... optimisation power consumption solar energy concentrators solar power temperature distribution solar thermochemical reactor concentrated solar energy cavity reactor geometrical optimization new reactor design Solar energy is a very promising way to reduce pollutant emissions. Nevertheless...

... blades optimisation probability wind turbines Wind turbine blade design demands the consideration of many design variables in relation to the system, blade shape, and operational condition, which increase the number of design points by a geometric progression. Therefore, in practice...

... hydrogen production optimisation photovoltaic power systems The vast quantities of hydrogen produced today are consumed in non-energy-related uses, for example, in ammonia production for fertilizers or in refinery processes, but further hydrogen application is in energy field, because...

..., Germany . 08 06 2009 21 12 2009 21 06 2010 21 06 2010 aerodynamics noise abatement noise measurement optimisation wind turbines In this section, various measurement data were compared with the TNO trailing edge noise model using both XFOIL...

... have a significant effect on the output energy of the solar plant in event of shading. The present article deals with the optimal design of photovoltaic solar fields for stationary and single axes tracking collectors to obtain maximum annual output energy. optimisation solar absorber-convertors...

... analysis optimisation rotors wind turbines In recent years, we witnessed the growing importance of renewable energies. Since the 1990s, the wind turbine market is fast growing. Wind farm operators expect a problem-free lifetime of 20 years for a wind turbine. Practice indicated...

... TechThermo ,” COMSAT Tech. Rev. 0095-9669 , 12 , pp. 51 – 73 . 28 09 2006 06 07 2007 28 12 2007 heat exchangers investment oils optimisation solar power stations thermal power stations 2008 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... of the collector area is unshaded. optimisation power generation planning solar absorber-convertors solar power stations 15 08 2006 28 04 2007 2007 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... for further optimization in some current solar-thermal designs. 21 07 2006 22 01 2007 investment optimisation power plants power system economics power system simulation solar power stations thermal power stations thermodynamics finite-time thermodynamics solar-thermal...

... may not achieve an optimal performance. 05 10 2005 27 09 2006 evolutionary computation optimisation solar heating solar power solar water heating system renewable energy evolutionary algorithm evolutionary programming optimization In Hong Kong, the government has...

... feedback controller, with estimator: rotor speed responses with FAST 13 03 2006 14 08 2006 wind turbines torque electric generators optimisation power generation control nonlinear control systems state feedback This work has been carried out within the project Energie...

... analysis cooling optimisation The high temperature water is then pumped through the cooling system where the excess heat is rejected to the ambient. The purpose of this work is the development and optimization of a numerical model for the system described. Measuring the pressure drop through...

... condensation optimisation finite element analysis computational fluid dynamics Solar Desalination Evacuated Multistage FEA CFD There is a global concern about the availability of water for man, food, and sustainable management of ecosystems in the next millennium. Some countries...

... results were obtained for the tensile bending side. For the four S-N curve CLD, the predictions were also within 1 percent and for the three S-N curve CLD, the predictions were within 35 percent. 17 03 2005 11 07 2005 optimisation glass fibre reinforced composites wind turbines...

... important. Statistical model extreme wind conditions statistical analysis turbulence wind loading wind shear wind turbines statistical analysis wind turbines optimisation probability shear turbulence 27 05 2004 15 02 2005 18 02 2005 PDF of normalized...

... solar cells computational fluid dynamics optimisation sensitivity analysis solar energy concentrators Recently, a conceptual advance was proposed that represents a paradigm shift in the design of solar energy collection and delivery 1 2 3 4 . Rather than adopting the conventional wisdom...

... August 2003; final revision April 2004. Associate Editor: A. Kribus. 01 August 2003 01 April 2004 19 07 2004 solar absorber-convertors optimisation The design of stationary photovoltaic and thermal solar collectors in a field involves relationships between the field...

... July 2003 12 02 2004 solar energy concentrators design engineering solar spectra solar radiation mirrors performance evaluation optimisation non-imaging thermophotovoltaic infrared full-spectrum The benchmark full-spectrum solar collector/receiver system built...

..., the optimal outside air control is investigated in the following five outside air temperature ranges: • Condition A: T oa ⩽ T c , i 12 02 2004 office environment air conditioning optimisation control system analysis control engineering enthalpy In large...

... 12 02 2004 air conditioning building calibration simulation optimisation modelling Computer simulation has played an increasingly important role in the HVAC industry for the last 50 years. In the 1960s, computer software first became available to replace manual methods...