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Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies
Volume 2
- 1st Edition - October 19, 2021
- Editor: Mejdi Jeguirim
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 5 3 2 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 6 4 5 - 1
Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies is a comprehensive reference covering critical research, laboratory and industry developments on renewable energy techno… Read more
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Request a sales quoteRecent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies is a comprehensive reference covering critical research, laboratory and industry developments on renewable energy technological, production, conversion, storage, and management, including solar energy systems (thermal and photovoltaic), wind energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, bioenergy and hydrogen production, and large-scale development of renewable energy technologies and their impact on the global economy and power capacity. Technological advancements include resources assessment and deployment, materials performance improvement, system optimization and sizing, instrumentation and control, modeling and simulation, regulations, and policies.
Each modular chapter examines recent advances in specific renewable energy systems, providing theoretical and applied aspects of system optimization, control and management and supports them with global case studies demonstrating practical applications and economical and environmental aspects through life cycle analysis.
The book is of interest to engineering graduates, researchers, professors and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector and advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production and sustainability.
Each modular chapter examines recent advances in specific renewable energy systems, providing theoretical and applied aspects of system optimization, control and management and supports them with global case studies demonstrating practical applications and economical and environmental aspects through life cycle analysis.
The book is of interest to engineering graduates, researchers, professors and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector and advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production and sustainability.
- Focuses on the progress and research trends in solar, wind, biomass, and hydropower and geothermal energy production and conversion
- Includes advanced techniques for the distribution, management, optimization, and storage of heat and energy using case studies
Engineering graduates, researchers, professors and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector
Advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production and sustainability
Advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production and sustainability
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1: Solar Thermal Energy
- Chapter 1. Estimation of solar irradiation and optimum tilt angles for south-facing surfaces in the United Arab Emirates: a case study using PVGIS and PVWatts
- Abstract
- List of abbreviations
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Literature review
- 1.3 Methodology
- 1.4 Results and discussion
- 1.5 Conclusions
- References
- Part 2: Solar Photovoltaic Energy
- Chapter 2. Comparative study of swarm intelligence based maximum power point tracking algorithms for photovoltaic systems under partial shading conditions
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Photovoltaic modeling and characteristics of PV generator under PSC
- 2.3 Swarm intelligence based MPPT algorithms
- 2.4 Comparative study
- 2.5 Conclusion
- References
- Part 3: Bioenergy Production
- Chapter 3. Advanced bioethanol production from biowaste streams
- Abstract
- 3.1 Current status of bioethanol production
- 3.2 Organic faction of municipal solid waste
- 3.3 Agricultural waste
- 3.4 Food processing waste
- 3.5 Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 4. Recent progress in thermal plasma gasification of liquid and solid wastes
- Abstract
- 4.1 Global waste generation and its sustainable management
- 4.2 Thermal plasma gasification of waste
- References
- Part 4: Hydrogen Production
- Chapter 5. Catalytic reforming: a sustainable technology for hydrogen production
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Dry reforming of methane
- 5.3 Catalysts for the dry reforming of methane
- 5.4 Steam reforming of methane
- 5.5 Partial oxidation of methane
- 5.6 Comparison of different methane reforming technologies
- 5.7 Steam reforming of ethanol
- 5.8 Steam reforming of methanol
- 5.9 Conclusion
- References
- Part 5: Wind Energy
- Chapter 6. Wind turbine emulator controlled through field programmable gate array: modeling, analysis, and design
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Wind energy system general overview
- 6.3 Wind energy conversion system modeling for theoretical study
- 6.4 Real-time digital simulation and hardware-in-the-loop test of the wind turbine emulators
- 6.5 Experimental test bench and practical results
- 6.6 Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- Conflict of interest
- References
- Part 6: Geothermal Energy
- Chapter 7. Recent progress in geothermal heat pumps
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Heat pump thermodynamics and technology
- 7.3 Ground source heat pumps types
- 7.4 Environmental aspects
- 7.5 Economic aspects
- 7.6 Conclusions
- References
- Part 7: Hydropower
- Chapter 8. Pumped hydro storage for microgrid applications
- Abstract
- 8.1 Energy storage necessity
- 8.2 Classification of energy storage technologies
- 8.3 Pumped hydro storage system
- 8.4 Modern trends of pumped hydro storage application
- 8.5 Pumped hydro for hybrid energy storage development
- 8.6 Summary
- References
- Part 8: Fuel Cell
- Chapter 9. Perovskite-structured cobalt-free cathode materials for solid oxide fuel cells
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Crystal structure
- 9.3 Structure-property correlation
- 9.4 Summary
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Part 9: Smart Grids
- Chapter 10. Smart grids in Russia: status, barriers, and prospects for development
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 11. Power electronics technologies for renewable energy sources
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Renewable energy sources
- 11.3 Power electronics converters for renewable energy sources
- 11.4 Conclusions
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 496
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 19, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128235324
- eBook ISBN: 9780128236451
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Mejdi Jeguirim
Dr. Mejdi Jeguirim is a Professor at the University of Haute Alsace (France) in the field of energy, process engineering, and kinetics modeling. He has two main research interests, namely biomass valorization (pyrolysis, gasification, and combustion) and exhaust gas treatment (NOx and soot abatement as well as volatile organic compounds’ elimination). He is a prolific author of journal articles and book chapters and is a member of the editorial board of the following international journals: Energy (Elsevier), Energies (MDPI), Energy for Sustainable Development (Elsevier), Biofuels (Taylor & Francis), International Journal of Green Energy (Taylor & Francis). He has received the French National Research Excellence Award for researchers with a high level of scientific activity for the 2009-2012, 2013-2016, 2017-2020 and 2021-2024 periods. Since 2019, Dr. Jeguirim has been added to the World’s Top 2% Scientists list established by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier. For Elsevier, he is also the series editor of the Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies series.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Institut de Sciences des Matériaux, Université de Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse, FranceRead Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies on ScienceDirect