Energy and Sustainability

Section 1: Renewable energy technologies Solar thermal heating and cooling: experience of a practical implementation; A multicriteria space model to locate grid-connected photovoltaic power plants in Granada (Spain), case study; Numerical analysis of a minichannel solar collector for CO2-based Rankine cycle applications; Biomass refineries: relationships between feedstock and conversion approach; Elimination of siloxanes by adsorption process as a way of upgrading biogas; Gasified residual/waste biomass as solid oxide fuel cell feed for renewable electricity production; Lighting the world with LEDs; The optical and electrical properties of Eu3+-Y3+codoped ITO transparent conductive electrodes as luminescent solar concentrators; Towards a Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) model to assess financing options of renewable energy technologies; Hydrogen fuelled agricultural diesel engine with electronically controlled timed manifold induction: an experimental approach; Selection of renewable energy technologies in Africa: the case of efficient stoves in Malawi; The sustainable energy service company (ESCO) experience at DIC Corporation; Renewable energy from restored prairie plots in southeastern Minnesota, USA; Iron catalysts supported on carbon nanotubes for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: effect of pore size; Pyrolysis of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) residue under isothermal and dynamic heating processes Section 2: Energy management Energy and sustainability through integrated water network management; Vanadium battery technology - integration in future renewable energy systems; Short-term wind forecasting using artificial neural networks (ANNs) Section 3: Energy policies A review of the Bioenergy potential of residual materials in Quebec; Potential transport energy demand and oil dependency mitigation measures; Sustainable energy policy choice: an economic assessment of Japanese renewable energy public support programs; An energy and environmental meta-model for strategic sustainable planning; The Italian gas retail market: a cluster analysis based on performance indexes; Participatory assessment of sustainable end-user technology in Austria; Towards a SADC model to assess financing options of renewable energy technologies; Energy from biomass: decision support system for integrating Sustainability into technology assessment; Recovering energy from liquid sanitary waste for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell; An innovative concept leveraging mass volunteerism and the viral nature of the Web to substantially reduce global carbon emissions Section 4: Energy and the environment Integrating intelligent glass facades into sustainable buildings: cases from Abu Dhabi, UAE; Case study 'the Vela Roof - UNIPOL', Bologna: use of on-site climate and energy resources; Gap analysis of current research in the area of IT for energy in buildings; Development of a sustainability assessment framework for planning for sustainability for biofuel production at the policy, programme or project level; Production of biodiesel from Jatropha curcas and performance along with emission characteristics of an agricultural diesel engine using biodiesel; Environmental and exergetic performance of electrolytic hydrogen using life cycle assessment Section 5: Energy analysis Heat transfer from in-line tube bundles to downward aqueous foam flow; Mathematical models of air-cooled condensers for thermoelectric units; Optimisation of cogeneration systems - combined production of methanol and electricity Section 6: Energy efficiency The promotion of energy efficiency of the building envelope in the rehabilitation process. Case study: a minor centre in Abruzzo; Domestic appliances end-use efficiencies: the case of eleven suburbs in greater Johannesburg; Analysis of energy conversion in ship propulsion system in off-design operation conditions; Development of combustion efficiency tables for biofuels; Combustion of urban solid wastes in an experimental fluidized bed combustor; Optimisation of ammonia injection for an efficient nitric oxide reduction; Conversion of waste rubber as an alternative rout to renewable fuel production; Energy efficiency development in the German and Colombian energy intensive sectors: a non-parametric analysis Section 7: Energy storage and management Assessing European power grid reliability by means of topological measures; Application of energy storage systems for DC electric railways