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Ali Jaber Abdulhamed^1,*, 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 - 05 June 2023
（This article belongs to the 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… More >

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Nisha Vasudevan^1,*, 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 - 05 June 2023
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… More >

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Bing Wang^1,2,*, Lu Li¹, Xinru Jiang¹
Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1763-1773, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027846 - 05 June 2023
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 More >

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Ming Li^1,*, 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 - 05 June 2023
（This article belongs to the 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 More >

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Fatiha Daoudi^1,*, Abdelkrim Naas¹, Omar Meglali^1,2, Radia Boudaira³, Ahmed Gueddim¹, A. M. Saeed⁴
Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1803-1815, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.028423 - 05 June 2023
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… More >

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Huashan Li¹, Xiaoshuang Zhao^1,2, Sihao Huang^1,2, Lingbao Wang¹, Jiongcong Chen^1,*
Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1817-1835, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027668 - 05 June 2023
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 (η_exe), net present… More >

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Xincan Song^1,3,4, Lin Wang^1,3,4,*, Cheng Yu^1,2, Jiaxin Chen^1,3,4, Linjie Ma^1,3,4
Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1837-1852, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027637 - 05 June 2023
（This article belongs to the 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… More >

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Zhiyuan Yao^1,2,3, Jing Sun^1,2,3,*, Dehua Liu^1,2,3
Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1853-1866, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.025846 - 05 June 2023
（This article belongs to the 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… More >

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Hong Zhang^1,*, Qi Wang¹, Lixing Chen¹, Jiaming Zhou¹, Haijian Shao²
Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1867-1883, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.028453 - 05 June 2023
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 More >

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Mingming Shi^1,*, Jun Zhang², Xuefeng Ge¹, Juntao Fei¹, Jiajun Tan³
Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1885-1897, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.025788 - 05 June 2023
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 More >

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Jialuo Rong^1,2, Shuixiang Xie^3,4, Huijing Geng⁵, Hao Hu^1,2, Shanfa Tang^1,2,*, Yuanpeng Cheng^1,2,*
Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1899-1917, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027650 - 05 June 2023
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 More >

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Liqing Yan¹, Jiang Liu^1,2,*, Guangwei Ying³, Ning Zhang⁴
Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.8, pp. 1919-1938, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027546 - 05 June 2023
（This article belongs to the 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 More >

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