The Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is a promising form of technology for recovering low-grade waste heat. In this study, a regenerative ORC system is established to recover the waste flue gas of 160 ◦C. Focusing on thermodynamic and economic performance while simultaneously considering the limitations of volume flow ratio (VFR) and the effect of superheat, working fluid selection and parameter opt...

The electricity access rate in Niger is one of the worst Sub-Saharan Africa and an issue paramount importance to Government Niger. This energy insecurity has negatively affected industrialization developmental plans, making poorest countries world. With a large landmass several pockets habitation Niger, mini-grids remain optimal way providing people living rural areas. Nigerienne Agency for Pro...

in the sector of electricity production, the existence of investment resources limitation and environmental factors are the main factors that influence this process. the reduction of costs and the destructive impacts of environmental have been always mentioned by specialists. consequently, the drasticality of the environmental protection and the electric-energy production lead to focus on solar...

This study focuses on a technical and economic analysis of designing operating an off-grid hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) in rural community called Olooji, situated Ogun state, Nigeria, as case study. First, size optimization model is developed the basis novel metaheuristic particle swarm (PSO) technique to determine optimal configuration proposed minimization levelized cost electricity,...

This paper addresses an economic study of the installation of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels for residential power generation in Santiago, Chile, based on the different parameters of a PV system, such as efficiency. As a performance indicator, the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) was used, which indicates the benefit of the facility vs. the current cost of electrical energy. In addition, due to ...

Virtual power plant (VPP) is an effective approach to aggregate distributed generation resources under a central control. This paper introduces a mixed-integer linear programming model for optimal scheduling of the internal resources of a large scale VPP in order to maximize its profit. The proposed model studies the effect of a demand response (DR) program on the scheduling of the VPP. The pro...

Correction for ‘Levelized cost of CO 2 mitigation from hydrogen production routes’ by B. Parkinson et al. , Energy Environ. Sci. 2019, 12 19–40, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8EE02079E.

Nowadays, water and electricity are closely interdependent essential sources in human life that affect socio-economic growth and prosperity. In other words, electricity is a fundamental source to supply a seawater desalination process, while fresh water is used for cooling this power plant. Therefore, mutual vulnerability of water treatment and power generation systems is growing because of inc...