Original research article
Renewable energy sources are fast emerging as more reliable supplement of conventional energy sources. Among the various renewable sources, solar energy is most sought after in today’s world. Solar PV modules ...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2017 4:5
Published on: 14 August 2017
Original research article
The study focuses on the evaluation of global solar radiation on a horizontal level. The estimate of the solar layer was made on the basis of mathematical model obtained from the relations of Angstrom–Prescott...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2017 4:4
Published on: 7 August 2017
Original research article
Supply of additional power generation by wind system to increase total power generation is increasing exponentially and globally to meet the challenge of surplus power demand. This total power generation shoul...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2017 4:2
Published on: 7 March 2017
Original research article
Distributed generator (DG) resources are small scale electric power generating plants that can provide power to homes, businesses or industrial facilities in distribution systems. Power loss reductions, volta...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2017 4:3
Published on: 7 March 2017
Review
Pure and fresh water is being scarce day by day. Although Bangladesh is a riverine country, pure drinking potable water is not a cheap commodity. Most of the people in the cities boil water to drink, and peopl...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2017 4:1
Published on: 15 February 2017
Original research article
A life cycle assessment (LCA) was carried out on three separate drinking water production options—a groundwater treatment plant (GWTP), surface water treatment plant and seawater desalination plant (electrodia...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:14
Published on: 8 September 2016
Original research article
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:13
Published on: 12 August 2016
Design and simulation study
The thermochemical system using ammonia as energy storage carrier is investigated in this study. A mathematical model was developed to predict the behavior of both reactors in the ammonia-based closed-loop sys...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:12
Published on: 29 June 2016
Review
Wind energy is one of the most cost-effective forms of renewable energy source with significant increment in yearly installed capacities all around the world. In this study, three commercial wind turbines, na...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:10
Published on: 17 March 2016
Original research article
Power generation quantity from wind sector is increasing at much faster rate day by day in the scenario of power systems, which obviously needs reliable operation. Therefore, accurate monitoring and error dia...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:9
Published on: 16 March 2016
Original research article
Energy is the greatest challenge facing the environment. Energy efficiency can be improved by energy storage by management of distribution networks, thereby reducing cost and improving energy usage efficiency....
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:8
Published on: 16 March 2016
Original research article
In this study, an analysis of the monthly mean values of the fraction of the sky covered by clouds (C) of all types and the duration of bright sunshine hours (S) and global solar radiation on the horizontal surfa...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:11
Published on: 15 March 2016
Original Research Article
In this study, several regression models were employed to estimate global solar radiation from commonly available meteorological data such as sunshine duration, temperature, precipitation, and cloud cover for ...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:6
Published on: 25 February 2016
Original research article
Proportional integral derivative controllers are widely used in industrial processes because of their simplicity and effectiveness for linear and nonlinear systems. The fuzzy controller is the most suitable fo...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:7
Published on: 25 February 2016
Original Research Article
There are numerous maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms for improving the energy efficiency of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. The main differences between these algorithms are digital or analog imp...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:3
Published on: 18 February 2016
Original research article
The fresh water needs of mankind in regions under severe stress due to scarcity of water and energy can be satisfied if saline water which is available is converted to potable water by solar desalination. Bes...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:4
Published on: 18 February 2016
Original research article
Flat plate-type solar water distillation (FPSWD) is having importance for providing hot water and drinking water simultaneously to households in rural areas or small community/hotels. It utilizes solar radia...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:5
Published on: 18 February 2016
Design and simulation study
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the overall effectiveness of a small-scale, low cost, versatile solar concentrator suitable for the needs of single individuals. The system consisted of a spot-type fr...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:2
Published on: 26 January 2016
Original Research Article
Wind power is a cost-effective renewable source and can be smoothly integrated into power grid by incorporating adequate control strategies. The wind turbine prime mover, wind, is uncontrollable which makes it...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2016 3:1
Published on: 4 January 2016
Original research
Jordan lies in high solar insolation band and the vast solar potential can be exploited to convert saline water to potable water. The most economical and easy way to accomplish this objective is using solar s...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2015 2:19
Published on: 26 November 2015
Original research
Climate change can be considered to be the greatest environmental challenge our world is facing today. Along with the need to ensure long-term assurance of energy supply, it imposes an obligation on all of us...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2015 2:18
Published on: 12 November 2015
Review
The simplest and easily accessible type of solar distillation is passive solar still which utilizes freely and abundantly available sun energy for removal of salinity/impurity from saline/brackish water. The m...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2015 2:17
Published on: 11 November 2015
Policy Issue
A national subsidy program is one of the key elements for translating customer choice into a larger market share for renewable energies. Since solar water heaters (SWHs) are a cost-effective and mature technol...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2015 2:8
Published on: 9 November 2015
Original research
Standard photovoltaic solar cells (PV cells) use only about half of the light spectrum provided by the sun. The infrared part is not utilized to produce electricity. Instead, the infrared light heats up the PV...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2015 2:16
Published on: 4 November 2015
Original Research
Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) was fabricated using nanosize of the dye sensitizer (Alizarin Yellow, AY) that was prepared by ball milling. The particle size and the composition of nano-Alizarin Yellow (nAY...
Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar 2015 2:15
Published on: 4 November 2015
