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Renewable Energy Technologies towards Food-Energy-Water Security Nexus

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 6441

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Galina Demidova

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Faculty of Control System and Robotics, ITMO University, Kronverkskiy Prospekt, 49, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Interests: electrical engineering; industrial engineering; control systems engineering; fuzzy logic; neural network
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Prof. Dr. Hao Chen

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School of Electrical and Power Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Interests: design and control of special motor drive, and its applications in Electric Vehicle (EV); renewable energy generation
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Dr. Anton Dianov

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System Lab, Daeyoung R&D Center, Yongin 16954, Republic of Korea
Interests: electrical drives for home appliances, industrial and automotive applications; sensorless and advanced control algorithms
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Dr. Aleksey S. Anuchin

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Automated Electric Drives Department, Moscow Power Engineering Institute, 111250 Moscow, Russia
Interests: control systems of electric drives; hybrid powertrains; real-time communications
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

One of the greatest problems facing humanity today is sustainably delivering electrical energy, water, and food security. Food and water security are provided by the generation of energy from renewable energy sources, such as wind turbines, solar panels, wave energy sources, biohydrogen, and hydropower systems. This Special Issue aims to connect scientists from various research fields to discuss the vision for a Water–Energy–Food ecosystem.

We are pleased to invite you to share your research and submit manuscripts in the field of industrial development and energy evolution for an upcoming Special Issue of Sustainability. This Special Issue aims to open a debate on how the ecosystems that provide us with natural resources and the human activities that impact upon them could be controlled responsibly. Today's society is characterized by a high demand for electrical energy, and our direction of development must be focused on renewable energy resources whose uses affect the food ecosystem. The main key in the transformation of electrical energy lies in the strategic decisions we will take regarding natural resources, which require careful monitoring and appropriate interaction.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. We are seeking to achieve a multifaceted discussion on the management and use of energy, land, and water, energy efficiency control system development, distributed energy system design, renewable energy systems, food production as it relates to energy and water, and the latest developments in the area of anaerobic digester outputs.

Prof. Dr. Galina Demidova
Prof. Dr. Hao Chen
Dr. Anton Dianov
Dr. Aleksey S. Anuchin
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Keywords

  • wind energy
  • solar energy
  • inverters
  • wave power
  • hydropower
  • control systems
  • agro-food industry
  • biogas
  • biohydrogen
  • anaerobic digestion

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Ensuring Power Balance in the Electrical Grid of an Oil-and-Gas-Producing Enterprise with Distributed Generation Using Associated Petroleum Gas
by Anton Petrochenkov, Nikolai Pavlov, Nikolai Bachev, Alexander Romodin, Iurii Butorin and Nikolai Kolesnikov
Sustainability 2023, 15(19), 14153; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914153 - 25 Sep 2023
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The purpose of this research is to develop a multi-agent model of an electrical engineering complex for an oil-and-gas-producing enterprise to ensure power balance in its electrical grid by taking into account the increase in the incoming part of the balance by introducing [...] Read more.
The purpose of this research is to develop a multi-agent model of an electrical engineering complex for an oil-and-gas-producing enterprise to ensure power balance in its electrical grid by taking into account the increase in the incoming part of the balance by introducing small- and medium-capacity-distributed generation facilities using associated petroleum gas. Previously, the structure of a multi-agent system and the principles of agent interaction were developed to allow the dependence between the processes of generation and consumption of electric energy and the technological process during oil and gas production. In this research, the multi-agent approach is based on the application of the developed methodology to ensure power balance in the electrical grid of an oil-and-gas-producing enterprise. The fuel balance during electricity generation under various scenarios of electrical modes in electrical engineering complexes is considered. To test the operability and make an error estimation of the methodology, digital and physical models of an electrical engineering complex with low- and medium-power-distributed generation facilities were developed for an oil-and-gas-producing enterprise. One of the most important factors that determines the efficiency of a ensuring power balance in the electrical grid of an oil-and-gas-producing enterprise is the consideration in the power balance equation the value of power generated through the use of associated petroleum gas produced by oil production facilities. Full article
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Improving the Energy Efficiency of an Electric Submersible Pump Installation Using an Integrated Logistics Support Approach
by Anton Petrochenkov, Aleksandr Lyakhomskii, Alexander Romodin, Evgeniia Perfil’eva, Sergey Mishurinskikh, Sergei Zuev, Iurii Butorin, Nikolai Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Lelekov and Andrey Shabunin
Sustainability 2023, 15(15), 11845; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511845 - 01 Aug 2023
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Electricity consumption during oil production is a significant cost for industry enterprises. One of state policy’s most important tasks in extracting minerals is increasing energy efficiency and the intellectualization of control and management systems. The solution to these tasks can be achieved through [...] Read more.
Electricity consumption during oil production is a significant cost for industry enterprises. One of state policy’s most important tasks in extracting minerals is increasing energy efficiency and the intellectualization of control and management systems. The solution to these tasks can be achieved through competent planning of the technological process and the organization of information support at all stages. The paper presents the development of a method for power consumption, the optimization of an electric submersible pump installation. The technological restrictions are also identified. The developed methodology was tested; according to the results of the calculations, it was found that the reduction in specific power consumption can reach 12.68%. An assessment of the economic feasibility of the changing parameters of the electrical equipment has been carried out. Within the framework of the integrated logistic support approach, a program was developed for the selection of rational parameters of equipment in order to increase the energy efficiency of the installation of electric submersible pumps. The research results can be applied to oil-extracting industry enterprises in the framework of energy efficiency improvement programs. Full article
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Controller Development and Experimental Validation for a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
by Geraldo Rodrigues, Duarte Valério and Rui Melicio
Sustainability 2022, 14(20), 13498; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142013498 - 19 Oct 2022
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This paper reports experimental results, in a wind tunnel, of controllers for a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). Models and controllers from previous works were validated and improved through the acquisition of new data sets. The control methods used are PID, LQR and [...] Read more.
This paper reports experimental results, in a wind tunnel, of controllers for a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). Models and controllers from previous works were validated and improved through the acquisition of new data sets. The control methods used are PID, LQR and CRONE (a type of fractional order control, i.e., a controller using fractional derivatives). The simulation results led to the choice of the CRONE controller for implementation. Hardware and software were developed to perform tests in a wind tunnel, that proved the correct behavior of the controller whilst validation results exceeded those from simulation. These results are expected to contribute for the viability of VAWTs in urban environments since they can aid in the increasing demand of energy services in urban areas without increasing the carbon emission levels of the area. Full article
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Instant Closing of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Control Systems at Open-Loop Start
by Anton Dianov
Sustainability 2022, 14(19), 12665; https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912665 - 05 Oct 2022
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Nowadays, position sensorless permanent magnet synchronous motor drives are gaining popularity quite rapidly, and have become almost standard in many applications such as compressors, high speed pumps, etc. All of these drives involve estimators to calculate the speed and the position of the [...] Read more.
Nowadays, position sensorless permanent magnet synchronous motor drives are gaining popularity quite rapidly, and have become almost standard in many applications such as compressors, high speed pumps, etc. All of these drives involve estimators to calculate the speed and the position of the rotor, which are necessary for proper operation of vector control. While these estimators, with the exception of injection-based ones, work well in the middle and high-speed ranges, they cannot operate at low speeds. In order to overcome this problem, sensorless control systems include different starting techniques, with the most popular being open-loop starting. In this approach, the motor is accelerated in open-loop mode until it reaches the speed where estimator operates stably, then the control system is closed. However, the weakest point of this method is the technology of closing the system, which typically creates transients and can even be the cause of loss of stability. This paper proposes a method for instant and seamless transition from open-loop to closed loop which works perfectly under different load conditions. Other starting techniques are considered and compared with the proposed method. Full article
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