Advances in Machinery for Renewable Power Generation
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 May 2014) | Viewed by 51351
Special Issue Editor
Interests: wave energy; tidal power; hydro power; hydraulic design; centrifugal pumps; water turbines; energy efficiency; computational fluid dynamics; materials for fluid machinery and energy policy
Special Issue Information
Machinery for Renewable Power Generation has gone through several technological advances. This special issue will address the new frontiers and the state of the art of renewable energy technologies and their power generation machinery, design complexity, costs, energy and operational limitations. It provides a forum for the presentation of new research, development and applications of renewable power generation machinery. Demonstrations and experimentally based research are particularly welcome. Research that explores issues where the characteristics of the renewable energy source impact on the power conversion and where the wider system control or operation are central to the challenge of integration are particularly encouraged including energy storage. This special issue is technology focused covering design, demonstration, modelling and analysis, but papers covering techno-economic issues are also welcome. The purpose of this special issue is to reflect the state of the art in challenges faced by renewable power generation machinery developers and present the most important and relevant advances to overcome the challenges.
This special issue invites papers that cover the following topics of interest (but not limited to these):
• Generic & Applied Research on Renewable Power Generation Fluid / Electrical Machinery
• Computational & Experimental Modelling
• Device Development & Power take off
• Computational Fluid Dynamics & Control
• Economics & Condition Monitoring
Position papers and state of the art reviews are especially welcome.
Dr. George A. AggidisGuest Editor
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