Papers – Page 13 – TechConnect Briefs

Industrial symbiosis and green chemistry: one’s waste is another’s resource!

Hunt A.J., Dodson J.R., Parker H.L., Budarin V.L., Matharu A.S., Clark J.H., Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, UK

Industrial symbiosis, the sharing of industrial by-products to add value, reduce costs and improve the environment, will become increasingly important for the sustainable future of our planet. By employing this philosophy alongside green chemical technologies [...]

Low Weight, Low Cost Commercial-Scale PV Inverter

Bundschuh P., Ideal Power Converters, US

Ideal Power Converters has developed and patented a new current-modulated electronic power converter topology that reduces the materials, manufacturing, shipping and installation cost of large-scale PV inverters. LCOE is further improved with improved efficiency and [...]

Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines for Powering Cellular Communication Towers

Plourde B.D., Abraham J.P., Mowry G.S., University of St. Thomas, US

A vertical-axis turbine has been designed to power cellular communication towers. The turbine’s design is specifically focused on providing continuous power to manage the tower’s electronics without interfering with the tower structure. The design of [...]

A Smarter Grid enables Communal MicroGrids

Mohn T., General MicroGrids, Inc, US

As policy makers seek to integrate a serious sociological and environmental issue into energy production, the typical utility is faced with not only technology upgrades, but also dealing with new systemic events that occur far [...]

Expermental Study of CH4/H2 Mixtures in Internal Combustion Engines

Kahraman N., Albayrak Çeper B., Akansu S.O., Bayrak M., Erciyes University, TR

In this study, an experimental study on the performance of a spark ignition engine fuelled with CH4/ H2 mixtures (90%CH4 +10%H2 and80%CH4 +20%H2)was performed at different engine speed and different injection timing coefficient (ITC). This [...]

Wind Mechanical Engineering: Energy for Water Pumping in Rural Areas in Sudan

Omer A.M., Energy Research Institute, UK

The imminent exhaustion of fossil energy resources and the increasing demand for energy were the motives for those reasonable in Sudan to put into practice an energy policy based on rational use of energy; and [...]

High-Power-Density Miniscale Renewable Energy Systems

Lyshevski S.E., Rochester Institute of Technology, US

This paper reports design, analysis, evaluations and characterization of miniscale self-sustained power generation systems. Our ultimate objective is to guarantee highly-efficient mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion, ensure premier wind- or hydro- energy harvesting capabilities, enable electric machinery [...]

A Characteristic Analysis of Bio-ethanol produced on Fruit wastes for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (DEFC)

Kim H., Lee N., Cha I., Choi J., Center for Organic Agrifood industrialization, KR

This Study is aimed to produce bio-ethanol based on the fruit wastes and optimize the bio-ethanol production for a direct ethanol fuel cell(DEFC). Fruit wastes such as pear, apple, persimmon were used in the conditions [...]

Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System Parity with PJM Generation

Jansson P.M., Schmalzel J.L., Barreiro C., Rowan University, US

This research provides compelling economic and technical analysis of photovoltaic (PV) system performance in New Jersey and contrasts the generation availability marginal pricing on the world’s largest regional transmission organization (PJM). This analysis indicates that [...]

Design and Development of Photovoltaic Systems

Lyshevski S.E., Rochester Institute of Technology, US

Significant efforts have being concentrated on low-cost, efficient, renewable, sustainable, safe and portable energy sources and systems. Recently, different photovoltaic technologies, solar cells, energy storage and power electronics energy solutions have been emerged and under [...]