Wind energy in Romania: A review from 2009 to 2016

G Dragomir, A Șerban, G Năstase… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The main purpose of this study is to highlight the continuing need of policies for subsidizing
through Green Certificates, the production of electricity from renewable sources in Romania …

Entropy generation minimization of a pump running in reverse mode based on surrogate models and NSGA-II

MM Ghorani, MHS Haghighi, A Riasi - International Communications in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pumps in reverse function are one of the most cost-effective industrial devices to generate
power from small hydropower capacities. Due to the fact that the pump components are not …

A numerical study on the feasibility of electricity production using an optimized wind delivery system (Invelox) integrated with a Horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT)

MM Ghorani, B Karimi, SM Mirghavami, Z Saboohi - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
For the first time, the geometry of the Invelox wind delivery system is optimized in this paper
using a multi-objective surrogate-based optimization method. The feasibility of electricity …

Wind turbine blade geometry design based on multi-objective optimization using metaheuristics

JXV Neto, EJG Junior, SR Moreno, HVH Ayala… - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The application of evolutionary algorithms to wind turbine blade design can be interesting,
by reducing the number of aerodynamic-to-structural design loops in the conventional …

Multi-fidelity optimization of blade thickness parameters for a horizontal axis tidal stream turbine

PM Kumar, J Seo, W Seok, SH Rhee, A Samad - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Cross-sectional geometry of a horizontal axis tidal stream turbine (HATST) blade was
optimized using surrogate models and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. The …

Optimal condition of simultaneous water and air injection in a Francis turbine in order to reduce vortices using experimental and numerical methods

M Shafa, E Hajidavalloo, A Riasi… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Optimal operation of hydro turbine as one of the most important sources of renewable
energy is of great importance. In this article, using a combination of experimental and …

Numerical optimization of horizontal-axis wind turbine blades with surrogate model

H Wang, X Jiang, Y Chao, Q Li, M Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Wind energy is a widely used and developed the renewable energy, which has developed
rapidly. At present, the design of the horizontal axis wind turbine blade mainly used Blade …

Computationally Aware Surrogate Models for the Hydrodynamic Response Characterisation of Floating Spar-Type Offshore Wind Turbine

D Ilardi, M Kalikatzarakis, L Oneto, M Collu… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to increasing environmental concerns and global energy demand, the development of
Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs) is on the rise. FOWTs offer a promising solution to …

Experimental investigation of blade number and design effects for a ducted wind turbine

HA Asl, RK Monfared, M Rad - Renewable Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the recent decades, many different ducted turbines have been designed to augment
efficiency of wind turbines. The design and number of blades are the most important …

Optimization of a vacuum cleaner fan suction and shaft power using Kriging surrogate model and MIGA

S Almasi, MM Ghorani, MHS Haghighi… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Optimization of vacuum cleaner fan components is a low-cost and time-saving solution to
satisfy the increasing requirement for compact energy-efficient cleaners. In this study …