EnergyPub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.136204
Haotong Wang , Jianxin Shi , Chaojing Lin , Xinmeng Liu , Guolong Li , Shengdi Sun , Xin Zhou , Yanjun Li
{"title":"Nuclear power systems unsupervised anomaly localization considering spatiotemporal information and influence mechanism between devices","authors":"Haotong Wang , Jianxin Shi , Chaojing Lin , Xinmeng Liu , Guolong Li , Shengdi Sun , Xin Zhou , Yanjun Li","doi":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136204","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136204","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The anomaly detection and localization methods based on unsupervised clustering models are more suitable for nuclear power systems operation monitoring than supervised classification models, especially in the absence of anomalies and faults training data in reality. However, existing anomaly localization methods ignore the mutual influences' differences between devices, and the effects of thermal and volumetric inertia. A novel unsupervised anomaly localization method for nuclear power systems is proposed to address these problems. The Devices Influence Relationship Directed Matrix is constructed based on Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average model and thermal-hydraulic mechanism to quantify the influence degrees between devices; The Spatiotemporal Graph Convolutional Networks are combined with the Auto-Encoder to extract parameters' spatiotemporal information and reconstruct systems operation data; Finally, anomalies are located based on the parameters' data reconstruction error trends. The novel method's effectiveness was validated based on two nuclear power systems anomalies datasets. The results show that compared to other state-of-the-art methods, the novel method has accuracy rates that are approximately 5 % higher for anomaly detection and 7.5 % higher for anomaly localization, respectively, and can alert three time steps in advance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11647,"journal":{"name":"Energy","volume":"325 ","pages":"Article 136204"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143844077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EnergyPub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.136212
Lixing Zheng , Yongqiang Li , Yixiong Mao , Xiaojun Xue , Gang Xu , Xiao Lin
{"title":"Thermodynamic and economic analyses of a novel liquid carbon dioxide energy storage system incorporated with a coal-fired power plant","authors":"Lixing Zheng , Yongqiang Li , Yixiong Mao , Xiaojun Xue , Gang Xu , Xiao Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136212","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136212","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Liquid carbon dioxide energy storage (LCES) system is a promising technology for large-scale energy storage due to its small footprint and flexible operation, but is limited by low cycle efficiency. In order to effectively improve the efficiency of the LCES system, this paper proposes a design of integrating the system with a coal-fired power plant (CFPP). Based on the principle of energy cascade utilization, the condensate of CFPP directly recover the heat of compression in LCES system, whereas the condensate and feedwater of CFPP provide preheating when high-pressure CO<sub>2</sub> is introduced to the turbine input. The system performance is evaluated through energy, exergy, economic, and environmental (4E) analyses. According to the results, LCES system has a round-trip efficiency of 60.65 %, with an increase of 2.48 %, an exergy efficiency of 76.56 %, and an energy storage density of 16.38 kWh/m<sup>3</sup>. Furthermore, LCES system reveals a dynamic payback period of 6.71 years and a net present value of 10,403 k$. In a cycle process, the emission of CO<sub>2</sub> and SO<sub>2</sub> reduce by 183 ton and 4.97 ton. In addition, a sensitivity analysis is conducted to analyze the influence of the main parameters on the performance of the system.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11647,"journal":{"name":"Energy","volume":"325 ","pages":"Article 136212"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143848473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A high-performance dynamic thermal regulator based on the phase-switchable In3SbTe2","authors":"Kaihua Zhang , Longtian Xie , Zhiying Chen , Hao Chen , Cunhai Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136227","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136227","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Dynamic thermal regulation is a technology that leverages tunable regulators to achieve thermal management, exhibiting great potential to mitigate global energy issues. The regulators can achieve optical property transitions in response to external stimuli, such as temperature or mechanical regulation, thereby enabling passive or active thermal regulation and management. However, achieving flexible and quick dynamic thermal regulation in humid and hot environmental conditions is still challenging. Here, we propose a dynamic thermal regulator (DTR) based on the phase transition of In<sub>3</sub>SbTe<sub>2</sub> (IST) which can achieve flexible and fast active regulation by voltage application for adaptive radiative heat management. Benefiting from the phase switch of the IST layer, the proposed DTR achieves a tunable thermal emittance within the atmospheric transparency window, ranging from 0.16 to 0.8. Thermal analysis reveals that the DTR maintains an average surface temperature of 8.11 K below ambient in hot conditions. This cooling effect is suppressed in cold conditions to insulate the heat. As a result, the proposed DTR can save more than 18 kWh·m<sup>−2</sup>·year<sup>−1</sup>·in the world's major cities. This high-performance DTR design sets the stage for more long-lasting building energy systems and offers prospective solutions for energy savings across various climates.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11647,"journal":{"name":"Energy","volume":"325 ","pages":"Article 136227"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143850223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EnergyPub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.136230
Ishant Sharma , Prateek Bansal , Rubal Dua
{"title":"Breaking down barriers: Emerging issues on the pathway to full-scale electrification of the light-duty vehicle sector","authors":"Ishant Sharma , Prateek Bansal , Rubal Dua","doi":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136230","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136230","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A key pathway to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the light-duty vehicle (LDV) sector is the complete transition to electric vehicles (EV). However, the EV transition is facing new economic, technological, and infrastructure challenges, leading some EV owners to revert to internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). In this direction, we assess emerging barriers in fully electrifying the LDV sector. We utilize interpretive structural modeling, and cross-impact matrix multiplication on inputs from an expert survey to evaluate the hierarchies between identified barriers. The findings suggest that charging inconvenience, uncertainties about EV upfront prices, operational cost savings, and shifts in policy away from fully banning sales of new ICEVs are among the top ‘linkage’ barriers. They directly impact other ‘dependent’ barriers, such as the EV ownership discontinuance. Experts also rated supply constraints in the critical metals market and the potential for an oligopoly in the international battery materials market as significant ‘independent’ barriers that influence both the ‘linkage’ and ‘dependent’ barriers. Building on these findings, we provide key takeaways for policy and industry discussions by examining how the most impactful ‘linkage’ barriers to full electrification in the LDV sector are playing out across different regions and how various stakeholders are responding.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11647,"journal":{"name":"Energy","volume":"326 ","pages":"Article 136230"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143881316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EnergyPub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.136178
Pengcheng Cai , Chuanbo Wen , Baosen Cao , Jinpeng Qiao
{"title":"A Wasserstein metric distributionally robust chance-constrained peer aggregation energy sharing mechanism for hydrogen-based microgrids considering low-carbon drivers","authors":"Pengcheng Cai , Chuanbo Wen , Baosen Cao , Jinpeng Qiao","doi":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136178","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136178","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hydrogen-based multi-energy microgrids (H-MEMGs), serving as integrated energy systems incorporating hydrogen, electricity, thermal, and cooling energy, have emerged as pivotal infrastructures for accelerating energy transition and achieving carbon neutrality. This study proposes a novel low-carbon driven energy sharing framework with adaptive pricing mechanisms to address the critical need for balancing economic viability and environmental sustainability. The proposed framework establishes three key contributions: 1) A non-cooperative game-theoretic foundation enabling peer-to-peer energy transactions with carbon-embedded pricing signals, 2) A privacy-preserving coordination mechanism through a virtual energy sharing center that facilitates iterative information exchange while protecting sensitive operational data, and 3) A data-driven distributionally robust optimization model employing Wasserstein metrics and conditional value-at-risk techniques to manage renewable energy uncertainties. To ensure computational efficiency and data security, we develop a distributed algorithm based on Brouwer's fixed-point theorem that enables decentralized decision-making without compromising individual microgrid's privacy. Simulation results highlight three key advantages: a 5.04 % reduction in carbon intensity relative to conventional pricing schemes, and 6.43 % cost savings via dynamic price-responsive coordination, the data-driven distributionally robust chance-constrained (DRCC) method exhibits outstanding out-of-sample performance and strong adaptability to uncertainty. The proposed methodology provides a scalable solution for coordinating interconnected microgrids in low-carbon energy ecosystems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11647,"journal":{"name":"Energy","volume":"325 ","pages":"Article 136178"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143848405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EnergyPub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.136190
Josef Steinegger, Stefan Stering, Thomas Kienberger
{"title":"Economic feasibility of supra-regional district heating networks: Addressing technical and economic considerations","authors":"Josef Steinegger, Stefan Stering, Thomas Kienberger","doi":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136190","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136190","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Various models exist for pricing heat in district heating networks, with most assuming that the heat supplier holds a natural monopoly position within the network. However, a supra-regional district heating network can break this natural monopoly, creating a new market with multiple heat suppliers. Operation strategies and thus pricing models for such structures are rare, often failing to reimburse the full costs incurred by heat suppliers and lacking sufficient control strategies. This paper introduces a novel heat pricing model in combination with an operation strategy that addresses all key aspects of operating these networks by implementing a merit-order bid price system based on levelized costs of heat, with caps and floors. In addition, it provides an analysis of these structures by applying the operational strategy and the novel pricing model to a case study. The results demonstrate that a supra-regional district heating network can be economically and technically integrated into the examined area without any limitations in temperature levels. This integration leads to reduced heat costs for some customers compared to scenarios without this network. Moreover, industrial waste heat suppliers and biomass plants experience a notable increase in their full-load hours.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11647,"journal":{"name":"Energy","volume":"326 ","pages":"Article 136190"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143874974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EnergyPub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.136231
Lingsi Kong , Yan Bai , Jiajia Shao , Jialin Liu , Xue Bai
{"title":"Influencing factors and energy-saving effects of China's trade-in of consumer goods: A case study of air conditioners based on questionnaire survey","authors":"Lingsi Kong , Yan Bai , Jiajia Shao , Jialin Liu , Xue Bai","doi":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136231","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136231","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In 2024, the Chinese government initiated a policy aiming to facilitate the trade-ins of consumer goods, with a particular emphasis on improving the energy efficiency of household appliances. Against this backdrop, large-scale questionnaire surveys were employed in this study to analyze the factors that influence Chinese residents' usage and purchase behaviors regarding air conditioners (ACs) and evaluate the energy-saving effects associated with the trade-in deal. The findings revealed that brand is the paramount consideration for residents purchasing ACs, with the majority willing-to-pay up to 10 % more for a relatively energy-efficient AC. Regarding AC usage, variations in temperature settings and operation duration led to considerable disparities in energy-saving effects across regions. Specifically, the trade-in of each grade 1 AC in the southeastern region was estimated to achieve an annual electricity saving of 43.5 kWh, compared to 11.5 kWh in the northeastern region. Moreover, a critical finding is that while the trade-in policy could theoretically lead to an annual electricity saving of 4.85 billion kWh for China, the rebound effect could reduce this figure to 790 million kWh. Therefore, in this study, policy implications for the ‘Upgrades and Trade-ins' policy are proposed to strengthen the country's energy conservation goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11647,"journal":{"name":"Energy","volume":"326 ","pages":"Article 136231"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143869330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EnergyPub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.136205
Boqun Zhang , Yuanfeng Wang , Lei Pan , Xiaohui Guo , Yinshan Liu , Chengcheng Shi , Shaoqin Xue , Liping Wang , Xinlei Chang , Lei Fan
{"title":"Net zero carbon park planning framework: Methodology, application, and economic feasibility analysis","authors":"Boqun Zhang , Yuanfeng Wang , Lei Pan , Xiaohui Guo , Yinshan Liu , Chengcheng Shi , Shaoqin Xue , Liping Wang , Xinlei Chang , Lei Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136205","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136205","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As concentrated areas of population and industry, various types of parks, are characterized by high energy consumption and significant carbon emissions. Against the backdrop of global efforts to combat climate change and China's carbon neutrality goal, exploring the transition to zero-carbon parks is an urgent necessity. This study proposes a comprehensive framework and steps for achieving net-zero carbon emissions in parks. The framework is applied in a comprehensive park in Tianjin, China, named Da Qiuzhuang Park (DQZ-P). Three planning methods for the park are adopted, with detailed analyses of each method's energy demand and supply inventory, carbon emissions, and negative emission strategies. Furthermore, the effects of carbon reduction and economic evaluations of these plans are discussed. The results indicate that the established zero-carbon park framework can achieve the carbon neutrality target and net-zero carbon emissions during the operational phase of the case study park while also generating economic benefits. This study provides valuable references for the zero-carbon transition of various types of parks and contributes to promoting sustainable development in related fields.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11647,"journal":{"name":"Energy","volume":"325 ","pages":"Article 136205"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143843913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EnergyPub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.136207
Xingcheng Gan, Yuanhui Xu, Ji Pei, Wenjie Wang, Shouqi Yuan
{"title":"Approaching a modified adaptive swarm intelligence to energy efficiency enhancement of an inline pump","authors":"Xingcheng Gan, Yuanhui Xu, Ji Pei, Wenjie Wang, Shouqi Yuan","doi":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136207","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136207","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pumps, as widely used general-purpose machinery, consume significant amounts of energy, making improvements in their operational efficiency and stability critically important. However, current mainstream intelligent optimization methods are limited by prediction accuracy and algorithm performance. This study proposes an adaptive improved particle swarm optimization algorithm with rapid convergence capabilities, integrating population classification, adaptive acceleration strategies, and self-learning mechanisms. Combined with computational fluid dynamics, the algorithm was applied to directly optimize a vertical inline pump with a specific speed of 107. The study performed statistical correlation analysis on 4000 design samples generated during the optimization process and utilized flow field loss visualization techniques to explore the causes of performance improvements. The results indicate that the proposed improved algorithm achieved approximately a 6 % performance improvement within 25 iterations and stabilized within 85 iterations. Experimental validation confirmed the enhanced performance of the optimized model, with a 10.71 % increase in nominal efficiency, a 5.09 % increase in head, and an improvement in Minimum Efficiency Index (MEI) from 0.39 to 1.09, indicating significant expansion of the high-efficiency operational range. The method proposed in this study significantly improves the optimization efficiency and accuracy for multi-parameter centrifugal pumps, providing theoretical support and technical solutions for high-efficiency and high-stability hydraulic designs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11647,"journal":{"name":"Energy","volume":"325 ","pages":"Article 136207"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143848407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EnergyPub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.136165
Peiyu Xu, Zonglin Li, Xiaoxiao Xu, Peng Mao
{"title":"Spatiotemporal dynamics panorama of operational energy consumption and carbon emissions in bamboo buildings: A sample of 275 cities in China","authors":"Peiyu Xu, Zonglin Li, Xiaoxiao Xu, Peng Mao","doi":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136165","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.energy.2025.136165","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Energy saving and decarbonization in the operational phase of buildings have become imperative. Bamboo buildings, due to its sustainability, have been commonly recommended as green buildings and sustainable development goals. However, the social discussion on the operational energy consumption and carbon emissions of bamboo buildings remains an unresolved research gap. Therefore, this research utilizes an energy simulation engine and selects samples of 275 cities in China to reveal the spatiotemporal dynamics panorama of operational energy consumption and carbon emissions of bamboo buildings. The results show that there is heterogeneity in the operational energy consumption and carbon emissions of bamboo buildings across climates, with the severe cold zone being the largest contributor, followed by the cold zone. Additionally, there are seasonal differences in the operational energy consumption and carbon emissions of bamboo buildings. Interestingly, the energy consumption and carbon emissions of bamboo buildings during the operational phase also exhibit cyclicity characteristics. The results of this research not only enrich the theoretical foundation for building energy consumption simulations but also provide valuable insights for policymakers in developing energy-saving design standards for bamboo buildings. Furthermore, these findings offer practical guidance for building operators to manage operational energy consumption sustainably over the long term.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11647,"journal":{"name":"Energy","volume":"325 ","pages":"Article 136165"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143848520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}