Improving energy performance of a Cement Manufacturing factory by using Waste Heat Recovery Systems, Estimated vs. Actual achievements [PDF]
Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) Systems are spreading more and more in cement factories and are essential in achieving the energy performance required by the European Directives, legislation, and standards.
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Energy efficiency in the building materials industry. Case study: Brick manufacturing in Romania [PDF]
In this paper an overview of the construction materials industry, from an embedded energy point of view will be presented. A case study for four brick factories in Romania will also analyzed.
Gheorghiu Cristian +3 more
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Transforming Romanian school buildings in prosumers. An opportunity for increasing the energy efficiency in electrical networks and reducing the environmental impact of the power distribution sector [PDF]
In the last decades, electricity systems suffer crucial transformations from integrated networks with a unidirectional flow, to decentralized, bidirectional flow networks. The stakeholders of this large-scale business have changed or improved their role.
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The Green Deal of the European Union defines extremely ambitious climate targets for 2030 (−55% emissions compared to 1990) and 2050 (−100%), which go far beyond the current goals that the EU member states have agreed on thus far.
Felix Kattelmann +5 more
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Findings from Measurements of the Electric Power Demand of Air Compressors
The compressed air electric ratio (CAER) describes the ratio of the real electric power demand to the nominal mechanical power of an air compressor. The CAER is an important indicator as the electric power demand of air compressors varies throughout its ...
Ulf Hummel +3 more
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Demand-side Management Programs – A joint environmental protection action. Case study: The lighting system in the Campus of the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest [PDF]
The current development of Smart Grids, combined with the pressure enforced by national legislation as a direct effect of the 2012/27/EU and the 2018/844/EU Directives and the ever-growing energy demand lead to a new set of challenges for both the end ...
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Bio-Gaseous Fuels from Agricultural Waste Pyrolysis (Part I) [PDF]
The study, presented in two parts, puts in discussion the experimental results of low and high temperature pyrolysis on agricultural residues using a tubular batch reactor.
Ionescu Gabriela +2 more
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DetEEktor: Mask R-CNN based neural network for energy plant identification on aerial photographs
Decentralized renewable energies (RE) represent one of the most important elements for future energy systems. For an optimal integration, a comprehensive knowledge of the installed RE systems and their characteristics is required.
Maximilian Schulz +2 more
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Electrification offers an opportunity to decarbonize the transport sector, but it might also increase the need for flexibility options in the energy system, as the uncoordinated charging process of battery electric vehicles (BEV) can lead to a demand ...
Felix Guthoff +2 more
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The required decarbonization of the energy system is a complex task, with ambitious targets under the Paris Agreement, and related policy analysis should consider possible impacts on the economy and society.
Pinar Korkmaz +4 more
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