{"title":"The Experimental Study of Photovoltaic Performance Improvement Using Multiple Reflectors","authors":"Erfan Dimas Ardiyanto, Zainal Arifin, Rendy Adhi Rachmanto","doi":"10.15866/irecon.v11i3.23976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/irecon.v11i3.23976","url":null,"abstract":"The energy used in the world today still comes from fossil fuels. Limited fossil energy causes prices to continue to rise. One renewable energy source that is easily found is solar energy. There are various methods for harnessing solar energy. The method that is often used is to use PV panels. PV panels have the ability to create electricity by using direct sunlight. One case in the use of PV panels is low efficiency and output power. This article discusses the use of reflectors on PV panels to increase the intensity of solar radiation and the output power of PV panels. This study aims to optimize the use of reflectors made from glass mirrors and aluminum sheets on PV panels with variations in reflector angles. Various parameters are measured, such as solar radiation intensity, output power, and electrical efficiency. The use of reflectors on PV panels can increase the intensity of solar radiation received, output power and efficiency of electricity generated. Variations in reflector angles and reflective materials used affect the performance of PV panels. In this study, aluminum reflectors have provided a more significant improvement compared to glass mirror reflectors. However, at certain times, PV panels with reflectors can reduce the performance of PV panels because the reflector covers part of the panel area.","PeriodicalId":37583,"journal":{"name":"International Journal on Energy Conversion","volume":"294 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135439361","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":"Analysis of Convergence Behavior and Derivation of Divergence Indicator in Continuation Power Flow Iterations","authors":"Agron Bislimi","doi":"10.15866/irecon.v11i3.23591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/irecon.v11i3.23591","url":null,"abstract":"This research aims to achieve the following objectives: an analysis of the convergence behavior of the correction step within the iterations of the Continuation Power Flow (CPF), and the development of a divergence indicator. Specifically, the research delves into examining the numerical stability and convergence properties of the Continuation Power Flow Method (CPFM). Subsequently, a defined convergence area for the correction iterations is established. This definition enables an early estimation at the onset of the correction step regarding the likelihood of convergence. Additionally, it helps determine whether actions to enhance convergence (such as reducing the predictor step size) are necessary. The practical applications of the convergence area are exemplified using a few practical examples. The introduced convergence area concept proves effective in identifying potential divergence of the correction process, particularly during the critical phase of CPF analysis - even as early as the first iteration. Hence, if the corrector demonstrates a tendency to diverge, corrective actions can be implemented in advance before expending unnecessary computational time on iterations that diverge. Critical phase of CPF analysis involves the lower PV curve processing at the Lambda continuation parameter. Here, the concept of \"area of convergence\" serves as a valuable tool for stabilizing the corrector.","PeriodicalId":37583,"journal":{"name":"International Journal on Energy Conversion","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135439211","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}
Serigne Thiao, Mamadou Sow, Awa Mar, Diouma Kobor, Issakha Youm
{"title":"Energy Analysis of a H2O-LiBr Absorption Cooling System Under the Climatic Conditions of Senegal","authors":"Serigne Thiao, Mamadou Sow, Awa Mar, Diouma Kobor, Issakha Youm","doi":"10.15866/irecon.v11i3.23167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/irecon.v11i3.23167","url":null,"abstract":"This work is an energy analysis of a simple effect absorption cooling system operating with H2O-LiBr pair in the climatic conditions of Senegal. To achieve this, the energy balance at the level of the various components of the system will be established in order to show the behavior of each component of the system according to the climatic conditions of the study site. To find out if this cooling absorption system is suitable for the Senegalese climate, the effects of the temperature of the absorber and the generator have respectively been seen on the mass flow rates and on the circulation factor. The behavior of the cooling absorption system in the weather conditions of Senegal was predicted using a mathematical model developed with Engineering Equation Solver (EES) software. The simulation results of this present work were compared with those found in the literature. The thermodynamic parameters such as temperature, entropy, enthalpy, mass fraction found at the level of the various components of the system are in agreement with those found by other authors. Similarly, the results obtained show that for better performance of the system, the operating parameters must be optimized taking into account the crystallization limits of lithium bromide. Similarly, modifications must be made to the design of some devices such as the absorber and the generator to better adapt them to local climatic conditions. Beyond the design and modification of the components of the system, it is also necessary to play on the operating conditions for a better functioning of the absorption cooling system in Senegal.","PeriodicalId":37583,"journal":{"name":"International Journal on Energy Conversion","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135439359","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}
Cesar Peralta, Cristian Perilla, Johan Jose Castañeda, Alvaro Zambrano, Javier Rosero Garcia
{"title":"Evaluation of the Economic, Environmental and Energy Performance of Generation Technologies for Use as Backup Sources","authors":"Cesar Peralta, Cristian Perilla, Johan Jose Castañeda, Alvaro Zambrano, Javier Rosero Garcia","doi":"10.15866/irecon.v11i3.23657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/irecon.v11i3.23657","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a comparison of the economic, environmental, and energy performance of two 75 kW gas-fired and diesel-fired power plants. A series of performance tests have been conducted to register emission values at different operation points for both technologies. Additionally, a simulation model has been developed to evaluate the performance of both technologies under different operating scenarios based on the assumption that the plant will operate as a backup to a local distribution system. Initially, the model has been provided with theoretical information collected from different bibliographic sources. Subsequently, the model input data have been replaced from the results obtained in the measurement process. Finally, the results and the main conclusions identified during the development of the project are presented.","PeriodicalId":37583,"journal":{"name":"International Journal on Energy Conversion","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135439360","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}
H. A. Al-Shakhanbeh, M. Z. Abdullah, Hani Al-Rawashdeh, J. Sakdapipanich
{"title":"Impact of the Solar Ventilation System on the Fuel Savings and CO2 Reductions for Gasoline Vehicle Engine Parked Under the Sun","authors":"H. A. Al-Shakhanbeh, M. Z. Abdullah, Hani Al-Rawashdeh, J. Sakdapipanich","doi":"10.15866/irecon.v11i2.23410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/irecon.v11i2.23410","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37583,"journal":{"name":"International Journal on Energy Conversion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67292570","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}
S. Toumi, Y. Amirat, M. Benbouzid, E. Elbouchikhi, Zhibin Zhou
{"title":"Inter-Turn Fault Resilient Controls of a PMSM-Based Tidal Stream Turbine","authors":"S. Toumi, Y. Amirat, M. Benbouzid, E. Elbouchikhi, Zhibin Zhou","doi":"10.15866/irecon.v11i2.23541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/irecon.v11i2.23541","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37583,"journal":{"name":"International Journal on Energy Conversion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45332319","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}
Assemgul Zhantlessova, S. Zhumazhanov, T. Akimzhanov, B. Issabekova, Zhanat B. Issabekov, A. Mekhtiyev, Y. Neshina
{"title":"Instrumental Research on the Voltage Harmonic Distortion Coefficient in the Modern 110 kV Urban Electric Network","authors":"Assemgul Zhantlessova, S. Zhumazhanov, T. Akimzhanov, B. Issabekova, Zhanat B. Issabekov, A. Mekhtiyev, Y. Neshina","doi":"10.15866/irecon.v11i2.22979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/irecon.v11i2.22979","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37583,"journal":{"name":"International Journal on Energy Conversion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48198862","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":"Distribution System Reconfiguration and Capacitor Placement for Loss Reduction by Ant Colony Algorithm","authors":"M. J. Kasaei, H. Norouzi","doi":"10.15866/irecon.v11i2.23877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/irecon.v11i2.23877","url":null,"abstract":"High current amounts, low voltage level and radial structure assign high percentage of active power loss in distribution system. There are many means in reducing the active power loss of distribution networks; this paper introduces an ant colony algorithm to solve the optimal network reconfiguration and capacitor placement problem for power loss reduction and voltage profile enhancement in distribution networks. The ant colony algorithm was inspired from natural behavior of the ant colonies on how they find the food source and bring them back to their nest by building the unique trial formation. Ants of artificial colony are able to search for the successively shorter feasible routes by using information accumulated in the form of a pheromone trial deposited on the edge of their traveling path. The proposed approach is demonstrated employing one distribution network. Computational results show that by taking into account feeder reconfiguration and capacitor placement simultaneously, one can be minimize losses more efficiently by considering them separately.","PeriodicalId":37583,"journal":{"name":"International Journal on Energy Conversion","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135950155","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}
Carlos Pardo García, J. Pabón, Marlen Fonseca Vigoya
{"title":"Effect of Cylinder Injection Signal Override on Power Losses and Fuel Economy in Internal Combustion Engines","authors":"Carlos Pardo García, J. Pabón, Marlen Fonseca Vigoya","doi":"10.15866/irecon.v11i1.22747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/irecon.v11i1.22747","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37583,"journal":{"name":"International Journal on Energy Conversion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41327376","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":"Improving the Performance of Steam Power Plant by Applying Energy and Exergy Analysis at Altering Operating Parameters","authors":"Hayder Rafeeq Shaheed, R. Radhi, H. N. Mohammed","doi":"10.15866/irecon.v11i1.23452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/irecon.v11i1.23452","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37583,"journal":{"name":"International Journal on Energy Conversion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42179062","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}