An overview of biomass solid fuels: Biomass sources, processing methods, and morphological and microstructural properties

Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 8(4), С. 333 - 360

Опубликована: Сен. 30, 2023

Biomass solid fuel (BSF) has emerged as a promising renewable energy source, but its morphological and microstructural properties are crucial in determining their physical, mechanical, chemical characteristics. This paper provides an overview of recent research on BSF. The focus is biomass sources, BSF processing methods, properties, with special emphasis energy-related studies. Specific inclusion exclusion criteria were established for the study to ensure relevance. encompassed studies about BSFs investigating influence sources methods fuels within past five years. Various technologies converting into usable discussed, including gasification, torrefaction, carbonization, hydrothermal carbonization (HTC), pyrolysis. Each advantages disadvantages performance, techno-economics, climate impact. Gasification efficient requires high investment. Pyrolysis produces bio-oil, char, gases based feedstock availability. Carbonization generates low-cost biochar carbon sequestration applications. Torrefaction increases density co-firing coal. HTC processes wet efficiently lower input. Thermal treatment affects durability strength, often leading less due voids gaps between particles. Hydrothermal alters surface morphology, creating cavities, pores, distinctive shapes. Slow pyrolysis better while fast yields porosity area. Wood constitutes 67% utilized bioenergy generation, followed by wood residues (5%), agro-residues (4%), municipal wastes (3%), crops livestock forest (1%). source drawbacks, such availability, cost, environmental impact, suitability specific regions requirements. review valuable professionals, researchers, policymakers interested fuel.

Язык: Английский

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Assessing Supply Chain Innovations for Building Resilient Food Supply Chains: An Emerging Economy Perspective

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(6), С. 4924 - 4924

Опубликована: Март 9, 2023

Food waste reduction and security are the main concerns of agri-food supply chains, as more than thirty-three percent global food production is wasted or lost due to mismanagement. The ongoing challenges, including resource scarcity, climate change, generation, etc., need immediate actions from stakeholders develop resilient chains. Previous studies explored chains their barriers, enablers, etc. Still, there needs be literature on innovations in that can build last long compete post-pandemic scenario. Thus, also required explore chain for sector. current research employed a stepwise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA) assess This study pioneer using SWARA application evaluate innovation identify most preferred alternatives. results show ‘Business strategy innovations’ significant bring resiliency followed by ‘Technological innovations.’ provides insights decision makers understand attain resilience help industry survive sustain run.

Язык: Английский

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Applications of Energy Storage Systems in Enhancing Energy Management and Access in Microgrids: A Review

Energies, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 16(16), С. 5930 - 5930

Опубликована: Авг. 10, 2023

As the world’s population continues to grow and demand for energy increases, there is an urgent need sustainable efficient systems. Renewable sources, such as wind solar power, have potential play a significant role in meeting this demand, but their intermittency can make integration into existing systems challenge. Moreover, development of has become even more critical recent years, due confluence events, including decline fuel prices, geopolitical conflicts, COVID-19 pandemic. The decrease prices led investment renewable slowed transition Additionally, conflicts pandemics highlighted resilient self-sufficient that operate independently external factors. Also, storage technologies achieving goal by providing reliable backup power enabling microgrids larger grid. such, developing effective essential creating meet demands modern society while mitigating impact In regard, work provides overview microgrids’ latest technologies, applications, types, strategies, optimization algorithms, software, uncertainty analysis. Energy wide range applications microgrids, balancing supply energy. Different techniques been discussed, batteries, flywheels, supercapacitors, pumped hydro storage, others. strategies models, assessment indices, algorithms used design are presented detail. capabilities software sizing explored. Further, analysis modeling devices discussed. This state-of-the-art technology prepared demonstrate effectiveness valuable insights future developments field.

Язык: Английский

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Energy, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality: Multi-objective optimization review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 202, С. 114682 - 114682

Опубликована: Июнь 22, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Green Building Techniques: Under The Umbrella of the Climate Framework Agreement

Deleted Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 2024, С. 1 - 14

Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2024

Various green building rating systems have been devised to assess the sustainability levels of buildings, offering a standardized approach evaluate their environmental impact. However, adapting these existing methods diverse regions requires addressing additional considerations, such as distinct climatic conditions and regional variations. This study delves into comprehensive exploration widely utilized assessment methodologies, including BREEAM, LEED, SB-Tool, CASBEE, GRIHA, Eco-housing. A new scheme tailored global landscape is needed due limitations schemes. framework based on principal component analysis introduced develop this scheme. PCA applied dataset many responses revealed nine key components, site selection, impact, resources re-use, services management, innovative construction techniques, health safety, mechanical systems, indoor air quality, economic considerations. for sustainable development in world proposed. The provides insights designers developers developing countries, roadmap achieving development. prioritizes components nuanced evaluation projects, contributing discourse environmentally responsible practices.

Язык: Английский

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Multifunctional thermochromic smart windows for building energy saving

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(22), С. 12960 - 12982

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Smart windows based on thermoresponsive materials can modulate solar radiation to save building energy. Next generation smart that not only transmission, but also convert and store energy through new power technologies.

Язык: Английский

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Perovskite Smart Windows: The Light Manipulator in Energy‐Efficient Buildings

Advanced Materials, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 36(17)

Опубликована: Июль 30, 2023

Abstract Uncontrolled sunlight entering through windows contributes to substantial heating and cooling demands in buildings, which leads high energy consumption from the buildings. Recently, perovskite smart have emerged as innovative energy‐saving technologies, offering potential adaptively control indoor solar heat gain their impressive modulation capabilities. Moreover, harnessing high‐efficiency photovoltaic properties of materials, these generate power, thereby realizing more advanced with combined light harvesting This review summarizes recent advancements various chromic materials for achieving modulation, focusing on both structures underlying switching mechanisms. The discussion also encompasses device engineering strategies windows, including improvement optical transition performance, durability, combination electricity generation, evaluation performance building applications. Furthermore, challenges opportunities associated are explicated, aimed at stimulating academic research advancing pragmatic implementation efficiency sustainability.

Язык: Английский

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Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series models

Sustainable Cities and Society, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 98, С. 104860 - 104860

Опубликована: Авг. 15, 2023

Accurately modelling and forecasting electricity consumption remains a challenging task due to the large number of statistical properties that characterize this time series such as seasonality, trend, sudden changes, slow decay autocrrelation function, among many others. This study contributes literature by using comparing four advanced econometrics models, machine learning deep models1 analyze forecast during COVID-19 pre-lockdown, lockdown, releasing-lockdown, post-lockdown phases. Monthly data on Qatar's total has been used from January 2010 December 2021. The empirical findings demonstrate both econometric models are able capture most important features characterizing consumption. In particular, it is found climate change based factors, e.g temperature, rainfall, mean sea-level pressure wind speed, key determinants terms forecasting, results indicate autoregressive fractionally integrated moving average three state markov switching with exogenous variables outperform all other models. Policy implications energy-environmental recommendations proposed discussed.

Язык: Английский

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Image-Based Structural Health Monitoring: A Systematic Review

Applied Sciences, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 13(2), С. 968 - 968

Опубликована: Янв. 11, 2023

The early discovery of factors that compromise a civil infrastructure’s structural integrity allows for safety monitoring, timely prevention, and prompt remedy to the discovered problem. As result, researchers have been researching various methodologies types health monitoring (SHM). A systematic search was performed following updated Preferred Reporting Items Systematic reviews Meta-Analyses (PRISMA 2020) in Scopus ScienceDirect from Elsevier, Google Scholar, MDPI, Springer, Wiley Online ASCE Library, EOP IOP Science, IEEE, other databases with reliable peer review process. From 1480 identified pieces literature, one hundred nine (109) sources met criteria inclusion exclusion were used produce our findings. This study presents purpose application image-based SHM, which includes: (1) identifying discovering; (2) measuring monitoring; (3) automating increasing efficiency; (4) promoting development creating 3D models. Furthermore, responsibilities relevance components parameters implementing SHM devices systems, their issues, are covered this paper. Future research can benefit stated applications innovation requirements SHM.

Язык: Английский

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A systematic review of hybrid superconducting magnetic/battery energy storage systems: Applications, control strategies, benefits, limitations and future prospects

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 183, С. 113436 - 113436

Опубликована: Июнь 15, 2023

Язык: Английский

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