Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy, Volume 1 – Challenges is the fifth book in the Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies Series. This volume looks at the production performance of renewable energy sources and emerging production processes.
Containing all major renewable energy technologies in individual chapters, this reference includes some of the most dynamic developments, best practices, and future concepts in solar energy systems, energy storage, geothermal energy, bioenergy, wind energy, fuel cells, and hydrogen production. It also includes recent regulations and policies worldwide. By reviewing these state-of-art advances, considering them with real-world applications and analyzing key challenges, this book provides readers with an up-to-date source on renewable energy grid integration and its importance in aiding the energy transition.
This is a valuable resource for graduates, researchers, professors, and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector, as well as advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production, and sustainability.
1. 2.1 Introduction - p. 41 2. 2.2 Solar cooling systems - p. 43 3. 2.3 Modeling - p. 48 4. 2.4 A case study for PV-VCR system as a function of environmental conditions - p. 75 5. 2.5 Advanced PV-compression cooling system - p. 80 6. 2.6 Challenges and future perspectives - p. 92 7. References - p. 94 8. 3. New concept of a hybrid renewable solution for urban environment: electricity during daytime and cooling water during nighttime - p. 103 9. Topic 3: Biomass energy - p. 125 10. 4. Utilization of lignocellulosic biomass for advanced simultaneous biofuel and biomaterials production - p. 127 11. Topic 4: Hydrogen production - p. 151 12. 5. Challenges of hydrogen production from biomass gasification - p. 153 13. Topic 5: Wind energy - p. 205 14. 6. Intelligent fault diagnosis scheme for converter in wind turbine systems - p. 207 15. Topic 6: Geothermal energy - p. 249 16. 7. Closed-loop geothermal systems: a way to harness geothermal energy - p. 251 17. Topic 7: Hydropower - p. 279 18. 8. Hydropower in the European Union: state-of-the art, future opportunities and main issues within the current social, energy, geopolitical, and climate situation - p. 281 19. Topic 8: Energy storage/fuel cells - p. 303 20. 9. Inorganic macro/microencapsulated phase change materials for renewable energy technologies - p. 305 21. 10. A novel hybrid data-driven aging prediction method for fuel cells based on data characteristic analysis - p. 325 22. Topic 9: Smart grids - p. 357 23. 11. Methods and technologies for managing the synchronization of MicroGrid with external networks - p. 359 24. 12. Smart Grids in the renewable energy community era: new markets and the role of information - p. 401 25. Topic 10: Sustainability, policies, and regulations - p. 413 26. 13. Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of energy efficiency and building policies in Southern Europe. Envelope renovation and renewable energy source integration - p. 415 27. 14. A geographic information system-based procedure to assess the coupled implementation of photovoltaic panels and green roofs for improved energy efficiency - p. 453 28. Index - p. 477
Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy, Volume 1 – Challenges is the fifth book in the Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies Series. This volume looks at the production performance of renewable energy sources and emerging production processes.
Containing all major renewable energy technologies in individual chapters, this reference includes some of the most dynamic developments, best practices, and future concepts in solar energy systems, energy storage, geothermal energy, bioenergy, wind energy, fuel cells, and hydrogen production. It also includes recent regulations and policies worldwide. By reviewing these state-of-art advances, considering them with real-world applications and analyzing key challenges, this book provides readers with an up-to-date source on renewable energy grid integration and its importance in aiding the energy transition.
This is a valuable resource for graduates, researchers, professors, and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector, as well as advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production, and sustainability.
1. 2.1 Introduction - p. 41 2. 2.2 Solar cooling systems - p. 43 3. 2.3 Modeling - p. 48 4. 2.4 A case study for PV-VCR system as a function of environmental conditions - p. 75 5. 2.5 Advanced PV-compression cooling system - p. 80 6. 2.6 Challenges and future perspectives - p. 92 7. References - p. 94 8. 3. New concept of a hybrid renewable solution for urban environment: electricity during daytime and cooling water during nighttime - p. 103 9. Topic 3: Biomass energy - p. 125 10. 4. Utilization of lignocellulosic biomass for advanced simultaneous biofuel and biomaterials production - p. 127 11. Topic 4: Hydrogen production - p. 151 12. 5. Challenges of hydrogen production from biomass gasification - p. 153 13. Topic 5: Wind energy - p. 205 14. 6. Intelligent fault diagnosis scheme for converter in wind turbine systems - p. 207 15. Topic 6: Geothermal energy - p. 249 16. 7. Closed-loop geothermal systems: a way to harness geothermal energy - p. 251 17. Topic 7: Hydropower - p. 279 18. 8. Hydropower in the European Union: state-of-the art, future opportunities and main issues within the current social, energy, geopolitical, and climate situation - p. 281 19. Topic 8: Energy storage/fuel cells - p. 303 20. 9. Inorganic macro/microencapsulated phase change materials for renewable energy technologies - p. 305 21. 10. A novel hybrid data-driven aging prediction method for fuel cells based on data characteristic analysis - p. 325 22. Topic 9: Smart grids - p. 357 23. 11. Methods and technologies for managing the synchronization of MicroGrid with external networks - p. 359 24. 12. Smart Grids in the renewable energy community era: new markets and the role of information - p. 401 25. Topic 10: Sustainability, policies, and regulations - p. 413 26. 13. Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of energy efficiency and building policies in Southern Europe. Envelope renovation and renewable energy source integration - p. 415 27. 14. A geographic information system-based procedure to assess the coupled implementation of photovoltaic panels and green roofs for improved energy efficiency - p. 453 28. Index - p. 477
