by Minghan Bao  , Nagi Abdussamie  and Faisal AlThobiani

Received: 03 December 2022;  Published: 09 February 2023;  doi: 10.21926/jept.2301008

Analysing the structural response of offshore wind turbines (OWTs) requires a robust method to estimate environmental loadings associated with extreme weather conditions. This study aimed to accurately predict wind loadings on a non-rotating OWT using a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code, Ansys Fluent package. The inlet velocity boundary condition was defined as a uniform inlet wind speed and then as a Normal Wind Profile (NWP). Three large wind speeds of 25 m/s, 40 m/s and 50 m/s were tested with the aid of t [...]

by Naireeta Deb  and Rajendra Singh

Received: 15 November 2022;  Published: 08 February 2023;  doi: 10.21926/jept.2301007

Widespread adoption of electric vehicles has presented the challenges of short range and prolonged charging time. Going forward, extremely fast charging is the only solution to these problems. However, the typical Silicon power electronics supported 400 V electric vehicle powertrain cannot live up to this challenge. Limitations include the huge cable size, heating of equipment due to high current and user safety, to name a few. In this paper, we have analyzed an 800 V EV powertrain using power electronics based on [...]

by Koorosh Goudarzi  and AliReza R. Taghizadeh

Received: 31 December 2022;  Published: 06 February 2023;  doi: 10.21926/jept.2301006

In this paper, due to the importance of energy recovery from internal combustion engines and the increasing human growing need for power and refrigeration, a two-cycle power and refrigeration system consisting of an organic Rankine cycle and an ejector refrigeration cycle is investigated analytically. The proposed system with the ability to use the ejector as an effective and economical system, can produce simultaneous power and refrigeration by drawing thermal energy from the exhaust gas and engine coolant in the [...]

by Kenji Amagai  , Hiroto Kotake  , Masahiro Munemura  , Sawako Shigeto  and Masayuki Horio

Received: 10 October 2022;  Published: 02 February 2023;  doi: 10.21926/jept.2301005

This paper describes the development of low-speed electric community buses (LSECBs) designed by the author's group and their spread situation in Japan. LSECBs are electric vehicles that can travel on public roads at speeds of less than 5.56 m/s (20 km/h). The university, local government, local businesses, and residents with a co-design approach developed the LSECBs. They have various advantages such as safety due to low speed and low energy consumption. In particular, the LSECBs have features not found in ordinary [...]

by Cenk Temizel  , Hakki Aydin  , F. Bahar Hosgor  , Cengiz Yegin  and C. Shah Kabir

Received: 25 September 2022;  Published: 28 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/jept.2301004

In recent years, the oil and gas sector has been moving towards green production methods to achieve net-zero emission goals. Governments and corporations have started large-scale initiatives to deploy advanced technologies to reduce carbon footprints and prevent global warming. Herein, we have explored the emerging techniques and methods used in reducing the effects of gas emissions in the oil and gas industry. The transition process from hydrocarbons to renewable energy resources, including solar thermal applicati [...]

by Andrew Williams  and Murray Thomson

Received: 09 November 2022;  Published: 09 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/jept.2301003

This paper examines the economic case for the UK to proceed urgently with the installation of thermal insulation and heat pumps in most UK buildings, in the context of the legal requirement to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. A recent study by the same authors assumed that such insulation and heat pumps would be in place, and showed how the whole of the UK’s energy demand could be met by low carbon electricity generation and appropriate storage. This paper extends the modelling to consider the risk that i [...]

by Journal of Energy and Power Technology Editorial Office

Received: 05 January 2023;  Published: 05 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/jept.2301002

The editors of Journal of Energy and Power Technology would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2022. We greatly appreciate the contribution of expert reviewers, which is crucial to the journal's editorial process. We aim to recognize reviewer contributions through several mechanisms, of which the annual publication of reviewer names is one. Reviewers receive a voucher entitling them to a discount on their next LIDSEN publication and can download a certifi [...]

by Elysa Nensy Irawan  , Sandro Sitompul  , Ken-Ichiro Yamashita  and Goro Fujita

Received: 05 October 2022;  Published: 02 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/jept.2301001

This research aims to know the effect of the Rotor Radius Ratio on the performance of the hybrid Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Savonius-Darrieus NREL S809 model using the Computational Fluid Dynamics method. Two-bladed Savonius is used as an internal rotor, and three-bladed Darrieus NREL S809 as an external rotor. Turbine model performance is analyzed through the value of the Moment Coefficient and Power Coefficient. The result shows that the increase in the Rotor Radius Ratio value causes an increase in the initial M [...]

by Hamidreza Shamsi  , Ehsan Haghi  , Manh-Kien Tran  , Sean Walker  , Kaamran Raahemifar  and Michael Fowler

Received: 11 March 2022;  Published: 25 December 2022;  doi: 10.21926/jept.2204043

Road traffic is a significant source of air pollution that has a harmful impact on human health. To reduce the health and environmental impacts of fossil fuel consumption in the transportation sector, many countries have implemented policies to promote the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs). A vital factor to consider when designing policies to support EV use is the monetized health impacts of fossil fuel consumption. This research aims to investigate the health benefit of replacing internal combustion engine ve [...]

by Lara T. C. Mota  , Igor M. Figueredo  , F. Murilo T. Luna  , Rodrigo S. Vieira  , Célio L. Cavalcante Jr.  and M. Alexsandra S. Rios

Received: 26 September 2022;  Published: 22 December 2022;  doi: 10.21926/jept.2204042

In this study, the oxidative stability of the cottonseed oil biodiesel (CB) and soybean oil biodiesel (SB) was investigated by two methodologies, Rancimat and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), using samples fresh and aged (mid-term storage condition (100 days)). The biodiesel samples were synthesized by transesterification and characterized by specific mass, kinematic viscosity, acidity value, ester content, viscosity index, and peroxide value. The activation energy (Ea), Arrhenius pre-exponential factor (Z) [...]