Integrated electricity-gas system is a feasible way of achieving full use of surplus power from wind and solar energy. In this paper an integrated electricity-gas system scheduling model considering the characteristics of carbon trading and power to…
The transportation sector in the US consumes 28% of total energy consumption for transporting people and goods. Roughly 92% of transportation is fueled by gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, with electricity providing less than 1% of transportation energy…
The transportation sector in the US consumes 28% of total energy consumption for transporting people and goods. Roughly 92% of transportation is fueled by gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, with electricity providing less than 1% of transportation energy…
Solar energy generation requires efficient monitoring and management in moving towards technologies for net-zero energy buildings. This paper presents a dependable control system based on the Internet of Things (IoT) to control and manage the energy…
As natural gas is not uniformly distributed in different regions of the world, and gas tanks are concentrated in specific geographical areas, gas transfer is a key gas-related industry that greatly contributes to the expansion of this energy…
The fluctuation of wind and solar power is one of the important constraints on their development. It is generally believed that hydrogen production using renewable energy and applying the in-service natural gas pipelines to transport hydrogen-natural…
The need for sustainable zero-carbon fuels to substitute the conventional fossil fuels in the transport field becomes unavoidable to overcome the depletion of petroleum reserves and global warming. Metal fuels are promising energy-carrying materials…
Accidental crude oil spills over a large water surface can wreck environmental and economic havoc. To mitigate such disasters, timely intervention to contain and recover oil before it spreads is critical. Standard lipophilic sorbents do not work…
Pipeline transportation is the most practically used means to deliver crude oil before it enters refining factories. External heating on pipelines is routinely needed in order to make the oil flow easier, especially in areas with low ambient…
Phase change materials (PCMs) provide a state-of-the-art thermal energy storage capability and offer enormous potential for solar energy storage systems. However, the widespread adaptation of PCMs in advanced energy systems is often limited by low…
Energy storage is a critical issue and it becomes increasingly vital due to rapidly diminishing of fossil fuels and as renewable energy resources are currently intermittent. The thermal energy storage is the dawn of thermal management field. The lack…
Power fluctuations caused by Photovoltaics (PV) prevent the penetration of large-scale PV power into the grid as it causes multiple instabilities such as frequency deviations, voltage fluctuations, and decreased output power quality. Additionally, it…
A novel project solution for large-scale hydrogen application is proposed utilizing surplus wind and solar generated electricity for hydrogen generation and NG pipeline transportation for hydrogen-natural gas mixtures (called HCNG). This application…
Electrical energy source in Malaysia is commonly from by fossil fuel such as coal, petroleum, LNG, LPG, kerosene, etc. However, these unrenewable sources of energy are neither economical nor favorable to the environment. Even though Malaysia produces…
Aided by the phase change material (PCM) with high thermal storage density, latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) technology may provide a solution to the energy supply-demand dilemma, e.g. LHTES in solar energy utilization and waste heat…
Purpose: : The presence of thermal energy storage devices in concentrated solar power plants is advantageous for controlling power and energy demand. The capacity of materials used in total thermal energy storage is thought to improve their…
A dual-media thermal energy storage system consisting of ceramic pebbles as a storage material and high-temperature heat transfer fluid (HTF) is analyzed for 1 MWe National Solar Thermal Power Plant. A numerical model has been formulated to study the…
Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants have been widely commercialized for generating electricity from solar energy. Thermal energy storage (TES) systems have been deployed as a key component in CSP plants for resolving the supply-demand gap during…
In summer, the coastal areas of southern Iran suffer from the freshwater shortage and electricity instability. Meanwhile, this region benefits from the high intensity of solar radiation and the huge potential of brackish water resources. Hence, this…
The combination of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), namely UiO-66, with polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymers yields hybrid polyMOF materials, which show unique morphology with tunable characteristics of UiO-66. Mixed MOF-PolyMOFs (referred to as…
Water scarcity is a big challenge especially for developing countries and desert areas like Saudi Arabia. Using solar energy for freshwater production is the way forward for future development of the water industry. The present study developed a new…
Solar thermal energy efficiency of cementitious mortar is enhanced by introducing a phase change material (PCM) with thermal energy harvesting/releasing ability. Within this framework, a new type of cement based-thermal energy storage mortar (CBTESM)…
Conventional thermal energy storage (TES) media and heat transfer fluids (HTFs) currently used in commercial concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are nitrate-based molten salts with working temperature up to about 565 C. Current interest in raising…
The excessively available solar energy storage is a very useful way to bridge the energy demand and its supply gap. This thermal energy storage (TES) can be done in the form of sensible or latent heat energy. The energy storage in the form of latent…
This paper concerns the ongoing studies on a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in operation in Ottana (Italy), comprising a 629 kW organic Rankine cycle (ORC) unit fed by a linear Fresnel solar field. Hexamethyldisiloxane (MM) and "Therminol SP-I"…
This paper introduces a novel solar-assisted heat pump system with phase change energy storage and describes the methodology used to analyze the performance of the proposed system. A mathematical model was established for the key parts of the system…
The solar air heater (SoAH) absorbs the solar radiation and convert it into thermal energy. The drawback of solar radiation is its uneven distribution in time and it is the main roadblock for further expansion of solar energy. The technical…
Latent heat thermal energy storage was widely used to solve the problem of the intermittency in time and space for solar energy systems. To improve the energy storage efficiency, metal fins were typically further added to the shell side to increase…
The application of thermal energy storage using thermochemical heat storage materials is a promising approach to enhance solar energy utilization in the built environment. Potassium carbonate (K2CO3) is one of the potential candidate materials to…
A 17 kWhth packed bed thermal energy storage (PBTES) system for concentrated solar power application (CSP) has been investigated by using a two-phase energy model. The PBTES system used in this study consists of quartzite as storage material and…
The latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) using phase change material (PCM) is one of the most effective measures to store and utilize solar energy. However, its thermal performance is seriously affected by the poor thermal conductivity of PCMs.…
Polybutadiene (PB) waste recycling helps to reduce the ever-growing fossil energy demands because it is usually made from petroleum and natural gas. However, designing and developing a facile and low-cost way to achieve the efficient recycling of PB…
Phase change materials (PCMs) utilized for thermal energy storage applications are verified to be a promising technology due to their larger benefits over other heat storage techniques. Apart from the advantageous thermophysical properties of PCM,…
Heat transfer enhancement in different engineering systems is a major challenge nowadays. Phase change materials can be used for this purpose due to moderate phase change temperature, great thermal capacity, and great latent melting energy. The…
Concentrated solar power (CSP) uses solar insolation to increase the temperature of heat transfer fluid (HTF), which can be used in a power block to produce power either by using a steam turbine or gas turbine. In CSP, the levelized cost of…
Petroleum industry produces a bulky rate of harmful environmental wastes. Recycling of these wastes to produce added value products is of prim importance. In this work, Synthesis of sodium 4-dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) anionic surfactant from…
Adopting phase change materials (PCMs), the latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) technology provides a potential solution to solve the fluctuation and instability of solar energy utilization. However, its applicability is strictly limited by…
The addition of hydrogen derived from renewable power to the natural gas network is being promoted as a viable means of storing excess wind and solar energy. However, the changes in combustion properties of the natural gas upon hydrogen addition can…
This paper outlines one of the first efforts by a major oil and gas company to build a net-exporting, behind-the-meter solar photovoltaic (PV) plant to lower the operating costs and carbon intensity of a large, mature oil and gas field. The 29 MWAC…
According to Eni's mission to reach carbon neutrality in the countries where it operates, the development of renewable energy could be a key element in the company's strategy for evolving the business model towards a low carbon scenario. In this…
This paper proposes a novel integrated system for hydrogen and natural gas blending system for a selected residential application. In the current system, hydrogen is generated via an alkaline water electrolyzer unit, and the electricity required for…
This paper presents a novel system of adding clean hydrogen to the natural gas for more effective and more efficient combustion. The proposed system includes a wind-photovoltaic hybrid system where both wind and solar energy sources are…
The addition of thermal energy storage and natural gas as a complementary energy source improves the flexibility, reliability, and value of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. Nevertheless, due to the transient nature of solar energy, transitions…
Methanol is an important platform chemical. Methanol production using natural gas as raw material has short processing route and well developed equipment and technology. However, natural gas reserves are not large in China. Solar energy power…
Crude oil heating is a significant and energy intensive process in crude oil production. Large amounts of heat are required to preheat crude before it processed in a crude distillation unit. This study aims to investigate a novel thermal design for…
Due to technological advancement and growth around the globe, the global energy demand is growing continuously. The natural resources of energy such as fossil fuels are getting depleted day by day along with a high growth rate of energy consumption…
The development of the energy sector in Egypt is considered an urgent issue due to the rapid population rise rate. In particular, renewable energy sources (RESs) applications play an essential role in the coverage of energy demand. Therefore, Egypt…
Renewable-based integrated energy system (IES) is considered a viable energy supply alternative in many off-grid and remote regions of the world. However, high costs of islanded IESs with large-size batteries challenge further deployments of IESs.…
The destruction of the atmosphere are the reasons for worldwide increase temperature. This problem come from utilization of petroleum fuel electrification. The increased use of clean power to replace petroleum can slow the destruction of the…
Electrical energy source in Malaysia is commonly from by fossil fuel such as coal, petroleum, LNG, LPG, kerosene, etc. However, these unrenewable sources of energy are neither economical nor favorable to the environment. Even though Malaysia produces…