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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2021Publisher:Elsevier BV Bingshuo Li; Rundong Li; Tianhua Yang; Xingping Kai; Liu Yixuan; Feng Bixuan; Shurong Wang;Abstract Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of biomass into biocrude is attractive but the biocrude themselves are poor fuels, which need to be upgraded for further utilization. Compared with the traditional catalytic upgradation process, a non-catalytic method for biocrude upgrading in the aqueous waste (HTL-AW) derived from HTL of cornstalk was proposed. Optimal reaction conditions of upgradation process were obtained at 356 °C (temperature), 37 min (reaction time) and 19 mL/g (HTL-AW/biocrude) based on the response surface methodology. The biocrude was effectively upgraded in the HTL-AW and a high hydrogen to carbon effective (H/Ceff) ratio of 1.07 with a higher heating value of 36.94 MJ/kg was observed. The energy recovery of ∼80% from biocrude to upgraded biocrude was feasible. GC–MS analysis showed that the contents of phenols and ketones were decreased from 65.61% to 48.38% and 22.39%–16.78%, respectively, while the contents of nitrogen-containing compounds n-hexadecanoic acid were increased from 2.25% to 10.15% and 9.56%–22.23%, respectively. The high H/Ceff was attributed to the promoted deoxygenation by alkali and alkaline earth metals as well as H+ enriched in the HTL-AW. This study demonstrates the feasibility of improving the H/Ceff of biocrude in the HTL-AW under a relatively mild reaction condition.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2021Publisher:Elsevier BV Bingshuo Li; Rundong Li; Tianhua Yang; Xingping Kai; Liu Yixuan; Feng Bixuan; Shurong Wang;Abstract Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of biomass into biocrude is attractive but the biocrude themselves are poor fuels, which need to be upgraded for further utilization. Compared with the traditional catalytic upgradation process, a non-catalytic method for biocrude upgrading in the aqueous waste (HTL-AW) derived from HTL of cornstalk was proposed. Optimal reaction conditions of upgradation process were obtained at 356 °C (temperature), 37 min (reaction time) and 19 mL/g (HTL-AW/biocrude) based on the response surface methodology. The biocrude was effectively upgraded in the HTL-AW and a high hydrogen to carbon effective (H/Ceff) ratio of 1.07 with a higher heating value of 36.94 MJ/kg was observed. The energy recovery of ∼80% from biocrude to upgraded biocrude was feasible. GC–MS analysis showed that the contents of phenols and ketones were decreased from 65.61% to 48.38% and 22.39%–16.78%, respectively, while the contents of nitrogen-containing compounds n-hexadecanoic acid were increased from 2.25% to 10.15% and 9.56%–22.23%, respectively. The high H/Ceff was attributed to the promoted deoxygenation by alkali and alkaline earth metals as well as H+ enriched in the HTL-AW. This study demonstrates the feasibility of improving the H/Ceff of biocrude in the HTL-AW under a relatively mild reaction condition.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: En-Tong Xia; Fei Chen;Abstract Effective utilization of solar energy resource enables to improve the thermal performance of solar evacuated tube. In present work, the back side of solar vacuum tube was coupled with mini-compound parabolic concentrator (mini-CPC). The thermal characteristics of the presented mini-CPC solar vacuum tube were analyzed theoretically and experimentally. A mathematical model of heat transfer for the mini-CPC vacuum tube was established according to the energy conservation, and solved by iterative calculation based on home-built C programming language. The obtained numerical solutions fit in well with the experimental results. Furthermore, analysis indicates the vacuum interlayer plays a crucial role in hindering heat transfer. The thermal-convection resistance (Rco-air,conv) dominates the heat loss from cover tube to ambient rather than thermal-radiation resistance (Rco-sky,rad). The measured final temperature increment of working water for the mini-CPC and ordinary evacuated tube can reach 63.4 K and 49.8 K, respectively. An experimental result also reveals that the thermal efficiency of the mini-CPC vacuum tube is increased by 24.3%–29.2% compared with that of vacuum tube without mini-CPC, considering various weather conditions. Consequently, the designed mini-CPC evacuated tube shows a preferable performance, which may provide a certain reference in technology for engineering applications.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: En-Tong Xia; Fei Chen;Abstract Effective utilization of solar energy resource enables to improve the thermal performance of solar evacuated tube. In present work, the back side of solar vacuum tube was coupled with mini-compound parabolic concentrator (mini-CPC). The thermal characteristics of the presented mini-CPC solar vacuum tube were analyzed theoretically and experimentally. A mathematical model of heat transfer for the mini-CPC vacuum tube was established according to the energy conservation, and solved by iterative calculation based on home-built C programming language. The obtained numerical solutions fit in well with the experimental results. Furthermore, analysis indicates the vacuum interlayer plays a crucial role in hindering heat transfer. The thermal-convection resistance (Rco-air,conv) dominates the heat loss from cover tube to ambient rather than thermal-radiation resistance (Rco-sky,rad). The measured final temperature increment of working water for the mini-CPC and ordinary evacuated tube can reach 63.4 K and 49.8 K, respectively. An experimental result also reveals that the thermal efficiency of the mini-CPC vacuum tube is increased by 24.3%–29.2% compared with that of vacuum tube without mini-CPC, considering various weather conditions. Consequently, the designed mini-CPC evacuated tube shows a preferable performance, which may provide a certain reference in technology for engineering applications.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Timothy Lee; John S. Corsi; Eric Detsi; Jintao Fu; Victoria M. Basile; Zeyu Wang; Zeyu Wang;Abstract The sale of value-added byproducts from hydrogen-generating reactions is a strategic approach to lower the costs of hydrogen fuel in order to realize a truly sustainable hydrogen economy. Metal hydrolysis is a chemical process that produces hydrogen together with a metal hydroxide species; however, this reaction is rarely observed without chemical additives or extreme reaction conditions. Previously, we demonstrated that hierarchical nanoporous aluminum can create hydrogen at standard conditions for temperature and pressure via hydrolysis without any additives. The advantage of this method is the co-production of pure aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3). Here we explore the transformation of this Al(OH)3 hydrolysis byproduct into valuable materials to elucidate strategies in reducing the overall cost of hydrogen generated. In particular, we demonstrate in this work that (i) the synthesis of hierarchical nanoporous aluminum is scalable to meet the needs of large-scale production for a hydrogen economy, and (ii) the Al(OH)3 hydrolysis byproduct can be transformed to create high surface-area “activated alumina” (Al2O3) as a commercially viable product.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Timothy Lee; John S. Corsi; Eric Detsi; Jintao Fu; Victoria M. Basile; Zeyu Wang; Zeyu Wang;Abstract The sale of value-added byproducts from hydrogen-generating reactions is a strategic approach to lower the costs of hydrogen fuel in order to realize a truly sustainable hydrogen economy. Metal hydrolysis is a chemical process that produces hydrogen together with a metal hydroxide species; however, this reaction is rarely observed without chemical additives or extreme reaction conditions. Previously, we demonstrated that hierarchical nanoporous aluminum can create hydrogen at standard conditions for temperature and pressure via hydrolysis without any additives. The advantage of this method is the co-production of pure aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3). Here we explore the transformation of this Al(OH)3 hydrolysis byproduct into valuable materials to elucidate strategies in reducing the overall cost of hydrogen generated. In particular, we demonstrate in this work that (i) the synthesis of hierarchical nanoporous aluminum is scalable to meet the needs of large-scale production for a hydrogen economy, and (ii) the Al(OH)3 hydrolysis byproduct can be transformed to create high surface-area “activated alumina” (Al2O3) as a commercially viable product.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Lijuan Qi; Jiansong Wu; Ye Chen; Qing Wen; Haitao Xu; Yuyang Wang;Abstract Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are potentially used for electricity generation, but their low power output hinders their practical application. This study presents novel, porosity binderless PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel materials, which were prepared using Fe(NO3)3 as an initiator. It can be seen from the results of SEM and swelling ratio that the prepared material had a uniform structure with rich three-dimensional porosity and showed good water retention performance. Electrochemical tests showed that the charge transfer impedance (Rct) of PPy–CS–CNT anode displayed a reduction in comparison with PPy anode (1.06 Ω vs. 2.20 Ω). And the power density of MFC with PPy–CS–CNT anode reached 364 mW m−2, which was 1.36 times as much as that of MFC with PPy anode. High-throughput sequencing results showed that the PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel bioanode exhibits good biocompatibility and selective enrichment of electrogenic bacteria. The dominant genera on PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel anode are the electroactive bacteria, Rhodopsedomonas (47.69%) and Geobacter (8.47%). Therefore, the PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel anode showed a potential for improving the electricity production performance of MFCs.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Lijuan Qi; Jiansong Wu; Ye Chen; Qing Wen; Haitao Xu; Yuyang Wang;Abstract Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are potentially used for electricity generation, but their low power output hinders their practical application. This study presents novel, porosity binderless PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel materials, which were prepared using Fe(NO3)3 as an initiator. It can be seen from the results of SEM and swelling ratio that the prepared material had a uniform structure with rich three-dimensional porosity and showed good water retention performance. Electrochemical tests showed that the charge transfer impedance (Rct) of PPy–CS–CNT anode displayed a reduction in comparison with PPy anode (1.06 Ω vs. 2.20 Ω). And the power density of MFC with PPy–CS–CNT anode reached 364 mW m−2, which was 1.36 times as much as that of MFC with PPy anode. High-throughput sequencing results showed that the PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel bioanode exhibits good biocompatibility and selective enrichment of electrogenic bacteria. The dominant genera on PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel anode are the electroactive bacteria, Rhodopsedomonas (47.69%) and Geobacter (8.47%). Therefore, the PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel anode showed a potential for improving the electricity production performance of MFCs.
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Abstract In this study, three types of biomass including corn stover, radiata pine wood and rice husk in the form of pellets were gasified with steam as gasification agent in a 100 kW dual fluidised bed gasifier. Tar formation in initial devolatilization stage and its correlation to the final tar concentration in the producer gas were investigated. In addition, the yields and composition of the producer gas for each type of biomass were also examined. In the gasification experiments, operating temperature was controlled, respectively, at 700 °C and 800 °C. Silica sand was used as the bed material with an inventory of 30 kg. For simulation of the initial devolatilization stage in the steam gasification, N2 was used as fluidization agent. From this study, it is found that there was a positive correlation between tar contents in the devolatilization product gas and those in the final producer gas from gasification. In the devolatilization stage, radiata pine biomass yielded more phenols, while corn stover generated more toluene. Based on the results of this study, tar formation mechanism was proposed which is verified by the observation that more naphthalene was present in the producer gas from gasification of radiata pine while gasification of corn stover produced more biphenyl. The experimental results also show that at gasification temperature of 700 °C, the producer gas yield was the highest for corn stover followed by rice husk and then radiata pine wood. However, for gasification at 800 °C, the trend was reversed with radiata pine having the highest yield followed by risk husk and the corn stover. At both 700 and 800 °C, the radiata pine biomass produced a producer gas with higher contents of H2 and CH4 while the producer gas from rice husk had a higher content of CO and that from corn stover had a higher content of CO2, C2H4 and C2H6. These differences are closely related to the chemical composition of the biomass which was also analysed in this study. Radiata pine had a higher content of lignin (31.96 wt%), rice husk had a higher content of hemicellulose (25.30 wt%) while corn stover was rich in cellulose (69.85 wt%).
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Abstract In this study, three types of biomass including corn stover, radiata pine wood and rice husk in the form of pellets were gasified with steam as gasification agent in a 100 kW dual fluidised bed gasifier. Tar formation in initial devolatilization stage and its correlation to the final tar concentration in the producer gas were investigated. In addition, the yields and composition of the producer gas for each type of biomass were also examined. In the gasification experiments, operating temperature was controlled, respectively, at 700 °C and 800 °C. Silica sand was used as the bed material with an inventory of 30 kg. For simulation of the initial devolatilization stage in the steam gasification, N2 was used as fluidization agent. From this study, it is found that there was a positive correlation between tar contents in the devolatilization product gas and those in the final producer gas from gasification. In the devolatilization stage, radiata pine biomass yielded more phenols, while corn stover generated more toluene. Based on the results of this study, tar formation mechanism was proposed which is verified by the observation that more naphthalene was present in the producer gas from gasification of radiata pine while gasification of corn stover produced more biphenyl. The experimental results also show that at gasification temperature of 700 °C, the producer gas yield was the highest for corn stover followed by rice husk and then radiata pine wood. However, for gasification at 800 °C, the trend was reversed with radiata pine having the highest yield followed by risk husk and the corn stover. At both 700 and 800 °C, the radiata pine biomass produced a producer gas with higher contents of H2 and CH4 while the producer gas from rice husk had a higher content of CO and that from corn stover had a higher content of CO2, C2H4 and C2H6. These differences are closely related to the chemical composition of the biomass which was also analysed in this study. Radiata pine had a higher content of lignin (31.96 wt%), rice husk had a higher content of hemicellulose (25.30 wt%) while corn stover was rich in cellulose (69.85 wt%).
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2017Publisher:Elsevier BV Chaoshun Li; Chaoshun Li; Yanhe Xu; Yifeng Mao; Zanbin Wang; Jiandong Yang;Abstract In this paper, the control problem of pumped storage unit (PSU) has been studied. A nonlinear generalized predictive control (NGPC) method has been applied to design the controller for a PSU. The NGPC controller is designed based on instantaneous linearization model of the control system, and the parameters of the linearized model are identified online by the recursive least square method (RLSM). Besides, in order to minimize the modelling error on initial state, a prior-knowledge learning method has been proposed to get the initial parameters for control model estimation. To verify the effectiveness of the NGPC controller, we chose a pumped-storage hydropower plant in China as the experimental subject and the simulation experiments respect to the control system are designed. The processes of start-up and speed disturbance under no-load condition have been simulated to testify the robustness and efficiency of the NGPC controller. Comparative experiments have been conducted, while the NGPC controller, a PID controller and a fractional order PID (FOPID) controller have been compared. Experimental results show that the designed NGPC could effectively restrain the oscillation of rotational speed in different working conditions of PSU and demonstrates higher robustness and stability than both the PID and FOPID controllers.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2017Publisher:Elsevier BV Chaoshun Li; Chaoshun Li; Yanhe Xu; Yifeng Mao; Zanbin Wang; Jiandong Yang;Abstract In this paper, the control problem of pumped storage unit (PSU) has been studied. A nonlinear generalized predictive control (NGPC) method has been applied to design the controller for a PSU. The NGPC controller is designed based on instantaneous linearization model of the control system, and the parameters of the linearized model are identified online by the recursive least square method (RLSM). Besides, in order to minimize the modelling error on initial state, a prior-knowledge learning method has been proposed to get the initial parameters for control model estimation. To verify the effectiveness of the NGPC controller, we chose a pumped-storage hydropower plant in China as the experimental subject and the simulation experiments respect to the control system are designed. The processes of start-up and speed disturbance under no-load condition have been simulated to testify the robustness and efficiency of the NGPC controller. Comparative experiments have been conducted, while the NGPC controller, a PID controller and a fractional order PID (FOPID) controller have been compared. Experimental results show that the designed NGPC could effectively restrain the oscillation of rotational speed in different working conditions of PSU and demonstrates higher robustness and stability than both the PID and FOPID controllers.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2021Publisher:Elsevier BV Deli Zhang; Mei Chen; Weiming Yi; Yi Liu; Fang Wang;Abstract The adsorption by biochar can effectively alleviate the problem of ammonia inhibition in biogas engineering. Based on batch adsorption experiments, the effect of acid modifier on physicochemical and adsorption NH4+-N properties of biochar was explored, and anaerobic digestion (AD) with addition of modified biochar (MB) was designed and carried out. The results showed that after modification, the adsorption capacity of biochar was significantly improved, and the maximum adsorbance of MB was 1.57 times higher than that of original biochar. Acid modifier had demineralization and increased the number of acidic oxygen-containing functional groups. Chemical adsorption was the dominant adsorption mechanism, mainly including surface electrostatic adsorption and the interaction between ammonium ions and surface functional groups of biochar. With the addition of MB, gas production rate of the AD of chicken manure was increased and the effective gas production period was shortened to 18 days. This research has guidance significance for alleviation ammonia inhibition during the AD by adding MB.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2021Publisher:Elsevier BV Deli Zhang; Mei Chen; Weiming Yi; Yi Liu; Fang Wang;Abstract The adsorption by biochar can effectively alleviate the problem of ammonia inhibition in biogas engineering. Based on batch adsorption experiments, the effect of acid modifier on physicochemical and adsorption NH4+-N properties of biochar was explored, and anaerobic digestion (AD) with addition of modified biochar (MB) was designed and carried out. The results showed that after modification, the adsorption capacity of biochar was significantly improved, and the maximum adsorbance of MB was 1.57 times higher than that of original biochar. Acid modifier had demineralization and increased the number of acidic oxygen-containing functional groups. Chemical adsorption was the dominant adsorption mechanism, mainly including surface electrostatic adsorption and the interaction between ammonium ions and surface functional groups of biochar. With the addition of MB, gas production rate of the AD of chicken manure was increased and the effective gas production period was shortened to 18 days. This research has guidance significance for alleviation ammonia inhibition during the AD by adding MB.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2022Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Morris, J.D.; Daood, S.S.; Nimmo, W.;Renewable biomass fuels are frequently used for power generation. Biomass ash causes bed agglomeration in fluidized bed boilers due to the formation of alkali silicate melts. Very few prior studies have tested dolomite and kaolin bed additives for agglomeration mitigation with agricultural biomasses. In this work, pelletized miscanthus and wheat straw were tested in a pilot-scale 65kWth fluidized bed combustor with varying dosages of dolomite and kaolin on a silica sand bed. Neither additive improved defluidization time with wheat straw, whereas additive use at all dosages prevented bed defluidization with miscanthus. Agglomerates were studied through a novel, detailed SEM/EDX analysis across structural features. SEM/EDX analysis presented evidence of chemical reaction between both additives and fuels. Potassium in ash migrated into kaolin particle at depths of up to 60 μm. With dolomite, calcium and magnesium raised melt temperatures. Thermochemical modelling of the ash and additive combinations predicted that additive use would substantially reduce ash melt formation. It is proposed that the wheat straw pellet acted as a “ready-made” agglomerate structure due to release of molten ash to the pellet surface which bed material then sticks to, hence the lack of change to defluidization time regardless of additive use. Future studies into this behaviour would improve additive use.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2022Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Morris, J.D.; Daood, S.S.; Nimmo, W.;Renewable biomass fuels are frequently used for power generation. Biomass ash causes bed agglomeration in fluidized bed boilers due to the formation of alkali silicate melts. Very few prior studies have tested dolomite and kaolin bed additives for agglomeration mitigation with agricultural biomasses. In this work, pelletized miscanthus and wheat straw were tested in a pilot-scale 65kWth fluidized bed combustor with varying dosages of dolomite and kaolin on a silica sand bed. Neither additive improved defluidization time with wheat straw, whereas additive use at all dosages prevented bed defluidization with miscanthus. Agglomerates were studied through a novel, detailed SEM/EDX analysis across structural features. SEM/EDX analysis presented evidence of chemical reaction between both additives and fuels. Potassium in ash migrated into kaolin particle at depths of up to 60 μm. With dolomite, calcium and magnesium raised melt temperatures. Thermochemical modelling of the ash and additive combinations predicted that additive use would substantially reduce ash melt formation. It is proposed that the wheat straw pellet acted as a “ready-made” agglomerate structure due to release of molten ash to the pellet surface which bed material then sticks to, hence the lack of change to defluidization time regardless of additive use. Future studies into this behaviour would improve additive use.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2015 AustraliaPublisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Wang, Longyan; Tan, Andy; Gu, YuanTong; Yuan, Jianping;For wind farm optimizations with lands belonging to different owners, the traditional penalty method is highly dependent on the type of wind farm land division. The application of the traditional method can be cumbersome if the divisions are complex. To overcome this disadvantage, a new method is proposed in this paper for the first time. Unlike the penalty method which requires the addition of penalizing term when evaluating the fitness function, it is achieved through repairing the infeasible solutions before fitness evaluation. To assess the effectiveness of the proposed method on the optimization of wind farm, the optimizing results of different methods are compared for three different types of wind farm division. Different wind scenarios are also incorporated during optimization which includes (i) constant wind speed and wind direction; (ii) various wind speed and wind direction, and; (iii) the more realisticWeibull distribution. Results show that the performance of the new method varies for different land plots in the tested cases. Nevertheless, it is found that optimum or at least close to optimum results can be obtained with sequential land plot study using the new method for all cases. It is concluded that satisfactory results can be achieved using the proposed method. In addition, it has the advantage of flexibility in managing the wind farm design, which not only frees users to define the penalty parameter but without limitations on the wind farm division.
Renewable Energy arrow_drop_down Queensland University of Technology: QUT ePrintsArticle . 2015Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)add ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2015 AustraliaPublisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Wang, Longyan; Tan, Andy; Gu, YuanTong; Yuan, Jianping;For wind farm optimizations with lands belonging to different owners, the traditional penalty method is highly dependent on the type of wind farm land division. The application of the traditional method can be cumbersome if the divisions are complex. To overcome this disadvantage, a new method is proposed in this paper for the first time. Unlike the penalty method which requires the addition of penalizing term when evaluating the fitness function, it is achieved through repairing the infeasible solutions before fitness evaluation. To assess the effectiveness of the proposed method on the optimization of wind farm, the optimizing results of different methods are compared for three different types of wind farm division. Different wind scenarios are also incorporated during optimization which includes (i) constant wind speed and wind direction; (ii) various wind speed and wind direction, and; (iii) the more realisticWeibull distribution. Results show that the performance of the new method varies for different land plots in the tested cases. Nevertheless, it is found that optimum or at least close to optimum results can be obtained with sequential land plot study using the new method for all cases. It is concluded that satisfactory results can be achieved using the proposed method. In addition, it has the advantage of flexibility in managing the wind farm design, which not only frees users to define the penalty parameter but without limitations on the wind farm division.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Jinghua Yu; Qingchen Yang; Hong Ye; Yongqiang Luo; Junchao Huang; Xinhua Xu; Wenjie Gang; Jinbo Wang;Abstract Roof with outer-layer shape-stabilized phase change material (RSPCM) is a building construction that incorporates shape-stabilized phase change material (PCM) into the out layer of the roof. The decrement factor of the roof and the peak temperature of the inner surface can be greatly reduced by using the PCM in summer. CFD numerical simulation is used to investigate the thermal performance of RSPCM. The effects of the phase transition temperature, layer thickness and phase transition temperature radius of PCM are studied numerically. Results show that the suggested PCM thickness is 30 mm and the temperature radius should be as small as possible. The optimum phase transition temperatures are 31–33 °C, 34–36 °C, 36–38 °C, 34–36 °C, and 29–31 °C respectively in severe cold region, cold region, hot summer and cold winter region, hot summer and warm winter region and mild region. The decrement factors at the corresponding optimum phase transition temperature are about 0.030, which are lower than that of the roof without PCM by over 85%. The peak temperatures of the inner roof surface are all decreased by over 3.7 °C. These results can be used as a guideline for optimum design to improve the dynamic thermal performance of roof structure in summer.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Jinghua Yu; Qingchen Yang; Hong Ye; Yongqiang Luo; Junchao Huang; Xinhua Xu; Wenjie Gang; Jinbo Wang;Abstract Roof with outer-layer shape-stabilized phase change material (RSPCM) is a building construction that incorporates shape-stabilized phase change material (PCM) into the out layer of the roof. The decrement factor of the roof and the peak temperature of the inner surface can be greatly reduced by using the PCM in summer. CFD numerical simulation is used to investigate the thermal performance of RSPCM. The effects of the phase transition temperature, layer thickness and phase transition temperature radius of PCM are studied numerically. Results show that the suggested PCM thickness is 30 mm and the temperature radius should be as small as possible. The optimum phase transition temperatures are 31–33 °C, 34–36 °C, 36–38 °C, 34–36 °C, and 29–31 °C respectively in severe cold region, cold region, hot summer and cold winter region, hot summer and warm winter region and mild region. The decrement factors at the corresponding optimum phase transition temperature are about 0.030, which are lower than that of the roof without PCM by over 85%. The peak temperatures of the inner roof surface are all decreased by over 3.7 °C. These results can be used as a guideline for optimum design to improve the dynamic thermal performance of roof structure in summer.
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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2021Publisher:Elsevier BV Bingshuo Li; Rundong Li; Tianhua Yang; Xingping Kai; Liu Yixuan; Feng Bixuan; Shurong Wang;Abstract Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of biomass into biocrude is attractive but the biocrude themselves are poor fuels, which need to be upgraded for further utilization. Compared with the traditional catalytic upgradation process, a non-catalytic method for biocrude upgrading in the aqueous waste (HTL-AW) derived from HTL of cornstalk was proposed. Optimal reaction conditions of upgradation process were obtained at 356 °C (temperature), 37 min (reaction time) and 19 mL/g (HTL-AW/biocrude) based on the response surface methodology. The biocrude was effectively upgraded in the HTL-AW and a high hydrogen to carbon effective (H/Ceff) ratio of 1.07 with a higher heating value of 36.94 MJ/kg was observed. The energy recovery of ∼80% from biocrude to upgraded biocrude was feasible. GC–MS analysis showed that the contents of phenols and ketones were decreased from 65.61% to 48.38% and 22.39%–16.78%, respectively, while the contents of nitrogen-containing compounds n-hexadecanoic acid were increased from 2.25% to 10.15% and 9.56%–22.23%, respectively. The high H/Ceff was attributed to the promoted deoxygenation by alkali and alkaline earth metals as well as H+ enriched in the HTL-AW. This study demonstrates the feasibility of improving the H/Ceff of biocrude in the HTL-AW under a relatively mild reaction condition.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2021Publisher:Elsevier BV Bingshuo Li; Rundong Li; Tianhua Yang; Xingping Kai; Liu Yixuan; Feng Bixuan; Shurong Wang;Abstract Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of biomass into biocrude is attractive but the biocrude themselves are poor fuels, which need to be upgraded for further utilization. Compared with the traditional catalytic upgradation process, a non-catalytic method for biocrude upgrading in the aqueous waste (HTL-AW) derived from HTL of cornstalk was proposed. Optimal reaction conditions of upgradation process were obtained at 356 °C (temperature), 37 min (reaction time) and 19 mL/g (HTL-AW/biocrude) based on the response surface methodology. The biocrude was effectively upgraded in the HTL-AW and a high hydrogen to carbon effective (H/Ceff) ratio of 1.07 with a higher heating value of 36.94 MJ/kg was observed. The energy recovery of ∼80% from biocrude to upgraded biocrude was feasible. GC–MS analysis showed that the contents of phenols and ketones were decreased from 65.61% to 48.38% and 22.39%–16.78%, respectively, while the contents of nitrogen-containing compounds n-hexadecanoic acid were increased from 2.25% to 10.15% and 9.56%–22.23%, respectively. The high H/Ceff was attributed to the promoted deoxygenation by alkali and alkaline earth metals as well as H+ enriched in the HTL-AW. This study demonstrates the feasibility of improving the H/Ceff of biocrude in the HTL-AW under a relatively mild reaction condition.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: En-Tong Xia; Fei Chen;Abstract Effective utilization of solar energy resource enables to improve the thermal performance of solar evacuated tube. In present work, the back side of solar vacuum tube was coupled with mini-compound parabolic concentrator (mini-CPC). The thermal characteristics of the presented mini-CPC solar vacuum tube were analyzed theoretically and experimentally. A mathematical model of heat transfer for the mini-CPC vacuum tube was established according to the energy conservation, and solved by iterative calculation based on home-built C programming language. The obtained numerical solutions fit in well with the experimental results. Furthermore, analysis indicates the vacuum interlayer plays a crucial role in hindering heat transfer. The thermal-convection resistance (Rco-air,conv) dominates the heat loss from cover tube to ambient rather than thermal-radiation resistance (Rco-sky,rad). The measured final temperature increment of working water for the mini-CPC and ordinary evacuated tube can reach 63.4 K and 49.8 K, respectively. An experimental result also reveals that the thermal efficiency of the mini-CPC vacuum tube is increased by 24.3%–29.2% compared with that of vacuum tube without mini-CPC, considering various weather conditions. Consequently, the designed mini-CPC evacuated tube shows a preferable performance, which may provide a certain reference in technology for engineering applications.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: En-Tong Xia; Fei Chen;Abstract Effective utilization of solar energy resource enables to improve the thermal performance of solar evacuated tube. In present work, the back side of solar vacuum tube was coupled with mini-compound parabolic concentrator (mini-CPC). The thermal characteristics of the presented mini-CPC solar vacuum tube were analyzed theoretically and experimentally. A mathematical model of heat transfer for the mini-CPC vacuum tube was established according to the energy conservation, and solved by iterative calculation based on home-built C programming language. The obtained numerical solutions fit in well with the experimental results. Furthermore, analysis indicates the vacuum interlayer plays a crucial role in hindering heat transfer. The thermal-convection resistance (Rco-air,conv) dominates the heat loss from cover tube to ambient rather than thermal-radiation resistance (Rco-sky,rad). The measured final temperature increment of working water for the mini-CPC and ordinary evacuated tube can reach 63.4 K and 49.8 K, respectively. An experimental result also reveals that the thermal efficiency of the mini-CPC vacuum tube is increased by 24.3%–29.2% compared with that of vacuum tube without mini-CPC, considering various weather conditions. Consequently, the designed mini-CPC evacuated tube shows a preferable performance, which may provide a certain reference in technology for engineering applications.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Timothy Lee; John S. Corsi; Eric Detsi; Jintao Fu; Victoria M. Basile; Zeyu Wang; Zeyu Wang;Abstract The sale of value-added byproducts from hydrogen-generating reactions is a strategic approach to lower the costs of hydrogen fuel in order to realize a truly sustainable hydrogen economy. Metal hydrolysis is a chemical process that produces hydrogen together with a metal hydroxide species; however, this reaction is rarely observed without chemical additives or extreme reaction conditions. Previously, we demonstrated that hierarchical nanoporous aluminum can create hydrogen at standard conditions for temperature and pressure via hydrolysis without any additives. The advantage of this method is the co-production of pure aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3). Here we explore the transformation of this Al(OH)3 hydrolysis byproduct into valuable materials to elucidate strategies in reducing the overall cost of hydrogen generated. In particular, we demonstrate in this work that (i) the synthesis of hierarchical nanoporous aluminum is scalable to meet the needs of large-scale production for a hydrogen economy, and (ii) the Al(OH)3 hydrolysis byproduct can be transformed to create high surface-area “activated alumina” (Al2O3) as a commercially viable product.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Timothy Lee; John S. Corsi; Eric Detsi; Jintao Fu; Victoria M. Basile; Zeyu Wang; Zeyu Wang;Abstract The sale of value-added byproducts from hydrogen-generating reactions is a strategic approach to lower the costs of hydrogen fuel in order to realize a truly sustainable hydrogen economy. Metal hydrolysis is a chemical process that produces hydrogen together with a metal hydroxide species; however, this reaction is rarely observed without chemical additives or extreme reaction conditions. Previously, we demonstrated that hierarchical nanoporous aluminum can create hydrogen at standard conditions for temperature and pressure via hydrolysis without any additives. The advantage of this method is the co-production of pure aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3). Here we explore the transformation of this Al(OH)3 hydrolysis byproduct into valuable materials to elucidate strategies in reducing the overall cost of hydrogen generated. In particular, we demonstrate in this work that (i) the synthesis of hierarchical nanoporous aluminum is scalable to meet the needs of large-scale production for a hydrogen economy, and (ii) the Al(OH)3 hydrolysis byproduct can be transformed to create high surface-area “activated alumina” (Al2O3) as a commercially viable product.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Lijuan Qi; Jiansong Wu; Ye Chen; Qing Wen; Haitao Xu; Yuyang Wang;Abstract Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are potentially used for electricity generation, but their low power output hinders their practical application. This study presents novel, porosity binderless PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel materials, which were prepared using Fe(NO3)3 as an initiator. It can be seen from the results of SEM and swelling ratio that the prepared material had a uniform structure with rich three-dimensional porosity and showed good water retention performance. Electrochemical tests showed that the charge transfer impedance (Rct) of PPy–CS–CNT anode displayed a reduction in comparison with PPy anode (1.06 Ω vs. 2.20 Ω). And the power density of MFC with PPy–CS–CNT anode reached 364 mW m−2, which was 1.36 times as much as that of MFC with PPy anode. High-throughput sequencing results showed that the PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel bioanode exhibits good biocompatibility and selective enrichment of electrogenic bacteria. The dominant genera on PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel anode are the electroactive bacteria, Rhodopsedomonas (47.69%) and Geobacter (8.47%). Therefore, the PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel anode showed a potential for improving the electricity production performance of MFCs.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Lijuan Qi; Jiansong Wu; Ye Chen; Qing Wen; Haitao Xu; Yuyang Wang;Abstract Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are potentially used for electricity generation, but their low power output hinders their practical application. This study presents novel, porosity binderless PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel materials, which were prepared using Fe(NO3)3 as an initiator. It can be seen from the results of SEM and swelling ratio that the prepared material had a uniform structure with rich three-dimensional porosity and showed good water retention performance. Electrochemical tests showed that the charge transfer impedance (Rct) of PPy–CS–CNT anode displayed a reduction in comparison with PPy anode (1.06 Ω vs. 2.20 Ω). And the power density of MFC with PPy–CS–CNT anode reached 364 mW m−2, which was 1.36 times as much as that of MFC with PPy anode. High-throughput sequencing results showed that the PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel bioanode exhibits good biocompatibility and selective enrichment of electrogenic bacteria. The dominant genera on PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel anode are the electroactive bacteria, Rhodopsedomonas (47.69%) and Geobacter (8.47%). Therefore, the PPy–CS–CNT hydrogel anode showed a potential for improving the electricity production performance of MFCs.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2019 New ZealandPublisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Pang S; Zhang Z;handle: 10092/17300
Abstract In this study, three types of biomass including corn stover, radiata pine wood and rice husk in the form of pellets were gasified with steam as gasification agent in a 100 kW dual fluidised bed gasifier. Tar formation in initial devolatilization stage and its correlation to the final tar concentration in the producer gas were investigated. In addition, the yields and composition of the producer gas for each type of biomass were also examined. In the gasification experiments, operating temperature was controlled, respectively, at 700 °C and 800 °C. Silica sand was used as the bed material with an inventory of 30 kg. For simulation of the initial devolatilization stage in the steam gasification, N2 was used as fluidization agent. From this study, it is found that there was a positive correlation between tar contents in the devolatilization product gas and those in the final producer gas from gasification. In the devolatilization stage, radiata pine biomass yielded more phenols, while corn stover generated more toluene. Based on the results of this study, tar formation mechanism was proposed which is verified by the observation that more naphthalene was present in the producer gas from gasification of radiata pine while gasification of corn stover produced more biphenyl. The experimental results also show that at gasification temperature of 700 °C, the producer gas yield was the highest for corn stover followed by rice husk and then radiata pine wood. However, for gasification at 800 °C, the trend was reversed with radiata pine having the highest yield followed by risk husk and the corn stover. At both 700 and 800 °C, the radiata pine biomass produced a producer gas with higher contents of H2 and CH4 while the producer gas from rice husk had a higher content of CO and that from corn stover had a higher content of CO2, C2H4 and C2H6. These differences are closely related to the chemical composition of the biomass which was also analysed in this study. Radiata pine had a higher content of lignin (31.96 wt%), rice husk had a higher content of hemicellulose (25.30 wt%) while corn stover was rich in cellulose (69.85 wt%).
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2019 New ZealandPublisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Pang S; Zhang Z;handle: 10092/17300
Abstract In this study, three types of biomass including corn stover, radiata pine wood and rice husk in the form of pellets were gasified with steam as gasification agent in a 100 kW dual fluidised bed gasifier. Tar formation in initial devolatilization stage and its correlation to the final tar concentration in the producer gas were investigated. In addition, the yields and composition of the producer gas for each type of biomass were also examined. In the gasification experiments, operating temperature was controlled, respectively, at 700 °C and 800 °C. Silica sand was used as the bed material with an inventory of 30 kg. For simulation of the initial devolatilization stage in the steam gasification, N2 was used as fluidization agent. From this study, it is found that there was a positive correlation between tar contents in the devolatilization product gas and those in the final producer gas from gasification. In the devolatilization stage, radiata pine biomass yielded more phenols, while corn stover generated more toluene. Based on the results of this study, tar formation mechanism was proposed which is verified by the observation that more naphthalene was present in the producer gas from gasification of radiata pine while gasification of corn stover produced more biphenyl. The experimental results also show that at gasification temperature of 700 °C, the producer gas yield was the highest for corn stover followed by rice husk and then radiata pine wood. However, for gasification at 800 °C, the trend was reversed with radiata pine having the highest yield followed by risk husk and the corn stover. At both 700 and 800 °C, the radiata pine biomass produced a producer gas with higher contents of H2 and CH4 while the producer gas from rice husk had a higher content of CO and that from corn stover had a higher content of CO2, C2H4 and C2H6. These differences are closely related to the chemical composition of the biomass which was also analysed in this study. Radiata pine had a higher content of lignin (31.96 wt%), rice husk had a higher content of hemicellulose (25.30 wt%) while corn stover was rich in cellulose (69.85 wt%).
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2017Publisher:Elsevier BV Chaoshun Li; Chaoshun Li; Yanhe Xu; Yifeng Mao; Zanbin Wang; Jiandong Yang;Abstract In this paper, the control problem of pumped storage unit (PSU) has been studied. A nonlinear generalized predictive control (NGPC) method has been applied to design the controller for a PSU. The NGPC controller is designed based on instantaneous linearization model of the control system, and the parameters of the linearized model are identified online by the recursive least square method (RLSM). Besides, in order to minimize the modelling error on initial state, a prior-knowledge learning method has been proposed to get the initial parameters for control model estimation. To verify the effectiveness of the NGPC controller, we chose a pumped-storage hydropower plant in China as the experimental subject and the simulation experiments respect to the control system are designed. The processes of start-up and speed disturbance under no-load condition have been simulated to testify the robustness and efficiency of the NGPC controller. Comparative experiments have been conducted, while the NGPC controller, a PID controller and a fractional order PID (FOPID) controller have been compared. Experimental results show that the designed NGPC could effectively restrain the oscillation of rotational speed in different working conditions of PSU and demonstrates higher robustness and stability than both the PID and FOPID controllers.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2017Publisher:Elsevier BV Chaoshun Li; Chaoshun Li; Yanhe Xu; Yifeng Mao; Zanbin Wang; Jiandong Yang;Abstract In this paper, the control problem of pumped storage unit (PSU) has been studied. A nonlinear generalized predictive control (NGPC) method has been applied to design the controller for a PSU. The NGPC controller is designed based on instantaneous linearization model of the control system, and the parameters of the linearized model are identified online by the recursive least square method (RLSM). Besides, in order to minimize the modelling error on initial state, a prior-knowledge learning method has been proposed to get the initial parameters for control model estimation. To verify the effectiveness of the NGPC controller, we chose a pumped-storage hydropower plant in China as the experimental subject and the simulation experiments respect to the control system are designed. The processes of start-up and speed disturbance under no-load condition have been simulated to testify the robustness and efficiency of the NGPC controller. Comparative experiments have been conducted, while the NGPC controller, a PID controller and a fractional order PID (FOPID) controller have been compared. Experimental results show that the designed NGPC could effectively restrain the oscillation of rotational speed in different working conditions of PSU and demonstrates higher robustness and stability than both the PID and FOPID controllers.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2021Publisher:Elsevier BV Deli Zhang; Mei Chen; Weiming Yi; Yi Liu; Fang Wang;Abstract The adsorption by biochar can effectively alleviate the problem of ammonia inhibition in biogas engineering. Based on batch adsorption experiments, the effect of acid modifier on physicochemical and adsorption NH4+-N properties of biochar was explored, and anaerobic digestion (AD) with addition of modified biochar (MB) was designed and carried out. The results showed that after modification, the adsorption capacity of biochar was significantly improved, and the maximum adsorbance of MB was 1.57 times higher than that of original biochar. Acid modifier had demineralization and increased the number of acidic oxygen-containing functional groups. Chemical adsorption was the dominant adsorption mechanism, mainly including surface electrostatic adsorption and the interaction between ammonium ions and surface functional groups of biochar. With the addition of MB, gas production rate of the AD of chicken manure was increased and the effective gas production period was shortened to 18 days. This research has guidance significance for alleviation ammonia inhibition during the AD by adding MB.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2021Publisher:Elsevier BV Deli Zhang; Mei Chen; Weiming Yi; Yi Liu; Fang Wang;Abstract The adsorption by biochar can effectively alleviate the problem of ammonia inhibition in biogas engineering. Based on batch adsorption experiments, the effect of acid modifier on physicochemical and adsorption NH4+-N properties of biochar was explored, and anaerobic digestion (AD) with addition of modified biochar (MB) was designed and carried out. The results showed that after modification, the adsorption capacity of biochar was significantly improved, and the maximum adsorbance of MB was 1.57 times higher than that of original biochar. Acid modifier had demineralization and increased the number of acidic oxygen-containing functional groups. Chemical adsorption was the dominant adsorption mechanism, mainly including surface electrostatic adsorption and the interaction between ammonium ions and surface functional groups of biochar. With the addition of MB, gas production rate of the AD of chicken manure was increased and the effective gas production period was shortened to 18 days. This research has guidance significance for alleviation ammonia inhibition during the AD by adding MB.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2022Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Morris, J.D.; Daood, S.S.; Nimmo, W.;Renewable biomass fuels are frequently used for power generation. Biomass ash causes bed agglomeration in fluidized bed boilers due to the formation of alkali silicate melts. Very few prior studies have tested dolomite and kaolin bed additives for agglomeration mitigation with agricultural biomasses. In this work, pelletized miscanthus and wheat straw were tested in a pilot-scale 65kWth fluidized bed combustor with varying dosages of dolomite and kaolin on a silica sand bed. Neither additive improved defluidization time with wheat straw, whereas additive use at all dosages prevented bed defluidization with miscanthus. Agglomerates were studied through a novel, detailed SEM/EDX analysis across structural features. SEM/EDX analysis presented evidence of chemical reaction between both additives and fuels. Potassium in ash migrated into kaolin particle at depths of up to 60 μm. With dolomite, calcium and magnesium raised melt temperatures. Thermochemical modelling of the ash and additive combinations predicted that additive use would substantially reduce ash melt formation. It is proposed that the wheat straw pellet acted as a “ready-made” agglomerate structure due to release of molten ash to the pellet surface which bed material then sticks to, hence the lack of change to defluidization time regardless of additive use. Future studies into this behaviour would improve additive use.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2022Publisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Morris, J.D.; Daood, S.S.; Nimmo, W.;Renewable biomass fuels are frequently used for power generation. Biomass ash causes bed agglomeration in fluidized bed boilers due to the formation of alkali silicate melts. Very few prior studies have tested dolomite and kaolin bed additives for agglomeration mitigation with agricultural biomasses. In this work, pelletized miscanthus and wheat straw were tested in a pilot-scale 65kWth fluidized bed combustor with varying dosages of dolomite and kaolin on a silica sand bed. Neither additive improved defluidization time with wheat straw, whereas additive use at all dosages prevented bed defluidization with miscanthus. Agglomerates were studied through a novel, detailed SEM/EDX analysis across structural features. SEM/EDX analysis presented evidence of chemical reaction between both additives and fuels. Potassium in ash migrated into kaolin particle at depths of up to 60 μm. With dolomite, calcium and magnesium raised melt temperatures. Thermochemical modelling of the ash and additive combinations predicted that additive use would substantially reduce ash melt formation. It is proposed that the wheat straw pellet acted as a “ready-made” agglomerate structure due to release of molten ash to the pellet surface which bed material then sticks to, hence the lack of change to defluidization time regardless of additive use. Future studies into this behaviour would improve additive use.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2015 AustraliaPublisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Wang, Longyan; Tan, Andy; Gu, YuanTong; Yuan, Jianping;For wind farm optimizations with lands belonging to different owners, the traditional penalty method is highly dependent on the type of wind farm land division. The application of the traditional method can be cumbersome if the divisions are complex. To overcome this disadvantage, a new method is proposed in this paper for the first time. Unlike the penalty method which requires the addition of penalizing term when evaluating the fitness function, it is achieved through repairing the infeasible solutions before fitness evaluation. To assess the effectiveness of the proposed method on the optimization of wind farm, the optimizing results of different methods are compared for three different types of wind farm division. Different wind scenarios are also incorporated during optimization which includes (i) constant wind speed and wind direction; (ii) various wind speed and wind direction, and; (iii) the more realisticWeibull distribution. Results show that the performance of the new method varies for different land plots in the tested cases. Nevertheless, it is found that optimum or at least close to optimum results can be obtained with sequential land plot study using the new method for all cases. It is concluded that satisfactory results can be achieved using the proposed method. In addition, it has the advantage of flexibility in managing the wind farm design, which not only frees users to define the penalty parameter but without limitations on the wind farm division.
Renewable Energy arrow_drop_down Queensland University of Technology: QUT ePrintsArticle . 2015Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)add ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2015 AustraliaPublisher:Elsevier BV Authors: Wang, Longyan; Tan, Andy; Gu, YuanTong; Yuan, Jianping;For wind farm optimizations with lands belonging to different owners, the traditional penalty method is highly dependent on the type of wind farm land division. The application of the traditional method can be cumbersome if the divisions are complex. To overcome this disadvantage, a new method is proposed in this paper for the first time. Unlike the penalty method which requires the addition of penalizing term when evaluating the fitness function, it is achieved through repairing the infeasible solutions before fitness evaluation. To assess the effectiveness of the proposed method on the optimization of wind farm, the optimizing results of different methods are compared for three different types of wind farm division. Different wind scenarios are also incorporated during optimization which includes (i) constant wind speed and wind direction; (ii) various wind speed and wind direction, and; (iii) the more realisticWeibull distribution. Results show that the performance of the new method varies for different land plots in the tested cases. Nevertheless, it is found that optimum or at least close to optimum results can be obtained with sequential land plot study using the new method for all cases. It is concluded that satisfactory results can be achieved using the proposed method. In addition, it has the advantage of flexibility in managing the wind farm design, which not only frees users to define the penalty parameter but without limitations on the wind farm division.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Jinghua Yu; Qingchen Yang; Hong Ye; Yongqiang Luo; Junchao Huang; Xinhua Xu; Wenjie Gang; Jinbo Wang;Abstract Roof with outer-layer shape-stabilized phase change material (RSPCM) is a building construction that incorporates shape-stabilized phase change material (PCM) into the out layer of the roof. The decrement factor of the roof and the peak temperature of the inner surface can be greatly reduced by using the PCM in summer. CFD numerical simulation is used to investigate the thermal performance of RSPCM. The effects of the phase transition temperature, layer thickness and phase transition temperature radius of PCM are studied numerically. Results show that the suggested PCM thickness is 30 mm and the temperature radius should be as small as possible. The optimum phase transition temperatures are 31–33 °C, 34–36 °C, 36–38 °C, 34–36 °C, and 29–31 °C respectively in severe cold region, cold region, hot summer and cold winter region, hot summer and warm winter region and mild region. The decrement factors at the corresponding optimum phase transition temperature are about 0.030, which are lower than that of the roof without PCM by over 85%. The peak temperatures of the inner roof surface are all decreased by over 3.7 °C. These results can be used as a guideline for optimum design to improve the dynamic thermal performance of roof structure in summer.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2020Publisher:Elsevier BV Jinghua Yu; Qingchen Yang; Hong Ye; Yongqiang Luo; Junchao Huang; Xinhua Xu; Wenjie Gang; Jinbo Wang;Abstract Roof with outer-layer shape-stabilized phase change material (RSPCM) is a building construction that incorporates shape-stabilized phase change material (PCM) into the out layer of the roof. The decrement factor of the roof and the peak temperature of the inner surface can be greatly reduced by using the PCM in summer. CFD numerical simulation is used to investigate the thermal performance of RSPCM. The effects of the phase transition temperature, layer thickness and phase transition temperature radius of PCM are studied numerically. Results show that the suggested PCM thickness is 30 mm and the temperature radius should be as small as possible. The optimum phase transition temperatures are 31–33 °C, 34–36 °C, 36–38 °C, 34–36 °C, and 29–31 °C respectively in severe cold region, cold region, hot summer and cold winter region, hot summer and warm winter region and mild region. The decrement factors at the corresponding optimum phase transition temperature are about 0.030, which are lower than that of the roof without PCM by over 85%. The peak temperatures of the inner roof surface are all decreased by over 3.7 °C. These results can be used as a guideline for optimum design to improve the dynamic thermal performance of roof structure in summer.
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