{"title":"Methodology for extracting interface damage properties of FRP composite laminates under cyclic shear loading conditions","authors":"M. A. Abdullah, A. Abdul-Latif, M. Tamin","doi":"10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251827","url":null,"abstract":"A damage-based fatigue model for cohesive interfaces in fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite laminates has been proposed. This paper described a combined experimental-computational approach to determine the properties and material parameters for the fatigue model. The approach is demonstrated for the cyclic shear loading. For this purpose, carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite laminate beam specimens ([0]8), each with a pre-cracked interface is tested under 3-point bending setup. Interfacial fatigue damage is introduced by subjecting the specimens to fluctuating load (ΔP = 75 N, R = 0.25) and varying numbers of accumulated cycles (50, 100 and 200 kcycles). Subsequent quasistatic test to catastrophic failure establishes the characteristic residual strength responses of the damaged specimen. A complementary validated finite element (FE) simulation of the load-displacement response establishes the stress and strain states at the damaged interface. These internal local variables at the crack front are employed to determine the fatigue-related damage model parameters. The resulting interfacial shear strength, penalty stiffness and critical shear energy release rate are found to vary non-linearly with the accumulated number of load cycles.","PeriodicalId":336020,"journal":{"name":"2017 3rd International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET)","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123117779","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":"Study on the estimation of solar radiation: Case study: Jakarta, Indonesia","authors":"M. A. Budiyanto, Nasruddin","doi":"10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251792","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to compare the performance of solar radiation models from the literature to estimate the hourly and monthly intensities of solar radiation in Jakarta, Indonesia (−6.12 latitude, 106.77 longitude). The estimation of hourly solar radiation calculated through three empirical models such as Liu and Jordan, Campbell and Norman, Tanaka et al. Then the monthly solar radiation also calculated through three empirical models such as Annadale et al., Bristow and Campbell, Allen models. In order to evaluate the performance of these models, a statistical test was performed by using Mean Bias Error and Root Mean Square Error. The obtained results show the different level performance, therefore it concluded that the Tanaka et al. (2006) and the Annandale et al. (2002) model provides good performances for the estimation of the hourly intensity and monthly intensity, respectively.","PeriodicalId":336020,"journal":{"name":"2017 3rd International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122351561","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":"On the economic feasibility of the first, second and third generations biodiesel feedstock","authors":"J. Ng, J. A. Tan, Wee Lis Lim, C. Chong, W. Chong","doi":"10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251817","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251817","url":null,"abstract":"The share of renewable energy resources has been surging in the overall global energy mix, as energy consumption continues to rise due to the global population growth. Fears of the non-renewable resources depletion aside, fossil fuels have also been proven to be one of the main causes of global warming. Whilst in search of alternative fuels worldwide, biodiesel has emerged as one of the most viable candidates. This study aims to provide an overview on the feasibility of biodiesel to supplant fossil diesel through detailed analysis of feedstock readiness and economic viabilities of the implementations of three generations of biodiesel, i.e. edible, non-edible and algae-based biodiesel. In this paper, the global total production of biodiesel of 176 countries is calculated. At 85 billion litres, the first and second generation biodiesel production has the potential to exceed its current production by three times. The profitability of the biodiesel production relies heavily on the crude oil price. When the crude oil price peaked at 133.9 USD/bbl, 74% of the global potential biodiesel production can be made profitably, contributing 135.45 GW into the renewable energy mix. With business as usual scenario, edible oil biodiesel will remain to be the dominant category of feedstock. Nonetheless, 15 countries are able to replace portions of diesel consumption with second generation non-edible biodiesel, with two being able to entirely supplant fossil diesel with it The implementation of third generation algae-based biodiesel can save up to 93% of arable land. In all, biodiesel represents a great alternative to the unsustainable fossil diesel usage and contributes to the renewable energy mix.","PeriodicalId":336020,"journal":{"name":"2017 3rd International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET)","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128081567","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}
Khurrum Saleem Chaudri, Waseem Ahmad, Masroor Ahmad, S. Raza, S. Mirza
{"title":"Validation of neutron physics Monte Carlo model of Pakistan research reactor-1","authors":"Khurrum Saleem Chaudri, Waseem Ahmad, Masroor Ahmad, S. Raza, S. Mirza","doi":"10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251813","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251813","url":null,"abstract":"Monte Carlo model of Pakistan Research Reactor- 1 (PARR-1) is developed, using open source Monte Carlo code OpenMC, to analyze the neutron physics properties of core loading-91 and validate against experimental data. To simulate fuel assemblies at various stages of their life, burnup vector of fuel assemblies is generated using WIMS code. Properties like combined control rod worth, excess reactivity, shutdown margin, worth of thermal column, power production in individual fuel assemblies etc. are calculated and compared against experimental data. Excellent agreement is obtained for integral parameters between calculated and experimental values. This study marks the first step towards a high fidelity coupled neutron physics/thermal hydraulics system development for safety studies of PARR-1.","PeriodicalId":336020,"journal":{"name":"2017 3rd International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131981850","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}
A. Rehman, Syed Mushtaq A. Shah, Syed Ali Raza Shah, S. Badshah, M. A. Khattak
{"title":"Prospects of rural electrification of Balochistan province with renewable energy sources","authors":"A. Rehman, Syed Mushtaq A. Shah, Syed Ali Raza Shah, S. Badshah, M. A. Khattak","doi":"10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251808","url":null,"abstract":"Over 493 million people in south Asia and more than 1.5 billion worldwide have no access to the electricity. Unfortunately in Pakistan the power sector is facing severe energy crisis due to shortage in power generation and increase in load demand at the rate of about 10% each year. One of the main reasons is greater dependency on traditional energy sources like fossil fuels and hydroelectricity. The rural electrification is a big challenge in Baluchistan province due to dispersed load and high distance location of grids from the load centers. Rural electrification in most developing countries is now carried out with available renewable resources potential. In Baluchistan both solar and wind energy is available in abundant. In this research work both resources with other option of local coal and LPG (non-renewable) is presented to electrify the remote areas. The work illustrates the overview of power sector, total available renewable energy sources and optimal utilization of these forces at remote regions. The final analysis provides the potential based renewable energy implementation in rural areas of province.","PeriodicalId":336020,"journal":{"name":"2017 3rd International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121551311","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":"Two-stage NOx removal using high temperature urea SNCR and low temperature secondary additive injection","authors":"N. Irfan, A. Farooq","doi":"10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251809","url":null,"abstract":"In order to control Nitric Oxide (NO) in flue gases emanating from coal fired power plants, one possible way of using selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR), at lower molar ratios and minimum ammonia slip, may be the combination of SNCR processes with a back-end NO oxidation process. At low molar ratios, residual NO that escapes from the high temperature urea SNCR (900°C to 1200°C) process, may be oxidized to NO2 by compounds containing (−OH) group injected at low temperature secondary stage and this NO2 can then be removed by scrubbing. In present study, low temperature (500°C to 800°C) gas phase oxidation of NO using compounds containing (OH) group such as methanol is initially investigated. Subsequently, experiments were performed by combining this low temperature gas phase oxidation at the back end of high temperature urea SNCR in a two-stage experimental setup. The results of initial (−OH) additive injections in flue gases revealed that the additive investigated has an optimum temperature window for efficient NO to NO2 conversion which ranges from 600 to 750°C. The optimum reaction time within this temperature window was found to be between 0.4 to 0.6 seconds. Investigations with two-stage experimental setup have shown that significant improvement in primary stage NOx reduction efficiency can be achieved by low temperature injection of additives in the second stage. A 50% to 150% increase in the overall removal was achieved using methanol solution in second stage with urea in primary stage. Through a selection of primary and secondary additives, with due considerations to their optimum temperature ranges, the efficiency could be increased to 97%. Low temperature NO removal, increase in efficiency and the low optimum amount of secondary additives (M=1.0) reflected the attractive features of two-stage NO removal technique.","PeriodicalId":336020,"journal":{"name":"2017 3rd International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125043523","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":"Numerical study of gas-liquid flow maldistribution in a T-junction having very small diameter ratio","authors":"A. Saieed, W. Pao, F. M. Hashim, R. Norpiah","doi":"10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251816","url":null,"abstract":"Industries have been using T-junctions for either combining or dividing incoming fluids for decades. A flow phenomena termed as phase maldistribution have caused oil and gas industries to use T-junctions as partial multiphase separators. This is because, a T-junction can reduce the load on main separators by partly separating the gas from the multiphase flow coming from an oil well. From the previously published research, it was found that liquid phase superficial velocity have an inverse relationship with liquid carryover. However, to the best of author's knowledge, all of these investigations were focused on T- junctions with diameter ratios between 1 and 0.2. Likewise, most of these studies were performed on fully horizontal T-junctions. Previous literature also states that decreasing the diameter ratio increases the phase separation performance of a T-junction. However, a couple of sources reported that in very small diameter ratio T-junctions, liquid carryover becomes very sensitive to side arm extraction rates. This ultimately cause liquid carryover to suddenly increase at high extraction rates. Therefore, a numerical study is carried out in order to understand the effect of liquid superficial velocity on liquid carryover in a 0.167 diameter ratio T-junction having a vertically upward side. For this study, simulations were performed on 1 and 0.167 diameter ratio T- junctions under air-water stratified flow conditions. Results from 1 diameter ratio T-junctions were used to validate present model by comparing it with previously reported experimental data. The results obtained from 0.167 diameter ratio T-junction depicts that higher the liquid phase velocity, less will be the liquid carryover. However, liquid carryover is relatively quite large in 0.167 diameter ratio T-junction as compare to 1 diameter ratio T- junction under stratified flow conditions.","PeriodicalId":336020,"journal":{"name":"2017 3rd International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET)","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131719510","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}
P. Kumar, Srinivasa Rao Purimitla, Shitole Shubhra, N. Srikanth
{"title":"Numerical and analytical study on telescopic savonius turbine blade","authors":"P. Kumar, Srinivasa Rao Purimitla, Shitole Shubhra, N. Srikanth","doi":"10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251810","url":null,"abstract":"Savonius wind turbines holds a vital place in small wind turbine arena, for its unique features such as simplicity, omni directionality and low maintenance, despite its lower efficiency than its counterparts. Several experimental and numerical studies focused on improving the efficiency and optimization of geometrical parameters, yet a reliable technique to reduce the thrust load at high wind is still lacking. The current study explores the novel idea of telescopic Savonius wind turbine with emphasis on the flow characteristics and associated drag on the buckets due to its geometric difference. A three-dimensional numerical study has been carried out by Star CCM+ to predict the drag coefficient variation in relation to the rotor angles. An analytical model is developed in conjunction to compute the overall performance of the turbine.","PeriodicalId":336020,"journal":{"name":"2017 3rd International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128348654","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. Hayat, Farhad Shahnia, A. Arefi, H. Iu, T. Fernando
{"title":"Comparison of the economic benefits and the payback periods of rooftop solar panels in Australia","authors":"M. Hayat, Farhad Shahnia, A. Arefi, H. Iu, T. Fernando","doi":"10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251811","url":null,"abstract":"Installation of a solar system by a household is a big decision, and there are many factors which need to be considered before this decision. It can be highly rewarding in some cases and for others, it may bring a loss in the investment. The main factors which need to be considered are the electricity consumption tariff, electricity consumption pattern, the location of the household and the tariffs offered by the utility in that area. In this paper, economic incentives of installing a rooftop solar panel and battery system are discussed for a household in different states served by various utilities. A comparison is made to find which states are more suitable in terms of gaining financial benefits from rooftop solar panels.","PeriodicalId":336020,"journal":{"name":"2017 3rd International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125742616","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}
R. Ratiko, N. Nasrnddin, W. Wulandari, A. Rosidi, E. Marzuki
{"title":"Multi-objective optimization of ventilation and air conditioning system at Interim Storage for Spent Nuclear Fuel","authors":"R. Ratiko, N. Nasrnddin, W. Wulandari, A. Rosidi, E. Marzuki","doi":"10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PGSRET.2017.8251804","url":null,"abstract":"A multi-objective optimization of ventilation and air conditioning system at Interim Storage for Spent Nuclear Fuel (ISSF) at BATAN, Serpong, Indonesia has been considered. The analysis of this research had obtained the results of three scenarios, economic single-objective, safety single-objective, and multi-objective optimizations. The original Pareto frontier between cost and safety function is determined by implementing multi-objective optimization using genetic algorithm. The cost function of the ventilation and air conditioning system was developed based on the present value of the total cost. The safety function of this system was based on contaminant concentration levels which were obtained by using air change rates, negative pressure, and temperature parameters. The economic and safety results have been obtained for three scenarios of optimized systems. The result shows that the multi-objective method by implementing multi-objective optimization using genetic algorithm satisfies the economic and safety criteria.","PeriodicalId":336020,"journal":{"name":"2017 3rd International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET)","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124721039","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}