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Lifetime cost analysis of zero-emission refuse collection vehicles in Scotland 苏格兰零排放垃圾收集车的全寿命成本分析

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Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Pub Date : 2025-05-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2025.104326

Soumia Ayyadi, Priya Bhagavathy, Ryan Sims

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400 W facility of geothermal thermoelectric generators from hot dry rocks on the Canary Islands 400瓦的地热发电设备，来自加那利群岛的干热岩石

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Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Pub Date : 2025-05-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2025.104338

Patricia Alegría, Nerea Pascual, Leyre Catalán, Miguel Araiz, David Astrain

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Towards sustainable energy management: Leveraging explainable Artificial Intelligence for transparent and efficient decision-making 迈向可持续能源管理：利用可解释的人工智能实现透明和高效的决策

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Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Pub Date : 2025-05-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2025.104348

Fatma M. Talaat , A.E. Kabeel , Warda M. Shaban

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Integrating waste thermal conversion and lifecycle analysis for sustainable energy production: Reflecting upon environmental and economic impacts 整合废热转换和可持续能源生产的生命周期分析：对环境和经济影响的反思

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Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Pub Date : 2025-05-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2025.104342

Ana Ramos

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Optimizing meteorological predictions to improve photovoltaic power generation in coastal areas 优化气象预报，提高沿海地区光伏发电水平

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Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Pub Date : 2025-05-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2025.104345

Yuhan Wu , Yu Wu , Jingjing Ye , Lijuan Zheng , Chongbin Xu , Lei Zhang , Ruoyang Zhang , ZeYu Wang , Xiaomin Sun , Xin Zuo , Qian Chen

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From the idea to construction: Aspects of relevance of the optimized physical design of renewable hybrid power plants 从理念到建设：可再生混合动力电厂优化物理设计的相关方面

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Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Pub Date : 2025-05-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2025.104325

Katarina Obradović , Nouha Dkhili , Moataz El Sied , Pierre-Elouan Mikael Réthoré , Kaushik Das

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Retraction notice to “Optimal integration of CCHP with electric vehicle parking lots in energy hub” [Sustain. Energy Technol. Assess. 58 (2023) 103324] 对“能源枢纽内热电联产与电动汽车停车场优化整合”的撤回通知[持续。能源抛光工艺。评估。58 (2023)103324]

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Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2025.104251

Tianlong Han , Yalin Yan , Benjamin Safar

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Solar extinction in thermoelectric solar tower plants: Model validation 热电太阳能塔式电站的太阳能消光：模型验证

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Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2025.104328

Noelia Simal , Jesús Ballestrín , Mª Elena Carra , Jesús Polo , Aitor Marzo

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Retraction notice to “A new model of connected renewable resource with power system and damping of low frequency oscillations by a new coordinated stabilizer based on modified multi-objective optimization algorithm” [Sustain. Energy Technol. Assessm. 47 (2021) 101356]

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Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2025.104253

Guangli Fan , Fan Yang , Peixi Guo , Chengfeng Xue , Saeid Gholami Farkoush , Jaber Karimpoor Majd

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The role of changing runner geometry in expanding energy efficiency of a centrifugal pump as turbine (PAT) 改变流道几何形状对提高离心泵水轮机能效的作用

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Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2025.104329

Salman Saremian , ‬Mohammad Hassan Shojaeefard

{"title":"The role of changing runner geometry in expanding energy efficiency of a centrifugal pump as turbine (PAT)","authors":"Salman Saremian , ‬Mohammad Hassan Shojaeefard","doi":"10.1016/j.seta.2025.104329","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seta.2025.104329","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Escalating global energy demand and environmental challenges have created a paradigm shift toward expanding the capacity of renewable energy power plants. The utilization of centrifugal PATs is an economically viable approach for producing clean energy in pressure reduction stations. This study evaluates PAT performance with experimental and numerical approaches. It verifies the validity of numerical solutions by comparing them with the experimental results. Analysis of the PAT performance shows that the absence of a control mechanism to guide the inlet fluid into the runner results in separation and vortex formation within the passages, and the efficiency significantly decreases. A new runner is designed by modifying three blade parameters, including thickness, leading edge, and curvature, to improve hydropower performance within its operating range. Investigating flow fields shows that a special runner reduces adverse flow phenomena, such as blade inlet shock, flow separation, and vortex formation within the flow passage. As a result of reduced losses and improved efficiency, PAT performance increases across the whole working range. The results indicate that the efficiency of PAT with a special runner at low-load condition (0.8Q<sub>d</sub>), design condition (1.0Q<sub>d</sub>), high-load condition (1.2Q<sub>d</sub>), and over-load condition (1.3Q<sub>d</sub>) is raised by 2.58%, 3.04%, 7.23%, and 4.53%, respectively.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56019,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 104329"},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143890907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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