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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2021) | Viewed by 19160

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Prof. Dr. Talal Yusaf

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Chief Business Development Officer—CBDO, Activation Australia, Brisbane, QLD 4009, Australia
Interests: renewable energy; energy generation; conversion and storage; alternative fuels for internal combustion engine; microalgae fuel; mechanical method for water treatment
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Mr. Louis Fernandes

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Aviation Australia, Brisbane 4007, Queensland, Australia
Interests: renewable energy; energy generation

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Dear Colleagues,

The diminishing supply of conventional energy reserves and growing environmental concerns have made renewable energy an attractive source for the future. The Aviation and Aerospace industry is a large contributor to this pollution, and its energy needs are growing. In addition to the energy requirements for aircraft, airports are growing larger. Some airports operate around the clock and consume more energy than some small cities.

This Special Issue on Alternate and Renewable Energy options in Aviation and Aerospace covers cutting-edge research in renewable energy and alternative fuels that can be used in the Aviation and Aerospace industry. It has a particular focus on minimizing environmental pollution by reducing greenhouse gases (GHG). It covers the current thinking in the use of solar, wind, tidal, wave, hydropower , and geothermal energy and other emerging technologies. It also includes highly efficient energy storage systems to store energy, and systems that capture and re-use waste products, and other related fields.

We wish to invite researchers in the area of Alternate and Renewable Energy to submit their contribution to our Special Issue of Alternate and Renewable Energy options in Aviation and Aerospace. We are interested in articles related to alternate and renewable energy resources (solar, wind, biomass, hydraulic, algae, water, hydrogen), bioenergy from agriculture, biomass production, and energy recovery in agriculture, which can be to develop aircraft fuel, or which can power and make airports more efficient.

Prof. Dr. Talal Yusaf
Mr. Louis Fernandes
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Keywords

alternate energy
renewable energy
energy storage systems
rechargeable batteries
alternate fuels
solar energy
windpower
hydropower
wave technology
biomass from agriculture
energy management
energy conversion
aviation management in energy

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Global Maximum Power Point Tracking of Solar Photovoltaic Strings under Partial Shading Conditions Using Cat Swarm Optimization Technique

by T. Nagadurga, P. V. R. L. Narasimham and V. S. Vakula

Sustainability 2021, 13(19), 11106; https://doi.org/10.3390/su131911106 - 08 Oct 2021

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The power versus voltage curves of solar photovoltaic panels form several peaks under fractional (partial) shading conditions. Traditional maximum output power tracking (MPPT) techniques fail to achieve global peak power at the output terminals. The proposed Cat Swarm Optimization (CSO) method intends to apply MPPT techniques to extract the global maxima from the shaded photovoltaic systems. CSO is a robust and powerful metaheuristic swarm-based optimization technique that has received very positive feedback since its emergence. It has been used to solve a variety of optimization issues, and several variations have been developed. The CSO-based maximum power tracking technique can successfully tackle two major issues of the PV system during shading conditions, including random oscillations caused by conventional tracking techniques and power loss. The proposed techniques have been extensively used in comparison to conventional algorithms like the Perturb and the Observe (P and O) technique. The main objective is to achieve a tracking speed for extracting the Maximum Power Point (MPP) from the solar Photovoltaic (PV) system under fractional shading conditions by using CSO. Modeling of the solar photovoltaic array in the MATLAB/Simulink platform comprises a photovoltaic module, a switching converter (Boost Converter), and the load. The PSO and CSO techniques are applied to the PV module under different weather conditions. The PSO algorithm is compared to the CSO algorithm according to simulation results, revealing that the CSO algorithm can provide better accuracy and a faster tracking speed. Full article

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Sustainable Aviation—Hydrogen Is the Future

by Talal Yusaf, Louis Fernandes, Abd Rahim Abu Talib, Yazan S. M. Altarazi, Waleed Alrefae, Kumaran Kadirgama, Devarajan Ramasamy, Aruna Jayasuriya, Gordon Brown, Rizalman Mamat, Hayder Al Dhahad, F. Benedict and Mohamd Laimon

Sustainability 2022, 14(1), 548; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010548 - 05 Jan 2022

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As the global search for new methods to combat global warming and climate change continues, renewable fuels and hydrogen have emerged as saviours for environmentally polluting industries such as aviation. Sustainable aviation is the goal of the aviation industry today. There is increasing interest in achieving carbon-neutral flight to combat global warming. Hydrogen has proven to be a suitable alternative fuel. It is abundant, clean, and produces no carbon emissions, but only water after use, which has the potential to cool the environment. This paper traces the historical growth and future of the aviation and aerospace industry. It examines how hydrogen can be used in the air and on the ground to lower the aviation industry’s impact on the environment. In addition, while aircraft are an essential part of the aviation industry, other support services add to the overall impact on the environment. Hydrogen can be used to fuel the energy needs of these services. However, for hydrogen technology to be accepted and implemented, other issues such as government policy, education, and employability must be addressed. Improvement in the performance and emissions of hydrogen as an alternative energy and fuel has grown in the last decade. However, other issues such as the storage and cost and the entire value chain require significant work for hydrogen to be implemented. The international community’s alternative renewable energy and hydrogen roadmaps can provide a long-term blueprint for developing the alternative energy industry. This will inform the private and public sectors so that the industry can adjust its plan accordingly. Full article

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