{"title":"Bioethanol production process using the non-conventional yeast Candida tropicalis","authors":"L. Jamai, M. Ettayebi","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529710","url":null,"abstract":"To simplify the fermentationprocess by eliminating the separate saccharificationstep, numerous genetically engineered S. cerevisiaestrains capable of secreting glucoamylase and /or α-amylase have been developed. This work undertakes a different approach to eliminate the saccharificationstep. The culture medium is supplemented with a-amylase and the fermentation of starch to ethanol is done by the non-conventional yeast Candida tropicalis. Yeast cells are free or immobilized in a supporting substrate like calcium alginate. Products other than ethanol are also recovered after fermentation; which makes this process more economically feasible.Our interest inC. tropicalisis based on its ability to metabolize a large variety of carbon on which it grows as a sole carbon and energy source, generating high biomass yields since its metabolism becomes purely oxidative when enough oxygen is supplied in the culture medium. Supplementation of the starch medium with a-amylase is sufficient to drive the fermentation of starch to ethanol by C. tropicalis. These results show that a recombinant C. tropicalis producing a-amylase is valuable for ethanol production from starch-rich plant byproducts. This fermentation process demonstrated a reduction in ethanol production costs. We were able to reach ethanol yields comparable to those obtained by some of the best systems such as those using cell surface-engineered S. cerevisiaedisplaying both aamylase and glucoamylase. This non-conventional yeast species brings more economical value to both first generation (cereal grains) and second generation (Iignocelluloses) feedstock. It is feasible to add further value to this process by integrating fermentation co-products that are essential to the profitability of the fuel ethanol business.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114249002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementation of Moroccan map solar cooling based on the dynamic study by a solar adsorption refrigeration machine working with activated carbon- ammonia pair using a sensor plane","authors":"H. El Kalkha, A. Mimet","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529694","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents the results of the development of a dynamic model aiming to contribute to the design and performance evaluation of an ammonia-activated carbon adsorption solar cooling systems using a sensor with glass normal. Model takes into account the transient behavior of input variables as solar radiation and ambient temperature and it calculates the adsorbed mass and the pressure of the reactor. This allows us to calculate the quantity of cold produced in the solar refrigerating machine. The solar collector used for converting solar energy to heat is a solar flat plate collector. The model is applied to the performance evaluation and the calculation of amount of cold produced of this kind of devices in different locations at Morocco.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123903205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of diffuser configuration on the flow field pattern inside wind concentrator","authors":"A. Amer, A. Ali, Y. Elmahgary, S. Ookawara","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529705","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the effect of the diverging part (diffuser) configuration on the flow field pattern inside wind concentrator is investigated by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Diffusers with different diameter ratio, lengths and profiles are examined to estimate the optimum location of the turbine rotor inside wind concentrator and to attain minimum wake losses. The obtained results show that the optimum diverging diameter ratio (d<sub>3</sub>/d<sub>2</sub>) is 2, and diverging length to cylinder diameter ratio (l<sub>3</sub>/d<sub>2</sub>) is 1.33, respectively. The optimal diffuser shape is the convex that has a radius of curvature (R<sub>2</sub>/d<sub>2</sub>) of 2.293. The corresponding wind speed-up ratio (acceleration factor) K (= U<sub>x</sub>/U<sub>o</sub>) equals 2.33 at a corresponding axial distance measured from wind concentrator inlet, (x/d<sub>2</sub>) equals 1.34 which is the optimum location of the wind turbine rotor.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"136 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115385456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gasification of tire crumbs inside a drop tube reactor: Seeking optimal conversion conditions","authors":"I. Adeyemi, I. Janajreh","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529666","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, systematic analysis and numerical model was developed for a drop tube reactor (DTR) using tire crumbs as the feedstock. The feedstock characterization, ultimate and proximate analysis, was first determined using TGA and Flash (CHNOS) analyzer at the Masdar Institute (MI) Waste to Energy Laboratory. The systematic analysis was then used to determine the mole fraction of the product gases and the cold gasification efficiency (CGE) at varying reactor temperature and pressure. A numerical model was then developed using the lagrangian DPM of the tire particles in eularian continuous phase of the oxidant. This model also takes into account the turbulent flow (RNG k-ε model), gas phase gasification (Species Transport model), tire particles devolatilization (Two Competing Rate model), heterogeneous char reaction (Multiple Surface reaction model), particle dispersion by turbulent flow (Stochastic Discrete Random Walk model), radiation (P1 model) and particle distribution (Rosin Rammler model). The temperature distribution and product distribution of the developed model is also presented in this paper.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115391117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulation of In0.52Ga0.48N solar cell using AMPS-1D","authors":"D. Benmoussa, B. Hassane, H. Abderrachid","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529713","url":null,"abstract":"In<sub>x</sub>Ga<sub>1-x</sub>N alloys feature a bandgap ranging from 0.7eV to 3.4eV, covering almost the entire solar spectrum. To optimize the efficiency and the best parameters of solar cells, numerical simulations of In<sub>x</sub>Ga<sub>1-x</sub>N single junction. The simulation modeling is important and indispensable for designing and fabricating In<sub>x</sub>Ga<sub>1-x</sub>N single junction. We changed the In doping and the thickness of the p-In<sub>52</sub>Ga<sub>48</sub>N to determine the short circuit current density (Jsc), open circuit voltage (Voc), fill factor (FF) and conversion efficiency (η). For In<sub>52</sub>Ga<sub>48</sub>N single junction solar cell, the Jsc, Voc, and FF have a strong dependence on the In composition. In composition is a critical parameter to determine Jsc, Voc, FF, and η of InGaN solar cells. In<sub>0.52</sub>Ga<sub>0.48</sub>N Solar cell shows the maximum il ~ 23%. The band gap of In<sub>0.52</sub>Ga<sub>0.48</sub>N is 1.64 eV and is almost the same with AlGaAs. When the total layer thickness is greater than 500 nm, the absorption becomes saturated and the η increases smoothly. The simulation results are congruent with this trend.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127493868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Oukili, S. Zouggar, M. Seddik, F. Z. Kadda, M. El Hafyani, T. Ouchbel, F. Vallée
{"title":"Introduction of Concentrating Solar Power based on the use of parabolic trough mirrors in the evaluation of the moroccan power grid adequacy","authors":"M. Oukili, S. Zouggar, M. Seddik, F. Z. Kadda, M. El Hafyani, T. Ouchbel, F. Vallée","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529636","url":null,"abstract":"The integration in the Moroccan power grid of electrical power via Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) units using parabolic mirrors is expected to have a significant impact on the reliability of the electrical system. Therefore, the objective of this work is firstly to assess the reliability of the Moroccan grid at hierarchical level HL1 (HL1: load covering under the assumption of infinite node) by use of a non-sequential Monte Carlo simulation in which CSP units are introduced. The second goal of this paper is to assess the reliability of the Moroccan grid with an expected common integration of 14% wind and 14% solar energy.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129108102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Boumhaout, L. Boukhattem, F. Ait Nouh, H. Hamdi, B. Benhamou
{"title":"Energy efficiency in buildings: Thermophysical characterization of building materials","authors":"M. Boumhaout, L. Boukhattem, F. Ait Nouh, H. Hamdi, B. Benhamou","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529675","url":null,"abstract":"In Morocco, the construction sector is the largest consumer of energy. Reducing the energy consumption in buildings represents a major economic and ecological issue. The building sector has the highest potential for improving energy efficiency which concerns, among other the choice of appropriate materials and improvement of their thermal characteristics. The present work deals with measurement methods and characterization of thermophysical proprieties of building materials. Primary results of measurement of thermal proprieties of extruded polystyrene, expanded polystyrene, soil, gypsum and marble are presented. The measurements were carried out using two devices available at the National Centre for Studies and Researches on Water and Energy (CNEREE) at Marrakech. The two devices EI700 and FP2C use respectively the boxes method and the method of the hot plan and hot wire.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"130 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124123167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TVAC based PSO for solving Economic and Environmental Dispatch considering security constraint","authors":"A. Salhi, D. Naimi, T. Bouktir","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529685","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents Multi Objective Optimization for Economic and Environmental Dispatch (EED) problem considering security constraint described by Voltage Profile Index (VPI). The fuzzy set theory is used for the modeling of uncertainties about objective functions in the practical environment of poorly defined data. In the beginning, each objective function is optimized independently with an extraction of minimal and maximal values for each one. The membership functions are defined, fuzzy set theory is used to formulate the new standard nonlinear problem and max-min operator for maximizing the Degree of Satisfaction (DS) of all membership functions and to get Pareto solution. Conventional Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Time Varying Acceleration Coefficients (TVAC) based PSO methods are used to solve the problem and demonstrating the effectiveness and capability of the second method over the first one. For both algorithms, IEEE 30 bus test system is applied to verify objectives cited above.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124177680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cascaded DC-DC Converters as a Battery Charger and Maximum Power Point Tracker for PV Systems","authors":"A. E. El Khateb, N. Rahim, J. Selvaraj","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529642","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a cascaded dc-dc converter which combines both Ćuk and buck converter topologies to extract maximum power from photovoltaic arrays while supplying a controlled constant current/voltage to the battery simultaneously. The converter uses two control signals; one for maximum power point tracking, another for battery charger control providing constant current/voltage to the battery. The advantage of this converter is extracting the maximum power of the PV array avoiding battery damage caused by variable MPPT voltage. Batteries need constant voltage and current for charging to avoid the damage and to extend its lifetime. Therefore, it is reliable to combine the battery charger control and the maximum power exploitation using two control signals simultaneously.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128027758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal energy management of an autonomous hybrid system by using the linear programming method","authors":"F. Z. Kadda, S. Zouggar, M. Elhafyani","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529709","url":null,"abstract":"To get an important penetration rate of the naturally renewable sources, without a quality lowering of the energy provided; a complete study of the hybrid renewable energy system is needed; also a suitable management of its sources enables the system to overcome all the problems that can generally hits. In this paper we discuss a number of problems that can a hybrid renewable energy system suffer from, then we studied the management of this system by using the linear programming method, A complete description of this management strategy, also simulation results, are deliberated in this article to make sure the efficiency of this system.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130008049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}