Automatic and Online Detection of Rotor Fault State

in this work, we propose a new and simple method to insure an online and automatic detection of faults that affect induction motor rotors. induction motors now occupy an important place in the industr...

Effects on NOx and SO2 Emissions During Co-Firing of Coal with Woody Biomass in Air Staging and Reburning

co-firing coal with different types of biomass is increasingly being applied in thermal power plants in europe. the main motive for the use of biomass as the second fuel in coal-fired power plants is ...

2D Numerical Simulation and Sensitive Analysis of H-Darrieus Wind Turbine

recently, a lot of attention has been devoted to the use of darrieus wind turbines in urban areas. the aerodynamics of a darrieus turbine are very complex due to dynamic stall and changing forces on t...

Modeling and PSO Optimization of Humidifier-Dehumidifier Desalination

the aim of this study is modeling a solar-air heater humidification-dehumidification unit with applying particle swarm optimization to find out the maximum gained output ratio with respect to the mas...

Preliminary Study of the Use of Sulphonated Polyether Ether Ketone (SPEEK) as Proton Exchange Membrane for Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)

sulfonated polyether ether ketone (speek) was utilized as a proton exchange membrane (pem) in microbial fuel cell (mfc). the speek performance in producing electricity had been observed in mfc using w...

Determination of Sliced Pineapple Drying Characteristics in a Closed Loop Heat Pump Assisted Drying System

pineapple (ananascomosus) slices were dried with the aid of a heat pump assisted dryer (hpd). during this process, air velocity was kept constant at 1m/s, while air temperatures were changed as 37°c, ...

A 100% Renewable Energy Scenario for the Java-Bali Grid

currently, many countries try to satisfy their energy needs with an increasing usage of renewable resources. the general motivations, with varying weighting in the different countries, are ecological ...

Improving the Efficiency of a Nuclear Power Plant Using a Thermoelectric Cogeneration System

the efficiencies of nuclear power plants are rather poor having the ratio %30 by using the conventional energy/exergy tools. according to that information, large amount of energy is wasted during cond...

Scale Up Sediment Microbial Fuel Cell for Powering Led Lighting

sediment microbial fuel cells (smfcs) are expected to be utilized as a sustainable power source for remote environmental observing 30 day's investigations of experiment to understand the long-term per...

Impact of Blanket Configuration on the Design of a Fusion-Driven Transmutation Reactor

a configuration of a fusion-driven transmutation reactor with a low aspect ratio tokamak-type neutron source was determined in a self-consistent manner by using coupled analysis of tokamak systems and...

Analysis of a Novel Four Level Flying Capacitor H – Bridge Converter

in this paper, a novel four-level flying capacitor inverter and its comparison with the conventional flying capacitor topology in terms of thd analysis are proposed. this new topology have some advant...

The Effects of Different Roughness Configurations on Aerodynamic Performance of Wind Turbine Airfoil and Blade

in this research, viscous and turbulent flow is simulated numerically on an e387 airfoil as well as on a turbine blade. the main objective of this paper is to investigate various configurations of rou...

The Determinants Factors of Biogas Technology Adoption in Cattle Farming: Evidences From Pati, Indonesia

even though biogas technology has been introduced in indonesia since 1990's and having the potential, the rate of biogas adoption in indonesia runs slowly. it is important to understand factors encour...

Performance of Loaded Thermal Storage Unit with a Commercial Phase Change Materials Based on Energy and Exergy Analysis

this work presents an energy/exergy analysis to investige performance of thermal storage unit which loaded with a commercial phase change material (plus ice h190). the influence of fluid parameters on...

Optimum Sizing Algorithm for an Off Grid Plant Considering Renewable Potentials and Load Profile

the energy demand in remote area cannot be satisfied unless renewable energy based plants are locally installed. in order to be efficient, such projects should be sized on the basis of maximizing the ...

Optimization and Molecular Characterization of Syngas Fermenting Anaerobic Mixed Microbial Consortium TERI SA1

the present study focused on the optimization and molecular characterization of anaerobic mixed consortium teri sa1 that can utilize synthesis gas as sole carbon source for volatile fatty acids produc...

Sizing and Optimization for Hybrid Central in South Algeria Based on Three Different Generators

in this paper, we will size an optimum hybrid central content three different generators, two on renewable energy (solar photovoltaic and wind power) and two nonrenewable (diesel generator and storage...

Performance Evaluation of PV Panel Under Dusty Condition

the performance of pv panel depends on the incoming sunlight on its surface. the accumulated airborne dust particles on panel surface creates a barrier in the path of sunlight and panel surface, which...

Enhanced Grey Wolf Optimizer Based MPPT Algorithm of PV System Under Partial Shaded Condition

partial shading condition is one of the adverse phenomena which effects the power output of photovoltaic (pv) systems due to inaccurate tracking of global maximum power point. conventional maximum pow...

Thermal Decomposition and Kinetic Studies of Pyrolysis of Spirulina Platensis Residue

analysis of thermal decomposition and pyrolisis reaction kinetics of spirulina platensis residue (spr) was performed using thermogravimetric analyzer. thermal decomposition was conducted with the heat...