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Numerical and experimental analysis of municipal solid wastes gasification process
(Elsevier, 2015)
As the quantity of municipal solid waste (MSW) increases with economic growth, problems arise in regard to sustainable management solutions. Thermal treatment presents a valid option for reducing the amounts of post-recycling ...
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A new model of the carbonator reactor in the Calcium Looping technology for post-combustion CO2 capture
(Elsevier, 2015)
The Ca-Looping (CaL) process is considered as a promising technology for CO2 post-combustion capture in power generation plants yielding a minor penalty on plant performance as compared with other capture technologies ...
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Carbon capture and utilization for sodium bicarbonate production assisted by solar thermal power
(Elsevier Ltd, 2017)
In this paper, a novel carbon capture and utilization process is proposed. It is based on using a fraction of the captured carbon dioxide to produce sodium bicarbonate, a widely used product in the chemical and food ...
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Biomass universal district heating systems
(Web of conferences, 2017)
In mild climate regions Directive 27/2012 EU application for developing sustainable district heating networks in consolidated urban nucleus is a challenge. In Spain most of the municipalities above 5,000 inhabitants have ...
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Natural ventilation systems to enhance sustainability in buildings: a review towards zero energy buildings in schools
(Web of conferences, 2017)
European regulations set the condition of Zero Energy Buildings for new buildings since 2020, with an intermediate milestone in 2018 for public buildings, in order to control greenhouse gases emissions control and climate ...
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Power cycles integration in concentrated solar power plants with energy storage based on calcium looping
(Elsevier Ltd, 2017)
Efficient, low-cost and environmentally friendly storage of thermal energy stands as a main challenge for large scale deployment of solar energy. This work explores the integration into concentrated solar power plants of ...
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Thermochemical energy storage of concentrated solar power by Integration of the calcium looping process and a CO2 power cycle
(Elsevier, 2016)
Energy storage is the main challenge for a deep penetration of renewable energies into the grid to overcome their intrinsic variability. Thus, the commercial expansion of renewable energy, particularly wind and solar, ...
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Optimizing the CSP-Calcium Looping integration for Thermochemical Energy Storage
(Elsevier Ltd, 2017)
Thermochemical energy storage (TCES) is considered a promising technology to overcome the issues of intermittent energy generation in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants and couple them with yearly electricity demand. ...
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Potential of ORC Systems to Retrofit CHP Plants in Wastewater Treatment Stations
(International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2013)
Wastewater treatment stations take advantage of the biogas produced from sludge in anaerobic digesters to generate electricity (reciprocating gas engines) and heat (cooling water and engine exhaust gases). A fraction of ...
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Advances in thermal energy storage materials and their applications towards zero energy buildings: A critical review
(Elsevier BV, 2017)
Buildings are responsible for one-third of the world's energy consumption, of which 60% is due to heating and cooling. To accomplish the low-carbon energy goal in the building sector, thermal energy storage offers a number ...