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The Influence of Diesel Fuel Subsidies and Taxes on the Potential for Solar-Powered Hybrid Systems in Africa

open access: yesResources, 2015
Many people in African countries lack access to sufficient electricity supply due to missing infrastructure of the centralized conventional power generation system.
Paul Bertheau   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid Open-Source-Based Simulation Approach for Coaxial Medium-Deep and Deep Borehole Heat Exchanger Systems

open access: yesEnergies
Compared to shallow geothermal systems, coaxial medium-deep and deep borehole heat exchangers (MDBHE and DBHE) offer higher temperatures and heat extraction rates while requiring less surface area, making them attractive options for sustainable heat ...
Dmitry Romanov   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modelling of Diesel Generator Sets That Assist Off-Grid Renewable Energy Micro-grids

open access: yesRenewable Energy and Sustainable Development, 2015
This paper focuses on modelling diesel generators for off-grid installations based on renewable energies. Variations in Environmental Variables (for example, Solar Radiation and Wind Speed) make necessary to include these auxiliary systems in off-grid ...
Johanna Salazar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repowering Feasibility Study of a Current Hybrid Renewable System. Case Study, Galapagos Islands

open access: yesElectricity, 2021
Renewable sources on islands seem to be the most attractive option to decarbonize and lower the price of electricity; currently, most islands do so by replacing their diesel generators with wind or solar sources, along with energy storage.
Paul Arévalo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimization of a microgrid with renewable energy and distributed generation: A case study

open access: yes, 2015
International audienceIn this paper an optimization algorithm is applied on a microgrid with renewable energy and distributed generation. The intermittent electricity in Lebanon leads to widely use diesel generator groups and to install renewable energy ...
Bacha, Seddik   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

Combustion, performance and emission analysis of propanol addition on safflower oil biodiesel in a diesel engine

open access: yesCleaner Chemical Engineering, 2022
Studies on alternative and renewable fuels are maintaining due to the ever-decreasing of petroleum usage and also the environmental pollution that it has created. Alternative fuels, especially renewable fuels are one of the most emphasized issues because
Zülfü Tosun, Hüseyin Aydin
doaj   +1 more source

The changes of burning efficiency emission and power output of a diesel engine fueled by bioethanol – biodiesel-diesel oil mixtures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The environmental pollution and the decrease of the oil based fuels are the greatest problems of the automotive-industry at the start of the 21st century.
Zöldy, Máté
core  

Techno-economic and greenhouse gas savings assessment of decentralized biomass gasification for electrifying the rural areas of Indonesia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This study explored the feasibility of decentralized gasification of oil palm biomass in Indonesia to relieve its over-dependence on fossil fuel-based power generation and facilitate the electrification of its rural areas.
Armin-Hoiland, Joel   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Technobiological Pathways for High‐CO₂ Capture Using Micro‐/Macroalgae: Genetic Engineering, Process Automation, and Value‐Added Bioproducts

open access: yesAsia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have emerged as one of the most critical drivers of climate change; this is primarily due to high concentrations and long atmospheric life of carbon dioxide (CO2). For a significant amount of time, various biological processes such as microalgal cultivation, cyanobacterial systems, photosynthetic microorganisms ...
Sadhana Semwal, Harish Chandra Joshi
wiley   +1 more source

An assessment of alcohol inclusion in various combinations of biodiesel-diesel on the performance and exhaust emission of modern-day compression ignition engines – A review

open access: yesMaterials Science for Energy Technologies, 2022
The growing energy demand and non-renewable nature of conventional diesel had shifted the focus of researchers on the search for alternate fuels. Intensive research works, experiments and tests have been conducted in alternate fuels by keeping in view ...
Md. Modassir Khan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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