy as the heat...
Small nuclear power plants can provide a stable, carbon-free energy supply to civil infrastructure and industrial enterprises in remote regions isolated from unified energy systems. More than 70 projects of small modular reactors are currently being...
The ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a potential substitute for traditional power plants in tropical islands and coastal regions. However, the OTEC power generation cycle has low thermal efficiency and the integrated utilization is imperativ...
This paper analyzes the use of hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PVT) collectors in nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEBs). We present a design methodology based on the dynamic simulation of the whole energy system, which includes the building energy demand...
Energy harvesting (EH) is a rapidly evolving domain that is primarily focused on capturing and converting ambient energy sources into more convenient and usable forms. These sources, which range from traditional renewable sources such as solar or win...
The increasing use of renewable energy sources introduces significant fluctuations in power generation, demanding enhanced regulatory capabilities to maintain the balance between power supply and demand. To promote multi-energy coupling and the local...
Sensor nodes are critical components of the Internet of Things (IoT). Traditional IoT sensor nodes are typically powered by disposable batteries, making it difficult to meet the requirements for long lifetime, miniaturization, and zero maintenance. H...
This work presents performance study of a concentrating photovoltaic/thermal (CPV/T) collector and its efficiency to produce electric and thermal power under different operating conditions. The study covers a detailed description of flat photovoltaic...
As power densities in Wide Band Gap (WBG) semiconductors increase, traditional steady-state cooling methods often fail to address the rapid thermal transients. This paper investigates a diversity of cooling architectures for discrete Silicon Carbide...
Against the backdrop of the increasing penetration rate of new energy year by year, power systems face a continuously growing demand for flexibility. Under the structure of such a new power system, it is essential not only to introduce diverse flexib...
In order to improve the utilization rate of coal generation and reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired boilers, the operation parameters of power plant boilers should be matched with the actual burning coal. Due to the complex and high-risk blending...
The extensive use of wind power can not only reduce dependence on fossil fuels, but also reduce emissions of polluted gases. However, large-scale wind power curtailments often occur in northeast China during the heat supply season, due to the fact th...
Renewable energy has the characteristics of low carbon and environmental protection compared to traditional water and thermal power, but it also has the intermittency and uncertainty that traditional water and thermal power does not have. These chara...
With the power industry moving toward a green and low-carbon direction, renewable energy is occupying an increasingly larger share in the power system. However, compared with traditional thermal power generation, the instability of new energy generat...
In cold environments, traditional independent thermal management systems heavily rely on inefficient Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) heaters, which exacerbate range anxiety in vehicles. In this study, an energy management-based control strateg...
The capacity of electric air conditioning and heating systems is growing rapidly, as is the nameplate capacity of PV power plants. While the demand for cooling has a positive correlation with solar irradiance, the demand for heating has an opposite r...
Energy harvesting in the automotive sector is a rapidly growing field aimed at improving vehicle efficiency and sustainability by recovering wasted energy. Various technologies have been developed to convert mechanical, thermal, and environmental ene...
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems used in modern buildings are among the largest contributors to energy consumption. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully balance between thermal comfort and energy efficiency when operating...
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