Renewable Energies and Small-Scale Combined Heat and Power Applications for Agro-Industry
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 446
Special Issue Editor
Interests: renewable energies; innovative energy systems; cogeneration; polygeneration; organic Rankine cycle; internal combustion engines
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Guest Editor is glad to invite authors to participate in a Special Issue of Sustainability entitled “Renewable Energies and Small-Scale Combined Heat and Power Applications for Agro-Industry”.
At present, the efficient exploitation of renewable sources and the development of innovative energy systems represent the cornerstones for promoting a faster and softer transition from fossil fuels and traditional technologies towards cleaner and more sustainable energy solutions. In this framework, combined heat and power (CHP) systems offer multiple benefits owing to the improved energy efficiency and the decrease in the primary energy supply and costs. Furthermore, the distributed small-scale CHP production from renewables represents a fundamental factor to decrease energy transmission losses and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—especially in the agro-industrial sector, which presents some of the most GHG-emission-intensive products and highest energy costs. Nevertheless, there are few studies in the literature and further investigations are necessary.
This Special Issue aims to provide a forum for information and discussion on recent advances in the area of renewable energies and small-scale CHP applications, promoting their development and faster dissemination in the agro-industry sector. Articles presenting original results and case studies are particularly encouraged.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Renewable sources for agro-industry;
- Cogeneration in the agro-industrial sector;
- Distributed and small-scale energy production;
- Trigeneration and polygeneration;
- Integrated multi-source energy systems;
- Assessment of environmental impacts of the agro-industrial sector;
- Innovative solutions to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions;
- Numerical and experimental investigations on small-scale CHP;
- Review and economic studies on energy consumption in agro-industry;
- Case studies and best practices;
- Policy development.
Prof. Dr. Angelo Algieri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- renewable energy
- cogeneration
- polygeneration
- small-scale
- agro-industry
- innovative energy systems
- economic analysis
- greenhouse gas mitigation
- policy development
- energy supply security
