Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies Volume 2 Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies Series

Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies is a comprehensive reference covering critical research, laboratory and industry developments on renewable energy technological, production, conversion, storage, and management, including solar energy systems (thermal and photovoltaic), wind energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, bioenergy and hydrogen production, and large-scale development of renewable energy technologies and their impact on the global economy and power capacity. Technological advancements include resources assessment and deployment, materials performance improvement, system optimization and sizing, instrumentation and control, modeling and simulation, regulations, and policies.

Each modular chapter examines recent advances in specific renewable energy systems, providing theoretical and applied aspects of system optimization, control and management and supports them with global case studies demonstrating practical applications and economical and environmental aspects through life cycle analysis.

The book is of interest to engineering graduates, researchers, professors and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector and advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production and sustainability.

Solar Thermal Energy
1. Estimation of solar radiation and optimum tilt angles for south-facing surfaces in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) : A case Study using PVGIS and PVWatts
Adel Juaidi, Ramez Abdallah, Tareq Salameh,, Hüseyin Çamur, Youssef Kassem, Samer Abdala and Mejdi Jeguirim
Solar Photovoltaic Energy
2. Comparative study between metaheuristic methods for photovoltaic MPPT control
Mahmoud Hamouda, Manel Merchaoui, Anis Sakly and Mohamed Faouzi Mimouni
Bioenergy Production
3. Advanced Bioethanol production from biowaste streams
Konstantinos Moustakas
4. Recent Progress in Geothermal heat pumps Dr Maryam Karami
Maryam Karami, Shahram Delfani and Jafar Esmaeelian
Hydrogen Production
5. Catalytic reforming: a sustainable technology for hydrogen production Prof Madona Labaki
Madona LABAKI
Wind Energy
6. Development of a Small-scale Wind Turbine Emulator controlled through FPGA: Modeling, Analysis and Design
Intissar MOUSSA and Adel KHEDHER
Geothermal Energy
7. Recent progress in thermal plasma gasification of liquid and solid wastes
Andrius Tamosiunas
Hydropower
8. Pumped Hydro Storage for Microgrid Applications
Razzaqul Ahshan
Fuel Cell
9. Perovskite-structured cobalt-free cathode materials for solid oxide fuel cells
K Singh
Smart Grids
10. Smart grids in Russia: current status, barriers, and prospects for development
Svetlana Ratner
11. Power Electronics Technologies for Renewable Energy Sources
Vitor Monteiro Sr., Joao L. Afonso, Sérgio Coelho and Joao Machado

Dr. Mejdi Jeguirim is a Professor at the University of Haute Alsace, France, in the field of energy, process engineering, and kinetics modelling. He has co-authored more than 150 referred international journal papers in his research field and is a member of the editorial boards for the international journals Energy, Energies, Energy for Sustainable Development, Biofuels, and the International Journal of Green Energy. He is involved as a scientific expert for over 50 international scientific journals, as well as for several national and international research programs. Prof. Jeguirim received the French National Research Excellence Award for researchers with high level scientific activity for 2009-2012, 2013-2016, and 2017-2020. Recently, he entered the World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking established by Stanford University.