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A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D: Energy Storage and Application".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2023 | Viewed by 7515

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Prof. Dr. Abdul Hai Al-Alami

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Department of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Interests: mechanical energy storage; compressed air energy storage; third generation photovoltaics

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is intended for energy storage technologies at materials, processes, and devices levels. This includes analytical, experimental, and simulation work on various storage technologies that can serve the growing need to store energy for renewable energy resources. Target storage technologies include, but are not limited to, thermal storage for concentrated solar power plants, compressed air energy storage (CAES), flywheels, electrochemical energy storage (batteries, supercapacitors, etc.), hydrogen and ammonia storage, pumped hydro storage, buoyancy and tidal energy storage, among others. Submissions with novel material synthesis and applications in storage devices are encouraged, as well as significant results on device implementation and development. This applies for both lab-scale and large-scale storage technologies.

Prof. Dr. Abdul Hai Al-Alami
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compressed air energy storage
pumped hydro energy storage
flywheels and electromagnetic devices
fuel cells
hydrogen storage (green, blue, gray)
ammonia storage
buoyancy, tidal, and maritime energy storage
electrochemical storage (batteries, supercapacitors, etc.)
thermal energy storage for concentrated solar power

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Energy Storage for Water Desalination Systems Based on Renewable Energy Resources

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Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem

Energies 2023, 16(7), 3178; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16073178 - 31 Mar 2023

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Recently, water desalination (WD) has been required for the supply of drinking water in a number of countries. Various technologies of WD utilize considerable thermal and/or electrical energies for removing undesirable salts. Desalination systems now rely on renewable energy resources (RERs) such as geothermal, solar, tidal, wind power, etc. The intermittent nature and changeable intensity constrain the wide applications of renewable energy, so the combination of energy storage systems (ESSs) with WD in many locations has been introduced. Thermal energy storage (TES) needs a convenient medium for storing and hence reuses energy. The present work provides a good background on the methods and technologies of WD. Furthermore, the concepts of both thermal and electrical energy storage are presented. In addition, a detailed review of employing ESSs in various WD processes driven by RERs is presented. The integration of energy storage with water desalination systems (WDSs) based on renewable energy has a much better capability, economically and environmentally, compared with conventional desalination systems. The ESSs are required to guarantee a constant supply of fresh water over the day. Full article

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Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Systems

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Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem

Energies 2023, 16(3), 1415; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16031415 - 01 Feb 2023

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The use of fossil fuels has contributed to climate change and global warming, which has led to a growing need for renewable and ecologically friendly alternatives to these. It is accepted that renewable energy sources are the ideal option to substitute fossil fuels in the near future. Significant progress has been made to produce renewable energy sources with acceptable prices at a commercial scale, such as solar, wind, and biomass energies. This success has been due to technological advances that can use renewable energy sources effectively at lower prices. More work is needed to maximize the capacity of renewable energy sources with a focus on their dispatchability, where the function of storage is considered crucial. Furthermore, hybrid renewable energy systems are needed with good energy management to balance the various renewable energy sources’ production/consumption/storage. This work covers the progress done in the main renewable energy sources at a commercial scale, including solar, wind, biomass, and hybrid renewable energy sources. Moreover, energy management between the various renewable energy sources and storage systems is discussed. Finally, this work discusses the recent progress in green hydrogen production and fuel cells that could pave the way for commercial usage of renewable energy in a wide range of applications. Full article

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Implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Modeling and Control of Heat Pipes: A Review

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Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem

Energies 2023, 16(2), 760; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020760 - 09 Jan 2023

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Heat pipe systems have attracted increasing attention recently for application in various heat transfer-involving systems and processes. One of the obstacles in implementing heat pipes in many applications is their difficult-to-model operation due to the many parameters that affect their performance. A promising alternative to classical modeling that emerges to perform accurate modeling of heat pipe systems is artificial intelligence (AI)-based modeling. This research reviews the applications of AI techniques for the modeling and control of heat pipe systems. This work discusses the AI-based modeling of heat pipes focusing on the influence of chosen input parameters and the utilized prediction models in heat pipe applications. The article also highlights various important aspects related to the application of AI models for modeling heat pipe systems, such as the optimal AI model structure, the models overfitting under small datasets conditions, and the use of dimensionless numbers as inputs to the AI models. Also, the application of hybrid AI algorithms (such as metaheuristic optimization algorithms with artificial neural networks) was reviewed and discussed. Next, intelligent control methods for heat pipe systems are investigated and discussed. Finally, future research directions are included for further improving this technology. It was concluded that AI algorithms and models could predict the performance of heat pipe systems accurately and improve their performance substantially. Full article

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Applicability of Hydropower Generation and Pumped Hydro Energy Storage in the Middle East and North Africa

Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem

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Abdul Ghani Olabi

Energies 2022, 15(7), 2412; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072412 - 25 Mar 2022

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Energy storage for medium- to large-scale applications is an important aspect of balancing demand and supply cycles. Hydropower generation coupled with pumped hydro storage is an old but effective supply/demand buffer that is a function of the availability of a freshwater resource and the ability to construct an elevated water reservoir. This work reviews the technological feasibility of hydropower generation and also pumped hydro storage and its geographical distribution around the world. There is also an emphasis on installations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in terms of available capacity as well as past and future developments and expansions. A discussion is presented on a project taking place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Hatta region, which has a water reservoir that would be fit for utilization for pumped hydro storage applications. Once the project is commissioned in 2024, it will provide an estimated 2.06 TWh per year, helping the UAE achieve the goal of relying on 25% renewable energy resources in their energy mix by 2030. These results were obtained by using EnergyPLAN software to project the effect of utilizing various energy resources to face the expected demand of ~38 TWh in 2030. Full article

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