Energy is one of the primary inputs in textile processing industries that have a significant impact on the cost of a cotton product. The energy cost-share is reported between 5-10% of the total production cost of woven cotton fabric in textile factories of developed countries. However, it is far higher in developing countries. This study aims to contribute to the understanding of energy use and...

This paper presents a methodology for maintenance scheduling (MS) of generators using binary particle swarm optimization (BPSO) based probabilistic approach. The objective of this paper is to reduce the loss of load probability (LOLP) for a power system. The capacity outage probability table (COPT) is the initial step in creating maintenance schedule using the probabilistic levelized risk metho...

LECSIM is a highly efficient logic simulator which integrates the advantages of event driven interpretive simulation and levelized compiled simulation. Two techniques contribute to the high efficiency. First it employs the zerodelay simulation model with levelized event scheduling to eliminate most unnecessary evaluations. Second, it compiles the central event scheduler into simple local schedu...

Abstract The diffusion of new energy vehicles (NEVs), such as battery electric (BEVs) and fuel cell (FCVs), is critical to the transportation sector’s deep decarbonization. cost chains an important factor in NEVs. Although researchers have addressed technological learning effect NEVs life cycle emissions associated with NEVs, little work has been conducted analyze costs different consideration ...

The electricity access in Sub-Saharan African countries is below 10%; thus, introducing a microgrid for rural electrification can overcome the endemic lack of modern electricity access that hampers the provision of basic services such as education, healthcare, safety, economic and social growth for rural communities. This work studies different possible comparison methods considering variations...

Over the past decade, solar photovoltaic (PV) power has experienced dramatic deployment growth coupled with substantial decreases in system prices. This article examines how solar PV power is currently positioned in the electricity marketplace and how that position is likely to evolve in the foreseeable future. We first assess the current cost competitiveness of solar PV in select U.S. location...

wind power has been widely considered in recent years as an available and a clean renewable energy source. the cost of wind energy production is currently the main issue, and increasing the size of wind turbines can reduce wind energy production costs. hence, megawatt wind turbines are being rapidly developed in recent years. in this paper, an aerodynamic analysis of the nrel 5mw turbine is car...

Although Levelized Compiled Code simulation performs well under moderate to high activity conditions, there are many circuits that exhibit extremely low activity rates, either overall, or in certain subcircuits. The techniques presented here allow event-driven behavior to be added to Levelized Compiled Code simulations, with the aim of improving the performance of circuits with very low activit...

Human activities emitting greenhouse gases (e.g. carbon dioxide) are the main cause of observed warming since the mid-20 th century. Because a large fraction of human emissions are from conventional power sources it will be important to adopt carbon neutral technologies such as alternative energy sources (IPCC, 2013). Grid parity is the point at which alternative energy sources reach a levelize...