Exergy for A Better Environment and Improved Sustainability 2 [electronic resource] : Applications /
Aloui, Fethi.editor.
Dincer, Ibrahim.editor.
This multi-disciplinary book presents the most recent advances in exergy, energy, and environmental issues. Volume 2 focuses on applications and covers current problems, future needs, and prospects in the area of energy and environment from researchers worldwide.  Based on selected lectures from the Seventh International Exergy, Energy and Environmental Symposium (IEEES7-2015) and complemented by further invited contributions, this comprehensive set of contributions promote the exchange of new ideas and techniques in energy conversion and conservation in order to exchange best practices in "energetic efficiency". Applications are included that apply to the green transportation and sustainable mobility sectors, especially regarding the development of sustainable technologies for thermal comforts and green transportation vehicles. Furthermore, contributions on renewable and sustainable energy sources, strategies for energy production, and the carbon-free society constitute an important part of this book. Exergy for Better Environment and Sustainablity, Volume 2 will appeal to researchers, students, and professionals within engineering and the renewable energy fields.
Part 1: Environment impact assesment and potential solutions -- Chapter1. Wastes of Oil Drilling: Treatment Techniques and Their Effectiveness -- Chapter2. Comparative study of the adsorption of Nickel on a natural bentonite and on a Streptomyces rimosus dead biomass -- Chapter3. Process Simulation and Energy Consumption Analysis for CO2 Capture with Different Solvents -- Chapter4. Experimental Investigation of n-Butanol/Diesel Fuel Blends and n-Butanol Fumigation -Evaluation of Engine Performance, Exhaust Emissions and Heat Release -- Chapter5. Effects of temperature and biodiesel fraction on densities of commercially available diesel fuel and its blends with the highest methyl ester yield corn oil biodiesel produced by using NaOH -- Chapter6. Effects Of Temperature And Biodiesel Fraction On Dynamic Viscosities Of Commercially Available Diesel Fuels And Its Blends With The Highest Methyl Ester Yield Corn-Oil Biodisel Produced By Using Of KOH -- Chapter7. Sankey and Grassmann diagrams for mineral trade in the EU-28 -- Chapter8. Development of Solid Waste Management System for Adana Metropolitan Municipality -- Chapter9. Regeneration of Peel of Peas (Pisum Sativum) after Zinc Adsorption -- Chapter10. Diesel engine performance and emission study using soybean biodiesel blends with fossil diesel -- Chapter11. The Valorization of the Green Alga Spirogyra's Biomass in the Region of Ouargla-Algeria Into Renewable Biofuel -- Chapter12. Plasma Technologies for Water Electrolyzers -- Chapter13. Determination of Metals in Water and Sediment Samples of the Sürmene River, Turkey -- Chapter14. The effect of Surfactant on Selectivity in Extraction of Aromatic Hydrocarbons From Lube Oil -- Chapter15. Biodiesel Production by Transesterification of Recycled Vegetable Oils -- Chapter16. Membrane Desalination Technology in Algeria: Reverse Osmosis for Coastal Areas -- Chapter17. A study on energy and environmental management techniques used in petroleum process industries -- Chapter18 -- Generating Temperature Maps of a Solar Receiver for a Domestic Parabolic Concentrator for Cooking Purposes Under Algerian Environment -- Chapter19. Experimental Investigations on the Effects of Low Compression Ratio in a Direct Injection Diesel Engine -- Chapter20. Control of Cement Slurry Formulation for Oil Well in Critical Geological Layer -- Chapter21. Recovery of Waste Farm after Methanization by Evaporation on Inclined Plate -- Chapter 22. Optimal Operation of MEA-Based Post-Combustion Carbon Capture Process for Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plants -- Chapter23. Experimental and Numerical Investigations of "Fabrication of TiO2 Compact Layer by the Spray Pyrolysis Deposition System for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells" -- Chapter24. Experimental Investigation on Citrullus Colocynthis Oil as Alternative Fuel -- Chapter25. A Novel Approach to Local Level Design of Bioenergy Supply Chains Integrated with District Heating Systems -- Chapter26. Kinetic Study of Plastic Wastes With and Without Catalysts -- Chapter27 -- Effect of Ballast Water on Marine Ecosystem -- Chapter28. Regeneration of Waste Frying Oil for Biodiesel Production -- Chapter29. The Effect of Air with Supplementary Oxygen on Power and Fuel Consumption of Spark-Ignition Engine -- Chapter30. A comparative Study on Some Methods to Use Tyre Pyrolysis Oil as an Alternative Fuel in a DI Diesel Engine -- Chapter31. Investigation of Effects of Natural Gas Composition on One-Dimensional Comprehensive Engine Model Calibration -- Chapter32. Experimental Results of Split-flow Modification for Post-Combustion CO2 Capture Process -- Chapter33. Hydrogen Production from Methanol Electrolysis -- Chapter34. Experimental investigation of polypropylen pyrolysis for fuel production -- Chapter35. Experimental Analysis of Hydrogen Fuelled Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Engine --  Part 2: Sustainable buildings -- Chapter36. Experimental Analysis of Thermal Comfort of building Integrated Phase Change Materials -- Chapter37. Determining Optimum Insulation Thickness of a Building Wall using an Environmental Impact Approach -- Chapter38. Energetic and Exergetic Design Evaluations of a Building Block Based on Hybrid Solar Envelope Method -- Chapter39. Natural Ventilation Around and Through Building: A Numerical Study -- Chapter40. Mathematical Filtering Analysis of Infrared Images in Integrated-Circuit Techniques -- Chapter41. Performance Analysis of Ceramic Composite Thermal Protection System Tiles -- Chapter42. Developing High Resolution Remote Sensing Technology Into an Advanced Knowledge Management System to Assess Small Scale Hydro-Power Potential in Kazakhstan -- Chapter43. Investigation of Thermal Characteristic of Eutectic Fatty Acid/Damar Gum as a Composite Phase Change Material (CPCM) -- Chapter44. Improving of Angström-Prescott Model Using the Harmonic Analysis -- Chapter45. EEG Analysis Using Wavelet Packet Transforms on Mean Energy and Mean Teager Energy with Artificial Neuro-Fuzzy System -- Chapter46. Optical Simulation of Different Cavity Receivers Shape Used in Solar Tower Power Plant -- Chapter47. Improved Wind Speed Prediction Results by Artificial Neural Network Method -- Chapter48. Technical and Economical Prefeasibility Study of a Solar Water Heating (SWH) System in an Apartment Building in Cape Town -- Chapter49. Use of straw bundles in buildings for a lower environmental footprint of insulated systems -- Part 3: Energy strategies and policies -- Chapter50. Experimental Performance Analysis of an Integrated Air-Conditioning Split Heat Pump System for Application in a Mediterranean Climate -- Chapter51. Technical and economic prefeasibility study of mini-hydro power plants in Venezuela. Case study: El Valle River -- Chapter52. A study of the Effects of External Environment and Driving Modes on Electric Automotive Air-Conditioning Load -- Chapter53. Optimization of Energy Cost Sea Water Desalinization by Reverse Osmosis: Case of Bousmail Station in Algeria -- Chapter54. Multi-Objective Optimization of Distillation Sequences Using a Genetic Based Algorithm -- Chapter55. PV Genonnected to Domestic Three Phase Electrical Network -- Chapter56. Technical and economic prefeasibility analysis of residential solar PV system in South Kazakhstan -- Chapter57. Contribution of the Cogeneration Systems to Environment and Sustainability -- Chapter58. Solar Calculations of Modified Arch (Semi-Spherical) Type Greenhouse System for Bayburt City -- Chapter59. Estimation of Global Solar Radiation in Arid Climates in Algeria -- Technical-Economic Assessment of Energy Efficiency Measures in a Mid-Size Industry -- Chapter60. Smart Simulator for Tracking the Global Maximum Power Peak of Photovoltaic Arrays Under Partial Shaded Conditions -- Chapter61. Study and Analysis on Lighting Energy Management for Highway -- Chapter62. Influence of Wind Farm on Distribution System Current Characteristics during Fault Occurrence -- Chapter63. Operating Oil Refinery Units Under Uncertainty: Thermodynamics and Economics Implications -- Chapter64. Ecological Analysis of a Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power System in the South Algeria -- Chapter65. Comparative Study of Two Integrated Solar Collectors with Symmetric and Asymmetric CPC Reflectors Based on a Ray Trace Analysis -- Chapter66. Thermoeconomic Optimization of Hydrogen Production and Liquefaction by Geothermal Power -- Chapter67. A case-study of energy modeling of a school building in Astana city (Kazakhstan) -- Chapter68. Exergoeconomic and Exergoenvironmental Analysis and Optimization of the Cogeneration Cycle Under Dynamic Solar Radiation Model Using Two Renewable Sources -- Chapter69. Indicators of Sustainability Energy Management Based on Energy Audit for Hotels -- Chapter70. Using a porous environment to produce radiant heat to optimize energy consumption and reduce pollution in heating the furnaces -- Chapter71. Sn/Graphene Binary Nanocomposite Anode Electrodes for High Performance Li-Ion Battery Applications -- Chapter 72. Data-Driven Modeling for Energy Consumption Estimation -- Chapter73. A simple Model of Finite Resource Exploitation: Application to the Case of Oil -- Chapter74. Development and Application of a Simple and Reliable Power Regulator for Small-Scale Island Wind Turbine -- Chapter75. Design and Economic Analysis of Photovoltaic Systems in Different Cities of Turkey -- Chapter76. 
Contribution to the Control Power of a Wind System with Storage System -- Chapter77. Performance Evaluation of SWRO Desalination Plant of Skikda (Algeria) -- Chapter78. Study of a PV- Electrolyzer-Fuel Cell Hybrid System -- Chapter79. Experimental and numerical investigations of a Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) system as a wind energy storage option -- Chapter80. Feasibility Study of a Novel One Axe Sun Tracking System with Reflector Displacement in Parabolic Trough Concentrator -- Chapter81. Crystal growth analysis of R134a clathrate with additives for cooling applications -- Chapter82. Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of an Irrerversible Solar Absorption Cooling Plant in Transient Regime.
This multi-disciplinary book presents the most recent advances in exergy, energy, and environmental issues. Volume 2 focuses on applications and covers current problems, future needs, and prospects in the area of energy and environment from researchers worldwide.  Based on selected lectures from the Seventh International Exergy, Energy and Environmental Symposium (IEEES7-2015) and complemented by further invited contributions, this comprehensive set of contributions promote the exchange of new ideas and techniques in energy conversion and conservation in order to exchange best practices in "energetic efficiency". Applications are included that apply to the green transportation and sustainable mobility sectors, especially regarding the development of sustainable technologies for thermal comforts and green transportation vehicles. Furthermore, contributions on renewable and sustainable energy sources, strategies for energy production, and the carbon-free society constitute an important part of this book. Exergy for Better Environment and Sustainablity, Volume 2 will appeal to researchers, students, and professionals within engineering and the renewable energy fields.
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