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To improve the comprehensive energy utilization rate of the heating station system, an organic Rankine cycle system was added to utilize the flue gas waste heat to generate electricity. The heating station system was modeled and analyzed with the help of TRNSYS platform, and the ORC system was modeled and analyzed with the help of MATLAB platform. Connecting the completed systems and performing simulations, the research obtained a certain improvement in the overall energy efficiency of the heating station system.

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    Waste Heat Recovery from a Drier Receiver of an A/C Unit Using Thermoelectric Generators

    Ali Jaber Abdulhamed1,*, Aws Al-Akam1, Ahmed A. Abduljabbar2, Mohammed H. Alkhafaji3
    Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1729-1746, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.029069
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Energy Resources in Iraq: Status & Future Prospects)
    Abstract Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are considered promising devices for waste heat recovery from various systems. The Seebeck effect can be utilized to generate power using the residual heat emitted by the filter dryer receiver (FDR) of an air conditioning (A/C) system, which would otherwise go to waste. The study aims to build a set of thermoelectric generators (TEG) to collect the waste heat of the FDR and generate low-power electricity. A novel electrical circuit with two transformers is designed and fabricated to produce a more stable voltage for operation and charging. The thermoelectric generator (TEGs) was installed on the FDR of… More >

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    Design and Development of an Intelligent Energy Management System for a Smart Grid to Enhance the Power Quality

    Nisha Vasudevan1,*, Vasudevan Venkatraman2, A. Ramkumar1, T. Muthukumar3, A. Sheela4, M. Vetrivel5, R. J. Vijaya Saraswathi6, F. T. Josh7
    Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1747-1761, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027821
    Abstract MigroGrid (MG) has emerged to resolve the growing demand for energy. But because of its inconsistent output, it can result in various power quality (PQ) issues. PQ is a problem that is becoming more and more important for the reliability of power systems that use renewable energy sources. Similarly, the employment of nonlinear loads will introduce harmonics into the system and, as a result, cause distortions in the current and voltage waveforms as well as low power quality issues in the supply system. Thus, this research focuses on power quality enhancement in the MG using hybrid shunt filters. However, the… More >

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    Sustainable Development of Energy Systems and Climate Systems: Key Issues and Perspectives

    Bing Wang1,2,*, Lu Li1, Xinru Jiang1
    Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1763-1773, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027846
    Abstract Climate change and energy security issues are prominent challenges in current energy system management, which should be governed synergistically due to the feedback relationships between them. The “Energy Systems Management and Climate Change” Special Collection Issue in the journal of Energy Engineering provide insights into the field of energy systems management and climate change. From an extended perspective, this study discusses the key issues, research methods and models for energy system management and climate change research. Comprehensive and accurate prediction of energy supply and demand, the evaluation on the energy system resilience to climate change and the coupling methodology application… More >

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    Sustainable Development of Energy Systems and Climate Systems: Key Issues and Perspectives

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    Distributed Robust Optimal Dispatch for the Microgrid Considering Output Correlation between Wind and Photovoltaic

    Ming Li1,*, Cairen Furifu1, Chengyang Ge2, Yunping Zheng1, Shunfu Lin2, Ronghui Liu2
    Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1775-1801, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027215
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Key Technologies of Renewable Energy Consumption and Optimal Operation under )
    Abstract As an effective carrier of integrated clean energy, the microgrid has attracted wide attention. The randomness of renewable energies such as wind and solar power output brings a significant cost and impact on the economics and reliability of microgrids. This paper proposes an optimization scheme based on the distributionally robust optimization (DRO) model for a microgrid considering solar-wind correlation. Firstly, scenarios of wind and solar power output scenarios are generated based on non-parametric kernel density estimation and the Frank-Copula function; then the generated scenario results are reduced by K-means clustering; finally, the probability confidence interval of scenario distribution is constrained… More >

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    Investigations on the Optimization of Contacts Barrier Height for the Improved Performance of ZnO/CdS/CZTS Solar Cells

    Fatiha Daoudi1,*, Abdelkrim Naas1, Omar Meglali1,2, Radia Boudaira3, Ahmed Gueddim1, A. M. Saeed4
    Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1803-1815, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.028423
    Abstract The numerical simulations were performed using the AMPS-1D simulator to study the effects of the CZTS as an absorber layer and the contacts’ barrier height on the performance of four ZnO/CdS/CZTS solar cells. To obtain the best cell performances, the barrier heights of the back and front contacts were adjusted between 0.01, 0.77, 0.5, and 1.55 eV, respectively. For simulations, we used the lifetime mode, and the device performances were evaluated under AM1.5 illumination spectra. We found that the efficiency, fill factor, and open-circuit voltage were almost constant at a front contact barrier height of less than 0.31 eV. The… More >

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    Investigations on the Optimization of Contacts Barrier Height for the Improved Performance of ZnO/CdS/CZTS Solar Cells

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    Thermo-Economic Performance of Geothermal Driven High-Temperature Flash Tank Vapor Injection Heat Pump System: A Comparison Study

    Huashan Li1, Xiaoshuang Zhao1,2, Sihao Huang1,2, Lingbao Wang1, Jiongcong Chen1,*
    Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1817-1835, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027668
    Abstract Process heating constitutes a significant share of final energy consumption in the industrial sector around the world. In this paper, a high-temperature heat pump (HTHP) using flash tank vapor injection technology (FTVI) is proposed to develop low-temperature geothermal source for industrial process heating with temperature above 100°C. With heat sink output temperatures between 120°C and 150°C, the thermo-economic performance of the FTVI HTHP system using R1234ze(Z) as refrigerant is analyzed and also compared to the single-stage vapor compression (SSVC) system by employing the developed mathematical model. The coefficient of performance (COP), exergy efficiency (ηexe), net present value (NPV) and payback… More >

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    An Experimental Study on the Interaction between Hydrate Formation and Wax Precipitation in Waxy Oil-in-Water Emulsions

    Xincan Song1,3,4, Lin Wang1,3,4,*, Cheng Yu1,2, Jiaxin Chen1,3,4, Linjie Ma1,3,4
    Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1837-1852, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027637
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Multiphase Flow Theory in Oil and Gas Gathering and Transportation Process)
    Abstract The coupled formation of wax crystals and hydrates is a critical issue for the safety of deep-sea oil and gas exploration and subsea transport pipeline flow. Therefore, this paper conducts an experimental study on the characteristics of methane hydrate formation in a water-in-oil (W/O) system with different wax crystal contents and explores the influence of different initial experimental pressures on the induction period and maximum rate of hydrate formation. The wavelet function was introduced to process the reaction rate and calculate the maximum speed of hydrate formation. Notably, the higher the pressure, the smaller the maximum rate of hydrate formation.… More >

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    Experimental Study on the Influence of Fracturing Fluid Retention on Shale Gas Diffusion Law

    Zhiyuan Yao1,2,3, Jing Sun1,2,3,*, Dehua Liu1,2,3
    Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1853-1866, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.025846
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Simulation of Flow and Transport Problems in Petroleum Engineering)
    Abstract Shale gas reservoirs have poor physical properties and a large number of micro-nano pores have been developed. Shale gas wells have no natural productivity and need fracturing reconstruction measures to put into production. However, the fracturing fluid will enter the reservoir space of shale matrix after fracturing and affect the production of shale gas. At present, there is no consensus on the influence of fracturing fluid retention on gas well production. Based on this, the paper adopts gas molecular transport analyzer to carry out experimental research on the influence of fracturing fluid on shale gas diffusion law after entering matrix… More >

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    Fault Diagnosis of Industrial Motors with Extremely Similar Thermal Images Based on Deep Learning-Related Classification Approaches

    Hong Zhang1,*, Qi Wang1, Lixing Chen1, Jiaming Zhou1, Haijian Shao2
    Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1867-1883, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.028453
    Abstract Induction motors (IMs) typically fail due to the rate of stator short-circuits. Because of the similarity of the thermal images produced by various instances of short-circuit and the minor interclass distinctions between categories, non-destructive fault detection is universally perceived as a difficult issue. This paper adopts the deep learning model combined with feature fusion methods based on the image’s low-level features with higher resolution and more position and details and high-level features with more semantic information to develop a high-accuracy classification-detection approach for the fault diagnosis of IMs. Based on the publicly available thermal images (IRT) dataset related to condition… More >

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    Fault Diagnosis of Industrial Motors with Extremely Similar Thermal Images Based on Deep Learning-Related Classification Approaches

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    Power Optimization Cooperative Control Strategy for Flexible Fast Interconnection Device with Energy Storage

    Mingming Shi1,*, Jun Zhang2, Xuefeng Ge1, Juntao Fei1, Jiajun Tan3
    Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1885-1897, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.025788
    Abstract With the wide application of renewable energy power generation technology, the distribution network presents the characteristics of multi-source and complex structure. There are potential risks in the stability of power system, and the problem of power quality is becoming more and more serious. This paper studies and proposes a power optimization cooperative control strategy for flexible fast interconnection device with energy storage, which combines the flexible interconnection technology with the energy storage device. The primary technology is to regulate the active and reactive power of the converter. By comparing the actual power value of the converter with the reference value,… More >

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    Study of Oil-Bearing Drill Cuttings Cleaning and De-Oiling Treatment Method for Shale Gas Reservoirs

    Jialuo Rong1,2, Shuixiang Xie3,4, Huijing Geng5, Hao Hu1,2, Shanfa Tang1,2,*, Yuanpeng Cheng1,2,*
    Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1899-1917, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027650
    Abstract Due to its extensive use in shale gas exploration and development, oil-based drilling fluids generate large amounts of oil-bearing drill cuttings during the drilling process. The large amount of oil-bearing drill cuttings generated during the drilling process can lead to serious secondary contamination. In this study, a wetting agent FSC-6 with good hydrophobic and oleophobic properties was synthesized to construct an efficient oil removal system. For the first time, the mechanism of this system was analyzed by using the theory of adhesion function, interfacial tension and wettability. At the same time, a combined acoustic-chemical treatment process was applied to the… More >

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    Simulation Analysis of Flue Gas Waste Heat Utilization Retrofit Based on ORC System

    Liqing Yan1, Jiang Liu1,2,*, Guangwei Ying3, Ning Zhang4
    Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1919-1938, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027546
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Multi-Vector Energy Systems: Modeling and Simulation)
    Abstract Recovery of waste heat from boiler flue gas is an effective way to improve energy utilization efficiency. Taking a heating station heating project as an example, the existing heating system of this heating station was analyzed for its underutilized flue gas waste heat and low energy utilization rate. Rankine cycle is an effective waste heat recovery method, and a steam boiler organic Rankine cycle (ORC) cogeneration waste heat utilization method is proposed. The system model simulation is constructed and verified. First, a thermodynamic model was constructed in MATLAB and five suitable work gases were selected to analyze the effects of… More >

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    Simulation Analysis of Flue Gas Waste Heat Utilization Retrofit Based on ORC System

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