Ravishankar Sathyamurthy^a,*, P.K. Nagarajan^b, Hyacinth J. Kennady^a, T.S. Ravikumar^a, V. Paulson^c, Amimul Ahsan^d

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.5, pp. 1-5, 2014, DOI:10.5098/hmt.5.3

Abstract This paper presents the method of improvement of enhancing the performance of triangular pyramid solar still with and without latent heat energy storage. For comparing the productivity of solar still with and without LHTESS a solar still is designed, fabricated. Experiments are conducted in hot and humid climate of Chennai, India. Paraffin wax is used as LHTESS due to its feasible general and economic properties. The hourly productivity is slightly higher in case of solar still without LHTESS during sunny days. There is an increase of about 35% in production of fresh water with LHTESS than that of solar still… More >

Jin Fan¹, Litao Niu², Cuiping Li³, Gang Zhang², He Li³, Yiming Wang³, Junhui Li^3,*, Qinglong Song³, Jiacheng Sun³, Jianglong Pan⁴, Fangfang Lai⁴

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.12, pp. 2857-2878, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.029740

Abstract With the continuous development of new energy generation technology and the increasingly complex power grid environment, the traditional black start scheme cannot meet the requirements of today’s power grid in order to ensure the stable operation of the power system can be restored quickly in the face of large power outages, so a more complete black start scheme needs to be developed to cope with the new power system. With the development of energy storage technology, the limitations of the traditional black-start scheme can be solved by new energy farms with energy storage configuration. Therefore, this paper investigates the problems… More > Graphic Abstract

Louis F. Marie^*, Karina Sałek, Tadhg S. O’Donovan

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.10, pp. 2193-2209, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.043075

Abstract Composite thermochemical energy storage (TCES) represents an exciting field of thermal energy storage which could address the issue of seasonal variance in renewable energy supply. However, there are open questions about their performance and the root cause of some observed phenomena. Some researchers have observed the breakdown of particles in their production phase, and in their use. This study seeks to investigate the underlying cause of this breakdown. SEM and EDX analysis have been conducted on MgCl₂ impregnated 13X zeolite composites of differing diameters, as well as LiX zeolite. This was done in order to study the level of impregnation… More > Graphic Abstract

Jian Shang^1,2,*, Runmin Guan², Wei Wang²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.3, pp. 2609-2626, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.037694

Abstract The wide application of intelligent terminals in microgrids has fueled the surge of data amount in recent years. In real-world scenarios, microgrids must store large amounts of data efficiently while also being able to withstand malicious cyberattacks. To meet the high hardware resource requirements, address the vulnerability to network attacks and poor reliability in the traditional centralized data storage schemes, this paper proposes a secure storage management method for microgrid data that considers node trust and directed acyclic graph (DAG) consensus mechanism. Firstly, the microgrid data storage model is designed based on the edge computing technology. The blockchain, deployed on… More >

Xianjing Zhong¹, Xianbo Sun^1,*, Yuhan Wu²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.2, pp. 1599-1619, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.039912

Abstract To reduce the comprehensive costs of the construction and operation of microgrids and to minimize the power fluctuations caused by randomness and intermittency in distributed generation, a double-layer optimizing configuration method of hybrid energy storage microgrid based on improved grey wolf optimization (IGWO) is proposed. Firstly, building a microgrid system containing a wind-solar power station and electric-hydrogen coupling hybrid energy storage system. Secondly, the minimum comprehensive cost of the construction and operation of the microgrid is taken as the outer objective function, and the minimum peak-to-valley of the microgrid’s daily output is taken as the inner objective function. By iterating… More >

Jiaxing Wang, Lanlan Rui, Yang Yang^*, Zhipeng Gao, Xuesong Qiu

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.2, pp. 2355-2384, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.034993

Abstract Crowdsensing, as a data collection method that uses the mobile sensing ability of many users to help the public collect and extract useful information, has received extensive attention in data collection. Since crowdsensing relies on user equipment to consume resources to obtain information, and the quality and distribution of user equipment are uneven, crowdsensing has problems such as low participation enthusiasm of participants and low quality of collected data, which affects the widespread use of crowdsensing. This paper proposes to apply the blockchain to crowdsensing and solve the above challenges by utilizing the characteristics of the blockchain, such as immutability… More >

Yanyong Wang^1,2, Kunpeng Zhong¹, Xiaoguang Wang^1,2,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.26, No.1, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09443

Abstract The storage of solar energy in the subsurface in terms of heat is considered as a promising way for energy storage and conversion in future, which has a great potential to solve the temporal and spatial mismatch between energy demand and supply. Thermal energy storage in deep saline aquifers is capable to convert intermittent solar energy into high temperature stable geothermal energy. In this study, we propose a new solar energy storage and conversion system in which solar energy is firstly converted into heat using parabolic trough and then thermal energy storage in deep saline aquifer is conducted by high… More >

Uwem O. Ikitde¹, Abayomi A. Adebiyi^1,*, Innocent E. Davidson², Ayodeji S. Akinyemi¹

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.9, pp. 1939-1961, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.027574

Abstract The integration of solar and wind energy into the electrical grid has received global research attention due to their unpredictable characteristics. Because wind energy varies across all timescales of utility activity, renewable energy generation should be supplemented and enhanced, from real-time, minute-to-minute variations to annual alterations influencing long-term strategy. Wind energy generation does not only fluctuate but is also challenging to accurately forecast the timeframes of significance to electricity decision makers; day-ahead and long-term making plans of framework sufficiency such as meeting the network peak load annually. A utility that integrates wind and solar energy into its electricity mix would… More >

Jingxiao Han¹, Chuanzhao Zhang², Lu Wang^3,*, Zengjun Chang¹, Qing Zhao¹, Ying Shi⁴, Jiarui Wu⁵, Xiangfei Kong³

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.9, pp. 1991-2011, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.029749

Abstract For heating systems based on electricity storage coupled with solar energy and an air source heat pump (ECSA), choosing the appropriate combination of heat sources according to local conditions is the key to improving economic efficiency. In this paper, four cities in three climatic regions in China were selected, namely Nanjing in the hot summer and cold winter region, Tianjin in the cold region, Shenyang and Harbin in the severe cold winter region. The levelized cost of heat (LCOH) was used as the economic evaluation index, and the energy consumption and emissions of different pollutants were analyzed. TRNSYS software was… More > Graphic Abstract

Tahira Kalsoom¹, Touqeer Ahmed¹, Muhammad Azam Khan¹, Mirza Hasanuzzaman^2,*, Mukhtar Ahmed^3,*, Stefaan P. O. Werbrouck⁴

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.8, pp. 2429-2450, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.030846

Abstract Potato propagation through tubers and seed is an inefficient way of propagation thus we propose an alternative method in this study which is in vitro propagation. Plantlets were raised from True Potato Seeds (TPS) in test tubes containing 10 mL of Murashige Skoog (MS) medium. Subculturing was done after every 21 days and after four subsequent subculturing, when there was an adequate quantity of stock material, uninodal cuttings of about 3–4 mm in length were prepared from in vitro proliferated potato plants by excising leaves of 1–2 mm on each side of the node. Prepared uninodal cuttings were cultured on… More >