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Future Electric Power System Transformations: Prospects and Challenges 未来电力系统转型:展望与挑战
IF 3.2 Q4 ENERGY & FUELS Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.37247/aderes2edn.2.2021.18
N. Voropai
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Advances in Energy Research. Volume 35 能源研究进展。卷35
IF 3.2 Q4 ENERGY & FUELS Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.52305/eeeq2450
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The Evolution of the Romanian Renewable Energy Market: A Critical Assessment 罗马尼亚可再生能源市场的演变:一个关键的评估
IF 3.2 Q4 ENERGY & FUELS Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.37247/ADERES2EDN.2.2021.26
N. Marinescu
This research assesses the evolution of the renewable energy market in Romania. Attracted by a generous support scheme, foreign and domestic investors flocked to the market. Subsequently, the sector witnessed remarkable progress, especially in the wind power category. Romania closed in rapidly on the national target set by the European Union concerning the share of the country‘s energy consumption from renewable sources. However, frequent changes in the support scheme and in the regulations issued by public authorities led to chaos. The aim of the paper is to emphasize the evolution of renewable energy policy in Romania, to investigate the incentives and their effects, and to critically assess the impact of the changes on renewable energy producers. It highlights, by means of an exploratory study and several interviews with executives of renewable energy companies, the challenges and shortcomings of policymaking. The main finding is that the revision of the subsidy scheme and the changes in energy policy that followed are the major determinants for the declining financial performance of renewable energy producers. Some recommendations for improved policymaking so as to re-establish the trust of investors and to foster the sustainable development of the energy sector are suggested in the final part.
本研究评估了罗马尼亚可再生能源市场的发展。在慷慨的支持计划的吸引下,国内外投资者纷纷涌入市场。随后,该行业取得了显著进展,特别是在风力发电领域。罗马尼亚迅速接近欧洲联盟关于该国可再生能源消费份额的国家目标。然而,政府部门出台的扶持方案和规定的频繁变化导致了混乱。本文的目的是强调罗马尼亚可再生能源政策的演变,调查激励措施及其影响,并批判性地评估这些变化对可再生能源生产商的影响。通过一项探索性研究和对可再生能源公司高管的几次采访,它突出了政策制定的挑战和缺点。主要发现是,补贴计划的修订和随后能源政策的变化是可再生能源生产商财务业绩下降的主要决定因素。最后提出了一些改进决策的建议,以便重新建立投资者的信任,促进能源部门的可持续发展。
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Effect of Thermo-Atmosphere on Combustion Evolutions of Turbulent Jet Ignition under Engine Conditions 热气氛对发动机条件下湍流射流点火燃烧演化的影响
IF 3.2 Q4 ENERGY & FUELS Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.37247/aderes2edn.3.2021.4
Jiaying Pan, Yu He, Tao Li, Haiqiao Wei, Lei Wang, G. Shu
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Molecular Profiling and Optimization Studies for PHB Production in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 球形红杆菌产PHB的分子谱分析及优化研究
IF 3.2 Q4 ENERGY & FUELS Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.37247/aderes2edn.3.2021.11
Y. Lee, Sangmin Lee
In the recent climate change regime, industrial demand for renewable materials to replace petroleum-derived polymers continues to rise. Of particular interest is polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) as a substitute for polypropylene. Accumulating evidence indicates that PHB is highly produced as a carbon storage material in various microorganisms. The effects of growth conditions on PHB production have been widely studied in chemolithotrophs, particularly in Rhodobacter . However, the results on PHB production in Rhodobacter have been somewhat inconsistent due to different strains and experimental conditions, and it is currently unclear how diverse environmental factors are linked with PHB production. Here, we report optimized growth conditions for PHB production and show that the growth conditions are closely related to reactive oxygen species (ROS) regulation. PHB accumulates in cells up to approximately 50% at the highest level under dark-aerobic conditions as opposed to light aerobic/anaerobic conditions. According to the time-course, PHB contents increased at 48 h and then gradually decreased. When observing the effect of temperature and medium composition on PHB production, 30 °C and a carbon/nitrogen ratio of 9:1 or more were found to be most effective. Among PHB biosynthetic genes, PhaA and PhaB are highly correlated with PHB production, whereas PhaC and PhaZ showed little change in overall expression levels. We found that, while the amount of hydrogen peroxide in cells under dark conditions was relatively low compared to the light conditions, peroxidase activities and expression levels of antioxidant-related genes were high. These observations suggest optimal culture conditions for growth and PHB production and the importance of ROS-scavenging signaling with regard to PHB production.
在最近的气候变化情况下,工业对可再生材料取代石油衍生聚合物的需求持续上升。特别令人感兴趣的是聚羟基丁酸酯(PHB)作为聚丙烯的替代品。越来越多的证据表明,PHB作为碳储存材料在各种微生物中大量产生。在趋化养石菌中,生长条件对PHB产生的影响已被广泛研究,特别是在红杆菌中。然而,由于菌株和实验条件的不同,在Rhodobacter中产生PHB的结果有些不一致,目前还不清楚不同的环境因素如何与PHB的产生联系。在这里,我们报告了PHB生产的优化生长条件,并表明生长条件与活性氧(ROS)调节密切相关。在暗好氧条件下,PHB在细胞中的蓄积量高达约50%,与光好氧/厌氧条件相反。PHB含量在48 h时呈先上升后下降的趋势。当观察温度和介质组成对PHB产量的影响时,发现30°C和碳氮比为9:1或更高是最有效的。在PHB生物合成基因中,PhaA和PhaB与PHB的产生高度相关,而PhaC和PhaZ的总体表达水平变化不大。我们发现,与光照条件相比,黑暗条件下细胞中过氧化氢的含量相对较低,但过氧化物酶活性和抗氧化相关基因的表达水平较高。这些观察结果提示了生长和PHB产生的最佳培养条件,以及ros清除信号对PHB产生的重要性。
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Techno-Economic Assessment of Waste Heat Recovery Technologies for the Food Processing Industry 食品加工业余热回收技术的技术经济评价
IF 3.2 Q4 ENERGY & FUELS Pub Date : 2020-12-05 DOI: 10.3390/en13236446
Sanjay Mukherjee, A. Asthana, M. Howarth, J. Chowdhury
The food manufacturing sector is one of the most dominant consumers of energy across the globe. Food processing methods such as drying, baking, frying, malting, roasting, etc. rely heavily on the heat released from burning fossil fuels, mainly natural gas or propane. Less than half of this heat contributes to the actual processing of the product and the remaining is released to the surroundings as waste heat, primarily through exhaust gases at 150 to 250 °C. Recovering this waste heat can deliver significant fuel, cost and CO2 savings. However, selecting an appropriate sink for this waste heat is challenging due to the relatively low source temperature. This study investigates a novel application of gas-to-air low temperature waste heat recovery technology for a confectionary manufacturing process, through a range of experiments. The recovered heat is used to preheat a baking oven’s combustion air at inlet before it enters the fuel-air mixture. The investigated technology is compared with other waste heat recovery schemes involving Regenerative Organic Rankine Cycles (RORC), Vapour Absorption Refrigeration (VAR) and hot water production. The findings indicate that utilising an oven’s exhaust gases to preheat combustion air can deliver up to 33% fuel savings, provided a sufficiently large heat sink in the form of oven combustion air is available. Due to a lower investment cost, the technology also offers a payback period of only 1.57 years, which makes it financially attractive when compared to others. The studied waste heat recovery technologies can deliver a CO2 savings of 28–356 tonnes per year from a single manufacturing site. The modelling and comparison methodology, observations and outcomes of this study can be extended to a variety of low temperature food manufacturing processes.
食品制造业是全球最主要的能源消费者之一。食品加工方法,如干燥、烘烤、油炸、麦芽、烘烤等,严重依赖燃烧化石燃料(主要是天然气或丙烷)释放的热量。这些热量中只有不到一半用于产品的实际加工,其余的热量主要通过150至250°C的废气作为废热释放到周围环境。回收这些废热可以节省大量的燃料、成本和二氧化碳。然而,由于源温度相对较低,为这些废热选择合适的水槽是具有挑战性的。本研究通过一系列实验,探讨了一种新型的气-气低温余热回收技术在糖果生产过程中的应用。回收的热量用于预热烤箱入口的燃烧空气,然后再进入燃料-空气混合物。所研究的技术与其他余热回收方案进行了比较,包括再生有机朗肯循环(RORC)、蒸汽吸收制冷(VAR)和热水生产。研究结果表明,利用烘箱废气预热燃烧空气可以节省高达33%的燃料,前提是提供足够大的烘箱燃烧空气形式的散热器。由于投资成本较低,该技术的投资回收期仅为1.57年,与其他技术相比,在经济上具有吸引力。所研究的余热回收技术每年可从单个生产基地节省28-356吨二氧化碳。本研究的建模和比较方法、观察结果和结果可以扩展到各种低温食品制造过程。
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引用次数: 5
Identification of the Determinants of the Effectiveness of On-Road Chicanes in Transition Zones to Villages Subject to a 70 km/h Speed Limit 70公里/小时限速的乡村过渡区公路减速道有效性的决定因素鉴定
IF 3.2 Q4 ENERGY & FUELS Pub Date : 2020-10-09 DOI: 10.3390/en13205244
A. Sołowczuk, D. Kacprzak
In recent decades traffic calming, especially in villages situated on through roads, has become an urgent issue. Various schemes are applied in the transition zones to reduce the inbound traffic speeds and thus improve the traffic safety. The studies conducted in several countries point to different determinants of the speed reduction obtained in this way. This article deals with the schemes including a central island horizontally deflecting one lane, located in transition zones to villages with 70 km/h speed restriction on two-lane roads (6 m carriageway width). In order to identify the speed reduction determinants, the speeds before and after chicanes were measured and the effect of the three criteria was investigated, characterising: the traffic management scheme, road design parameters, landscape elements present in the surroundings of the transition zone and visibility conditions. Based on the confirmation of logical tautology of many pre-selected factors, one aggregate parameter was proposed for the assessment of the practicable level of speed reduction, combining the effect of the selected factors in the above-mentioned criteria. Statistical analysis of the obtained results confirmed a statistically significant relationship between both the speed reduction value and the speed reduction index, and the aggregate parameter proposed by the authors. Factors related to the surrounding landscape and visibility conditions were found to have the greatest direct effect on speed reduction. The chicanes chosen in the final step of the proposed design process should be enhanced by additional solar-powered elements ensuring their improved visibility. These devices should not, however, require any additional energy supply and should not increase the construction or maintenance costs.
近几十年来,交通平静已成为一个紧迫的问题,特别是在位于公路上的村庄。在过渡区采用各种方案,以降低入站交通速度,从而提高交通安全。在几个国家进行的研究指出了以这种方式获得的速度降低的不同决定因素。本文涉及的方案包括一个中央岛水平偏转一条车道,位于村庄的过渡区,在双车道道路(6米行车道宽度)上限速70公里/小时。为了确定减速的决定因素,测量了弯道前后的速度,并研究了三个标准的影响,分别是交通管理方案、道路设计参数、过渡区周围的景观元素和能见度条件。在确认多个预选因素逻辑同义性的基础上,结合上述标准中所选因素的影响,提出了一个评价实际减速水平的综合参数。对所得结果的统计分析证实了减速值、减速指数与作者提出的聚合参数之间存在显著的统计学关系。与周围景观和能见度条件有关的因素对速度降低的直接影响最大。在建议设计过程的最后一步中选择的弯道应该通过额外的太阳能元件来增强,以确保其更好的可视性。然而,这些装置不应要求任何额外的能源供应,也不应增加建造或维护费用。
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引用次数: 5
Enhancing a Decision-Making Framework to Address Environmental Impacts of the South African Coalmining Industry 加强决策框架以应对南非煤矿业的环境影响
IF 3.2 Q4 ENERGY & FUELS Pub Date : 2020-09-18 DOI: 10.3390/en13184897
M. Mbedzi, H. M. van der Poll, J. A. van der Poll
The South African coalmining industry has a rich and long history and contributes significantly to the economic wellbeing of the country. Despite its importance in developing the economy, the industry is causing severe environmental challenges. For example, Emalahleni, a city situated in the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa, has been exposed for over a century to the continuous mining of coal. Challenges experienced include the sterilisation of land due to underground fires, water pollution, surface collapse, and acidification of topsoil. Previous work by the researchers formulated a conceptual framework aimed at addressing some of these challenges. In an extension of this work, the authors comprehensively enhance the preliminary framework on the strength of a set of qualitative propositions coupled with a parallel, exploratory survey. Interviews among various stakeholders were conducted, aimed at enhancing the components of the framework, followed by a focus group to validate the associations among the components of the framework. Aspects reinforced by the survey findings include the role of environmental management accounting, tools like material-flow cost accounting and life-cycle costing, and regulatory and accountability aspects. New aspects elicited from the interviews and the focus group include stakeholder education and training with respect to the value of environmental management accounting for the coalmining industry; adherence to risk management linked to environmental challenges; advanced technologies, for example, financial modelling; and an improved understanding of waste management aspects around acid mine drainage, volatile organic components, CO2 emissions, and post-mine closure. The novelty of the work lies in the approach taken to address coalmining challenges. Previous authors concentrated mostly on scientific and engineering aspects, while this research looks at it from an accounting perspective using environmental management accounting tools to address these challenges.
南非煤矿业有着丰富而悠久的历史,对该国的经济福祉做出了重大贡献。尽管该行业在发展经济方面很重要,但它正在造成严重的环境挑战。例如,位于南非普马兰加省的Emalahleni市,一个多世纪以来一直面临着持续的煤炭开采。遇到的挑战包括地下火灾、水污染、地表塌陷和表层土酸化导致的土地消毒。研究人员之前的工作制定了一个概念框架,旨在应对其中的一些挑战。在这项工作的扩展中,作者全面增强了一组定性命题的强度的初步框架,并结合了一项平行的探索性调查。对各利益攸关方进行了访谈,旨在加强框架的组成部分,随后成立了一个重点小组,以验证框架各组成部分之间的联系。调查结果强化的方面包括环境管理会计的作用、物流成本会计和生命周期成本等工具,以及监管和问责方面。访谈和焦点小组带来的新方面包括:利益攸关方关于煤矿业环境管理会计价值的教育和培训;坚持与环境挑战相关的风险管理;先进技术,例如财务建模;以及更好地了解酸性矿山排水、挥发性有机成分、二氧化碳排放和矿山关闭后的废物管理方面。这项工作的新颖之处在于解决煤矿开采挑战的方法。以前的作者主要集中在科学和工程方面,而本研究从会计的角度来看,使用环境管理会计工具来应对这些挑战。
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System Identification and Resonant Control of Thermoacoustic Engines for Amplified Solar Power 放大型太阳能热声发动机系统辨识与共振控制
IF 3.2 Q4 ENERGY & FUELS Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.37247/aer.1.2020.25
B. Hong, Tsu-Yu Lin
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Reliability Impact in Optimal Sizing of Fuel Cell/Battery Hybrid Power Sources 燃料电池/电池混合电源优化尺寸对可靠性的影响
IF 3.2 Q4 ENERGY & FUELS Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.37247/aderes2edn.2.2020.6
A. Ceschia, T. Azib, O. Béthoux, F. Alves
This paper addresses the issue of optimal sizing reliability applied to a fuel cell/battery hybrid system. This specific problem raises the global problem of strong coupling between hardware and control parameters. To tackle this matter, the proposed methodology uses nested optimization loops. Furthermore, to increase the optimal design relevance, a reliability assessment of the optimal sizing set is introduced. This new paradigm enables showing the early impact of the reliability criteria on design choices regarding energetic performance index. It leads to a smart design methodology permitting to avoid complexity and save computing time. It considerably helps design engineers set up the best hybridization rate and enables practicing tradeoffs, including reliability aspects in the early design stages.
本文研究了应用于燃料电池/电池混合动力系统的最佳尺寸可靠性问题。这个特殊的问题提出了硬件和控制参数之间强耦合的全局问题。为了解决这个问题,建议的方法使用嵌套优化循环。此外,为了提高最优设计的相关性,引入了最优尺寸集的可靠性评估。这种新的范例能够显示可靠性标准对设计选择的早期影响,涉及能量性能指标。它导致了一种智能设计方法,允许避免复杂性并节省计算时间。它在很大程度上帮助设计工程师设置最佳杂交率,并在早期设计阶段进行权衡,包括可靠性方面。
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