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The world's economy is fuelled by energy. Depletion of resources and severe environmental effects resulting from the continuous use of fossil fuels has motivated an increasing amount of interest in renewable energy resources and the search for sustainable energy policies. This volume contains research papers presented at the 9th International conference on Energy and Sustainability.
The changes required to progress from an economy mainly focussed on hydrocarbons to one taking advantage of sustainable renewable energy resources require considerable scientific research, as well as the development of new engineering systems. Energy policies and management are of primary importance to achieve the development of sustainability and need to be consistent with recent advances in energy production and distribution.
In many cases, the challenges lie as much in the conversion from renewable energies (wind, solar, etc.) to useful forms (electricity, heat, fuel) at an acceptable cost including damage to the environment as in the integration of these resources into the existing infrastructure.
The diverse topics covered by the papers in this book involve collaboration between different disciplines in order to arrive at optimum solutions, including studies of materials, energy networks, new energy resources, storage solutions, waste to energy systems, smart grids and many others.
These research papers put a focus on sustainability across the multidisciplinary components of urban planning, the challenges presented by the increasing size of cities, the number of resources required and the complexity of modern society.
Contents
Section 1: Sustainable energy production
Methodological framework for energy project evaluation in Russian business practice: Improving the objectivity of investing decisions; Decision support system used to improve the competitiveness of a power generating company under conditions of uncertainty; Identification and classification of the states of cogeneration systems by competitiveness levels of power generating companies
Section 2: Energy efficiency
Thermal effect of lighting and window-to-wall ratio in mosques: A case study in a hot climate - Saudi Arabia; Investigation of energy consumption in residential buildings in hot regions
Section 3: Energy and circular economy
Circular economy concepts applied to waste anaerobic digestion plants; Considering material cycles for a transition to low-carbon energy systems in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A systematic review; Dechlorination of plastic-rich fractions rejected from waste electric
and electronic equipment recycling plants by means of stepwise pyrolysis for valorization
Section 4: Renewable energy resources
Design and performance study of a unique modular vertical axis wind turbine; Characterization of the consumption habits of household products that protect the environment; Numerical study on the performance of 2-D Ugrinsky wind turbine model;
Numerical analysis on hot water storage tank integrated with phase change materials;
Effect of torrefaction process on properties of palm kernel shell by using torrefaction rotary kiln
Section 5: Sustainability buildings
Implementing the nearly zero-energy buildings notion in industrial facilities; Local governance and network-based policies for housing energy-related renovations: Insights from a Portuguese case
