A. Mostafaeipour

Yazd University · Industrial Engineering Department

Special Issue "Advances in Thermal Performance and Energy Efficiency of Buildings in Various Regions" A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building". Deadline for manuscript submissions: 13 September 2023

Algeria, being amongst the biggest natural gas-producing countries in the world and belonging to top three oil producers in Africa, is supporting the development of its renewable energy resources. These clean and self-renewable sources include wind, solar, and geothermal аnd can help reduce the consumption of oil and gas and to preserve its fossil...

Currently, solar energy is considered one of the most suitable options for overcoming the problems of fossil fuel depletion, and global warming. Also, the high costs associated to photovoltaic systems, renders the maximum utilization of solar cells, a fundamental and undeniable necessity. Technical-economic-environmental analysis, using HOMER softw...

Rising demand for energy has increased the importance of reliable access to clean and sustainable energy sources. A very small amount of total electricity generation comes from renewable sources and the Iranian energy system is still completely dependent on fossil power plants. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of government...

The process of heating water consumes a lot of energy. In South Africa (SA) up to 40% of household energy consumption is utilized for water heating. In this regard, the use of renewable energies, especially solar, can help reduce the energy crisis in this country. In this study, applying the solar water heaters (SWHs) in home-scale has been explore...

Algeria is a wealthy country with natural resources, namely, nuclear, renewable, and non-renewable sources. The non-renewable energy sources are considered the lion’s share for energy production (98%). Algeria’s efforts to ensure and strengthen its energy security will take an important step in the coming decades by commissioning new energy infrast...

Hydrogen as an energy carrier can play a significant role in reducing environmental emissions if it is produced from renewable energy resources. This research aims to assess hydrogen production from wind energy considering environmental, economic, and technical aspect for the East Azerbaijan province of Iran. The economic assessment is performed by...

Nowadays, for many industries, innovation revolves around two technological improvements, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). ML, a subset of AI, is the science of designing and applying algorithms that can learn and work on any activity from past experiences. Of all the innovations in the field of ML models, the most significan...

In the wake of climate change, extreme storm events, catastrophic disasters (including soil erosion, debris and landslide formation, loss of life, etc.) have surged. These disasters are more common in mountainous regions, and could be a result of tectonic, climatic, and/or human activities [1–3]. Over the past two decades, more than 300 natural dis...

Crises related to water scarcity and air pollution are major problems in the world today. An important issue regarding wasting of the water is surface evaporation from reservoirs. If the surface of the pond is shaded, evaporation is largely prevented. The use of solar panels on surface of water, simultaneously reduces water evaporation and increase...

Drying is a common practice for delaying deterioration, preserving quality, and easier prolonged storage of agricultural products. According to the climatic and geographical conditions of Arsanjan County, Fars, Iran. So far, many studies have been conducted on the design and use of various barriers on absorber plates with the aim of increasing heat...

Solar heater has been known as an application of the solar thermal energy that is commonly employed for water heating. Purpose of this research is to introduce a conceptual model for employing solar water heaters (SWHs) in Yazd, Iran. Moreover, structural equation modeling (SEM) is used for assessing effect(s) of the available parameters on the sug...

Exploiting renewable energy sources, particularly solar energy, is a strategy to improve sustainability. This study aimed to investigate the effects of subsidies in construction home solar power plants‌ (HSPPs) and its impact on the sustainability of the energy system. By presenting a dynamic model, the relationship between various factors affectin...

A technical–economic assessment was carried out in this study to determine the possibilities for wind and solar power generation in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. The results showed that most of the province has a solar irradiance of over 400 W/m2, and also showed that wind and solar power generated in the province can be up to twice as cheap as t...

A decrease in the utilization of fossil energies, mainly by replacing them with renewable energy sources (RESs), is regarded as a potential energy source in today’s applications. RESs are broadly utilized for heating purposes and particularly with applications in solar water heater (SWH). Despite the accessibility of SWH technologies and their affo...

With the advent of new technologies and globalization of business, supply chains have turned into indispensable tools for gaining competitive advantage. The application of new technologies like blockchain can benefit sustainable energy supply chains by improving chain and logistics operations in the areas of trust, transparency and accountability,...

Due to population growth and industrial development, Iran is facing the challenge of energy supply in various industrial, power plant, agricultural, and residential sectors. While most of Iran's energy supply comes from fossil fuels, these fuels have devastating environmental impacts. Therefore, Iran has to invest more in its renewable energy sourc...

Energy requirements have increased dramatically due to industrialization, economic, and population growth. To meet this demand, and solve its challenges, such as climate change, renewable energies do play an important role. This research work aims at selecting the best renewable energy projects using a hybrid decision-making framework from environm...

The world’s energy consumption is outpacing supply due to population growth and technological advancements. For future energy demands, it is critical to progress toward a dependable, cost-effective, and sustainable renewable energy source. Solar energy, along with all other alternative energy sources, is a potential renewable resource to manage the...

The world is moving towards the generation of electricity with renewable energy sources (RES) due to the deterioration of the green environment and trying to replace non-renewable energy resources. The real-time results are achieved with the help of an arm controller, having good controller efficiency with the Waijung toolbox, compatible with MATLA...

Desalination is a perfectly viable solution for alleviating the problem of water scarcity in arid and dry regions with access to seawater or brackish groundwater. Yazd province in central desert part of Iran suffers from drinking water for most of the cities, because of the low precipitation. This study aimed at prioritizing the capitals of countie...

The energy supply system of Uzbekistan is not well positioned to meet the rapidly rising domestic energy demand of this country. Uzbekistan's current energy supply system is outdated and has very low diversity, as most of its energy comes from natural gas. In addition to producing immense amounts of greenhouse gas and environmental pollution, this...

An API standard drilling fluid was investigated from laminar to turbulent flow conditions using an in-house-built viscometer at speeds from 200 to 1600 RPM. A power-based method was applied to obtain the apparent viscosity and the shear stress of the water-based drilling mud (WBM) in the annulus of the viscometer. Then, a MATLAB optimization progra...

The emerging environmental consequences of overdependence on fossil fuels have pushed many countries to invest in clean and renewable sources of power. Countries like Iran where these sources can be found in abundance can take advantage of this potential to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. This study investigated the feasibility of the stan...

Climate change and global warming have been a focus of attention in several countries in recent years. Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) are one of the most significant contributors to an environmental hazard. Electricity generation is frequently associated with adverse environmental consequences resulting from fossil fuel use, with carbon dioxide em...

Power consumption of wellbore drilling in oil and gas exploitations count for 40% of total costs, hence power saving of WBM (water-based mud) by adding different concentrations of Al 2 O 3 , TiO 2 and SiO 2 nanoparticles is investigated here. A high-speed Taylor-Couette system (TCS) was devised to operate at speeds 0-1600 RPM to simulate power cons...

While Afghanistan’s power sector is almost completely dependent on fossil fuels, it still cannot meet the rising power demand of this country. Deploying a combination of renewable energy systems with hydrogen production as the excess energy storage mechanism could be a sustainable long-term approach for addressing some of the energy problems of Afg...

Power consumption of wellbore drilling in oil and gas exploitations count for 40% of total costs, hence power saving of WBM (water-based mud) by adding different concentrations of Al 2 O 3 , TiO 2 and SiO 2 nanoparticles is investigated here. A high-speed Taylor–Couette system (TCS) was devised to operate at speeds 0–1600 RPM to simulate power cons...

Biofuels are considered renewable sources of energy which can replace fossil fuels using naturally extracted fuels from the environment to fulfil growing demands for energy in developing countries. This paper aims to select a suitable province for producing biodiesel from Jatropha plants in new climate conditions of Iran using the additive ratio as...

In this study, the performance of a system consisting of an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) for generating power and an electrolyzer for producing hydrogen with a zeotropic mixture as working fluid to recover waste heat in a geothermal flash-binary cycle is investigated from energy and exergy point of view. The study also investigates the effect of usi...

Generation of energy across the world is today reliant majorly on fossil fuels. The burning of these fuels is growing in line with the increase in the demand for energy globally. Consequently, climate change, air contamination, and energy security issues are rising as well. An efficient alternative to this grave hazard is the speedy substitution of...

Among various types of renewables, wind energy requires a less initial investment that is projected to decrease even more due to technology improvements, a higher number of turbines, and ease of restrictions. Unlike traditional power-plants, wind turbines have been developed in various dimensions, and minimal land is taken out of production, so the...

Natural air ventilation in the hot-dry regions play a key role to decrease indoor air temperature in hot season, also to improve thermal comfort during the cold season. One of the most common ways to take advantage of natural ventilation is using wind catcher with an underground tunnel. In this method, the tower catches the airflow and directs it t...

The electricity consumption in residential/office buildings reported 45% of the total annual electricity demand in hot-arid climates. This accounted 27.2 TWh of electricity consumption with 14.2 MWh/capita/year in Kuwait. In this research, four offices in an educational building are equipped with a meteorological data logging system using temperatu...

Solar energy is a free and environmentally friendly supply of power that has negligible impact on the environment, and it has long been used by humans through different methods. However, solar energy technology would use for heating water for buildings as an alternative resource, which would help reduce CO2 reduction and safe environment. A data an...

High energy use in buildings plays a key role in climate change and air pollution in cities of Iran. In this regard, the use of thermal insulation to reduce energy demand has been proposed as an important solution. Production of thermal insulation made from chemicals consumes high energy and their disposal has high environmental effects. Therefore,...

A decrease in the utilization of fossil energies, mainly by replacing them with renewable energy sources (RESs), is regarded as a potential energy source in today's applications. RESs are broadly utilized for heating purposes and particularly with applications in solar water heater (SWH). Despite the accessibility of SWH technologies and their affo...

Pakistan is the world’s sixth-most populous country with a semi-industrialized economy. It has been always an energy importer and dependent on fossil fuels. Great pressure is imposed on Pakistan’s national grid from the rise in fossil fuel costs, variations in the annual interest rate, and increased costs of greenhouse emissions. To meet the ever-i...

With the rising demand for food products and the direct impact of climate change on food production in many parts of the world, recent years have seen growing interest in the subject of food security and the role of rainfed farming in this area. Machine learning methods can be used to predict crop yield based on a combination of remote sensing data...

Observing the growing energy demand of modern societies, many countries have recognized energy security as a looming problem and renewable energies as a solution to this issue. Renewable hydrogen production is an excellent method for the storage and transfer of energy generated by intermittent renewable sources such as wind and solar so that they c...

With the rising demand for food products and the direct impact of climate change on food production in many parts of the world, recent years have seen growing interest in the subject of food security and the role of rainfed farming in this area. Machine learning methods can be used to predict crop yield based on a combination of remote sensing data...

Observing the growing energy demand of modern societies, many countries have recognized energy security as a looming problem and renewable energies as a solution to this issue. Renewable hydrogen production is an excellent method for the storage and transfer of energy generated by intermittent renewable sources such as wind and solar so that they c...

Increasing energy demand has led to a substantial growth in the use of wind energy across the world, which can be attributed to the low initial and running costs and rapid and easy deployment of this technology. The development of hydrogen from wind energy is an excellent way to store the excess wind power produced, as the produced hydrogen can be...

Energy is a main factor for sustainable and economic development of many countries in the world. The objective of this paper is to investigate barriers facing solar energy development in Iran through a case study conducted on the Alborz Province. A questionnaire was designed and then submitted to the professionals in the field of solar energy. Firs...

Worldwide energy supply is mostly reliant on fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide emissions have caused many negative environmental issues like climate change, air pollution, and energy security. An important alternative to this hazard is substituting the fossil fuel-based carbon energy sources with renewable energy sources. Passive strategies, which are d...

Roughly 8 percent of the final energy used for heating and cooling of buildings and industries around the world is provided by renewable energies. Nevertheless, a major part of the energy consumed for heating is based on fossil fuels. Turkey's energy policies are aimed at providing secure, sustainable, and cost-effective energy, enhancing domestic...

Solar energy is the Earth's primary source of energy and the most widely available source of renewable energy. Its use in cooking is just one of its numerous applications and benefits. By concentrating solar energy into a small area, a solar cooker is capable of generating sufficient heat to cook, pasteurise and sterilise food items. This paper aim...

Among various types of renewables, wind energy requires a less initial investment that is projected to decrease even more due to technology advancement, a higher number of turbines, and ease of restrictions. Unlike traditional power-plants, wind turbines have been developed in various dimensions, and minimal land is taken out of production, so they...

The global population growth has led to a considerable rise in demand for wheat. Today, the amount of energy consumption in agriculture has also increased due to the need for sufficient food for the growing population. Thus, agricultural policymakers in most countries rely on prediction models to influence food security policies. This research aims...

In recent decades, many countries have shown a growing interest in the use of renewable energies for power generation. Geothermal is a kind of renewable energy originating from the earth’s internal structure, whose usability is free of climatic and weather situations. This energy is used to produce electricity and heat for industrial and domestic p...

Farmers across the world have long used chemical fertilizers to achieve higher production outputs. One of the basic inputs for the production of nitrogen fertilizer is fossil fuel, which is not only finite but also has tangible impacts on the environment. This study aims to determine the most suitable renewable energy resource (RER) for the product...

In addition to reviewing the latest status and the potential of developing wind energy in South Africa, the aim of the present study is to perform technical-economic-environmental analysis on a wind turbine system with HOMER software using the 20-years average data of the wind speed obtained from NASA’s database, for providing the electricity of a...

Due to the devastating ecological effects and constrained reserves of fossil fuels, renewable energies are now globally accepted as viable alternative sources of energy. Among renewable energy sources, wind energy has become globally popular, primarily because wind farms can be rapidly built and easily maintained at a relatively low cost. Wind-powe...

In recent years, hydrogen has constituted a clean energy carrier that can be gained by the use of renewable electricity. The most preliminary stage in the process of renewable hydrogen generation is to find the best place for exploiting the most energy. Thus, this study seeks to optimize the process of location selection for the construction of a s...

Purpose – Every day, the sun provides by far more energy than the amount necessary to meet the whole world's energy demand. Solar energy, unlike fossil fuels, does not suffer from depleting resource and also releases no Greenhouse Gas emissions when being used. Hence, employing solar irradiance to produce electricity via photovoltaic systems has si...

This study seeks to scrutinize the economic aspects of establishing the proposed system for producing electricity and hydrogen in the nominated city. For this, levelized cost of wind-generated electricity, levelized cost of seawater desalinated using wind energy, levelized cost of wind-powered hydrogen, payback period of investing on electricity, a...

Solar energy has been used to preserve agricultural products which require drying through a consistent application of relatively low heat. In the present study, the feasibility of implementation the solar dryer system in the city of Yazd in Iran is evaluated by examining the effective factors. By identifying factors which may somehow affect the des...

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Commercial wind power development is of growing importance for the world’s electrical generation capacity. Wind power is a form of renewable energy that has a key role in protecting the environment, creating employment, supporting social change in deprived areas, and providing electric grid stability. This study is among the first to investigate th...

Hydrogen has been a promising energy carrier to meet the world's energy needs as well as reduce pollutant emissions. Although many countries have policies and programs to expand hydrogen production, the potential for hydrogen production in different regions of Qatar has not yet been evaluated. Therefore, this paper, for the first time, evaluates th...

Purpose Acute shortage of potable water and energy supplies is expected to raise in developing countries in the near future. One solid way to address these issues is to exploit renewable energy resources efficiently. Hence, this study aims to investigate wind and solar energy use in the coastal areas of southern Iran for renewable-powered seawater...

Nowadays, consumption of renewable energies such as solar energies is increasing. Electricity in solar systems is produced using either photovoltaics or concentrated solar power (CSP) systems. Therefore, concentrating technologies are key parts of CSP systems. The lower cost of linear Fresnel collectors makes them attractive for electricity product...

The capacity factor is an important wind turbine parameter which is ratio of average output electrical power to rated electrical power of the wind turbine. Another main factor, the AEP, the annual energy production, can be determined using wind characteristics and wind turbine performance. Lower rated power may lead to higher capacity factor but wi...

Purpose- Rural areas are one of the effective regions in economy and self-sufficiency field especially in agricultural and livestock section. Planning in the rural section and the effort in solving the problems of farmers lead to increase their interest in farming and manufacturing in the villages and to decrease their migration to the cities and m...

Efficient utilization of wind energy depends on wind turbine selection and wind farm localization. The overall performance of a wind turbine is usually expressed by two important factors; the capacity factor and the annual energy production. These factors have conflicting effects due to rated power of the wind turbine. Higher rated power lowers the...

Utilization of renewable energies such as biofuels is rapidly progressing in many countries for environmental protection reasons. The surge of global energy demand and environmental concerns has led to greater desire to replace fossil fuels with clean and renewable fuels. One of the best substitutes to the gasoline is bioethanol. The main advantage...

In this study, feasibility of a new wind power generation system for urban application in Hormozgan Province of Iran is investigated. The wind turbine system in this study is a novel, aesthetically pleasing, noiseless, pollution-free, potentially cost-effective, and high efficiency design called tree-shaped wind turbine (TSWT). Techno-economic eval...

Purpose- Wind as a major source of renewable energy has received tremendous attentions due to its unique features in order to reduce carbon emission and also to keep the environment safe. Nevertheless, in order to use wind energy properly, the environmental circumstances and geographical location related to wind intensity should be considered as a...

Fuel cells are potential candidates for storing energy in many applications, but their implementations are limited due to poor efficiency and high initial and operating costs. The purpose of this research is to find the most influential fuel cell parameters applying adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). The method of ANFIS is implemented f...

This study seeks to provide a new method by proposing three hybrid algorithms. The proposed algorithms include genetic neural network hybrid algorithm, simulated annealing neural network hybrid algorithm, and shuffled frog-leaping neural network hybrid algorithm. The efficiency and reliability of the presented hybrid algorithms in prediction of win...

The rapidly growing of population in the developing countries and their lack of access to electricity, especially in the remote or rural areas, is causing huge challenges for on energy production. Energy is an enabler and a reliable energy supply is critical to sustainable socioeconomic development for any nation. Most of Chad’s people live in vill...

Renewable energies play a vital role in the economic and social development and progress of many countries. As one of the most significant sources of renewable energy, solar energy has been used due to its availability in many regions. Generating electricity for hydrogen production is one of the applications of solar energy. In petrochemical comple...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the techno-economic feasibility of wind power potential for a tribal region located in Gachsaran in the South-West of Iran. Design/methodology/approach Techno-economic feasibility study and analysis of data were conducted by HOMER v2.68 software. Simulations and calculations were performed for 10 kW turbines,...

Due to acute problems caused by fossil fuels that threaten the environment, conducting research on other types of energy carriers that are clean and renewable is of great importance. Since in the past few years hydrogen has been introduced as the future fuel, the aim of this study is to evaluate wind and solar energy potentials in prone areas of Ir...

Dew point is the temperature at which water vapor in the air condenses into liquid with the same rate it evaporates. Dew point study is important in arid lands with low rainfall, also in other regions with various hydrological and climatological conditions. In this study, the Grey theory is applied for the first time to propose a framework approach...

Abstract Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to forecast wind power generation in an area through different methods, and then, recommend the most suitable one using some performance criteria. Design/methodology/approach-The Box-Jenkins modeling and the Neural network modeling approaches are applied to perform forecasting for the last 12 months. F...

One of the most strategic materials used in automotive industries is galvanised steel sheets, of which 50% to 85% of the weight of each car is made. However, these materials with the desired specification cannot be produced in Iran and must be outsourced to foreign providers. Therefore, outsourcing has become an indispensable part of Iranian automo...

The objective of this study was to perform a sensitivity analysis on the factors affecting wind site localization. A case study is selected based on 13 cities in the province of Fars in Iran which is equally applicable in any other wind sites. Then, the cities are ranked using the dual form of the data envelopment analysis model. Next, six criteria...

Purpose–In hot and dry climates, air conditioning accounts for a large portion of total energy consumption; therefore, this paper aims to investigate the impact of sol-air temperature and ground temperature on the loss of cooling energy in hot and dry regions of Iran. Design/methodology/approach–In line with this objective, the values of sol-air te...

Wind power potential by itself is not a good indicator of the suitability of a region for wind power generation for different purposes. Economic attractiveness is a better indicator in this regard as it stimulates the involvement of private businesses in this sector. Naturally, the shorter is the payback period or the time required to reach profita...

The objective of this study is to socially and economically investigate installation of wind turbines in Iran in order to produce hydrogen using its electricity. Due to adequate condition of wind blow in Manjil, Zabol, and Ardebil, these cities were chosen as the case studies and sample society. To scrutinize the acceptance of wind power among the...

The integration of renewable energy sources like wind and solar is very important to combat climate change, also to reduce carbon dioxide in many countries. Afghanistan with low energy consumption has a great potential for using renewable energies., also therefore, this study attempts to find suitable locations for constructing solar-wind power-pla...

During the past few decades, many researchers have studied the issue of air travel demand in different countries. On the other hand, the development of airports requires considerable space in the vicinity of cities which needs planning and huge investment. However, development of air travel through different airports will be affected by various fac...

Wind energy is becoming one of the most important sources of renewable energy for many countries in the future. The purpose of this study is to predict wind speed using different algorithms. In this study, a new hybrid algorithm is developed to predict the wind speed behavior, and 24 h predictions of changes in wind speed are obtained with the aid...

Maximization of the incident energy at surfaces of the photovoltaic modules is among the key factors of energy extraction maximization. In this paper, fixed tilt solar-PV systems are considered. The incident solar energy maximization problem is formulated as the maximization of the solar energy incident on the flat surfaces of the traditional flat...

There has been a great concern about shortage of potable water in many countries as well as Iran, because of the dramatic low rainfall during past few decades almost in all over the Iran. There is a great concern for implementing renewable desalination systems as it seems to be the only clean and environmental friendly source to the traditional fos...

The growing awareness about the adverse effects of fossil fuels and the ensuing pollution has encouraged and promoted the use of renewable energies throughout the world. This in turn has encouraged governments and investors to show more interest in generation of renewable energy through construction of facilities such as wind farms. The novelty of...