International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering

Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015

  • Thermal Analysis for an Ultra High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor with Pebble Type Fuels

    Motoo Fumizawa, Naoya Uchiyama, Takahiro Nakayama

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 189-196
    Received: May 29, 2015
    Accepted: Jun. 12, 2015
    Published: Jul. 01, 2015
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    Abstract: This study presents a predictive thermal-hydraulic analysis with packed spheres in a nuclear gas-cooled reactor core. The predictive analysis considering the effects of high power density and the some porosity value were applied as a design condition for an Ultra High Temperature Reactor (UHTR). The thermal-hydraulic computer code was developed and... Show More
  • Municipal Solid Waste as Sustainable Energy Source for Brazil

    Fátima Aparecida de Morais Lino, Kamal Abdel Radi Ismail

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 197-204
    Received: Jun. 01, 2015
    Accepted: Jun. 12, 2015
    Published: Jul. 04, 2015
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    Abstract: Depositing municipal solid waste (MSW) in dumps has provoked serious impacts in Brazil in the last decades because of the gas and liquid effluents which contaminate the soil and underground water resources in addition to emitting greenhouse gases (GHG) to the atmosphere. To mitigate these impacts, this paper presents proposals for treatment of soli... Show More
  • Thermo-Economic Analysis of Gas Turbines Power Plants with Cooled Air Intake

    Rahim Jassim, Galal Zaki, Badr Habeebullah, Majed Alhazmy

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 205-215
    Received: May 16, 2015
    Accepted: Jul. 08, 2015
    Published: Jul. 17, 2015
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    Abstract: Gas turbine (GT) power plants operating in arid climates suffer from a decrease in power output during the hot summer months. Cooling the intake air enables the operators to mitigate this shortcoming. In this study, an energy analysis of a GT Brayton cycle coupled to a refrigeration cycle shows a promise of increasing the power output with a slight... Show More
  • Optimum Design of Penstock for Hydro Projects

    Singhal M. K., Arun Kumar

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 216-226
    Received: Jun. 01, 2015
    Accepted: Jul. 11, 2015
    Published: Jul. 29, 2015
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    Abstract: Penstock, a closed conduit, is an important component of hydropower projects. Various methods are available for optimum design of penstock. These methods are either based on empirical relations or derived analytically by optimizing the friction loss in the penstock. These formulae produce different values of penstock diameter for same site. In this... Show More
  • Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Tilt Angle on the Dust Photovoltaic Module

    Tariku Negash, Tassew Tadiwose

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 227-231
    Received: Apr. 02, 2015
    Accepted: May 04, 2015
    Published: Aug. 01, 2015
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    Abstract: This research paper investigate the effect of tilt angle on the accumulation of dust PV module on energy production and presents a module for predicting soiling losses for eight different tilt angle (00, 50,11.60,150,21.50,250,300 and 350) including the latitude of Bahir Dar city (11.60) and 21.50tilt angle of 10Kw hybrid solar power plant PV modul... Show More
  • A Review of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) Algorithms for Optimal Distributed Generation Placement

    Musa H., Ibrahim S. B.

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 232-239
    Received: Jun. 25, 2015
    Accepted: Jul. 01, 2015
    Published: Aug. 06, 2015
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    Abstract: Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) has became one of the most popular optimization methods in the domain of Swarm Intelligence. Many PSO algorithms have been proposed for distributed generations (DGs) deployed into grids for quality power delivery and reliability to consumers. These can only be achieved by placing the DG units at optimal locations. ... Show More