Assessment of Rooftop Solar Power potential in Rural Areas using UAV Photogrammetry and GIS

Amin Baghani

Volume 4, Issue 2 , July 2023, , Pages 251-258

https://doi.org/10.22044/rera.2023.12555.1192

Abstract
  In recent years, the growing demand for energy and environmental requirements has focused much attention on solar energy as a renewable source. The building rooftops are the most suitable places for installing photovoltaic panels in urban and rural areas. In large districts, accurate estimation of radiation ...  Read More

Transformation of Generated Electricity by Renewable Energies to Grid
Reliability Modeling of Different Types of Electric Vehicles in Renewable Applications

A. Ghaedi; M. Mahmoudian; R. Sedaghati

Volume 3, Issue 2 , July 2022, , Pages 255-266

https://doi.org/10.22044/rera.2022.11711.1103

Abstract
  The widespread growing of electric vehicles (EVs) in distribution networks could be a variety of challenges and opportunities for the electricity network. This issue is important because the owners of electric vehicles are trying to maximize their profits, which in turn can cause many problems such as ...  Read More

Comparison of BEM and FVM Approaches for Analysis of an Offshore Wind Turbine Installed on TLP in Caspian Sea

S.E. Kashfi; A. Ebrahimi; S. Kazemi

Volume 4, Issue 2 , July 2023, , Pages 259-267

https://doi.org/10.22044/rera.2023.12492.1187

Abstract
  Compliant offshore tension leg platforms (TLP) are adaptive platforms with a vertical mooring system. These types of platforms are usually used in deep water. Adding sufficient initial tension to the mooring, the vertical movements of the structure will be reduced. Tendons, body, and deck are different ...  Read More

Desalinations Systems with Renewable Energies
Simulation of a Low-capacity Solar MSF Desalination Unit for a Steam Power Plant by Thermoflow Software

Neda Mehtari; Mostafa Kahani; Mohammad Zamen

Volume 5, Issue 2 , July 2024, , Pages 259-268

https://doi.org/10.22044/rera.2023.13347.1231

Abstract
  The current research focuses on the utilization of three waste water streams from a power plant located in southwestern Iran for desalination purposes and to prevent the waste of heat from the boiler blowdown stream while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by preheating the cooling water. Three different ...  Read More

Energy Policy
COVID-19 and Renewable Energy: Need for a Comprehensive Review

M. Shiri Dezaki; Z. Zandian Sefiddashti; M. Jahangiri; A. Haghani; A. Tahmasebi

Volume 3, Issue 2 , July 2022, , Pages 267-276

https://doi.org/10.22044/rera.2022.11394.1091

Abstract
  The outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in late 2019 and its eventual transformation into a global pandemic caused a shock wave across countries. The renewable energy (RE) sector, which has always been one of the leading areas for promoting environmental sustainability, has not been spared from ...  Read More

Fault Diagnosis in Photovoltaic Modules using a Straightforward Voltage-Current Characteristics Evaluation

A. Zare; M. Simab; M. Nafar

Volume 4, Issue 2 , July 2023, , Pages 269-279

https://doi.org/10.22044/rera.2022.11728.1105

Abstract
  Due to the growing demand in the electricity sector and the shift to the operation of renewable sources, the use of solar arrays has been at the forefront of consumers' interests. In the meantime, since the production capacity of each solar cell is limited, in order to increase the production capacity ...  Read More

Biomass Energy Sources
Predicting Performance Characteristics of an Engine Fueled by Algal Biodiesel-Diesel using Response Surface Methodology

Mohammad Khoobbakht; Mohsen Soleymani; Kamran Kheiralipour; Mahmoud Karimi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , July 2024, , Pages 269-279

https://doi.org/10.22044/rera.2023.13512.1244

Abstract
  The effect of biodiesel percentage in biodiesel-diesel blends on the engine under different engine operation conditions must be predicted to achieve high performance. The goal of the present paper was to model brake power, brake torque, thermal efficiency, and specific fuel consumption of a diesel engine ...  Read More

Solar Thermal Engineering
An experimental study to evaluate the performance of an HDH water desalination system with a thermoelectric condenser

Mahdi Rezaei Rad; Rouzbeh Shafaghat; Amirhossein Aghajani afghan; Behrad Alizadeh Kharkeshi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 11 March 2023

https://doi.org/10.22044/rera.2023.12548.1191

Abstract
  This experimental study introduces a solar humidifier-dehumidifier desalination model as a type of open-air-open water (OAOW) system; also, a new condenser with thermoelectric modules is applied in the dehumidifier unit. The experimental tests were done by considering climate conditions in the north ...  Read More

Performance assessment and supply energy planning in Iranian wind power plants

Mojtaba Ghiyasi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 14 March 2023

https://doi.org/10.22044/rera.2023.12417.1181

Abstract
  Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a mathematical programming approach for the performance basement of the production units from a production economic view. In this paper, we analyze the performance of Iranian wind power plants (IWPP) using DEA. In the second phase of the study, we utilize the inverse ...  Read More

Tide, Wave and Hydro Power
Performance evaluation of a hybrid system of dhow ship and wave energy converter for power generation

Hosein Jokar; Abuzar Abazari; Reza Dorostkar

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 10 June 2024

https://doi.org/10.22044/rera.2024.13737.1264

Abstract
  One of the main needs for dhow vessels is fuel for diesel generators that generate electricity, which in turn is used in refrigerators and electronic devices. Concerning the development of new devices for electricity generation such as point absorber wave energy converters, in the present research for ...  Read More