Sustainable design for renewable processes : principles and case studies / edited by Mariano Martín.

Front Cover
Sustainable Design for Renewable Processes
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
List of contributors
Preface
1 Resources and raw materials
1 Management of renewable energy sources
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Biomass
1.2.1 Biomass conversion processes
1.2.1.1 Thermochemical conversion processes
1.2.1.2 Biochemical conversion processes
1.2.1.3 Chemical conversion processes
1.2.2 Biofuels
1.3 Hydropower
1.3.1 Hydropower
1.3.1.1 Classification of hydropower plants
1.3.1.2 Conventional hydropower plants

1.3.1.3 Run-of-river hydropower plants
1.3.1.4 Pumped storage hydropower plants
1.3.2 Marine energy
1.3.2.1 Tidal energy
1.3.2.1.1 Tidal barrages
1.3.2.1.2 Tidal turbines
1.3.2.1.3 Tidal fences
1.3.2.2 Wave energy
1.3.2.2.1 Oscillating water column
1.3.2.2.2 Wave Overtopping reservoir
1.3.2.2.3 Attenuator
1.3.2.2.4 Surface point absorber
1.3.2.2.5 Ocean thermal energy conversion
1.4 Geothermal power
1.4.1 Geothermal uses
1.4.1.1 Direct use of geothermal energy
1.4.1.1.1 Types of geothermal heat pumps
1.4.1.2 Indirect use of geothermal energy

1.4.1.2.1 Dry steam power plants
1.4.1.2.2 Flash steam power plants
1.4.1.2.3 Binary cycle power plants
1.5 Wind power
1.5.1 Types of wind energy
1.5.2 Wind turbines
1.6 Solar energy
1.6.1 Solar technologies
1.6.1.1 Solar photovoltaic
1.6.1.2 Solar thermal technology
1.6.1.2.1 Linear concentrator systems
1.6.1.2.2 Dish/engine systems
1.6.1.2.3 Power tower systems
1.7 Renewable energy integration and flexibility
References
2 Design principles
2 Mathematical modeling for renewable process design
2.1 Modeling approaches for process synthesis

2.1.1 Mechanistic models
2.1.2 Empirical models
2.1.2.1 Machine Learning-based models
2.2 Process simulation
2.2.1 Equation-based simulation
2.2.1.1 Linear problems
2.2.1.2 Nonlinear problems
2.2.1.2.1 Methods based on divisions
2.2.1.2.2 Methods based on fixed point
2.2.1.2.2.1 Newton method
2.2.1.3 Ordinary differential equations
2.2.1.3.1 Single step
2.2.1.3.1.1 Explicit
2.2.1.3.1.2 Implicit
2.2.1.3.2 Multistep methods
2.2.1.4 Differential algebraic system of equations
2.2.1.4.1 Nested approach
2.2.1.4.2 Simultaneous

2.2.1.4.3 Shooting methods
2.2.1.4.4 Finite differences
2.2.2 Sequential modular-based simulation
2.3 Process integration and optimization
2.3.1 Optimization problems
2.3.1.1 Linear programming problems
2.3.1.1.1 Simplex method
2.3.1.1.2 Interior point methods
2.3.1.1.2.1 Bilevel optimization
2.3.1.2 Mixed integer linear programming problems
2.3.1.2.1 Big-M
2.3.1.2.2 Convex hull
2.3.1.3 Nonlinear programming
2.3.1.4 Mixed integer nonlinear programming
2.3.1.5 Optimization involving dynamic models
2.3.1.6 Global optimization