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Hydropower and environmental sustainability: A holistic assessment using multiple biophysical indicators

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2021
Along with other low-carbon combustion-free energy sources, hydropower is considered a valuable tool for mitigating the current climate and ecological crisis and achieve environmental sustainability. However, it is still unclear to what extent hydropower
Andrei Briones-Hidrovo   +2 more
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Assessing the impact of individual nutrition on biodiversity: A conceptual framework for the selection of indicators targeted at the out-of-home catering sector

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2021
Agriculture is an economic sector with massive impact on biodiversity and agrobiodiversity. Sustainable diets represent a critical policy leverage and a realistic opportunity to reduce the environmental impact of the agro-food sector while improving ...
Silvia Monetti   +4 more
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Territorial Inequalities, Ecological and Material Footprints of the Energy Transition: Case Study of the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Bioregion

open access: yesLand, 2022
This study develops a methodology to assess the energy transition’s territorial, ecological and material impacts on regions. As a case study, the methodology is applied to the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Bioregion, a geographical area constituting eight ...
Javier Felipe-Andreu   +2 more
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“Norm-Oriented Interpretation Learning” and Resource Use: The Concept of “Open-Didactic Exploration” as a Contribution to Raising Awareness of a Responsible Resource Use

open access: yesResources, 2014
It is widely accepted that environmental awareness is essential, yet does not inevitably lead to responsible use of resources. Additional factors on the individual level include the meaning constructed by the term “resources” and the individual and ...
Anna Bliesner   +5 more
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A Novel Protection Strategy for Single Pole-to-Ground Fault in Multi-Terminal DC Distribution Network

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
The single pole-to-ground (SPG) fault is one of critical failures which will have a serious impact on the stable operation of the multi-terminal DC distribution network based on the modular multilevel converter (MMC).
Ruixiong Yang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Empirical Investigation of a Modified Gas Engine Heat Pump in Heating and Cooling Mode for the Residential Application [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, 2020
Gas Engine Heat Pump (GEHP) is found as an effective machine among energy conversion systems. However, further improvement of GEHP performance is still indispensable. In the current study, to recycle efficiently the flue gases waste heat of GEHP unit, it
Mostafa Varmazyar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Energy Consumption [PDF]

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Energy use in homes and buildings represents an important part of the load of electrical systems [...]
Carlos Ramos   +3 more
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Effect of tubular heater structures on the thermal behaviors of waxy crude oil

open access: yesCase Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023
In this paper, we research the temperature field, flow field and melting law of gelled crude oil with different diameters, locations and inclination angles of heating tube by numerical simulation method.
Hang Dong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thermodynamic Rarity and Recyclability of Raw Materials in the Energy Transition: The Need for an In-Spiral Economy

open access: yesEntropy, 2019
This paper presents a thermodynamic vision of the depletion of mineral resources. It demonstrates how raw materials can be better assessed using exergy, based on thermodynamic rarity, which considers scarcity in the crust and energy requirements for ...
Antonio Valero, Alicia Valero
doaj   +1 more source

A Sigfox Energy Consumption Model [PDF]

open access: yesSensors, 2019
Sigfox has become one of the main Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technologies, as it has attracted the attention of the industry, academy and standards development organizations in recent years. Sigfox devices, such as sensors or actuators, are expected to run on limited energy sources; therefore, it is crucial to investigate the energy ...
Gómez Montenegro, Carlos   +4 more
openaire   +5 more sources

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