The ARIES-AT blanket has been developed with the overall objective of achieving high performance while maintaining attractive safety features, simple design geometry, credible maintenance and fabrication processes, and reasonable design margins as an indication of reliability. The design is based on Pb–17Li as breeder and coolant and SiCf/SiC composite as structural material. This paper summari...

The electric power industry is one of the major industries in terms carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and it necessary to explore low-carbon green generation models. In recent years, more research has focused on difference emissions fossil energy versus renewable but ignored impact human well-being. life cycle assessment (LCA) method a better for assessing model this paper, footprints coal plants...

Overall structure of electrical power system is in the process of changing. For incremental growth, it is moving away from fossil fuels major source of energy in the world today to renewable energy resources that are more environmentally friendly and sustainable [1]. Factors forcing these considerations are (a) the increasing demand for electric power by both developed and developing countries,...

Industrial symbiosis (IS) engages traditionally separate industries in a collective approach to competitive advantage involving the physical exchange of material, energy, water, and/or by-products. Although IS has been advocated as a business-friendly approach to environmental problems, there are few analyses of the financial and other business-related consequences for the individual participan...

Perfect compatibility between geothermal plants and the development of the other resources of the territory (tourism, quality agriculture, etc.) is a key issue for the sustainability of the geothermal energy and its acceptance by the communities hosting the plants. Third Millennium geothermal projects are able to win this challenge. Integration in the landscape of power plants and related infra...

This paper investigates how the details of government actions induce innovation—the overlapping activities of invention, adoption and diffusion, and learning by doing—in benvironmental technology,Q products and processes that either control pollutant emissions or prevent emissions altogether. It applies multiple quantitative and qualitative measures of innovation to a case subject to several bt...

Flue gas desulfurization is commonly known as FGD and is the technology used for removing sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the exhaust combustion flue gases of power plants that burn coal oroil to produce steam for the turbines that drive their electricity generators. The most common types of FGD contact the flue gases with an alkaline sorbent such as lime or limestone. As sulfur dioxide is responsibl...

The use of renewable energies, especially in metropolises has led to a reduction in environmental pollution and greater access to clean, renewable and sustainable energy. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a national plan adopted by the Tehran city council for reducing air pollutions. This plan is designed to increase the share of renewable energies in residential buildings. This study a...