Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits
Volume 5, Issue 1 (2015)
Published
Table of contents
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Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Integrated Standalone Microgrid System for Hatia Island, Bangladesh
Abstract: Progression and amelioration of microgrid system are now spreading its technological enchant almost all around the world. Even isolated areas are getting access to electricity and more people are contributing in national economy and earning their livelihood. On-grid and off-grid microgrid systems with any combination of distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar-wind-biogas-microhydro-diesel generator/HFO are playing a vital role for socioeconomic solvency in developing countries. In spite of limited resources and …
Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 1–8 Read article
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Electrical Resistivity of Different Wood Species Grown in Nigeria
Abstract: The research work examines the moisture content resistance and resistivity of different species of tropical wood grown in Nigeria. The wood specimens were oven dried to determine the moisture content of the wood. The samples were tested using the megatester to determine the resistance, and the resistivity. A bar chart showing the difference in the resistivity was plotted against moisture content. Danta has the highest resistivity while Gmelina has the …
Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 20–24 Read article
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Compaction Characteristics of Sawdust, Cotton Stalks, Maize Straw and Rice Straw Briquettes
Abstract: Most of the developing countries are generating large amounts of agricultural waste but they are used ineffectively causing to pollute the environment. The main agro-wastes are rice straw, cotton stalks, and maize straw in addition to this biomass milling residue is also available in huge quantity. Apart from the problems of storage, handling, transportation, direct burning of loose biomass in conventional grates is associated with very low thermal efficiency and …
Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 25–33 Read article
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Is a Farm Carbon Offset Program Good for Farmers?
Abstract: The government of Alberta, Canada, introduced an agriculture carbon offset program in 2007 designed to encourage less intensive carbon creating farm practices that would generate offsets to be sold to the oil producing sector of Alberta at a fixed price. While the model appears to be efficient, there are a range of uncertainties not addressed in the model that raise questions about it long term benefit to farmers.Keywords: Carbon, agriculture, …
Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 34–40 Read article
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Think of Rural Energy Resources and Biorefineries
Abstract: With the growing population, global energy demand has also increased drastically. Energy demand of the emerging economies had almost 100% growth during last decade. However, energy consumption growth has been below average throughout the globe except North America (BPSR, 2014). Interestingly, the energy consumption of EU has reducing trend and last year it has been the lowest since 1995. The growing energy demand is linked environmental degradation contributing greenhouse gases …
Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 41–44 Read article
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Carbon Footprint for Transportation Activities of An Institutional Campus
Abstract: Global climate change is the greatest concern nowadays, thus many companies and organizations are estimating the carbon footprint to assess their own contribution to the global temperature risings. Travel is a significant source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as, for each gallon of gasoline burnt, almost nine kilogram of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. With rapid urbanization, motorization remains one of the major options for transportation in the …
Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 9–19 Read article