Renewable Energy Production and Distribution

Recent Developments

1st Edition - June 16, 2022
Editor: Mejdi Jeguirim
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 8 9 2 - 3
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 4 9 7 - 3

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Renewable Energy Production and Distribution: Recent Developments covers critical research and industry developments on renewable energy, including technological, production, conversion, storage and management. This updated volume provides recent developments in solar energy systems (thermal and photovoltaic), wind energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, bioenergy production and hydrogen production, with the addition of fuel cell technology for this new release. Technology advancements include resources assessment and deployment, materials performance improvement, system optimization and sizing, instrumentation and control, modeling and simulation, and regulations and policies. Each chapter examines advances in specific renewable energy systems, providing theoretical and applied aspects of system optimization, control and management.

Global case studies demonstrate practical applications and economical and environmental aspects through lifecycle analysis. The book will be 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.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
List of contributors
Part I. Solar thermal energy
Chapter 1. Utilization of mono and hybrid nanofluids in solar thermal collectors
1. Introduction
2. Performance of flat plate solar collector (FPSC) using hybrid nanofluids
3. Performance of evacuated tube solar collectors (ETSC) using nonfluids
4. Performance of concentrated solar collectors using hybrid nanofluids
5. Conclusions
Chapter 2. Solar air heater performance improvement by photovoltaic-powered thermoelectric heat pumping
1. Introduction
2. Materials and methods
3. Results and discussions
4. Conclusions
Part II. Solar photovoltaic energy
Chapter 3. A grid connected PV system based on a reduced delta inverter
1. Introduction
2. PV system
3. Modeling of the conventional DC/AC inverter connected to the grid
4. Modeling of the delta inverter connected to the grid
5. Simulation results
6. Experimental results
7. Conclusion
Chapter 4. An experimental test bench for emulating the standard characteristics of photovoltaic (PV) systems
1. Introduction
2. PVS general overview
3. Proposed PV emulator design
4. Real-time (RT) digital simulation and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test of the PVE
5. Experimental test bench and results
6. Conclusion
Appendix
Part III. Bioenergy production
Chapter 5. Green pellets production and applications in energy sector
1. Introduction
2. Biomass pellets production
3. Pellets combustion
4. Conclusion
Part IV. Hydrogen production
Chapter 6. Hydrogen production by supercritical water gasification: a review
1. Introduction
2. Supercritical water gasification process
3. Hydrogen production reactors in supercritical gasification
4. Effect of operating parameters on hydrogen production in supercritical water gasification
5. Hydrothermal gasification challenges
6. Conclusion
Part V. Wind energy
Chapter 7. Wind energy in Jordan and Palestine: current status and future perspectives
1. Introduction
2. Wind energy potentials in Jordan and Palestine
3. Pilot and commercial projects in Jordan and Palestine
4. Future perspectives of wind energy in Jordan and Palestine
5. Conclusions
Part VI. Geothermal energy
Chapter 8. Tapping hot rocks: a review of petrothermal energy and Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGSs)
1. Introduction
2. Technological retrospective
3. Methodology
4. EGS in the context of global deep geothermal energy
5. The technical potential of the example of Germany
6. Discussion and comparison
7. Environmental aspects
8. Conclusion
Part VII. Hydropower
Chapter 9. Retrofitting and Refurbishment of hydropower plants: case studies and novel technologies∗
1. Introduction
2. Benefits of hydropower modernization [104]
3. Dam heightening
4. Waterways and penstocks
5. Inflow increase and larger equipment
6. Efficiency increase at best efficiency point (BEP)
7. Efficiency improvement at part load
8. Digitalization and flow forecast
9. Integration with other energy sources
10. Environmental and practical considerations
11. Conclusions
Part VIII. Energy storage
Chapter 10. Thermocline packed bed thermal energy storage system: a review
1. Introduction
2. Packed bed thermal energy storage system components
3. Performance evaluation and influence factors
4. Types of thermocline packed-bed systems
5. Numerical models
6. Conclusion
Part IX. Smart grids
Chapter 11. Long-term load forecasting in the smart grid framework using time series and econometric approaches
1. Introduction
2. Dataset
3. Time series approaches
4. Econometric approaches
5. Performance measurement criteria
6. Simulation results and discussion
7. Conclusion
Chapter 12. A short review of grid voltage sags and current control techniques of voltage source inverters in distributed power generation systems
1. Introduction
2. Grid faults and voltage sags characteristics
3. Voltage support concept and strategies to determine active and reactive power injected by the VSI during the fault and postfault operation
4. Current control methods
5. Conclusion
Part X. Sustainability, policies, and regulations
Chapter 13. Sustainable renewable energy policies and regulations, recent advances, and challenges
1. Introduction
2. Energy planning policy advances
3. Renewable energy policy challenges
4. Conclusion and recommendations
Index

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