Shaping sustainable development to support human welfare

Due to increased environmental awareness and social responsibility, social and human welfare have been increasingly viewed through the prism of sustainable development. As sustainable development is a highly multi-disciplinary field of research, a considerable number of studies have been devoted to this issue. The studies show that sustainable development has become an urgent task for the international community, academia, industry experts, policy makers and the general public, due to the rapidly growing social challenges of mankind. This review article provides a short assessment of the current state-of-the art papers related to sustainable development covered in the recent publications mostly originated from previous SDEWES conferences.

[1]  Zdravko Kravanja,et al.  Optimal design for heat-integrated water-using and wastewater treatment networks , 2014 .

[2]  Alfonso Aranda-Usón,et al.  Environmental assessment of domestic solar hot water systems: a case study in residential and hotel buildings , 2015 .

[3]  Xin Zhang,et al.  Large-eddy simulation of flame-turbulence interaction in a spark ignition engine fueled with methane/hydrogen/carbon dioxide , 2015 .

[4]  Simon Harvey,et al.  Assessment of the energy and economic performance of second generation biofuel production processes using energy market scenarios , 2011 .

[5]  E. Assoumou,et al.  Water modeling in an energy optimization framework – The water-scarce middle east context , 2013 .

[6]  Neven Duić,et al.  Reducing the CO2 emissions in Croatian cement industry , 2013 .

[7]  Bo Zhang,et al.  Application of field synergy principle for optimization fluid flow and convective heat transfer in a tube bundle of a pre-heater , 2014 .

[8]  Renate Fruchter,et al.  Sustainable target value design: integrating life cycle assessment and target value design to improve building energy and environmental performance , 2015 .

[9]  Petar Sabev Varbanov,et al.  Municipal energy policy constitution and integration process to establish sustainable energy systems – a case of the Slovenian municipality , 2016 .

[10]  Raymond R. Tan,et al.  Effect of process parameters on hydrothermal liquefaction of oil palm biomass for bio-oil production and its life cycle assessment. , 2015 .

[11]  Goran Krajačić,et al.  Integration of renewables and reverse osmosis desalination – Case study for the Jordanian energy system with a high share of wind and photovoltaics , 2015 .

[12]  Neven Duić,et al.  Modelling spray and combustion processes in diesel engine by using the coupled Eulerian-Eulerian and Eulerian-Lagrangian method , 2016 .

[13]  Neven Duić,et al.  Numerical Modelling of Diesel Spray Using the Eulerian Multiphase Approach , 2015 .

[14]  Alberto Bertucco,et al.  Autotrophic production of biodiesel from microalgae: An updated process and economic analysis , 2014 .

[15]  Kenneth Bernard Karlsson,et al.  Danish heat atlas as a support tool for energy system models , 2014 .

[16]  Neven Duić,et al.  The influence of reverse osmosis desalination in a combination with pump storage on the penetration of wind and PV energy: A case study for Jordan , 2014 .

[17]  Jari Backman,et al.  Wind Resource Assessment and Forecast Planning with Neural Networks , 2014 .

[18]  S. Yusup,et al.  Kinetic studies on waste cooking oil into biodiesel via hydrodynamic cavitation , 2017 .

[19]  Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,et al.  Optimising entire lifetime economy of heat exchanger networks , 2013 .

[20]  Mustafa Music,et al.  Power utility generation portfolio optimization as function of specific RES and decarbonisation targets – EPBiH case study ☆ , 2014 .

[21]  Neven Duić,et al.  Numerical study of co-firing pulverized coal and biomass inside a cement calciner , 2014, Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA.

[22]  Wojciech Stanek,et al.  Thermoecological cost of electricity production in the natural gas pressure reduction process , 2014 .

[23]  F. Calise,et al.  A novel renewable polygeneration system for a small Mediterranean volcanic island for the combined production of energy and water: Dynamic simulation and economic assessment , 2014 .

[24]  Fabrizio Paltrinieri,et al.  Experimental and numerical analysis of the combustor for a cogeneration system based on the aluminum/water reaction , 2014 .

[25]  Antonella Meneghetti,et al.  Enhancing energy recovery in the steel industry: Matching continuous charge with off-gas variability smoothing , 2015 .

[26]  Neven Duić,et al.  Environmental Assessment of Different Cement Manufacturing Processes Based on Emergy and Ecological Footprint Analysis , 2016 .

[27]  Vijay Modi,et al.  Potential for increased wind-generated electricity utilization using heat pumps in urban areas , 2014 .

[28]  Neven Duić,et al.  Towards a more sustainable transport sector by numerically simulating fuel spray and pollutant formation in diesel engines , 2015 .

[29]  Samveg Saxena,et al.  Analysis of benefits of using internal exhaust gas recirculation in biogas-fueled HCCI engines , 2014 .

[30]  Birger Solberg,et al.  The impact of subsidies and carbon pricing on the wood biomass use for energy in the EU , 2014 .

[31]  D. Katz,et al.  Water use and economic growth: reconsidering the Environmental Kuznets Curve relationship , 2015 .

[32]  Yoshinobu Nakao,et al.  Exhaust circulation into dry gas desulfurization process to prevent carbon deposition in an Oxy-fuel IGCC power generation , 2014 .

[33]  Daniel Rolph Schneider,et al.  Cost-effectiveness of GHG emission reduction measures and energy recovery from municipal waste in Croatia , 2012 .

[34]  Johannes Rieger,et al.  Modelling and control of pollutant formation in blast stoves , 2015 .

[35]  Maurizio Cellura,et al.  Assessment of Energy and Economic Effectiveness of Photovoltaic Systems Operating in a Dense Urban Context , 2013 .

[36]  Marc A. Rosen,et al.  Emissions and Furnace Gas Temperature for Electricity Generation via Co-firing of Coal and Biomass , 2015 .

[37]  Xudong Zhao,et al.  Socio-economic performance of a novel solar photovoltaic/loop-heat-pipe heat pump water heating system in three different climatic regions , 2014 .

[38]  Petar Sabev Varbanov,et al.  Evaluating the Economic Efficiency of the Technologies for Greenhouse Gas Footprint Reduction , 2015 .

[39]  Neven Duić,et al.  Effects of surface deposition and droplet injection on film cooling , 2016 .

[40]  Neven Duić,et al.  Numerical modelling of calcination reaction mechanism for cement production , 2012 .

[41]  Semida Silveira,et al.  Technology for social inclusion: the case of electricity access in the Brazilian Amazon , 2013 .

[42]  S. Pacca,et al.  Socio-economic Benefits of Wind Power in Brazil , 2013 .

[43]  Sylvain Quoilin,et al.  Rural Electrification through Decentralized Concentrating Solar Power: Technological and Socio-Economic Aspects , 2013 .

[44]  Wojciech Stanek,et al.  Thermo-ecological cost of hard coal with inclusion of the whole life cycle chain , 2015 .

[45]  Neven Duić,et al.  Numerical simulation of urea based selective non-catalytic reduction deNOx process for industrial applications , 2016 .

[46]  Neven Duić,et al.  Numerical modeling of urea water based selective catalytic reduction for mitigation of NOx from transport sector , 2015 .

[47]  A. M. Blanco-Marigorta,et al.  Exergo-environmental analysis of a reverse osmosis desalination plant in Gran Canaria , 2014 .

[48]  Sanna Syri,et al.  Higher renewable energy integration into the existing energy system of Finland Is there any maximum limit , 2015 .

[49]  Clara Inés Pardo Martínez.  Energy and sustainable development in cities: A case study of Bogotá , 2015 .

[50]  Neven Duić,et al.  Numerical evaluation of different pulverized coal and solid recovered fuel co-firing modes inside a large-scale cement calciner , 2016 .

[51]  Jürgen-Friedrich Hake,et al.  The German Energiewende – History and status quo , 2015 .

[52]  Marco Frey,et al.  Comparison between hydrogen and electric vehicles by life cycle assessment: A case study in Tuscany, Italy , 2011 .

[53]  S. Werle,et al.  The assessment of sewage sludge gasification by-products toxicity by ecotoxicologial test , 2015, Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA.

[54]  Petar Sabev Varbanov,et al.  Waste-to-Energy (WTE) network synthesis for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) , 2014 .

[55]  Pradeep Kumar,et al.  Adsorption of Cadmium (II) and Chromium (VI) from Aqueous Solution by Waste Marigold Flowers , 2015 .

[56]  Dawid P. Hanak,et al.  Comparison of probabilistic performance of calcium looping and chemical solvent scrubbing retrofits for CO2 capture from coal-fired power plant , 2016 .

[57]  Masoud Rokni,et al.  Thermodynamic and thermoeconomic analysis of a system with biomass gasification, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and Stirling engine , 2014 .

[58]  Michael Narodoslawsky,et al.  Optimal Renewable Energy Systems for Regions , 2014 .

[59]  Rodney Anthony Stewart,et al.  Optimising Residential Water Heating System Performance to Minimise Water-Energy Penalties , 2016 .

[60]  Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,et al.  Advanced multimedia engineering education in energy, process integration and optimisation , 2013 .

[61]  Huili Zhang,et al.  The Potential of a Hybrid Power Plant for the Dubrovnik - Neretva County (Southern Croatia) , 2015 .

[62]  Francesco Calise,et al.  Exergetic and exergoeconomic analysis of a renewable polygeneration system and viability study for small isolated communities , 2015 .

[63]  Alexandre Szklo,et al.  Limits to co-combustion of coal and eucalyptus due to water availability in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil , 2014 .

[64]  Alfonso Aranda-Usón,et al.  Refuse derived fuel (RDF) plasma torch gasification as a feasible route to produce low environmental impact syngas for the cement industry , 2015, Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA.

[65]  Y. Niu,et al.  Study of briquetted biomass co-firing mode in power plants , 2014 .

[66]  H. Tan,et al.  Synergetic effect of sewage sludge and biomass co-pyrolysis: A combined study in thermogravimetric analyzer and a fixed bed reactor , 2016 .

[67]  Dragoljub Bajic,et al.  Determining the Groundwater Balance and Radius of Influence Using Hydrodynamic Modeling: Case Study of the Groundwater Source Šumice in Serbia , 2015 .

[68]  Barbara Mendecka,et al.  Evaluation of Economic, Energy-environmental and Sociological Effects of Substituting Non-renewable Energy with Renewable Energy Sources , 2015 .

[69]  Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,et al.  Identification of Process Integration Options for CO2 Capture in Greek Lignite-fired Power Plant , 2014 .

[70]  Ting Ma,et al.  Study on local thermal–hydraulic performance and optimization of zigzag-type printed circuit heat exchanger at high temperature , 2015 .

[71]  Andrzej Ziębik,et al.  Life cycle assessment of an integrated oxy-fuel combustion power plant with CO2 capture, transport and storage ‒ Poland case study , 2015 .

[72]  Dražen Lončar,et al.  Improvement of existing coal fired thermal power plants performance by control systems modifications , 2013 .

[73]  Franz Winter,et al.  Possibilities of municipal solid waste incinerator fly ash utilisation , 2015, Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA.

[74]  Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,et al.  Reducing Greenhouse Gasses Emissions by Fostering the Deployment of Alternative Raw Materials and Energy Sources in the Cleaner Cement Manufacturing Process , 2016 .