Review on sensible thermal energy storage for industrial solar applications and sustainability aspects

B Koçak, AI Fernandez, H Paksoy - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Industry is one of the leading energy consumers with a global share of 37%. Fossil fuels are
used to meet more then 80% of this demand. The sun's heat can be exploited in most …

[HTML][HTML] Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options

BK Sovacool, M Bazilian, S Griffiths, J Kim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
From farm to fork, food and beverage consumption can have significant negative impacts on
energy consumption, water consumption, climate change, and other environmental …

Application of an artificial neural network to optimise energy inputs: An energy-and cost-saving strategy for commercial poultry farms

E Elahi, Z Zhang, Z Khalid, H Xu - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The current study estimates target values of energy inputs along with an assessment of
energy-and cost-saving strategies for poultry farms. In 2019, cross-sectional data were …

Estimating smart energy inputs packages using hybrid optimisation technique to mitigate environmental emissions of commercial fish farms

E Elahi, Z Khalid - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The current study uses a hybrid optimization technique (ANN and DEA) to estimate smart
energy input packages to reduce the environmental emissions of fish farms. In 2021 …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring pathways to 100% renewable energy in European industry

RM Johannsen, BV Mathiesen, K Kermeli… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Industry poses one of the biggest challenges in the renewable energy transition. In this
paper, fossil fuels in the European industrial sector are replaced by renewable energy using …

Revisiting China's provincial energy efficiency and its influencing factors

H Liu, Z Zhang, T Zhang, L Wang - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Improving the energy efficiency is a fundamental way to ensure energy security and
sustainable development, and is also the requirement of supply-side structural reform of …

Energy efficiency of manufacturing systems: A review of energy assessment methods and tools

R Menghi, A Papetti, M Germani, M Marconi - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Industrial manufacturing is the largest end-use sector in terms of both final energy demand
and greenhouse gas emissions (more than 30% of the total); its increase is rapidly altering …

A review of cross-sector decarbonisation potentials in the European energy intensive industry

T Gerres, JPC Ávila, PL Llamas… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
The energy intensive industry (EII) is responsible for two-thirds of industrial carbon dioxide
emissions in the EU. It has been recognised by both public and private stakeholders that a …

[HTML][HTML] Analysing the adoption barriers of low-carbon operations: A step forward for achieving net-zero emissions

A Kumar, S Luthra, SK Mangla, JA Garza-Reyes… - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In November 2021, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26)
was held in Glasgow, UK, the global leaders from nearly 200 countries stressed taking …

Implementation of the Manufacturing Execution System in the food and beverage industry

X Chen, T Voigt - Journal of Food Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is a production management system
serving as the information center in the enterprise to improve manufacturing transparency. It …