Extraction and Characterization of Biogenic Silica Obtained from Selected Agro-Waste in Africa
Increased amounts of available biomass residues from agricultural food production are present widely around the globe. These biomass residues can find essential applications as bioenergy feedstock and precursors to produce value-added materials.
Clement Owusu Prempeh +4 more
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Integration of heat pump and gas turbine combined cycle: market and climatic conditions for power plant flexibility enhancement [PDF]
The increasing share of electricity produced from renewable energy sources (RES), with the consequent strong penetration in the current energy network, is causing a growing need of balancing power to compensate power supply from such fluctuating sources.
Giugno Andrea +3 more
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Heat pump integration in a real poly-generative energy district: A techno-economic analysis
This paper presents a techno-economic feasibility analysis related to a heat pump installation in a poly-generative energy district to convert the overproduction of electricity into thermal power, easy to be stored in thermal storage tanks. The heat pump
S. Barberis +3 more
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Thermogravimetric analysis of face mask waste: Kinetic analysis via iso-conversional methods [PDF]
The surge of face mask waste in response to the global pandemic has proven to be a liability to the environment. Microfibers from plastic constituents of the face mask would cause microplastic pollution in the water bodies. Fortunately, these waste could
Wee Melvin Xin Jie +5 more
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A THERMOCHEMICAL CONSTANT. [PDF]
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Techno-economic analysis of multipurpose OTEC power plants [PDF]
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is a promising technology to provide sustainable and dispatchable energy supply to oceanic coastal areas and islands.
Barberis Stefano +4 more
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Untapping Industrial Flexibility via Waste Heat-Driven Pumped Thermal Energy Storage Systems
Pumped thermal energy storage (PTES) is a promising long-duration energy storage technology. Nevertheless, PTES shows intermediate round-trip efficiency (RTE—0.5 ÷ 0.7) and significant CAPEX.
Stefano Barberis +3 more
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Experimental Campaign Tests on a Tesla Micro-Expanders [PDF]
This paper presents the experimental campaign on Tesla turbo expanders carried out at Thermo-chemical Power group (TPG) of University of Genoa, Italy. An experiment system is established using compressed air as a working fluid.
Renuke Avinash +2 more
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Techno-economic investigation of solutions for decarbonizing the thermal management of the stand-still state of combined cycles [PDF]
In today’s RES-driven energy landscape, flexibility of Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plants is essential for integrating more non-dispatchable sources while ensuring reliable power supply.
Sorce Alessandro +2 more
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Performance Assessment of Bladeless Micro-Expanders Using 3D Numerical Simulation [PDF]
This paper summarizes the development of fully 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis for bladeless air micro expander for 200 W and 3 kW rated power. Modelling of nozzle along with rotor is done using structured mesh.
Renuke Avinash +2 more
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