Proceedings of the 2nd 2016 International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD 2016)

Session: Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development

19 articles
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Application of Chebyshev Polynomial in Annual Electricity Consumption

Lai-Bin Gao, Bo Wang
Based on statistical data of National Statistical Bureau of China, and giving the least-squares fitting of Chebyshev polynomial, the data of electricity consumption in per capita from 1983 to 2013 is analyzed by GM (1,1) method and Chebyshev polynomial least squares method respectively. The results showed...
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Uncertainty of the Offshore Wind Energy Resource Assessment due to Long-term Variability

Bo Jiang, Ping-Ping Hou, Song Zhang, He Wu, Jie Ding
The long-term uncertainty of offshore wind energy resource in Sansha sea area was studied using the 24-year (January 1st, 1988-December 31st,2011) CCMP (cross-calibrated, multi-platform) wind field data with spatial and temporal resolutions of 0.25°×0.25° and 6 h, respectively. In this paper, three kinds...
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Study on the Influence of the Operation of Multiple Wind Turbines on the Turbulent Kinetic Energy in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Fei Li, Ting-Ting Lu, Zheng-Ren Wu
By analyzing the potential influence of the operation of multiple wind turbines on the surface boundary layer was studied. Gambit software was used to establish multiple wind turbine and wind field model, and the Fluent software was used to simulate the flow of four sets of wind turbine in parallel and...
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Effect of Different Thermochemical Pretreatments on Fuel Quality of Sewage Sludge

Zhen-Gang Liu, Chao Gai
Sewage sludge contains large amounts of energy and gasification of sewage sludge may be one of the promising sustainable approaches for hydrogen-rich syngas production from sewage sludge. However, raw sludge is unsuitable for direct gasification and thus pretreatment is necessary to improve its fuel...
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Application of Legendre Polynomial in Annual Electricity Consumption

Hui-Jie Jiang, Hong-Qin Zhang
Based on statistical data of National Statistical Bureau of China, and giving the least-squares fitting of Legendre polynomial, the data of electricity consumption in per capita from 1983 to 2013 is analyzed by GM (1,1) method and Legendre polynomial least squares method respectively. The results showed...
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Voltage Compensation for Solar Cell Array Comprising Multiple Strings

Hong-Ren Shen, Chang-Lin Tsai, Hurng-Liahng Jou, Kuen-Der Wu, Jinn-Chang Wu, Cheng-Huan Chung
This paper proposes a voltage compensator (VC) for a grid-connected photovoltaic generation system to compensate shadowing phenomena. The solar cell array in this paper is composed of several strings using the same maximum power point. The proposed VC is an isolated DC-DC power converter which supplies...
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A Review of the Development of Nuclear Waste Treatment for China's Nuclear Power Industry

Yue Shu, Zhi-Ming Liu, Xian-Jun Lin, Rui-Zhi Wang
The paper describes the sources and treatment of nuclear wastes generated during the production and operation of nuclear power plants, discusses the current situation and development prospects of nuclear waste treatment of China's nuclear power plants and proposes that accelerating and promoting the...
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The Role of Renewable Energy in China´s Sustainable Energy Transition

Xiao-Yang Sun, Bao-Sheng Zhang, Liang-Ping Zou, Rui-Zhi Wang
To realize China´s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution on Climate Change for post-2020 period, we should implement a plan for renewable energy development. How to choose a development order for different kinds of renewable energy, such as hydro power, solar power, and wind power This paper simulates...
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Sustainable Design of Waste Fabric and Contemporary Textile Materials

Fang Wang
Through sorting and researching the visual characteristic, design characteristic and culture characteristic of waste fabric, combining with the analysis of designers and brand product cases, this article puts forward the material attribute for sustainable use of waste fabric and its creative possibilities...
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Reviews of Resource Assessment on Tidal Current Energy of China

He Wu, Ya-Nan Wu, Yang Bai, Guo-Wei Wu
In the context of global energy crisis and climate change, tidal current energy is one kind of marine renewable energy rich in total resources with little effect on environment and higher TRL and have promising prospects of utilization in the offshore region of China. Although significant progresses...
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Operational Performance of a Combined TLP-type Floating Wind Turbine and Heave-type Floating Wave Energy Converter System

Meng-Ran Zhou, Ying Pan, Nian-Xin Ren, Ying Zhu
This paper deals with a novel concept by combining a tension leg platform -type floating wind turbine and a heave-type wave energy converter that is referred as the 'TWWC' (TLP-WT-WEC- Combination) system herein. Concept feasibility study has been carried out by using numerical simulations in the time...
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Calculation of Distributed Photovoltaic Grid Acceptance Capacity Considering Timing Characteristics of Photovoltaic Output

Xue Wang, Qiang Sun, Ying-Ting Ni, Qiang Yin
The smart power network is development trend of the modern power system, which is an important carrier and composition part for current energy source revolution in the world. Construction of the smart power network brings profound influence on the traditional power distribution network. Development mode,...
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Research of the Development Feature and Trends of the World's Nuclear Industry in 2015

Kai Zhang, Xian-Jun Lin
The paper introduces the current status of the world's nuclear power units in operation and under construction, tracks the nuclear power policies and their changes in the developed and developing countries and predicts the future nuclear power development. It summarizes some features of the world's nuclear...
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Technology of New Energy Grid Remote Testing Based on Internet + Exploration

Yong Zhi, Chen Liang, Run-Qing Bai, Wei Zheng, Xi-Chao Zhou
The characteristics of new energy are points more, wide distribution. This article in view of the traditional fixed field test cost a lot of manpower and material resources and financial resources of the status quo, put forward by applying Internet technology to realize remote test and intelligent analysis...
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An Experimental Study of Shower Spray Properties and Shower Comfort

Wing-Kwong Chan, Ling-Tim Wong, Yang Zhou, Kwok-Wai Mui
Shower comfort influences the adoption of water saving showerheads, and thus the implementation of sustainable water conservation programs. This study investigates the shower spray properties of 7 sampled showerheads experimentally and evaluates their relationships with user satisfaction according to...
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Research on Medium and Long Term Energy Demand Forecast underNew Urbanization

Bao-Guo Shan, Cheng-Long Zhang, Ding Ma
The "national new urbanization plan (2014 - 2020)" was promulgated in China in 2014, will have a profound impact on medium and long term energy demand in China. This paper put forward economy-energy-environmental model system, set up two scenarios (baseline scenario and new urbanization scenario), analyzed...
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Magnetic Levitation Device for Harvesting Power-frequency Magnetic Field and Mechanical Energy

Wei He, Yue-Ran Lu, Chi-Wen Qu, Cheng-De Lin, Gao-Feng Che, Ji-Tao Zhang
Energy harvesting from ambient energy sources has been receiving considerable interest as the power supply of wireless sensors networks. In this paper, a hybrid energy harvester based on magnetic levitation is presented for scavenging power-frequency magnetic field and mechanical energy. A Halbach array...
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Research on Optimal Adjustment Test for SCR Denitrification System in Coal-fired Power Plant

Ke Liu, Meng Zhang, Hai-Chao Wang, Li-Meng Zhang, Fan-Jun Hou, Qing-Chuan Zhao
We present an effective optimal adjustment test method for SCR denitrification device. The decrease of catalyst activity in local regions can lead to non-uniformity of NOx concentration and augmentation of slipped ammonia around outlet of SCR device. In this case, we introduce a two-step adaptive adjustment...
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Solar Thermal Energy Storage with Phase Change Material - Heat Exchanger Design and Heat Transfer Analysis

Xi-Li Duan, Josh Roul, Stephan Ryan, Skylar Hodder, John Stamp
Solar energy is clean and sustainable but intermittent in nature. Efficient storage of solar thermal energy is critical for its wider applications. This paper presents design and research on a thermal energy storage unit using phase change material (PCM). Aprototype of PCM heat exchanger with a helical...