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Wind Energy Potential Estimation in India

VijayaVenkataRaman S., Iniyan S., Suganthi L., Goic R., Anna University Chennai, India, IN

The most daunting problem of today’s world is the global climate change, which is predominantly due to the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Increasing negative effects of fossil fuel combustion on the environment in addition to [...]

Low-cost 3D Wind Anemometers for Architectural Wind Modeling and Prediction

Hirano J., Garmire D., University of Hawaii at Manoa, US

As wind power generation becomes more popular especially in urban areas, it becomes important to understand wind flow on a small scale accounting for the effects of building topology and neighboring buildings for wind-energy availability. [...]

Analysis of a Onshore Wind Farm in India for Sustainable Development

Iniyan S., Anna University Chennai, IN

In this paper, the status like performance, reliability and various problems of a wind farm which is located at Muppandal, southern part of India have been analysed. This wind farm has 15 numbers of wind [...]

Kitenergy: a radical innovation in wind energy generation

Fagiano L., Milanese M., Piga D., Politecnico di Torino, IT

This paper presents an innovative technology of high-altitude wind power generation, indicated as Kitenergy, which exploits the automatic flight of tethered airfoils (e.g. power kites) to extract energy from wind blowing between 200 and 800 [...]

Generation of Transportation Fuel from Solid Municipal Waste Plastics

Sarker M., Natural State Research, Inc., US

Transportation fuels derived from imported fossil fuels are subjected to the price fluctuations of the global marketplace, and constitute a major expense in the operation of a vehicle. Emissions from the evaporation and combustion of [...]

Diesel Production from Waste Disposal using Catalytic Dissociation on Mn-zeolite Catalyst

Kim M.C., Lee K.B., Cheongju University, KR

The approach for catalytic dissociation of waste diaposal using various catalysts is presented. This approach includes two principal steps: a characterization of catalysts is used to determine the active site of prepared catalysts, and the [...]

New Kalina Cycle Systems for Biomass Applications

Kalina A., KALEX LLC, US

Three new Kalina Cycle power systems have designed for the utilization of biomass fuel. These systems offer drastic improvements in efficiency, (on the order of 40% to 60%,) and reduction in cost over current conventional [...]

Replacing natural gas with biogas in the methanol production

Kovac Kralj A., Univerity of Maribor, SI

The dependence of natural gas may be replaced by renewable sources of second generation - nonfood source. Methanol is produced from synthesis gas, which is produced from natural gas. Natural gas can be replaced by [...]

Development of ceramic support for methane reformer from alkali aluminosilicates

Martinello Savi B., Fernandes Silvano W., da Silva L., Bernardin A.M., University of the Extreme South of Santa Catarina, BR

This work deals with the initial development of a ceramic reformer based on alkali metal aluminosilicates coated with nickel for the generation of hydrogen from biogas (methane). The understanding of the microstructural evolution of silicon-aluminum [...]

Biomethane as a substitute for natural gas

Moreira N.A., Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, PT

The world’s energy consumption keeps its tendency to increase, and the natural gas stands out as one of fuels where this trend is more significant. The environmental benefits in the use of natural gas, comparing [...]