31 articles in this issue
Yasser Gaber Dessouky
Energy is one of the basic needs of humanity and, for ages, the sun seemed to be the main source ofall energy in the universe and that is why the ancient Egyptians used to venerate it. Many wastes andcorpses – under pressure and heat – have been converted... see more
Farouk EL Baz
It is with pleasure that I welcome this initiative of the Arab Academy of Science and Technology(AASTMT). I applaud the AASTMT for emphasis on the applications of renewable energy tosustainable development. This new journal will assist in popularizing the... see more
Hani Nokraschy
If the whole world, which Egypt is a part of, continues business as usual in the field of electricitygeneration, namely, using the same regimes adopts today, burning fossil fuels and Uranium fission,both fuels will run out within sixty years at most and t... see more
Yousry E. M. Abushady
Energy is the backbone of any development in any State. Renewable Energy (wind, solar and biomass) appears currently as a major strategic energy source for a sustainable development particularly for developing or under developing societies. Use of r... see more
Frede Blaabjerg
The energy consumption is steadily increasing very rapid due to more people on the earth, betterliving conditions as well as we are trying to live in areas where the energy demand is high. Theeconomy growth in the last century has not been possible withou... see more
Zaghba Layachi,Abdelhalim Borni,Abdelhak Bouchakour,Nadjiba Terki
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Omar Feddaoui,Riad Toufouti,Salima Meziane
Generation of electricity using diesel is costly for small remote isolated communities. At remote location electricity generation from renewable energy such as wind can help reduce the overall operating costs by reducing the fuel costs. However, the penet... see more
Nacer Kouider Msirdi,B Meghni,A Saadoun
This paper gives a review of the most efficient algorithms designed to track the maximum power point (MPP) for catching the maximum wind power by a variable speed wind turbine (VSWT). We then design a new maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm usin... see more
Salem Rahmani,Lazhar Rmili,Kamal Al-Haddad
Souhila Rached Zine,Mazari Benyounes,Mohamed Amine Bouzid
wind energy features prominently as a supplementary energy booster. It does not pollute and is inexhaustible. However, its high cost is a major constraint, especially on the less windy sites. The purpose of wind energy systems is to maximize energy effici... see more
Hossein Parastvand,Mohammad Javad Khosrowjerdi,Nacer Kouider M'Sirdi
This paper presents a new model free approach to the design of robust PID controller for the position control of electrical machines, such as induction motor, synchronous motor and DC motor faced to un-modeled dynamics. It is illustrated that knowing the ... see more
Rim Ben Salah,Meriam Djebali,Omar Kahouli,Chokri Bouchoucha,Hsan Hadj AbdAllah
Nacer Kouider Msirdi,Bechara Nehme
More and more MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) algorithms are in competition to maximize energy extracted from PV systems. This paper shows how to get the best algorithm (the most simple, fast and robust). VSAS (VariableStructure Automat... see more
Johanna Salazar,Fernando Tadeo,Cesar Prada
This paper focuses on modelling diesel generators for off-grid installations based on renewable energies. Variations in Environmental Variables (for example, Solar Radiation and Wind Speed) make necessary to include these auxiliary systems in off-grid ren... see more
Mouna Ben Smida,Anis Sakly
This paper deals with the operation and the control of the direct driven permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG).Different conventional strategies of pitch angle control are described and validated through simulation results under Matlab\Simulink.
Yitung Chen,Vijaisri Nagarajan
In this study numerical analysis is carried out for four different types of fins namely rectangular, triangular, inverted bolt fins and ripsaw fins and two different types of arrangements namely staggered and top and bottom arrangement. The obtained resul... see more
In this study numerical analysis is carried out for four different types of fins for top and bottom fin arrangement. The obtained results are compared with each other and the design with best heat transfer and minimum pressure drop is selected. The workin... see more
Khaled Yassin,Aya Diab,Zakaria Ghoneim
This work aims to optimize the aerodynamic parameters (airfoil chord lengths and twist angles smoothed using Bezier curves) of the NREL 5MW wind turbine and a wind turbine designed for site-specific wind conditions to increase the wind turbine's annual en... see more
Tarek M El-Geziry
Using 38 years (January 1973-December 2010) of hourly wind records, the present paper aims at drawing the possible long-term trends of winds and ten surface wave parameters over the west region of Scotland using the quadratic regression approach. Fou... see more
Abdelaziz Naamane,AbdelAziz Boukara
Hand-drafted print, sketching and hand modeling were the standard for building designs before the advent of computer aided design (CAD) systems . Nowadays CAD systems are better understood, their adoption increased until the 2D, 3D CAD system ... see more
Safwat Abdel Fattah Seleem
Currently our world is facing the challenge of natural resources depletion, specifically, the depletion of fossil fuel resources. Accordingly, the implementation of the sustainable energy sources is no longer a luxury, but a key issue for survival. Egypt ... see more
Despina Serghides,Marina Markides,Martha Katafygiotou
The building sector in Europe is responsible for an estimated 40% of the total energy consumption. It is well established that the reduction of building energy consumption necessitates energy efficient renovation of the existing buildings. In order to ach... see more
Adel M. Al Taweel,V. Ismet Ugursal,Donnie Boodlal
Han Seung Lee,Mohamed Ismail,Mohd Warid Hussin
Chloride attacks concrete structures becoming a primary factor that deteriorates the durability of concrete structures. For this reason, research has been conducted on chloride ion penetration and diffusion. This research produced an accurate durability l... see more
Sally Said Eldeeb,Rania Abdel Galil,Alaa Eldin Sarhan
It is predicted that the global phenomena of Climate change will have far reaching effects and implications on different local urban systems. For incidence, global average sea levels are expected to rise between 7 and 36 cm by the 2050s, and between 9 and... see more
Elsayed Hussein Galall
Container is growing faster than GDP, Shipping lines always attempt to augment efficiencyby reducing cost and by attracting larger volumes of containers. As a result rising containerfreight rates the lines have been driven to increase economic of scale, b... see more
Khaled Gaber EL Sakty
As national mega projects, the Suez Canal Area Development Project and New Suez Canal have logistically imposed two main questions. First, how the project can spot the preferred solution for balancing the business and environmental concerns? Second, how t... see more
Hamdy A. Hassan
Bottled mineral water (BMW) is an alternative to mains water and consider it to be better and safer. Access to safe BMW from the bacteria involving potential health hazard is essential to health. Cultivation-independent technique PCR-based single-strand c... see more
Alvaro Serna,Fernando Tadeo,David Torrijos
A rule-based control is presented for desalination plants operating under variable, renewable power availability. This control algorithm is based on two sets of rules: first, a list that prioritizes the reverse osmosis (RO) units of the plant is created, ... see more
Ahmed Amin El Said Abd El Hameed,Mohamed Nagy,Hanaa Abou-Gabal
Time and precision of the results are the most important factors in any code used for nuclear calculations. Despite of the high accuracy of Monte Carlo codes, MCNP and Serpent, in many cases their relatively long computational time leads to difficulties i... see more
Mohammed Saad Dwiddar,Ibrahim El-Osery
A methodology of evaluating the economics of the front-end nuclear fuel cycle with a price change sensitivity analysis for a VVER-1000 reactor core as a case study is presented. The effect of increasing the fuel enrichment and its corresponding reactor cy... see more