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...

Micro CHP, installed in individual homes, will in time remove a substantial electricity demand on a dynamic basis at the low voltage level, and may, in some instances, neutralise or even reverse the power flows in distribution transformers. This will clearly have economic consequences for the Distribution Network Operator (DNO) in terms of lost revenue, but will also have profound consequences ...

In this paper smart operation of micro energy hub is presented. Energy hub system consists of certain energy hubs and interconnectors that are coordinated by energy hub system operator. An energy hub contains several converters and storages to serve demanded services in most efficient manner from available energy carriers. In this paper, the flexibility of energy delivery point is enhanced u...

Worldwide small-scale micro-CHPs account for the largest share in fuel cell market by units of installation (not installed power output). Notably, Japanese Ene-Farm program is responsible over 400.000 micro-CHP installations (until end June 2021). This worldwide deployment and it reflects long- outstanding commitment both government industry to form a ‘Hydrogen Society’. In Europe, situation en...

This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the energetic, economic and environmental performance micro-combined heat power (CHP) system that comprises 29.5 m2 hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) collectors, 1-kWe Stirling engine (SE) energy storage. First, model for solar micro-CHP system, which includes validated transient SE unit, is developed. Parametric analyses are performed throughout ...

The Feed-In-Tariff scheme in the UK has generated attractive economics in the investment for anaerobic digestion (AD) to convert sewage sludge into biogas and digested sludge for energy and agricultural applications, respectively. The biogas is a source of biomethane to replace natural gas in the gas grid system. Biogas can be utilised to generate combined heat and power (CHP) on-site, at house...

The continuous demand to reduce both the pollutant emissions and greenhouse gas (GHG) is increasing use of alternative fuels as biodiesel in direct-injection compression ignition engines under combined heat power (CHP) configuration. Although has different thermophysical properties compared standard diesel, it can be used without significant modifications. However, pure biodiesel/diesel blends ...

Chp (Cdc42 homologous protein) shares significant sequence and functional identity with the human Cdc42 small GTPase, and like Cdc42, promotes formation of filopodia and activates the p21-activated kinase serine/threonine kinase. However, unlike Cdc42, Chp contains unique amino- and carboxyl-terminal extensions. Here we determined whether Chp, like Cdc42, can promote growth transformation and e...