Journal of Energy Engineering: Recent submissions
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Impact of Torrefaction on Vine Pruning’s Fuel Characteristics
(ASCE, 2020)Agricultural and waste-derived solid biomass fuels are available in vast amounts for the generation of sustainable energy. Since these fuels usually have rather low heating values, low bulk densities and are disadvantageous ... -
Performance and Energy Savings of Resin Translucent Concrete Products
(ASCE, 2020)Buildings consume large amounts of energy, and lighting and maintaining a comfortable temperature consume a substantial amount of this energy. It is of significance to dwell on creative technology that takes advantage of ... -
Multiobjective Coordinated Control Strategy for Grid-Connected Inverter under Unbalanced Voltage Conditions
(ASCE, 2020)To improve grid-connected inverter operation performance, a power oscillation and current harmonic suppression coordinate control strategy that considers the problem of overcurrent is proposed in this work. First, the ... -
Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Modeling Indoor Building Temperature under Tropical Climate Using Outdoor Environmental Monitoring
(ASCE, 2020)In the current work, the artificial intelligence techniques multilayer perceptron neural network (MLP), radial basis function neural network (RBF), and group method of data handling (GMDH) were used to estimate the indoor ... -
Numerical Study on Accumulative Effect Owing to Heat Storage by Building Envelopes in HVAC Systems
(ASCE, 2020)In this paper, an accumulative factor was defined to quantify the accumulative effect caused by heat storage by building envelopes in heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. This factor was calculated ... -
Performance Analysis of Novel Flue Gas Self-Circulated Burner Based on Low-NOx Combustion
(ASCE, 2020)A new type self-circulating structure for flue gas was designed, with a corresponding low-nitrogen oxides (NOx) burner developed. A three-dimensional finite element model was established, and independent grid study and ... -
Modeling and Analysis of Thermoelectric Generators for Diesel Engine Exhaust Heat Recovery System
(ASCE, 2020)The paper focuses on the performance of thermoelectric generators (TEGs) in different positions and under different running conditions. Three-dimensional numerical models of two designs of exhaust heat recovery systems ... -
Analysis and Evaluation of a Fault-Tolerant Strategy for Module Vanadium Redox-Flow Batteries
(ASCE, 2020)A battery energy storage system (BESS) can provide flexible energy management solutions for power systems. A BESS with the ability to maintain functionality can greatly affect power system reliability. In this paper, two ... -
Control Strategy for Adaptive Active Energy Harvesting in Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells
(ASCE, 2020)Sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) are an alternative renewable power supply for sensors and communication. However, their low power outputs limit their practical applications. Maximum power point tracking can overcome ... -
Stochastic Operation Framework of Microgrid under Uncertainties of Load, Generation, and Contingency
(ASCE, 2020)This paper proposes the idea of independent models of a microgrid (MG) based on operation modes. In grid-connected operation, optimal power flow is proposed to minimize the power generation cost. A new decision variable ... -
Three-Dimensional Thermal Stress Distribution of Opposed Firing Boiler: Numerical Study and Experimental Verification
(ASCE, 2020)By coupling fluid dynamics and solid mechanics, a numerical framework has been developed to investigate the temperature distribution and stress field on the boiler walls and to propose useful advice on reducing the thermal ... -
Assessment on Combustion and Emissions of Diesel Engine Fueled with Partially Hydrogenated Biodiesel
(ASCE, 2020)Via partial hydrogenation, polyunsaturated fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) in biodiesel were largely converted to monounsaturated and saturated FAMEs, which brought the following changes in fuel properties: lower iodine ... -
Thermal Performance Evaluation of Walls with AAC Blocks, Insulating Plaster, and Reflective Coating
(ASCE, 2020)A comparison of the thermal performance and energy efficiency of walls constructed using autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) block with thermal insulating plaster and reflective coating and the standard hollow-core concrete ... -
Novel Z-Shaped Structure of Lithium-Ion Battery Packs and Optimization for Thermal Management
(ASCE, 2020)Thermal management of lithium-ion battery packs is a key technical problem that restricts the development of new-energy vehicles. The shape of air-cooled Lithium-ion battery packs is vital for thermal management system ... -
Advanced Exergoeconomic Evaluation of Large-Scale Coal-Fired Power Plant
(ASCE, 2020)Conventional exergy-based analysis can only identify the location and magnitude of thermodynamic inefficiencies (exergy destruction), while an advanced analysis can further reveal their source and avoidability by splitting ... -
A Decentralized System for Green Energy Distribution in a Smart Grid
(ASCE, 2020)A smart grid is a two-way communication distributed energy network that enables efficient energy generation and distribution. Due to increased interest in renewable energy production and consumption, energy distribution ... -
Thermal Management of Prismatic Lithium-Ion Battery with Minichannel Cold Plate
(ASCE, 2020)A battery thermal management system (BTMS) is crucial to guarantee that lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries attain high performance, long life, and a high level of safety. To investigate an effective cooling method of prismatic ... -
Combined Impact of n-Butanol Additive and Spark Timing on Combustion and Efficiency of a GDI Engine
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The influence of n-butanol additive and spark timing on the combustion process was studied in a gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine, as well as fuel efficiency and relevant performance indicators. Three concentrations ... -
New Two-Layer Power Control Scheme in Islanded Cyber-Physical Microgrids
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Power microgrids are developing as complex cyber-physical systems. In this paper, a novel two-layer power control scheme is proposed to coordinate distributed energy resources (DERs), e.g., photovoltaics (PVs), energy ... -
Optimal Energy Management in Smart Grids Including Different Types of Aggregated Flexible Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)In a smart grid, the main target is to control both the energy sources and flexible loads to keep the energy balance. In this paper, a demand response (DR) program is optimally applied to keep this balance. Because plug-in ...