Renewable Energy Engineering : Solar, Wind, Biomass, Hydrogen and Geothermal Energy Systems.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- List of Contributors -- Solar Thermal Energy Systems -- Sonia Fereres* -- INTRODUCTION -- Overview of Solar Thermal Energy Systems -- Solar Energy Conversion to Electricity: Concentrated Solar Energy -- CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER TECHNOLOGIES -- Parabolic Trough Systems -- Linear Fresnel Systems -- Dish Systems -- Central Receiver Systems -- SOLAR COLLECTORS AND RECEIVERS -- Solar Collector Field Improvement Opportunities -- Advances in Solar Receivers -- Parabolic Trough Receivers/Absorbers -- Linear Fresnel Receivers -- Power Tower Receivers -- Tubular Receivers -- Volumetric Air Receivers -- Solid Particle Receivers -- Receiver Coatings -- HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS FOR CSP -- Ideal HTF Properties -- Types of HTF: Current and Future Applications -- Thermal Oil -- Molten Salts -- Water/steam as a HTF -- Liquid Metals -- Other Liquid HTF -- Ionic Liquids -- Molten Glass -- Gases -- Supercritical Fluids -- Particle Suspensions -- INCORPORATING THERMAL/THERMOCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE -- TES System Concepts -- Storage Mechanisms and Materials -- Sensible Heat TES -- Latent Heat TES -- Thermochemical TES -- Future Outlook on TES -- POWER CYCLES FOR CSP PLANTS -- Advanced Power Cycles -- Low Temperature Cycles -- Supercritical Rankine Cycle -- Supercritical CO2 Cycle -- Auxiliary Hardware for Advanced Power Cycles -- Power Plant Cooling Trends: Dry Cooling -- Other Improvement Opportunities -- ALTERNATIVE USES OF SOLAR HEAT BEYOND TRADITIONAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION -- Thermochemical Cycles Based on High Temperature Batteries -- Thermoelectric, Thermoionic, and Thermophotovoltaic Generators -- Solar Fuels -- Solar Thermal Desalination -- Solar Thermal Energy in Industrial Processes -- HYBRID CSP-PV SOLUTIONS -- Hybrid CSP-PV Plants -- Utilizing the Full Solar Spectrum -- CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE OUTLOOK -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION.

CONFLICT OF INTERESTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Thermal Energy Storage Systems for a Global Sustainable Growth: Current Status and Future Trends -- Irene P. Koronaki*, Michael T. Nitsas and Efstratios G. Papoutsis -- INTRODUCTION -- SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE SYSTEMS -- WATER IN SENSIBLE TES SYSTEMS -- Water Stratification -- APPLICATIONS -- OTHER LIQUID SENSIBLE STORAGE MEDIA IN TES -- SOLID STORAGE MEDIA IN TES -- Underground Thermal Energy Storage (UTES) Systems -- LATENT HEAT STORAGE SYSTEMS -- Categories and Materials -- Organic PCM -- Inorganic PCM -- Eutectics PCM -- PCM in TES Systems: Applications -- Solar Water-heating Systems -- PCMs in Greenhouses -- PCMs in Buildings -- PCM MICROENCAPSULATION -- THERMOCHEMICAL HEAT STORAGE SYSTEMS -- Sorption Heat Storage Systems -- Chemical Heat Storage Systems -- CONCLUSIONS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTERESTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Solar Energy Utilization in Buildings -- Christos Tzivanidis* and Evangelos Bellos -- INTRODUCTION -- WATER HEATING AND OTHER PROCESSES -- Innovative Solar Collectors -- Solar Cookers -- Solar Stills -- SOLAR SPACE HEATING SYSTEMS -- Solar Air Heaters -- Solar Hybrid Space Heating Systems -- Solar Assisted Systems for Space Heating -- Solar Driven Absorption Heat Pumps -- NEW PV TECHNOLOGIES FOR BUILDINGS -- Concentrated PV -- Thermal PV -- Integrated PV in Walls -- PV with PCM -- Solar Energy Utilization in the Building Envelope -- Trombe Wall -- PCM IN BUILDING ENVELOPE -- Latent Heat Storage -- Key Attributes -- Organic Phase Change Materials -- Inorganic Phase Change Materials -- Integration of PCMs into Building Elements -- Measurement Procedures - Effective Thermal Capacity -- NOMENCLATURE -- GREEK SYMBOLS -- SUBSCRIPTS AND SUPERSCRIPTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTERESTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

REFERENCES -- Applications of Bioenergy - Modeling of Anaerobic Digestion -- Emmanouil D. Rogdakis* and Panagiotis I. Bitsikas -- GLOBAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND SUPPLY -- BIOMASS AS SOURCE OF ENERGY -- Advantages and Disadvantages from the Use of Biomass as Energy Source -- SOURCES AND PROPERTIES OF BIOMASS -- Wood and Forest Residues -- Energy Crops and Agriculture Residues -- Waste -- Properties of Biomass -- APPLICATIONS OF BIOENERGY -- Solid Biomass -- Generation of Heat and Power -- Transformation to Gaseous Biomass -- Biogas -- Heat and Power Production -- Upgrade to Biomethane -- Biofuels -- Biofuels in the Future -- Pretreatment of Biomass -- Co-generation Systems Used for Energy Production from Biomass -- The Use of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) -- Use of Stirling Engines for Bioenergy Production -- INTRODUCTION TO ANAEROBIC DIGESTION -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Anaerobic Digestion -- ANAEROBIC DIGESTION MODEL NO.1 (ADM1) -- Biochemical Reactions -- Physicochemical Reactions -- Application for Wastewater Treatment -- Henriksdal WWTP -- Psyttaleia WWTP -- ANAEROBIC DIGESTION SYSTEMS -- Temperature -- pH and Alkalinity -- Volume and Inflow Rate -- Single Stage and Multi Stage Anaerobic Digestion -- ADM1 MODIFICATION FOR OLIVE-MILL WASTE TREATMENT -- Presentation of the Extended ADM1 -- Model Application in a Small Rural Olive Mill -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTERESTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- APPENDIX -- Appendix A: Suggested Parameters for ADM1 -- Appendix B: Effect of Selected Parameters on Produced Biogas -- Appendix C: Additional and Modified Parameters for ADM1 Application on Olive-Mill Waste Digestion -- REFERENCES -- Wind Power Contribution in Achieving Global Renewable Energy Targets: Current Status and Future Prospects -- John K. Kaldellis1,* and Dimitrios Apostolou1,2 -- INTRODUCTION.

TWENTY-YEARS OF WIND POWER EVOLUTION -- Global Wind Energy Facts -- EU Wind Energy Facts -- Wind Energy Market in Greece -- Offshore Evolution -- TECHNOLOGY ISSUES -- ECONOMIC ASPECTS -- Investment Cost -- Lifecycle Cost of Energy (LCOE) -- Support Mechanisms -- Employment Opportunities -- ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES -- PROSPECTS OF WIND ENERGY -- Wind Energy Targets -- R&amp -- D Targets -- CONCLUSIONS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTERESTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Hydrogen Production and Storage -- Tryfon Roumpedakis, Petros Vlavakis, Konstantinos Braimakis, Dimitrios Grimekis and Sotirios Karellas* -- HYDROGEN PRODUCTION -- Production from Natural Gas -- Steam Methane Reforming -- Partial Oxidation -- Autothermal Reforming -- Production from Coal -- Supercritical Water Gasification -- Integrated Novel Gasification -- Production from Biomass with Gasification and Pyrolysis -- Syngas Separation Technologies -- Membrane Separators -- Membrane Reactor -- Reformer-membrane Configuration -- Water Gas Shift Reactor and Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) -- Pyrolysis -- Production from Water with Electrolysis -- Electrolysis -- Thermodynamics -- Losses and Conversion Efficiency -- Types of Electrolyzers -- Solar Electrolysis and Photolysis -- Solar Electrolysis -- Photolysis -- Photobiological Electrolysis -- Hydrogen Storage -- Gas Storage -- Steel and Composite Tanks -- Glass Microspheres -- Liquid Storage -- Cryogenic Liquid Hydrogen -- ΝαΒΗ4 Solutions -- Storage in Solid Materials -- Methanation Storage -- Methanation Process -- Catalytic Methanation -- Biological Methanation -- CONCLUSIONS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTERESTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Exploitation of Normal Shallow Geothermal Energy for Heating and Cooling Applications -- Michalis Gr. Vrachopoulos*, Maria K. Koukou and Nikolaos P. Tsolakoglou.

INTRODUCTION -- GEOLOGY INFORMATION -- General -- Evaluation of Thermal Potential -- Types of Normal Geothermal Energy Exploitation Systems -- HEAT PUMPS TECHNOLOGY -- Basic Theory -- Geothermal Heat Pumps -- CLOSED LOOP GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS -- Vertical Geothermal Systems -- Design Approach -- Construction Issues -- General Guidelines -- Types of Vertical Geothermal Heat Exchangers -- Geothermal Heat Exchanger with U-Tube -- Single U Shaped Geothermal Exchanger with Spacers -- Multiple U Shaped Geothermal Heat Exchanger -- Coaxial Geothermal Heat Exchanger -- Coaxial Geothermal Heat Exchanger without Jacket (Standing Column Well) -- Coaxial Geothermal Heat Exchanger Tube-in-Tube Type -- Coaxial Geothermal Heat Exchanger with Soft Jacket -- Multi-Channel Geothermal Heat Exchanger -- Multitube Geothermal Heat Exchanger -- Materials and Grout Filling -- Horizontal Type Geothermal Systems -- Design Approach -- Construction Issues -- Types of Horizontal Geothermal Systems -- Systems in Series -- Parallel Systems -- Single loop in Ditch System -- Spiral Layout Systems (Slinky) -- Materials -- OPEN LOOP GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS -- Introduction -- Construction Issues -- General Guidelines -- Common Types of Open Loop Geothermal Systems -- Water Disposal -- Possible Problems -- ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORMAL GEOTHERMY SYSTEMS -- General Guidelines -- Cost Elements -- CONCLUSIONS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTERESTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Measurement Systems for Renewable Energy -- A.A. Nikoglou, P.K. Rouni and E.P. Hinis* -- INTRODUCTION -- Fluid Flow Measurements -- Pitot -- Variable Area Flow Meters -- Venturi Meter -- Nozzle Meter -- Orifice Meter -- Hot Wire Anemometer -- Vortex Shedding Flowmeters -- Rotameter -- Turbine Flowmeters -- Magnetic Flowmeter -- Air Velocity and Direction -- TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS -- Thermistor.

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