Article
Energy & Fuels
Ya Peng, Qing Yang, Liang Wang, Shuo Wang, Junting Li, Xiong Zhang, Shihong Zhang, Haibo Zhao, Bo Zhang, Changqing Wang, Pietro Bartocci, Francesco Fantozzi
Summary: The study comprehensively assessed both direct and indirect VOC emissions from coal-fired power generation processes for the first time through life cycle assessment. It found that indirect emissions, mainly from coal mining and flue treatment systems, accounted for a high proportion of total VOC emissions. Implementing air pollution control devices could significantly reduce VOC emissions.
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Energy & Fuels
Jaroslaw Watrobski, Aleksandra Baczkiewicz, Wojciech Salabun
Summary: This paper introduces a new V-COMET method for assessing the sustainable management of renewable energy sources (RES) in European countries. The method is characterized by high accuracy and limited computational complexity, and shows wide practical possibilities when evaluating 30 European countries.
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Chemistry, Physical
Zhijie Yang, Haibo Huang, Feng Lin
Summary: This article examines the environmental impact of Li-ion batteries (LIBs) and compares their environmental sustainability with EVs. By reviewing life cycle assessment studies, the article provides insights into materials development, manufacturing, recycling, and discusses the future technological development.
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Carlos Moro
Summary: In previous literature, separate studies have applied multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods and life cycle assessment (LCA) methods to evaluate cementitious materials. This study bridges the gap by comparing LCA methods with durability parameters integrated and MCDM methods for concrete mixtures, aiming to assess the differences between these two approaches in terms of overall sustainability. The study evaluates concrete mixtures containing conventional and recycled materials based on mechanical properties, durability parameters, environmental impact, and cost. The results highlight the positive impact of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) on concrete performance and the importance of reducing cement content for sustainability. The study also demonstrates the acceptable differences in ranking concrete mixtures using MCDM methods, offering flexibility in property weighting for concrete applications, while different LCA methods with durability integrated yield higher differences, emphasizing the superior consistency of MCDM methods. The sensitivity analysis emphasizes the significance of weight methods and concrete parameters, suggesting the need for standardized procedures for specific concrete applications to ensure reliable and relevant results.
Review
Agricultural Engineering
Zeba Usmani, Minaxi Sharma, Abhishek Kumar Awasthi, Nallusamy Sivakumar, Tiit Lukk, Lorenzo Pecoraro, Vijay Kumar Thakur, Dave Roberts, John Newbold, Vijai Kumar Gupta
Summary: The growing concerns over biomass waste have led to discussions on their sustainable utilization for energy generation and production of value-added products; Biotechnological advancements have provided important avenues for green pretreatment and conversion of waste materials, but the environmental impact and overall cost optimization remain crucial considerations.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Sherard Sadeek, Dhurjati Chakrabarti, Maria M. Papathanasiou, Keeran Ward
Summary: Trinidad and Tobago, a small island developing state, has one of the highest per capita CO2 emissions globally due to its reliance on oil and gas. A study using a mixed-integer linear programming model analyzed the electricity costs and greenhouse gas emissions of the national power generation system under five scenarios. The results show the importance of improving technology and efficiency to reduce costs and emissions, and the need for new policies to promote sustainable development.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Iasonas Ioannou, Angel Galan-Martin, Javier Perez-Ramirez, Gonzalo Guillen-Gosalbez
Summary: Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) offers a promising approach to convert carbon emissions into valuable fuels and chemicals. However, the environmental implications of CCU and fossil chemicals on sustainable development goals are not well-understood. This study evaluates the environmental performance of various technologies and highlights the importance of integrating SDGs in technology development to support the low-carbon energy and chemicals transition.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Fritz Balkau, Alberto Bezama, Noemie Leroy-Parmentier, Guido Sonnemann
Summary: This review examines how regional authorities currently use life cycle methodologies in their sustainable development programmes, including formal methods and non-standard approaches. The study found that regional use of various life cycle methodologies is growing, but often constrained to short life chains and with limited consideration of secondary impacts.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Huibing Cheng, Shanshui Zheng, Jianghong Feng
Summary: This study aims to address the issue of selecting a sustainable ferry operator for the Zhuhai municipal government. It proposes an integrated MCDM framework model that combines the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP), entropy weight (EW) method, and fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (FTOPSIS). The proposed method is validated through a real case study on the Wanshan Islands in Zhuhai, and the results demonstrate its effectiveness in evaluating and selecting ferry operators.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Saman Nasiri, Mostafa Parniani, Saeed Peyghami
Summary: This paper proposes a multi-objective optimum approach for mitigating power system fluctuations in all-electric ships (AES). The approach balances propeller torque/speed change and energy storage charge/discharge rate to achieve an economically-efficient operating point. A novel index called the Propulsion System Cooperation Coefficient (PSCC) is developed to minimize propeller mechanical fatigue and battery loss of life (LoL) based on their investment costs, while considering other operational constraints. Simulations show that this multidisciplinary approach significantly reduces operation and maintenance costs associated with mechanical and electrical equipment lifespan in AES.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Annarita Paiano, Teodoro Gallucci, Andrea Pontrandolfo, Giovanni Lagioia, Paolo Piccinno, Amedeo Lacalamita
Summary: The paint industry has been focusing on developing environmentally friendly products, with a life cycle thinking approach to reduce environmental impacts. The use of waste paint blending and recycled packaging materials can effectively reduce environmental impacts.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Antonio J. Sanchez-Garrido, Ignacio J. Navarro, Victor Yepes
Summary: This paper examines the sustainability assessment of various modern construction techniques applied to concrete structures of single-family houses. By comparing the life cycle performance of different designs, it is found that considering the three dimensions of sustainability leads to balanced designs.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Neng Zhu, Xiangzhe Liu, Qi Dong, Dragan Rodriguez
Summary: The paper discusses the challenges and limitations in zero-energy building investigation and proposes a global multiple-criteria optimization model combined with a comprehensive assessment approach for more efficient design outcomes.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Katarzyna Piotrowska, Izabela Piasecka, Zbigniew Klos, Andrzej Marczuk, Robert Kasner
Summary: This article assesses the life cycle of wind and photovoltaic power plants, finding that wind power plants have a higher negative environmental impact compared to photovoltaic power plants. In both life cycles, the most severe negative impacts on human health were recorded.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhiwu Zhou, Julian Alcala, Victor Yepes
Summary: This paper uses data analysis to conclude that China's sustainable development data is expected to grow until around 2044, after which it will stabilize and experience a short period of negative growth. The life cycle assessment (LCA) and social impact assessment (SIA) consistently remain positive, and there will be no negative growth or zero/negative emissions before 2108. These research findings provide a scientific and theoretical foundation for the government to formulate medium- and long-term ecological regulations and plans.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Agustin Tobias-Gonzalez, Rafael Pena-Gallardo, Jorge Morales-Saldana, Aurelio Medina-Rios, Olimpo Anaya-Lara
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
(2018)
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Gibran Agundis-Tinajero, Juan Segundo-Ramirez, Rafael Pena-Gallardo, Nancy Visairo-Cruz, Ciro Nunez-Gutierrez, Josep M. Guerrero, Mehdi Savaghebi
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID
(2018)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Omar Beltran, Rafael Pena, Juan Segundo, Aaron Esparza, Eduard Muljadi, David Wenzhong
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2018)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Victor Pagola, Rafael Pena, Juan Segundo, Adalberto Ospino
Article
Energy & Fuels
Osvaldo Rodriguez-Hernandez, Manuel Martinez, Carlos Lopez-Villalobos, Hector Garcia, Rafael Campos-Amezcua
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Gibran Agundis-Tinajero, Rafael Pena Gallardo, Juan Segundo-Ramirez, Nancy Visairo-Cruz, Josep M. Guerrero
COMPEL-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR COMPUTATION AND MATHEMATICS IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
(2019)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Rafael Pena Gallardo, Adalberto Ospino Castro, Aurelio Medina Rios
Article
Energy & Fuels
Oscar S. Santillan, Karla G. Cedano, Manuel Martinez
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Omar Beltran Valle, Rafael Pena Gallardo, Juan Segundo Ramirez, David Wenzhong, Eduard Muljadi
JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rafael Pena Gallardo, Aurelio Medina Rios, Juan Segundo Ramirez
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2020)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Karla G. Cedano, Tiare Robles-Bonilla, Oscar S. Santillan, Manuel Martinez
Summary: Increasing energy access has become a global priority, but addressing energy poverty in urban spaces remains a challenge. The Multidimensional Energy Poverty Index (MEPI) and the Multidimensional Energy Deprivation Index (MEDI), incorporating thermal comfort as a dimension, offer better ways to assess energy poverty and develop effective public policies.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Juan Segundo Ramirez, Josue Hernandez Ramirez, Nancy Visairo Cruz, Rafael Pena Gallardo
Summary: The study presents a stability analysis of a synchronverter-based system using bifurcation theory to showcase its stability properties and factors impacting stability, providing important insights for power system stability.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Luis Adolfo Ordaz-Padilla, Rafael Pena-Gallardo, Jorge Alberto Morales-Saldana
IEEE LATIN AMERICA TRANSACTIONS
(2019)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Miguel A. Vega-Sanchez, Paulina D. Castaneda-Jimenez, Rafael Pena-Gallardo, Antonio Ruiz-Alonso, Jorge A. Morales-Saldana, Elvia R. Palacios-Hernandez
2017 IEEE INTERNATIONAL AUTUMN MEETING ON POWER, ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTING (ROPEC)
(2017)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Adalberto Ospino-Castro, Rafael Pena-Gallardo, Aurelio Hernandez-Rodriguez, Juan Segundo-Ramirez, Yecid A. Munoz-Maldonado
2017 IEEE INTERNATIONAL AUTUMN MEETING ON POWER, ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTING (ROPEC)
(2017)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
M. Genovese, F. Piraino, P. Fragiacomo
Summary: This research proposes the concept of a hydrogen valley in southern Italy, where hydrogen is produced centrally and delivered via fuel cell hybrid trains to refueling stations, providing transportation services. The analysis from both technical and economic perspectives shows that the cost of hydrogen and energy efficiency reached competitive levels, and hydrogen rail transport offers significant benefits in terms of emissions reduction and economic gains compared to conventional diesel trains and fully electric trains.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Miaomiao Liu, Payam Nejat, Pinlu Cao, Carlos Jimenez-Bescos, John Kaiser Calautit
Summary: This article provides a critical review of the performance of windcatchers, pointing out the current research gaps and issues, and proposing directions for further investigation and market prospects.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Solomon Boadu, Ebenezer Otoo
Summary: Despite Africa's vast energy resources, including wind energy, the continent faces challenges in developing its wind energy industry. Northern African countries and South Africa currently dominate the wind energy sector in Africa. To uplift Africa's socio-economic status, strong political will, supportive policies, and institutional frameworks are needed to drive the development of wind energy and overcome existing challenges.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
E. K. Grubbs, S. M. Gruss, V. Z. Schull, M. J. Gosney, M. V. Mickelbart, S. Brouder, M. W. Gitau, P. Bermel, M. R. Tuinstra, R. Agrawal
Summary: As the global population grows, the demand for food, energy, and water will increase significantly. However, limited land availability and competition for solar resources pose challenges to resource generation technologies. In the United States, both agriculture and solar energy production have adopted densification schemes to improve yields and energy output per unit of land. This research proposes an Agrivoltaic food and energy coproduction architecture that optimizes power generation while maintaining crop productivity by implementing ideal anti-tracking during critical growth periods. This technology offers a viable pathway for widespread solar implementation throughout the contiguous United States.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Han Shao, Rui Henriques, Hugo Morais, Elisabetta Tedeschi
Summary: The integration of offshore wind energy into the electric grid provides opportunities in terms of environmental sustainability and cost efficiency, but poses challenges to power quality. This survey offers a deeper understanding of disturbance detection and classification tools, exploring root causes, disturbance locations, and algorithmic solutions. It highlights synchronized waveform measurement and discusses evaluation metrics for detection and classification algorithms. Additionally, a novel system-wide monitoring framework is proposed.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Eleni Davidson, Yair Schwartz, Joe Williams, Dejan Mumovic
Summary: A continued upward trend in global greenhouse gas emissions poses risks to global infrastructure and built assets. Maintaining high indoor environmental quality standards is a challenge for higher education institutions under future climates. Passive cooling mechanisms may be insufficient to tolerate predicted temperature increases. Different building typologies have varying energy demand projections.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kexin Pang, Jian Zhou, Stamatis Tsianikas, David W. Coit, Yizhong Ma
Summary: This study proposes a new framework for long-term microgrid expansion planning, using deep reinforcement learning method to consider various uncertainties and constraints. The framework aims to enhance the effectiveness of microgrid expansion planning from the perspectives of economy, resilience, and greenhouse gas emission reduction.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jun Zhao, Kangyin Dong, Xiucheng Dong
Summary: The continuous growth of global electricity penetration has provided modern energy for alleviating energy poverty, but its impact on carbon neutrality has been overlooked. The research reveals that clean electricity from traditional fossil energy and renewable energy has a positive influence on the greenhouse effect. Eradicating energy poverty can effectively alleviate the greenhouse effect, especially in non-Belt and Road Initiative (B&RI) nations.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hossein Shahbeik, Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi, Mona Dehhaghi, Gilles J. Guillemin, Alireza Fallahi, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Hamid Amiri, Mohammad Rehan, Deepak Raikwar, Hannes Latine, Bruno Pandalone, Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Christian Sonne, Luigi Vaccaro, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Su Shiung Lam, Junting Pan, Rafael Luque, Bert Sels, Wanxi Peng, Meisam Tabatabaei, Mortaza Aghbashlo
Summary: This review explores the production of biocrude oil from biomass feedstocks through the process of hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). It discusses the impact of process parameters on the quality, quantity, cost, and environmental impacts of biofuels. The review also highlights the challenges and prospects for the future development of biocrude oil.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Meysam Majidi Nezhad, Mehdi Neshat, Georgios Sylaios, Davide Astiaso Garcia
Summary: Digital twins promise innovation for the marine renewable energy sector by using modern technological advances and the existing maritime knowledge frameworks. This research presents critical aspects of digital twin implementation challenges in marine energy digitalization approaches that use and combine data systems.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yeganeh Sharifian, Hamdi Abdi
Summary: This paper discusses the background and objectives of the multi-area economic dispatch problem, as well as various techniques and methods applied in this field. It also covers comprehensive formulations of the problem and important issues in the field of probabilistic MAED, along with some related concepts and suggestions.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
J. G. B. Churchill, V. B. Borugadda, A. K. Dalai
Summary: The increasing global energy demand and the need to reduce fossil fuel reliance have created a demand for renewable and sustainable fuel sources. This review explores the potential of tall oil, a by-product of the pulping industry, as a feedstock for biofuels. The review provides an overview of tall oil production, purification, and treatment, and investigates recent trends and barriers towards tall oil-derived biofuels.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
David C. Broadstock, Xiangnan Wang
Summary: This study provides a general review of research on district cooling, identifying key topics and themes and highlighting potential research priorities for future studies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
L. Scharnhorst, D. Sloot, N. Lehmann, A. Ardone, W. Fichtner
Summary: This study investigates and analyzes the barriers to demand response in industrial and commercial sectors, highlighting their significance. Concerns about diminished product quality, disruptions to production processes, human resource management, and revenue uncertainty are identified as the most frequently cited barriers. Overcoming these barriers requires bridging knowledge gaps, allocating sufficient resources, and adapting external incentives and policies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tong Feng, Yuechi Sun, Yating Shi, Jie Ma, Chunmei Feng, Zhenni Chen
Summary: Air pollution is a significant global challenge, and policymakers have implemented policies to reduce it. Evaluating the effectiveness of these policies is critical, and our study reveals trends and gaps in air pollution policy research. We found that research has shifted from focusing solely on air pollutants to including methodologies, policies, and health implications. China has emerged as a major contributor in this field of research.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)