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This book discusses major technological advances in the treatment and re-use of wastewater. Its focus is on both novel treatment strategies and the modifications and adaptions of conventional processes to optimize the treatment of a complex variety of pollutants. including organic matter. chemicals and micropollutants in different water resources. as …

The basic component of two-circuit geothermal systems is the heat exchanger. When used in geothermal power systems. conventional shell-and-tube and plate heat exchangers cause problems related to the cleaning of the latter from salt-deposition and corrosion products. Their lifetime does not exceed. as a rule. 1 year. To utilize the …

Lifetime of wind turbine inverters is below expectations therefore. novel design and drive strategies are timely required to achieve optimum life span. In this work. a novel driving strategy to mitigate stresses on inverters is proposed. First. an electro thermal analysis was carried out using finite element modelling methods. Subsequently. …

A practical guide to facilitate statistically well-founded decisions in the management of assets of an electricity grid Effective and economic electric grid asset management and incident management involve many complex decisions on inspection. maintenance. repair and replacement. This timely reference provides statistically well-founded. tried and tested analysis methodologies for improved …

This paper presents the design and test of a single phase and thermoelectric cooling Micro-Inverter using a DC-DC interleaved isolated boost. It focuses on the optimization of (DC-DC and DC-AC) converters performances and its physical dimensions. and presents an efficient method to track the maximum power point and the load …

The characterized wind electricity generation systems were statistically evaluated to assess the reduction in life cycle GHG emissions. A total of five unique categorization codes (HAWT-ON-S. HAWT-ON-I. HAWT-ON-L. HAWT- OFF-L. VAWT-ON-S) were designated to the 29 wind electricity generation LCA studies (representing 74 wind system cases) using the proposed categorization …

Presents a detailed and in-depth introduction to the economic and technical foundations of modern electricity markets operating with locational marginal price (LMP). Based on the author’s graduate-level course and written to fill the gap in the market for a book that not only describes the fundamentals of LMP but also …

By 2013. the province of Cienfuegos in Cuba consumed about 5165 GWh of primary energy. of which an estimated 60 % was used to produce 767 GWh of electricity. 29 % of the primary energy was obtained from renewable fuel. and only less than 5 % of the biomass energy. …

Environmental problems associated with emissions from fossil fuel. along with limited supply. volatile prices. and energy security. prompted developed and developing countries to find more reliable and sustainable sources of energy. Renewable energy (RE) sources. being abundant. inexhaustible. cleaner. and readily available. emerge as a promising alternative energy source. According …

The book systematically introduces smart power system design and its infrastructure. platform and operating standards. It focuses on multi-objective optimization and illustrates where the intelligence of the system lies. With abundant project data. this book is a practical guideline for engineers and researchers in electrical engineering. as well as power …