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Download or read book Enabling Methodologies for Renewable and Sustainable Energy written by Gaurav Saini and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-02-17 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to provide practical aspects of, and an introduction to, the applications of various technological advancement tools, such as AI, machine learning to design, big data, cloud computing, and IoT, to model, characterize, optimize, forecast, and do performance prediction of renewable energy exploitation. It further discusses new avenues for energy sources such as hydrogen energy generation and energy storage technologies including existing policies and case studies for a better understanding of renewable energy generation. Features: Covers technologies considered to explore, predict, and perform operation and maintenance of renewable energy sources. Aids in the design and use of renewable energy sources, including the application of artificial intelligence in a real-time environment. Includes IoT, cloud computing, big data, smart grid, and different optimization techniques for resource forecasting, installation, operation, and optimization of energy. Discusses the principle of integration/hybridization of renewable energy sources along with their optimization based on energy requirements. Reviews the concepts and challenges involved in the implementation of smart grids. This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in renewable energy engineering, computer and mechanical engineering, novel technologies, and intelligent systems.

Download or read book Machine Learning and Computer Vision for Renewable Energy written by Acharjya, Pinaki Pratim and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-05-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the world grapples with the urgent need for sustainable energy solutions, the limitations of traditional approaches to renewable energy forecasting become increasingly evident. The demand for more accurate predictions in net load forecasting, line loss predictions, and the seamless integration of hybrid solar and battery storage systems is more critical than ever. In response to this challenge, advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are emerging as a solution, promising to revolutionize the renewable energy landscape. Machine Learning and Computer Vision for Renewable Energy presents a deep exploration of AI modeling, analysis, performance prediction, and control approaches dedicated to overcoming the pressing issues in renewable energy systems. Transitioning from the complexities of energy prediction to the promise of advanced technology, the book sets its sights on the game-changing potential of computer vision (CV) in the realm of renewable energy. Amidst the struggle to enhance sustainability across industries, CV technology emerges as a powerful ally, collecting invaluable data from digital photos and videos. This data proves instrumental in achieving better energy management, predicting factors affecting renewable energy, and optimizing overall sustainability. Readers, including researchers, academicians, and students, will find themselves immersed in a comprehensive understanding of the AI approaches and CV methodologies that hold the key to resolving the challenges faced by renewable energy systems.

Download or read book Social and Ethical Implications of AI in Finance for Sustainability written by Derbali, Abdelkader Mohamed Sghaier and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-04-22 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crucial challenge of integrating sustainability into business and investment decisions is compounded by the complexity of analyzing vast and intricate datasets to make informed choices. Traditional approaches often fail to provide timely and accurate insights into environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, hindering progress toward a greener future. Additionally, the rapid evolution of AI and machine learning in finance has left many professionals needing help to grasp their full potential in advancing sustainability goals. With a comprehensive understanding and practical guidance, organizations can stay caught up in adopting sustainable practices and leveraging AI for financial and environmental benefits. Social and Ethical Implications of AI in Finance for Sustainability offers a timely and comprehensive solution to these challenges by thoroughly examining how AI can safely enhance sustainability in finance. The book bridges the gap between theory and practice, offering practical insights and real-world applications to empower academics, practitioners, policymakers, and students. Through a series of expertly curated chapters, readers will gain a deep understanding of the role AI plays in reshaping finance for a sustainable future. The book's instructional elements, including case studies and expert analysis, provide a roadmap for incorporating AI into sustainability strategies, enabling organizations to make informed decisions and drive positive change.

Download or read book Soft Computing Principles and Integration for Real Time Service Oriented Computing written by Punit Gupta and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-03-22 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, soft computing techniques have emerged as a successful tool to understand and analyze the collective behavior of service- oriented computing software. Algorithms and mechanisms of self- organization of complex natural systems have been used to solve problems, particularly in complex systems, which are adaptive, ever- evolving, and distributed in nature across the globe. What fits more perfectly into this scenario other than the rapidly developing era of Fog, IoT, and Edge computing environment? Service- oriented computing can be enhanced with soft computing techniques embedded inside the Cloud, Fog, and IoT systems. Soft Computing Principles and Integration for Real-Time Service-Oriented Computing explores soft computing techniques that have wide application in interdisciplinary areas. These soft computing techniques provide an optimal solution to the optimization problem using single or multiple objectives.The book focuses on basic design principles and analysis of soft computing techniques. It discusses how soft computing techniques can be used to improve quality-of-service in serviceoriented architectures. The book also covers applications and integration of soft computing techniques with a service- oriented computing paradigm. Highlights of the book include: A general introduction to soft computing An extensive literature study of soft computing techniques and emerging trends Soft computing techniques based on the principles of artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, and neural networks The implementation of SOC with a focus on service composition and orchestration, quality of service (QoS) considerations, security and privacy concerns, governance challenges, and the integration of legacy systems The applications of soft computing in adaptive service composition, intelligent service recommendation, fault detection and diagnosis, SLA management, and security Such principles underlying SOC as loose coupling, reusability, interoperability, and abstraction An IoT based framework for real time data collection and analysis using soft computing

Download or read book Resilient Energy Systems written by Ion Bostan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renewable energy systems are playing an important role in the current discourse on energy security and sustainability. Scientific, engineering and economic solutions are adopted, and their is a constant effort to understand mechanisms and options to allow a faster penetration of renewable systems in the current energy mix and energy market. Readers of this book will have access to information, engineering design and economic solutions for harvesting local and regional energy potential by means of solar, wind, hydro resources. It will enable graduate students, researchers, promoters of sustainable energy technologies,consulting engineering experts, knowledgeable public to understand the solutions, methods, techniques suitable for different phases of design and implementation of a large selection of renewable energy technologies, and to identify their sustainability in application and policy.

Download or read book Methodologies Frameworks and Applications of Machine Learning written by Srivastava, Pramod Kumar and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-03-22 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology is constantly evolving, and machine learning is positioned to become a pivotal tool with the power to transform industries and revolutionize everyday life. This book underscores the urgency of leveraging the latest machine learning methodologies and theoretical advancements, all while harnessing a wealth of realistic data and affordable computational resources. Machine learning is no longer confined to theoretical domains; it is now a vital component in healthcare, manufacturing, education, finance, law enforcement, and marketing, ushering in an era of data-driven decision-making. Academic scholars seeking to unlock the potential of machine learning in the context of Industry 5.0 and advanced IoT applications will find that the groundbreaking book, Methodologies, Frameworks, and Applications of Machine Learning, introduces an unmissable opportunity to delve into the forefront of modern research and application. This book offers a wealth of knowledge and practical insights across a wide array of topics, ranging from conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches to the application of probability theory, statistical techniques, and machine learning in domains as diverse as e-government, healthcare, cyber-physical systems, and sustainable development, this comprehensive guide equips you with the tools to navigate the complexities of Industry 5.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Download or read book Glances at Renewable and Sustainable Energy written by Till Jenssen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-24 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differing interpretations, perspectives and expectations on the term sustainability exist. To take sustainability as an action guiding mandate for implementation it needs to be concrete and measurable as well it should weigh pros and cons. But how can such an integrated measurement in the field of renewable energy be conducted balancing the trade-offs between opposing indicators? Glances at Renewable and Sustainable Energy provides a thorough overview on the generic principles of sustainability assessment, including projective, thresholding and systemic principles and summarizes five common approaches for a holistic measurement. Approaches such as multi criteria decision analysis, ecological footprint analysis and normative-functional concepts are applied to different case studies in developed-, emerging and developing countries to cover a wide bandwidth of various renewable energy carriers under various conditions. Each case study includes 2 boxes illustrating the scheme behind the approach and exemplary calculations to allow a systematic comparison and a critical reflection of the methods applied. Compiling results on renewable energy assessment of the last decades, Glances at Renewable and Sustainable Energy gives researchers, students, consultants, politicians and entrepreneurs the tools to advance their oriental and instructional knowledge on sustainability and sustainability measurement, to reflect their decisions and tools for analysis and to transfer this knowledge into problem-solving.

Download or read book Research Trends and Challenges in Smart Grids written by Alfredo Vaccaro and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the most promising enabling technologies and methodologies for smart grids. It not only focuses on technological breakthroughs and roadmaps in implementing these technologies, but also presents the much-needed sharing of best practices, demonstrating the potential role of smart grid functions in improving the technical, economic, and environmental performance of modern power distribution systems. This can be achieved by allowing for massive pervasion of dispersed generating units, increasing the hosting capacity of renewable power generators, reducing active power losses and atmospheric emissions, and improving system flexibility.

Download or read book Intelligence in IoT enabled Smart Cities written by Fadi Al-Turjman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-12-19 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart Cities and intelligence are among the most significant topics in IoT. Intelligence in communication and infrastructure implementation is at the heart of this concept, and its development is a key issue in smart cities. This book addresses the challenges in realizing intelligence in smart cities and sensing platforms in the era of cloud computing and IoT, varying from cost and energy efficiency to availability and service quality. It focuses on both the design and implementation aspects of artificial intelligence approaches in smart cities and sensing applications that are enabled and supported by IoT paradigms, and mainly on data delivery approaches and their performability aspects.

Download or read book Clean Energy for Sustainable Development written by Abul Kalam Azad and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-11-12 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clean Energy for Sustainable Development: Comparisons and Contrasts of New Approaches presents information on the fundamental challenge that the energy sector faces with regard to meeting the ever growing demand for sustainable, efficient, and cleaner energy. The book compares recent developments in the field of energy technology, clean and low emission energy, and energy efficiency and environmental sustainability for industry and academia. Rasul, Azad and Sharma, along with their team of expert contributors, provide high-end research findings on relevant industry themes, including clean and sustainable energy sources and technologies, renewable energy technologies and their applications, biomass and biofuels for sustainable environment, energy system and efficiency improvement, solar thermal applications, and the environmental impacts of sustainable energy systems. This book uses global institutes and case studies to explore and analyze technological advancements alongside practical applications. This approach helps readers to develop and affirm a better understanding of the relevant concepts and solutions necessary to achieve clean energy and sustainable development in both medium and large-scale industries. Compares in-depth research on a wide range of clean technologies, from global institutes in Australia, Europe, and India Evaluates the recent developments in clean technologies against the efficiency of tried and tested applications Considers case studies on the advancements of sustainable energy into industry from around the world

Download or read book IoT Enabled Energy Efficiency Assessment of Renewable Energy Systems and Micro grids in Smart Cities written by Mustapha Hatti and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Harnessing Synthetic Nanotechnology Based Methodologies for Sustainable Green Applications written by Gérrard Eddy Jai Poinern and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-07-20 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decision support systems are developed for integrated pest and disease management and nutrition management using open-source technologies as Java, Android and low-cost hardware devices like Arduino micro controller. This text discusses the techniques to convert agricultural knowledge in the context of ontology and assist grape growers by providing this knowledge through decision support system. The key features of the book are as follows: It presents the design and development of an ontology-based decision support system for integrated crop management. It discusses the techniques to convert agricultural knowledge in text to ontology. It focuses on an extensive study of various e-Negotiation protocols for automated negotiations. It provides an architecture for predicting the opponent’s behavior and various factors which affect the process of negotiation. The text is primarily written for graduate students, professionals and academic researchers working in the fields of computer science and engineering, agricultural science and information technology. Dr Gerrard E.J. Poinern holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Murdoch University, Western Australia and a Double Major in Physics and Chemistry. Currently he is is an Associate Professor in Physics and Nanotechnology in the School of Engineering and Information Technology at Murdoch University. He is the director of Murdoch Applied Innovation and Nanotechnology Research Group, Murdoch University. In 2003, he discovered and pioneered the use of an inorganic nanomembrane for potential skin tissue engineering applications. He is the recipient of a Gates Foundation Global Health Grand Challenge Exploration Award for his work in the development of biosynthetic materials and their subsequent application in the manufacture of biomedical devices. He is also the author of the 2014 experimental textbook "A Laboratory Course in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology". Associate Professor Suraj K Tripathy is Associate Dean of the School of Chemical Technology at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. He currently leads the Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering Lab (CBEL) at KIIT which focuses on achieving sustainability in materials processing and utilization. CBEL explores opportunities in valorization of waste materials (secondary resources) and investigate their applications in catalysis, water treatment, and biomedical systems. CBEL also works closely with industries to develop suitable waste management and resource recycling strategies to optimize the potential of circular economy model. Dr. Derek Fawcett is the Defence Science Centre research fellow at Murdoch University, Australia. His research involves the investigation and development of new advanced materials and their use in innovative engineering systems. He has published over seventy peer-reviewed research papers in international journals.

Download or read book Digital Technology Enabled Circular Economy written by Bikash Ranjan Moharana and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-08-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents cutting-edge findings that draw on the use of AI, the Industrial Internet of Things, Blockchain, and Co-Analytics for the development of Circular Economy (CE) models to make organizational activities more sustainable. A further goal is the development of Digital Technology (DT)–enabled support tools that can be used to further analyze the impact of DT and CE–enabled operational practices used to achieve resource and environmental sustainability. Digital Technology Enabled Circular Economy: Models for Environmental and Resource Sustainability discusses the integration of digital technology-enabledcircular economy models into the manufacturing industries and its advantages for sustainability. It emphasizes the fundamentals and applications and their enactment, as well as integration for the overall organizational development. The book explains the role of digital technologies in food supply chains and multi-life cycle materials for sustainable development and highlights the development of the workforce to facilitate the implementation of smart and advanced technologies. This book presents the development of DT–enabled support tools used to analyze the impact of DT and CE–enabled operational practices on an organization and efforts to achieve resource and environmental sustainability. Case studies that demonstrate how smart digital technology can help firms improve their long-term performance by embracing circular operation methods are also included. Students, academicians, and researchers, as well as managers and stakeholders who are interested in smart, sustainable production, and consumption, together with managers and stakeholders who are interested in ways of implementing them in their organizations, will find this book of interest. It will demonstrate, via the use of real-world case studies, how smart digital technology can help firms improve their long-term performance by embracing circular operating methods.

Download or read book Sustainable Development Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 1725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To maintain a healthy ecosystem for contemporary society, and for future generations, policies must be implemented to protect the environment. This can be achieved by consistent evaluation of new initiatives and strategies. Sustainable Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a comprehensive source of scholarly information on the latest research for sustainability concerns across a multidisciplinary perspective. Highlighting a broad range of innovative topics such as renewable energy, urban development, and green technologies, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for academics, researchers, professionals, students, and practitioners interested in the preservation of the environment.

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