Congress on Research, Development, and Innovation in Renewable Energies : Selected Papers From CIDiER 2022

The 2022 Congress on Research, Development, and Innovation in Renewable Energies (CIDiER 2022) promotes international collaboration on ideas and dialogue around climate change solutions through research and development that leads to clean energy innovation via renewable energies. The selected papers cover both theoretical and applied research that will strengthen the implementation of renewable energy projects between universities, research centers, and private companies in Latin America. Preface Contents About the Editors Part I: Biomass Chapter 1: Techno-Economic Analysis for the Production of Formic Acid Via Oxidation Processing of Residual Biomass in Ecuador 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Methodology 1.2.1 Biomass Availability 1.2.2 Unit Operations and Raw Materials 1.2.3 Techno-Economic Analysis 1.3 Results and Discussion 1.4 Conclusion Supporting Information Methodology References Chapter 2: Enzymatic Biodiesel Production: Challenges and Opportunities 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Materials and Methods 2.3 Biodiesel Production 2.3.1 Improvement Technologies: Bioreactor Engineering 2.4 Potential of Raw Materials in Biodiesel Production 2.4.1 Types of Raw Materials Used for Biodiesel Production 2.5 Cost of Production of Biodiesel 2.6 Future Perspective 2.7 Conclusions References Chapter 3: Evaluation of the Feasibility of Biogas Production by Anaerobic Digestion from Agro-Industrial Wastes in Los Altos, Jalisco 3.1 Introduction 3.1.1 Context 3.1.2 Problem Statement 3.1.3 Experimental Design and Hypothesis 3.1.4 Reference to Similar Works 3.2 Materials and Methods 3.2.1 Biomass Characterization 3.2.2 Biochemical Methane Potential Test (BMP) 3.2.3 Gompertz Model Application 3.3 Results and Discussion 3.3.1 Negative and Positive Controls 3.3.2 Pure Substrates 3.3.3 Co-digestions 3.3.4 Comparison of Biogas Production Under the Evaluated Conditions 3.3.5 Identification of Synergies 3.4 Conclusions References Part II: Miscellaneous Chapter 4: Supercapacitor Based Energy Storage System to Improve Integration of Variable Renewable Energies in Electric Grids 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Power Smoothing and Virtual Inertia 4.2.1 Supercapacitor Based Energy Storage System for Distributed Generation 4.2.2 Supercapacitor Based Power Smoothing 4.2.3 The Virtual Synchronous Machine 4.3 Proposed SC Based VSM for Power Smoothing 4.3.1 The Power Filter Concept 4.3.2 VSM Controller 4.3.3 DC Voltage Controller 4.3.4 SC Voltage Control 4.3.5 System Design 4.4 Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation 4.4.1 Step-Up Response 4.4.2 Step-Down Response 4.4.3 Discussion 4.5 Conclusions References Chapter 5: Analysis of the Annual Energy Production of the Villonaco Wind Farm 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Materials and Methods 5.2.1 Brief Description of the Fundamental Equations of Meteodyn WT 5.2.2 Input Data in Meteodyn WT 5.2.3 Calculation of Annual Energy Production 5.3 Results 5.4 Conclusions 5.5 Acknowledgements References Chapter 6: LULC Evolution of Southeast Mexico Based on Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Materials and Methods 6.2.1 Study Area 6.2.2 Databases and Methodology 6.2.3 NDVI Classification 6.2.4 Class and Subclasses Definition 6.2.5 Maximum Likelihood Classifier 6.2.6 Precision Assessment 6.3 Results and Discussion 6.3.1 Class-Based LULC Classification 6.3.2 Subclass-Based LULC Classification 6.3.3 Important Remarks 6.4 Conclusions References Chapter 7: Shallow Geothermal Energy Resources and Thermal Impacts in Buenos Aires City, Argentina 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Materials and Methods 7.2.1 Study Area 7.2.2 Methodology 7.2.3 Input Data 7.2.4 SGE Potential Estimate 7.2.5 Environmental Impacts Estimate 7.3 Results 7.3.1 Shallow Geothermal Energy Potential Maps 7.3.2 Environmental Thermal Impacts 7.3.3 Total SGEP in CABA 7.4 Discussion 7.5 Conclusions References Chapter 8: Optimal Site Selection for a Mini Hydro-Power Run of River Scheme Using Geographic Information Systems, Considering Civil Work Costs 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Run-of-River Scheme Mini Hydraulic Power Plant 8.3 Mini Hydraulic Potential Distribution in the Form of a Rectangular Mesh 8.4 Penstock Cost Modelling 8.4.1 Tracing of the Route and the Terrain Profile 8.4.2 Calculation of the Pipe Diameter 8.4.3 Cost of the Penstock Cost for the Pipe Excavation Costs Costs for Supports 8.4.4 Payback Time on Investment 8.4.5 Numerical Implementation and Study Area 8.5 Results 8.5.1 Maximize Net Power Generation 8.5.2 Minimize Payback Investment Time 8.6 Conclusions References Chapter 9: Evaluation of the Solar Organic Rankine Cycle with Different Working Fluids 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Methodology 9.2.1 Description of Cycle 9.2.2 Simulation of the Cycle 9.3 Results and Discussion 9.3.1 Simulation Validation 9.3.2 Simulation Results 9.4 Conclusions Appendices Appendix 1: Classification of Working Fluids (Table 9.8) Appendix 2: Behavior of the Thermodynamic Efficiency of the SORC References Index