Progress in Clean Energy, Volume 1

<p>Sustainability Assessment of Hybrid Community Energy Systems.- Thermodynamic Modeling of an Integrated Energy System for Poly-generation Design.- Assessment of Maisotsenko Combustion Turbine Cycle with Compressor Inlet Cooler.- Thermal Modeling of Fluidized Bed Gasification of Rice Straw.- Thermodynamic Evaluation of an Integrated System with Concentrating Collector.- Design and Optimization of an Integrated System to Recover Energy from a Gas Pressure Reduction Station.- Performance Improvement of Adsorption Cooling System by Heat Recovery Operation.- Use of Municipality Water System for Building Cooling as an Alternative to Conventional Ground Source Heat Pump.- Study and Optimization of the Energy Profile of the Meat Industry in the Region of Alentejo, Portugal.- Energy and Exergy Analyses of Water Usage in Oil Sands Extraction And Upgrading Operations.- Air Source Heat Pump Performance in Open, Semi-closed, and Closed Greenhouse Systems in British Columbia.- Air Source Heat Pump Performance in Open, Semi-closed, and Closed Greenhouse Systems in the Canadian Maritimes.- Air Source Heat Pump Performance in Open, Semi-closed, and Closed Greenhouse Systems in Ontario.- Air Source Heat Pump Performance in Open, Semi-closed, and Closed Greenhouse Systems in the Canadian Prairies.- Air Source Heat Pump Performance in Open, Semi-closed, and Closed Greenhouse Systems in Quebec and Labrador.- Experimental Study of a Multilayer Active Magnetic Regenerator Refrigerator-demonstrator.- Evaluation of Thermal Properties of Refrigerant Clathrates with Additives.- Refrigeration System Optimization for Drinking Water Production through Atmospheric Air Dehumidification.- Short Term Forecasting of the Global Solar Irradiation Using the Fuzzy Modeling Technique: Case Study of Tamanrasset City, Algeria.- Improving WRF GHI Forecasts with Model Output Statistics.- CitInES – Design of a Decision Support Tool for Industrial Complexes and Cities.- Forecasting the Energy Consumption Using Neural Network Approach.- Complex-valued Wavelet Neural Network Prediction of the Daily Global Solar Irradiation of the Great Maghreb Region.- Neural Modeling Adsorption of Copper, Chromium, Nickel and Lead from Aqueous Solution by Natural Wastes.- Computational Study of the Effects of Heat Generating Finned Annular Pipe on the Conjugate Heat Transfer.- Exergy-Based Design and Analysis of Heat Exchanger Networks.- Flow Velocity Prediction for Heat Exchanger for Fuel cell by Test and Analysis.- Preparation and Characterization of Nanoencapsulated n-Nonadecane for Convective Heat Transfer.- Numerical Simulation of Heat Transfer to TiO₂-Water Nanofluid Flow in a Double-Tube Counter Flow Heat Exchanger.- Effects of Oil Palm Shell Volume Fractions on Thermal Conductivity for Insulations Concrete.- Double Diffusion Effects on Entropy Generation in Convective Heat and Mass Transfer.- Three-Dimensional Numerical Study of the Heat Transfer on the Planar SOFC Fuel Cell: Joules Effect.- Modeling of heat transfer in the PEMFC: Velocity Inlet and Current Density Effect.- Modeling the Structure Based on GaAsNBi/GaAs for Solar Cell.- Phenomenological Study of a Cylindrical Solar Water Heater: A Mathematical Model.- Numerical Investigation of Turbulent Airflow around a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine.- Fabrication and Characterization of Zn_{1_x}Mg_xO Films for Photovoltaic Application.- Activated Zeolites and Heteropolyacids an Efficient Catalysts for the Synthesis Without use of Organic Solvent at Room Temperature.- Utilization of Iron Oxides in Chemical Looping Combustion Processes.- On the Catalytic Activity of Palladium Nanoparticles–based Anodes Towards Formic Acid Electro-oxidation: Effect of Electrodeposition Potential.- Effect of Temperature and Initial Concentration on Synthesis of Ammonia Borane.- Electrocatalysis of Formic Acid Electro-Oxidation at Platinum Nanoparticles Modified Surfaces with Nickel and Cobalt Oxides Nanostructures.- Electro-oxidation of Formic Acid, Glucose and Methanol at Nickel Oxide Nanoparticle Platinum Electrodes.- Hydrotreatment of High Acidity Vegetable Oil-Heavy Gasoil Mixtures over a CoMo Catalyst.- Carbon Sequestration by Direct Seeding of Wheat in Setif High Plains (North East Of Algeria).- Chemical Activation of a Sewage Sludge for Elimination of Cationic die (Rhodamine-B) Form Aqueous Solution.- Preferential CO Oxidation over Ru/Al₂O₃ Coated Metal Monolith Catalyst for Small Scale Fuel Processor.- Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies of Adsorption of Cd (II), Zn(II), and Cu(II) from Aqueous Solution into Cereal By-Products.- Response Surface Modeling And Optimization Of Chromium (VI) Removal From Aqueous Solution Using Date Stones Activated Carbon In Batch Process.- Carbon Dioxide Adsorption on Coconut Shell Biochar.- Metal Dispersion and Interaction with the Supports in the Coke Production over Ethanol Steam Reforming Catalysts.- Biodegradation of O-Cresol by a Pseudomonas Spp.- Bioadditive Synthesis From Glycerol By Esterification Using Catalytic Chitosan Membrane.- Biosorption of Pharmaceutical Pollutant.- Switchable Magnetic Properties of Hydrogenated Metal Alloys.- Effect of Thickness on Photocatalytic Activity of TiO₂ Thin Films.- Electrochemical Behavior of Silicon in Light and Dark Environments in 0.5 M Sulfuric Acid.- Monte-Carlo Modelling and Experimental Study of Radon and Progeny Radiation Detectors for Open Environment.- Adsorption of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution by Natural Clays.- Application of a Binary Teaching Learning Based Algorithm to the Optimal Placement of Phasor Measurement Units.- Innovative Process of Essential Oil Extraction: Steam Distillation Assisted by Microwave.- Dynamics Molecular Simulation of the Mechanical and Electronic Properties of Polyethylene/ Nanotubes Nanocomposites.- Numerical Simulation of Nonlinear Waves in Numerical Wave Tank, Using Boundary Element Method.- Modeling of Flow Around a Solid Body in Free and Restricted Fluidal Mediums.- Effect on Wall Shear Rates of Taylor Vortex Instabilities Induced by Progressive Variation of the Inner Cylinder.- Void Fraction Influence over Aqueous Foam Flow: Wall Shear Stress and Core Shear Evolution.- Signal Processing Technology for Rotating Machinery Fault Signal Diagnosis.</p>