Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all is one of the
Sustainable Development Goals. Some countries have therefore invested significantly in …

This paper studies the challenges of designing and operating adiabatic compressed air
energy storage (A-CAES) systems, identifies core causes for the reported discrepancies …

It is very important to guarantee performance synergy when combining two sub-systems.
This study investigated combinations of compressed air energy storage systems (CAESs) …

The improvement of gas turbines flexibility has been driven by more use of renewable
sources of power due to environmental concerns. There are different approaches to …

The operational flexibility of gas turbine (GT) engines is a key requirement to coexist
alongside increasing renewable energy that is often intermittent. One of the GT flexibility …

Rapid fluctuations in solar irradiation lead to significant variability in PV power output.
Traditional ramp rate control methods use battery energy storage systems to smooth power …

Large-scale energy storage systems are indispensable for the transition towards a net-zero
energy system. The profitability of such a storage system is essential to ensure proper …

The use of renewable energy, particularly solar and wind power, is increasing, but it is
necessary to alleviate the variation of such resources, a key drawback of using renewable …

Gas turbines play a key role in accelerating the transition towards more environmentally
friendly power generation. This role includes backup of renewable generation that is …

Real time passive wireless temperature sensing system used to monitor helicopter turbine
blade temperatures is presented here. The turbine blades were rotating at full speeds …