About 150 million metric tons of rice straw is produced in Southeast Asian countries every year. Several barriers impeding the collection of rice straw from the fields as well as the lack of knowledge on alternative uses of rice straw led to the practice of burning which causes air pollution and...

About 150 million metric tons of rice straw is produced in Southeast Asian countries every year. Several barriers impeding the collection of rice straw from the fields as well as the lack of knowledge on alternative uses of rice straw led to the practice of burning which causes air pollution and...

There are sectors of agriculture, manufacturing processes where conventional power is indispensable, although it may be more savings and better managed. Agricultural production consumes large amounts of conventional energy, especially oil to the normal process flow results more or less efficient...

There are sectors of agriculture, manufacturing processes where conventional power is indispensable, although it may be more savings and better managed. Agricultural production consumes large amounts of conventional energy, especially oil to the normal process flow results more or less efficient...

Цель данной статьи заключается в проведении исследования процессов диверсификации мирового энергетического рынка в контексте формирования возобновляемой...

Candidacy for full European Union membership, acceptance of Agreement on Energy Community, signing and ratification of Kyoto Protocol and United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change, but also a high instability of energy prices on world market, have set the need to accept Energy...

To achieve a low-carbon economy, China has committed to reducing its carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 40%–45% by 2020 from 2005 levels and increasing the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to approximately 15%. It is necessary to...

Combustion trials were conducted with corn stover (CS) and wheat straw (WS) round bales in a 176-kW boiler (model Farm 2000). Hot water (80 °C) stored in a 30,000-L water tank was transferred to a turkey barn through a plate exchanger. Gross calorific value measured in the laboratory was 17.0...

The imbalance between energy resource availability, demand, and production capacity, coupled with inherent economic and environmental uncertainties make strategic energy resources planning, management, and decision-making a challenging process. In this paper, a descriptive approach has been...

Dieser Artikel zeigt am Beispiel der Stadt Schwäbisch Gmünd, wie sich auch in mittelgroßen Städten und Gemeinden im ländlichen Raum Maßnahmen verwirklichen lassen, um eine energieeffiziente Mobilität zu forcieren. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt hierbei auf dem Menschen, nicht auf...

Purpose Long-term reliability analysis of generation capacity based on the forecasted load demand helps to identify the optimal generation expansion plan of the system. This paper analyzes the generation adequacy of Mexico’s National Interconnected Power System (MNIPS) using loss of load...

Purpose This paper aims to look at the dilemma of promoting sustainable energy transition in post-socialist countries while containing social and economic implications, focusing on the case of Serbia. The aim is to analyse Serbian energy status taking into account historical factors, to analyse...

Energy is essential for economic development and the ability to maintain current living standards. The increase in energy demand means that there is growing concern about (i) the current patterns of production and consumption, (ii) the need to move towards a sustainable energy system and (iii)...

The implementation of sustainable development in Romania and the abrupt increase of prices for fussil fuels have imposed more serious activies for the examination of the energy consumption in different industrial sectors. Here, the asynchronous electric m

The objective of the contribution, which is based on the research of National agency for agricultural research (NAZV QH 71016) carried out between 2007 and 2010, is to present the initial energetic and economic situation of the Czech agriculture. Based on the published data, the position of the...

The implementation of sustainable development in Romania and the abrupt increase of prices for fussil fuels have imposed more serious activies for the examination of the energy consumption in different industrial sectors. Here, the asynchronous electric motors represent the main loads; therefore...

Purpose – The paper aims to report on an integrated techno-economic framework for the performance analysis of energy production based on the renewable energy resources (RERs). Whilst the majority of existing studies have focussed on technical aspects of RER modelling, the proposed framework...

Purpose – Considering the well-known finiteness of resources and particularly in the light of previous concepts to ensure car-based mobility, this paper aims to outline to what extent the cost structure for sustainable mobility is still acceptable in the foreseeable future for the majority of...

Purpose – This paper aims to set the framework for measuring the energy performance of a manufacturing process. The availability and affordability of energy is becoming a critical parameter nowadays, affecting the whole lifecycle of the product, and hence the production phase as well. The...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reveal the dynamics of the Greek energy sector. As energy sectors contribute substantially to a national economy and stimulate national output and employment, it is important to identify their upward and downward linkages and interrelations with the other...

Water is vital to life and supplying of potable water can hardly be overstressed in recent years. The conventional desalination processes require significant amount of energy to convert brackish water into potable water for human consumption and industry. With an extensive research on various...

A high number of life cycle assessment of the production of lignocellulosic bioethanol have been published to evaluate or to demonstrate its environmental benefits, in most of the cases the comparison of results and conclusions is difficult due the different methodological approaches of the...

China’s past economic development policies resulted in different energy infrastructure patterns across China. Regional disparities in China’s current energy flow are rarely visualised and quantified from a system-wide perspective. This study therefore constructs Sankey diagrams for three...

This paper discusses the results of a three-year study into energy efficiency in the production of oilseed crops of the family Brassicaceae in north-eastern Poland. The energy inputs per ha of winter rapeseed were determined at 26.29 GJ, and were 1.8-fold higher (spring rapeseed, white mustard)...

This paper was dedicated to evaluate the impact of thermal-expansionary pretreatment on the quality of hydrolysate and on biogas yield. An aqueous suspension containing 5% wt. of wheat straw was treated under process temperature 170–200 °C with residence time 0–60 min. It has been proven...

One of the strategies to ensure energy security and to mitigate climate change in the European Union (EU) is the establishment and the use of short rotation woody crops (SRWCs) for the production of renewable energy. SRWCs are cultivated in the EU under different management systems. Addressing...

It was drawn balance a steam generator. We determined the pollutant emissions from coal combustion in the furnace Jiu Valley steam generator with an output of 150 MW. As an example of the steam generator was considered the type BabkoK Hitachi with turbine Turbao + Atom, in cogeneration.