Plant biomass is an important factor for determining arid and semi-aridrangelands capacity. Due to the lack of proper and annual sampling of rangelands, there areno suitable data to determine biomass, range condition and proper range managementoperations. Plant biomass is one of the measurable attributes that can be assessed inrangeland studies. Since the clip and weight method is destructive a...

Fuel cell-based hybrid cycles that include conventional power generators have been created to modify energy performance and output power. In the present paper, integrated biomass gasification (IBG)-molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC)-gas turbine (GT) and steam turbine (ST) combined power cycle is introduced as an innovative technique in terms of sustainable energy. In addition, biomass gasificati...

United States energy policy mandates increased use of renewable fuels. Restoring grasslands could contribute to a portion of this requirement through biomass harvest for bioenergy use. We investigated which plant community characteristics are associated with differences in biomass yield from a range of realistic native prairie plantings (n = 11; i.e., conservation planting, restoration, and wil...

Micro combined heat and power (CHP) systems for single residential buildings are seen as advantageous to combine both decentralized power supply and rather high overall efficiency. The latter presupposes flexible and adaptive plant management which has to mediate between energy cost minimization and user comfort aspects. This is achieved by use of computational intelligence (CI) techniques; str...

In resource-poor environments, adjustment in plant biomass allocation implies a complex interplay between environmental signals and plant development rather than a delay in plant development alone. To understand how environmental factors influence biomass allocation or the developing phenotype, it is necessary to distinguish the biomass allocations resulting from environmental gradients or onto...

This paper proposes a multi-timescale coordinated operation approach which coordinates the combined heat and power (CHP) plant wind farm in deregulated day-ahead market real-time balancing electricity market. aims to optimize profits of CHP-wind portfolio by considering energy sale penalty two-price Multiple uncertainties load, generation, price, up- down-regulation prices are taken into accoun...

Freshwater plants affect the ecosystem functioning of shallow aquatic ecosystems. However, because native plants are threatened by environmental change such as eutrophication, global warming and biological invasions, continued ecosystem functioning may be at risk. In this study, we explored how the growth of native and non-native plant species in eutrophic, warm conditions impacts two plant eco...

This paper discusses different possibilities to reduce primary energy consumption and CO2 emissions by increasing the energy efficiency of an integrated process plant. Firstly, possible opportunities for heat saving inside a mill were analyzed. After that, optional uses for the recovered amount of heat were identified. The effects of change were then evaluated. The primary evaluation criteria w...

Abatement options for the hard-to-electrify parts of transport sector are needed to achieve ambitious emissions targets. Biofuels based on biomass, electrofuels renewable hydrogen and a carbon source, as well fossil fuels compensated by dioxide removal (CDR) main options. Currently, biofuels only available at scale stimulated blending mandates. Here, we estimate system cost enforcing such manda...

This study was conducted in order to investigate the effect of drought stress and Azomite fertilizer on some physiological traits of two tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum M.) cultivars (izmir and Izabella). A randomized complete design with factorial arrangement with three replications was used. Treatments consisted of three levels of irrigation including FC (control), FC (mild drought stress), a...