2nd International Congress On Energy Efficiency And Energy Related Materials (enefm2014): Proceedings, Oludeniz, Fethiye/mugla, Turkey, October 16-19, 2014 (springer Proceedings In Energy)

The Proceedings Of The 2nd International Congress On Energy Efficiency And Energy Related Materials Include 73 Peer-reviewed Technical Papers, Submitted By Leading Academic And Research Institutions From Over 20 Countries And Representing Some Of The Most Cutting-edge Research Available. The 73 Papers Are Grouped Into The Following Sections: - General Issues - Wind Energy - Solar Energy - Nuclear Energy - Biofuels And Bioenergy - Fossil Energy - Hydropower - Energy Storage, Conservation And Efficiency - Environmental Issues - Carbon Capture And Storage - Bio-assessment And Toxicology - Air Pollution From Mobile And Stationary Sources - Transport Of Air Pollutants - Environmentally Friendly Construction And Development - Energy Management Systems - Materials For Sustainable Energy - Materials For Renewable Energy Storage And Conversion - Fuel Cells - Hydrogen Storage - Photovoltaics And Solar Cells - Hydrogen Production And Fuel Generation From Renewables (catalysis) - Carbon Dioxide Sequestration And Conversion - Energy-saving Materials - Thermoelectrics - Saving Energy In Buildings - Modeling And Theoretical Aspects In Energy-related Materials. Reliability Importance Measures Of Components For Stand-alone Hybrid Renewable Energy Microgrid -- Statistical Analyses Of Wind And Solar Energy Resources For The Development Of Hybrid Microgrid -- Entering The Bio Based Economy - Verification Of Demand On Education In The Field Of Green Economy -- Hybrid Power System Supply For Electric Vehicle -- Temporal Assessment Of Wind Energy Resource In “adrar” (south Of Algeria); Calculation And Modeling Of Wind Turbine Noise -- Photo-electro-thermal Characteristics Of Photovoltaic Panels -- Mlp/levenberg-marquardt For Prediction Solar Radiation: A Case Study Bejaia City -- A Proposal For Intermediate Band Solar Cells With Optimized Transition Energy In Cr Doped 3c-sic -- Sand Effect On Photovoltaic Array Efficiency In Algerian Desert -- Solar Irradiation On Lawsonia Inermis Sensitized With Red Blood Cells: Effect On Osmotic Fragility. Edited By A.y Oral, Z.b Bahsi Oral, M. Ozer. Front Matter....Pages i-xxix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Reliability Importance Measures of Components for Stand-Alone Hybrid Renewable Energy Microgrid....Pages 3-7 Statistical Analyses of Wind and Solar Energy Resources for the Development of Hybrid Microgrid....Pages 9-14 Entering the Bio Based Economy—Verification of Demand on Education in the Field of Green Economy....Pages 15-21 Hybrid Power System Supply for Electric Vehicles....Pages 23-30 Front Matter....Pages 31-31 Temporal Assessment of Wind Energy Resource in “Adrar” (South of Algeria); Calculation and Modeling of Wind Turbine Noise....Pages 33-42 Front Matter....Pages 43-43 Photo-Electro-Thermal Characteristics of Photovoltaic Panels....Pages 45-51 MLP/Levenberg-Marquardt for Prediction Solar Radiation: A Case Study Bejaia City....Pages 53-60 Modeling of Solar Cell Efficiency Improvement Using Pyramid Grating in Single Junction Silicon Solar Cell....Pages 61-67 A Proposal for Intermediate Band Solar Cells with Optimized Transition Energy in Cr Doped 3C-SiC....Pages 69-76 Comparison the Effect of Size and Inter-dot Spaces in Different Matrix Embedded Silicon Quantum Dots for Photovoltaic Applications....Pages 77-83 Sand Effect on Photovoltaic Array Efficiency in Algerian Desert....Pages 85-90 Solar Irradiation on Lawsonia Inermis Sensitized with Red Blood Cells: Effect on Osmotic Fragility....Pages 91-96 Front Matter....Pages 97-97 Perspectives of Industrial Separation of Zirconium Isotopes by Laser Assisted Retardation of Condensation Method....Pages 99-104 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 Promising Technologies of Biomass Use for Energy Production Purposes....Pages 107-115 Heterogeneous Cracking of Tars on Surface of Charcoal....Pages 117-121 Front Matter....Pages 123-123 Investigation of Two-Component Hydrocarbon Mixture Filtration in Porous Media....Pages 125-131 Front Matter....Pages 133-133 Deformation Analysis and Monitoring for Extra High Hydropower of 305 m....Pages 135-139 Hydropower Plant Regime Management According to the Market Conditions....Pages 141-152 Front Matter....Pages 153-153 Hydration Behavior of Mg-Ni Mixed Hydroxide Synthesized by Mechano-chemical Method for Chemical Heat Storage....Pages 155-161 Regenerative AC Drive System Based on the Three Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine....Pages 163-170 Front Matter....Pages 153-153 CFD Analysis of Supersonic Ejectors Operating with Mixture of Gases....Pages 171-178 Integrated Energy-Efficient Hydrogen Production from Low Rank Coal and Its Storage for Transportation....Pages 179-185 Ignition of Combustible Gases in Water....Pages 187-193 Method of Assessing Energy Consumption in the Transport of Pallets in Logistics....Pages 195-200 Front Matter....Pages 201-201 Adsorption of Methyl Red from Aqueous Solutions by Algerian Bentonite Clay....Pages 203-209 Is Hospitals Ready for Energy Management and Green Building? Health Managers Opinions in Turkey....Pages 211-217 Design of High Sensitive Optical Sensor for Seawater Salinity....Pages 219-225 A Fuzzy Inference System to Evaluate the Environmental Effects of Electricity Generation Technologies....Pages 227-233 Front Matter....Pages 235-235 Molasses Based Activated Carbons as CO2 Sorbents....Pages 237-242 Front Matter....Pages 243-243 Influence of the Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteria Cells on the Zeta Potential of Graphene Oxide Modified with Alumina Nanoparticles in Electrolyte and Drinking Water Environment....Pages 245-250 Front Matter....Pages 251-251 The State of Art Technique of Pre-ozonation Processes for Intensification of Emission Control from Stationary Sources....Pages 253-257 Front Matter....Pages 259-259 The Energy Performance Model of Mechanical and Natural Ventilation....Pages 261-265 Front Matter....Pages 267-267 How to Refurbish ‘80s Brutalist Architecture, Turning It into NZEB: The Case Study of the High School “Enrico Fermi” in Muro Lucano (Potenza, Italy)....Pages 269-279 The Environment-Friendly Architecture Come Through Wooden Architecture....Pages 281-289 Energy Efficiency Engineering—Towards an Integrated Method Framework for Energy-Oriented Product and Production Development....Pages 291-297 Modeling the Air Channel Ventilation in Ansys CFX of a Romanesque Church....Pages 299-304 Front Matter....Pages 305-305 Many Kinds of Energy Source in Our Surroundings at Home....Pages 307-312 Optimizing Residential Energy Consumption in Romania....Pages 313-318 Front Matter....Pages 319-319 Determination of Assessment Scale for Selected Indicators in Slovak Building Environmental Assessment System BEAS....Pages 321-326 Effect of Ni Seed Layer for Electroplating 63Ni in Beta Voltaic Battery....Pages 327-333 Front Matter....Pages 319-319 Structural Properties of Polystyrene (PS)/Ferroelectric Barium Stannate Titanate Ba (Ti0.9Sn0.1)O3 Ceramic (BST) Composite....Pages 335-339 Front Matter....Pages 341-341 Waynergy Vehicles—An Innovative Pavement Energy Harvest System....Pages 343-348 Nanostructured TiO2 Film Deposition by Supersonic Plasma Jet Source for Energetic Application....Pages 349-355 A Method for Building a Simple and Applicable Power Inverter....Pages 357-367 Front Matter....Pages 369-369 Evaluation of Electrocatalytic Activity of Pt-Co/Ti Towards Methanol Oxidation....Pages 371-377 The Origin of Electrocatalytic Activity of Gold Nanoparticles Modified Pt-Based Surfaces Towards Formic Acid Oxidation....Pages 379-387 The Effect of Humidification Strategies on Efficiency and Durability of Hydrogen Fuel Cells in Automotive Application....Pages 389-395 Electrocatalytic Activity of NiOx Nanostructured Modified Electrodes Towards Oxidation of Small Organic Molecules....Pages 397-403 Front Matter....Pages 405-405 Discovery of New Dual Cation Metal Ammine Borohydrides: A Computational Study....Pages 407-412 Front Matter....Pages 413-419 Properties of CdS Deposited by the SILAR Method Using Cd(II) Organic Salt as Precursor....Pages 421-421 Analysis of the Performance a PV System Based on Empirical Data in a Real World Context....Pages 423-427 Efficient Models of Partially Shaded PV Modules for Energy System Design....Pages 429-440 Front Matter....Pages 441-447 Modelling and the Analysis of the Power Supply System for the Generator of Hydrogen....Pages 449-449 Conductometric Titration to Analyze Nafion® 117 Conductivity....Pages 451-457 High Thermal Conductivity Structured Bimetallic Catalysts for Low Temperature Ethanol Steam Reforming....Pages 459-466 Experimental Investigations on Structured Catalysts in CH4 Steam Reforming Intensification....Pages 467-472 Catalysts for the Intensification of the Water Gas Shift Process....Pages 473-478 Hydrogen Production by Steam Conversion of a Model Biogas Over the Co-based Supported Catalysts....Pages 479-484 Nanostructured Co-B Catalysts for Hydrogen Generation....Pages 485-490 Front Matter....Pages 491-496 Carbon Dioxide Conversion of Biogas with Producing Syngas Over the Polymetallic Supported Catalysts....Pages 497-497 Front Matter....Pages 499-504 Effects of Cobalt on the Crystalline Structures of the Ni-Mn-In Giant Magnetocaloric Heusler Alloys....Pages 505-505 Analysis of the External Magnetic Field Influences on the Measurements Realized with a Single Strip Tester (SST) Using Finite Element Modeling....Pages 507-514 Front Matter....Pages 515-521 Energy Harvesting from Open Fireplaces....Pages 523-523 Front Matter....Pages 525-531 The Impact of Installing Variable Frequency Drives for Cooling Towers in Kuwait on Energy Consumption....Pages 533-533 Solutions of Ground Floor for Energy Efficient Buildings—Economic Evaluation....Pages 535-539 Analysis of Air Velocity, Moisture and Thermal Regime in a Double-Shell Roof....Pages 541-546 Simulation of Energy Demand in a Shopping Centre—Case Study....Pages 547-552 Build-in Transparent Collector Construction....Pages 553-558 Front Matter....Pages 559-564 Tensile and Torsional Loads Stress Distribution Along the Drill String for Deep Wells....Pages 565-565 Computational Screening of Dual Cation Metal Ammine Borohydrides....Pages 567-580 Analysis of Electricity Usage for Domestic Heating Based on an Air-to-Water Heat Pump in a Real World Context....Pages 581-586 The Method of Determining Certain Parameters of Energy Absorption in Materials Under Complex Dynamic Excitations....Pages 587-596 Erratum to: Tensile and Torsional Loads Stress Distribution Along the Drill String for Deep Wells....Pages 597-605 ....Pages E1-E1 The proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Energy Related Materials include 73 peer-reviewed technical papers, submitted by leading academic and research institutions from over 20 countries and representing some of the most cutting-edge research available. 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