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Energy Sustainability with a Focus on Environmental Perspectives. [PDF]
Rosen MA.
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Small vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are often considered suitable for use in urban areas due to their compact design. However, they are also well known to offer poor performance at low wind speeds, which is a common situation in such environments ...
Oriol Bel Laveda +8 more
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Experimental study on augmentation of mixing within a stratified indoor environment by erosion of density interface [PDF]
The current study aims to address the problem associated with warm air heating in passive houses. Warm air eating is cheaper and easy to operate in passive houses, however, this creates problems of shortcut ventilation and thermal discomfort due to ...
Kabanshi Alan +2 more
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Sustainability and Energy Conversions [PDF]
AbstractA sustainable global energy system requires a transition away from energy sources with high greenhouse emissions. Vast energy resources are available to meet our needs, and technology pathways for making this transition exist. Lowering the cost and increasing the reliability and quality of energy from sustainable energy sources will facilitate ...
Franklin M. Orr, Sally M. Benson
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An estimated 25 million tons of animal manure is produced globally every year, causing considerable impact to the environment. These impacts can be managed through the use of anaerobic digestion (AD) This process achieves waste degradation through ...
Grace N. Ijoma +4 more
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Southern Africa has a huge potential for renewable energy sources such as hydro, solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal. However, electricity access remains a key policy issue for most member states, with a global average access to electricity of only 54 ...
Constantino Dário Justo +2 more
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Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Human Feces with Rice Straw for Biogas Production: A Case Study in Sunyani
The choice of feedstock for biogas production should not only be limited to organic waste like agricultural products, food, and animal waste. Human feces could also be considered a source of biogas production. The ever-increasing cost of fossil fuels and
Irédon Adjama +4 more
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Energy and Sustainable Development [PDF]
يواجه العالم تطورًا قويًا بسبب تقدم تقنيات المعلومات والاتصالات التي تضع تقنيات المعرفة في قاعدة الإنتاجية والمنافسة والقوة.
Vezzoli, Carlo +7 more
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Energy and Sustainability [PDF]
![Figure][1] The theme for the 2007 annual meeting of the AAAS, to be held in San Francisco on 15 to 19 February, is “Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being.” The problem of energy, which is the focus of this special issue of Science linked to the meeting, looms as a central element in the web of intertwined challenges that this theme ...
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A Review of Factors Affecting SCC Initiation and Propagation in Pipeline Carbon Steels
Pipelines have been installed and operated around the globe to transport oil and gas for decades. They are considered to be an effective, economic and safe means of transportation. The major concern in their operation is corrosion.
Shamsuddeen Ashurah Abubakar +2 more
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