Energy storage systems: a review
September 2022
The world is rapidly adopting renewable energy alternatives at a remarkable rate to address the ever-increasing environmental crisis of CO2 emissions. Renewable energy system offers enormous potential...
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Electrification and decarbonization: a critical review of interconnected sectors, policies, and sustainable development goals
December 2023
Climate actions (SDG-13) aim at limiting global warming by targeting carbon emissions reduction. With the energy industry recognized as a significant CO2 emitter, SDG-13 policies mostly translate energy...
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Economic potentials of energy storage technologies in electricity markets with renewables
March 2023
The increasing penetration of renewables in power systems urgently entails the utilization of energy storage technologies. As the development of energy storage technologies depends highly on the profitability...
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A review on heat transfer in nanoporous silica aerogel insulation materials and its modeling
December 2022
Silica aerogels are widely used in many fields for thermal insulation, such as building insulation, electric power energy, energy storage systems, and high-temperature thermal protection due to their...
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Heat transfer effectiveness characteristics maps for additively manufactured TPMS compact heat exchangers
September 2022
Increased power density in modern miniaturized electronics caused difficulty in keeping electronic performance effective. This challenge leads to the search for high-performance compact heat exchanger...
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Distinct facets to enhance the process of hydrogen production via methanol steam reforming — a review
March 2022
Methanol steam reforming manifests great potential for generating hydrogen owing to its lower reaction temperature (200–300 °C) and higher hydrogen/carbon ratio comparing with ethanol and methane reforming....
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Recent development in degradation mechanisms of proton exchange membrane fuel cells for vehicle applications: problems, progress, and perspectives
June 2024
Due to its zero emissions, high efficiency and low noise, proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is full of potential for the application of vehicle power source. Nonetheless, its lifespan and durability...
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Design of a multi-inlet solar thermochemical reactor for steam methane reforming with improved performance
June 2023
Reactor structure design plays an important role in the performance of solar-thermal methane reforming reactors. Based on a conventional preheating reactor, this study proposed a cylindrical solar methane...
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Impacts of thermal and electric contact resistance on the material design in segmented thermoelectric generators
March 2024
Segmented thermoelectric generators (STEGs) can exhibit present superior performance than those of the conventional thermoelectric generators. Thermal and electrical contact resistances exist between...
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China’s role in scaling up energy storage investments
June 2023
Accelerating the planning and development of a new power system that is more renewable energy-based is a strategic priority of achieving “dual carbon” goals (peaking carbon emissions before 2030 and...
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Experimental evaluation of factors affecting performance of concentrating photovoltaic/thermal system integrated with phase‐change materials (PV/T‐CPCM)
March 2024
•A concentrating PV/T integrated energy storage system is constructed.•Effects of different parameters and strategies on the performance are analyzed.•Higher solar irradiance results in higher thermal...
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A modeling study of different kinds of sessile droplets on the horizontal surface with surface wettability and gravity effects considered
March 2022
•A theoretical model is developed to calculate the droplet profiles on flat surface.•The effects of both gravity and surface wettability are considered in this model.•A higher accuracy is reached when...
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Strength analysis of molten salt tanks for concentrating solar power plants
December 2023
Promoting the development of concentrating solar power (CSP) is critical to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Molten salt tanks are important thermal energy storage components in CSP systems....
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Recent advances in energy storage and energy saving technologies: SDEWES special issue in 2022
March 2024
•Six selected papers published in SDEWES-2022 special issue are reviewed.•Sustainable applications with energy storage and energy saving techniques are focused.•ENSS will Open Access policy will cooperate...
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Experiments and numerical study on heat transfer of moist silica aerogel composites at high temperatures
June 2024
Silica aerogel composites have promising applications in high-temperature heat storage insulation. However, the impact of high temperatures and moisture on their insulation performance remains unclear....
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A modified transformer and adapter-based transfer learning for fault detection and diagnosis in HVAC systems
June 2024
Fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems can help to improve the energy saving in building energy systems. However, most data-driven trained FDD...
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Environmental benefits for a geothermal power plant with CO2 reinjection: case study of the Kizildere 3 U1 geothermal power plant
December 2023
Geothermal power plants (GPP) with high non condensable gases (NCG) content geothermal fluid have shown to be environmental impacting relating to their energy production, which could be critical if...
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Experimental investigation and optimization of the gasification parameters of macadamia nutshells in a batch-fed bubbling fluidized bed gasifier with air preheating
December 2023
Gasification of biomass waste has a significant potential to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainability by producing syngas, which is considered as renewable energy. This work investigated...
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Thermodynamic performance of a cryogenic energy storage system based on natural gas liquefaction
March 2024
Cryogenic energy storage (CES) is a viable method for grid-scale electrical energy storage. Considering the high energy density and mature application of liquefied natural gas (LNG), we proposed an...
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Research progress of mobile cold storage using ice slurry
September 2023
•Progress in mobile cold storage research is summarized.•Extensive application fields and prospects for mobile cooling storage are summarized.•A binary ice slurry flow model is summarized as a non-Newtonian...
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Optimal investment analysis for heat pumps and nuclear heat in decarbonised Helsinki metropolitan district heating system
June 2022
Decarbonisation of district heating and cooling (DHC) system in Helsinki metropolitan area requires investments in new energy technologies and approaches to replace fossil fuel fired district heating...
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Thermal performance of a metal hydride reactor for hydrogen storage with cooling/heating by natural convection
December 2023
Metal hydride (MH) systems can be used for storage in stationary facilities of hydrogen with a high volume density at temperatures and pressures close to ambient ones. Recently, the possibility of using...
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Comparative study on heat transfer enhancement of metal foam and fins in a shell-and-tube latent heat thermal energy storage unit
September 2023
Metal foam and fins are two popular structures that are employed to enhance the heat transfer of phase change materials in shell-and-tube heat storage units. However, it remains unclear which structure...
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Optimum insulation thickness and exergy savings of building walls in Bamenda: a comparative analysis
March 2024
The goal of this study is to examine the energetic, entransy, and exergetic methodologies employed to estimate the ideal insulation thickness for construction walls in terms of cost and ecological impact....
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Thermal energy storage as a way to improve transcritical CO2 heat pump performance by means of heat recovery cycles
September 2023
•A combination of a water tank as heat storage and a transcritical CO2 heat pump with two different evaporators can increase COP by means of heat recovery cycles.•A percentage raise of 4.43% on the...
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