Energy and Sustainability

Contents Section 1: Energy policies The relationship between energy policies and quality of life in Russia; A risk-oriented approach to capital management at a power generation company in Russia; A framework to evaluate the energy efficiency potential of Kuwaiti homes; The residential built heritage of Algiers and its energy behaviour: case study of the building number 3 flats of the Aero-habitat district; Green growth: a game changer ushering in the death of the internal combustion engine?; Assessing leadership and employee safety participation in managing health and safety: a case study of K-Refinery and Petrochemical Companies (K-RPC) Section 2: Renewable energy resources Simplified actor analysis for a case of developing renewable energy; Simulation-based method to evaluate a PV/wind hybrid renewable energy system in Terengganu; Modelling and design analyses of a piezoelectric cymbal transducer (PCT) structure for energy harvesting application; Estimation of power generation in a thermal oil heater by a new material based thermoelectric generator; Potential of palm biomass as renewable energy source from data analysis of Sua Manggis palm oil mill in Linggi, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia; Mixed transition metal oxides for efficient electrochemical splitting of water to hydrogen and oxygen Section 3: Sustainable energy production The environmental and economic aspects of a biogas power plant; A renewable heat solution for water ingress in the Glasgow subway tunnel system; Efficiency improvement of steam power plants in Kuwait; From a forecasting methodology for the electric energy consumption of mono-towns to its sustainability; Utilization of solar energy potential on roofs: building extraction from the LiDAR database in a Hungarian sample area; The design of an appropriate geothermal energy system; Experimental and numerical study on ground material absorptivity for solar chimney power applications; Perceived factors that influence energy consumption; An experimental device designed to obtain repeatable condensation peaks in a closed system Section 4: Environmental risk management Characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in suspended fine particulate matter emitted from rice husk burning under different combustion temperature conditions; Potential of the compact extended aeration reactor (CEAR) as an integrated system to biologically degrade municipal sewage according to Malaysian regulatory limits: design, process and performance; Microwave incinerated sugarcane bagasse ash (MISCBA) as a low cost adsorbent for the removal of zinc in aqueous solution; The potential for using a coconut shell catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx gases; Qualitative Risk Management Framework to evaluate environmental risk events in infrastructure projects in developing countries; Anthropogenic entropy acceleration and its relationship to Shannon information in the context of socioeconomics; Heat exchange and NOX reduction in the 350 MW steam generator; Environmental issues caused by the increasing number of vehicles in Iraq; Effect of crude oil products on the geotechnical properties of soil; Inserting the environmental culture as a specific element within EMS in oil and gas industry operations Section 5: Green buildings Sustainable space optimization and function versatility through mass displacement; Impact of the envelope design of residential buildings on their acclimation energy demand, CO2 emissions and energy rating; Sustainable timber use in residential construction: perception versus reality; Rooftop garden development in Iskandar, Malaysia: growth and perception; Sustainability in waterfront development in Malaysia: barriers to achieving best practices of waterfront development; Environmental preservation based on an inorganic coating Section 6: Energy storage A proposed Australian transition to an anhydrous ammonia fuel transport economy to replace liquid petroleum fuels; Study of ternary metal oxides as supercapacitor electrodes; Analysis and optimization of temperature stratification in a thermal energy storage tank; Thermal capacitors made from Miscibility Gap Alloys (MGAs) Section 7: Biofuels (solid, liquid, gas) Synthesis of novel catalysts for hydrodeoxygenation of bio-oil: guaiacol as a model component; Mathematical analysis of a kinetic model for enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis; Co-liquefaction of rubber seed and low rank coal: effect of weight ratio and temperature; Study of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) on the quality of cow dung biogas Section 8: Processing of oil and gas Increasing the selectivity of the hydrocarbon feedstock pyrolysis; Acceleration of boiling in the desired conditions: application of its effect in the refinery and petrochemical industries Section 9: Drilling and well design Enhanced oil recovery by CO2 injection in carbonate reservoirs; RIH intermediate section casing in Bazian-1 exploration oil well; Using energy substances as a way to enhance oil recovery; Pore, abnormal formation and fracture pressure prediction; Rheological study of the effect of calcium surface-modified bentonite on an oil-based drilling fluid Section 10: CO2 capture and management Dry reforming of methane under an electro-catalytic bed: effect of electrical current and catalyst composition; Capillary pressure and buoyancy effects in the CO2/brine flow system; Experimental study of carbon dioxide separation with nanoporous ceramic membranes; The rate-based modelling of CO2 removal from the flue gases of power plants Section 11: Pipelines Novel quantum NMR magnetometer non-contact defectoscopy and monitoring technique for the safe exploitation of gas pipelines; Magnetic characterization techniques for monitoring gas pipelines under severe loading; Complex reagents for the removal and inhibition of paraffin deposition for highly paraffinic oil production and transportation Section 12: Energy efficiency Sustaining thermal power plant production in low water supply regions using cooling towers; Signal settings design problem with an analytical approach: application in an urban area; The results of the implementation of SAS technology for the renovation and life extension of district heating systems; The prospects of the use of thin-film heat-insulation coatings for the protection of the pipelines of heating systems and power equipment; The turbulence effect on a lean premixed methane-air flame in a Bunsen burner; The possibilities of the application of ion-plasma technologies to improve the wear resistance of the functional surfaces of power equipment elements; Analysis of energy efficiency improvement and climate change mitigation policy in Lithuania; Identification of a canonical configuration for a quantitative analysis of transport phenomena in electric machines based on entropy generation; Characterization of the specific energy consumption of electricity in the Portuguese sausage industry Section 13: Energy from waste Global initiatives in waste gasification; Capabilities, difficulties and obstacles for 'energy recovery from MSW' as a sustainable option for waste management in Iran; Gasification of SRF in a GazEla fixed bed reactor; Substitution of fossil fuel by industrial waste in clinker kilns; A choice experiment study on the fuel preference of Kibera slum households in Kenya; Waste as a source for district heat production and greenhouse gas reduction: a case study Section 14: Energy and transportation LNG as fuel: demand opportunities and supply challenges in Austria; Coal liquefaction using a tetralin-glycerol co-solvent system: effect of temperature and reaction time on conversion and product yield; Reducing the negative impact of motor transport on the environment: prospects for the use of fiscal instruments in Russia; The terminal cycle time in road-rail combined transport; LNG as an alternative fuel: the steps towards European implementation