Future Directions in Energy Engineering Challenges, Opportunities, and Sustainability

Future Directions in Energy Engineering: Challenges, Opportunities, and Sustainability presents new advances and research results in theoretical, experimental, and practical sustainable energy engineering. Contributions cover case studies to explore and analyze technological advancements alongside practical applications to help readers better understand the relevant concepts and solutions necessary to achieve clean energy and sustainable development. The book brings together the latest developments in the emerging areas of intelligent power systems, green energy, and technology. Coverage includes:

• Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution;
• Power system economics, operation, and control;
• Energy storage and cybersecurity for smart grids;
• Energy efficiency in building designs and management;
• Sustainable materials for buildings;
• Integration of renewable energy sources in buildings;
• Greening urbanization and urban settlements.

The book offers approaches to help engineers and researchers in sustainable energy engineering technologies solve practical problems affecting their daily work.

Exploring Weather Research and Forecasting WRF Model Parameterizations for Enhanced Solar and Wind Energy Resources Predictions in Malawi.- Intraday Solar Irradiance Forecasting based on Hybrid Machine Learning Methodology for Photovoltaic Power Applications.- Integrated Energy Management System Approach for Off Grid Residential Home.- The Role of Integration of Hybrid Microgrids in Decarbonising Copper Deposits Mining in Australia.- Utilizing Wind Farms and Electric Vehicles to Mitigate the First and Second Frequency Dips in Power Systems.- Performance analysis of PEMFC coupled with recuperative organic Rankine cycle for waste heat recovery.- Interdependency of Passive Design Strategies for Energy Efficient Building Envelope.- Harnessing Solar Energy for Efficient Cooling In Hot Weather Regions A Comparative Experiment on Solar Assisted air Conditionings Energy Efficiency.- Optimizing the Urban Rail Transit System for Minimal Passenger Waiting Time and Reduced Traction Energy Consumption.- Potentiality of Agricultural Residues from Pruning Fruit Trees for Energy Source in Northern Thailand.- Microwave assisted pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass with a low transition temperature mixture choline chloride glycerol.- Study on Enhancement of the Interfacial Water Absorption Process by an Electrostatic Field.- Performance Assessment of Co MnO2 C Cathodic Catalyst in Pipe Type Microbial Fuel Cells.- Mk4 Kiln In Brick Manufacturing In Peru Reduction Of Pollutants And Maximum Energy Efficiency For Sustainable Production.- Analyzing Supply Chain Structures with Petri Nets A Composition Based Approach.

Xiaolin Wang, Ph.D., is a Professor in the School of Engineering, University of Tasmania. He worked as a Research Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore from 2002 to 2005. In 2003, he was a visiting scientist at the University of Siegen, Germany, funded by DAAD, Germany. In 2005, Dr. Wang joined the School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering at the University of Western Australia. In 2012, he joined the School of Engineering, University of Tasmania, where he is now a Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems. His research interests include cooling and power engineering, energy storage and conversion, desalination, and utilization of renewable energy. Dr. Wang is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and was named a Field Leader in Thermal Science by The Australian’s Research Magazine in 2018. His national and international reputation in thermal science is evidenced by his achievements and awards, including the DAAD visiting fellowship by DAAD Germany in 2003 and the Ludwig Mond Prize 2005 by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), the Australian China Young Scientist Exchange Program award in 2009, and the Australian Japan Emerging Research Leader Program award in 2016 by the Australia Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). He received the Dean’s Award for outstanding research performance in 2016 and the College Research Excellence Award in 2023 at the University of Tasmania. He is a subject editor of Applied Thermal Engineering, Associate Editor of the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering; Scientific Reports; and Frontiers in Built Environment, and topic editor of Applied Sciences; Energies; Sustainability; and Thermo. He has completed many national/international research projects with a total value of more than $7 million. He is also a member of the Blue Economic CRC ($329 million). He has published more than 270 international journal and conference papers.