In this paper is presented a novel approach for designing sustainable trigeneration systems (i.e., heating, cooling and power generation cycles) integrated with heat exchanger networks and accounting simultaneously for economic, environmental and social issues. The trigeneration system is...

This study evaluates three different solvent absorption processes for the pre-combustion capture of CO2 for a black coal IGCC (Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle) power-plant, with the aim of determining the best solvent process for pre-combustion capture. The three solvent processes are...

This article focuses on optimal design and operation of AZEP (advanced zero emissions power) cycles, both zero and partial emissions. The first-law efficiency is maximized as a function of CO2 emissions with fixed ITM (ion transport membrane) size and consequently, variable power output. A...

The main design criteria for the modern sustainable development of vehicle powertrains are the high energy efficiency of the conversion system, the competitive cost and the lowest possible environmental impacts.

This paper proposes a multi-objective probabilistic reactive power and voltage control in distribution networks using wind turbines, hydro turbines, fuel cells, static compensators and load tap changing transforms. The objective functions are total electrical energy costs, the electrical energy...

The sustainable design configuration of utility systems incorporating pollutant emission abatement technologies has an important influence on economic cost, pollutant emission, and energy consumption of the process industry. In this paper, four typical cogeneration systems that address different...

This paper proposes a semi-active battery/supercapacitor (SC) hybrid energy storage system (HESS) for use in electric drive vehicles. A much smaller unidirectional dc/dc converter is adopted in the proposed HESS to integrate the SC and battery, thereby increasing the HESS efficiency and reducing...

Process optimization is of utmost importance for a correct management within any industrial field and especially within the energy and carbon intensive ones. Increasingly stringent regulations aiming at reducing the environmental impact force the companies to lower their CO2 emissions while...

A semi-definite programming (SDP) formulation of the multi-objective economic-emission dispatch problem is presented. The fuel cost and emission functions are represented by high order polynomial functions and this was shown to be a more accurate representation of the economic-emission dispatch...