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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".

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Prof. Dr. Kuaanan Techato

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Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, HatYa 90110, Thailand
Interests: renewable energy; environmental management; energy efficiency; green roof and wall; msu management; waste management; energy policy
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Dr. Mohammad Shah Jamal

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Institute of Fuel Research & Development (IFRD), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhanmondhi, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh
Interests: solar energy; energy materials; thin-film; perovskite solar cells; bioenergy and energy efficiency

Mr. Md. Shahariar Chowdhury

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Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, HatYa-90110, Songkhla, Thailand
Interests: renewable energy; semiconductor materials; thin-film; perovskite solar cells; solar PV recycling

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Dear Colleagues,

Renewable energy technology is a significant contributor to climate change, while the energy sector, which incorporates renewable technologies, is a leading force behind climate change. For long-term sustainability, the most critical barrier to progress is a lack of adequate and clean water management. The above consideration can also be applied to water supply issues caused by a lack of modern water-saving technologies. Advanced Smart technologies assist in assuring both the consistency of supply and aiding in the identification of financial information, time, and money. Water management and renewable energy will both be essential for their growth, so they must both pursue efficient and intensive methods. As such, the use of effective and intensive methods for water management and renewable energy will be needed.

Additionally, to help advance renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, ocean, hydro, and foster sustainable growth while preserving the ecosystem, economy, and social benefits, innovative technologies must be employed. This Special Issue is expected to provide a series of significant contributions that cover a wide range of areas, including recent developments in the condition, potential technology, and water supply—the sustainable use of renewable energy, social-economic, environmental, and sustainability. I would hereby like to extend an invitation to you or your colleagues in the field to submit a research paper that focuses on the theory, methods, and modeling, with methodologies including mathematical modelling and conceptual structure formulation and applications and case studies.

Prof. Dr. Kuaanan Techato
Dr. Mohammad Shah Jamal
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Mr. Md. Shahariar Chowdhury
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Keywords

water management
water supply technology
waste energy
renewable energy
energy policy
renewable energy technology
environmental management
environmental policy

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Hydraulic Characteristics of Continuous Submerged Jet Impinging on a Wall by Using Numerical Simulation and PIV Experiment

by Hongbo Mi, Chuan Wang, Xuanwen Jia, Bo Hu, Hongliang Wang, Hui Wang and Yong Zhu

Sustainability 2023, 15(6), 5159; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su15065159 - 14 Mar 2023

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Due to their high efficiency, low heat loss and associated sustainability advantages, impinging jets have been used extensively in marine engineering, geotechnical engineering and other engineering practices. In this paper, the flow structure and impact characteristics of impinging jets with different Reynolds numbers and impact distances are systematically studied by Flow-3D based on PIV experiments. In the study, the relevant state parameters of the jets are dimensionlessly treated, obtaining not only the linear relationship between the length of the potential nucleation zone and the impinging distance, but also the linear relationship between the axial velocity and the axial distance in the impinging zone. In addition, after the jet impinges on the flat plate, the vortex action range caused by the wall-attached flow of the jet gradually decreases inward with the increase of the impinging distance. By examining the effect of Reynolds number Re on the hydraulic characteristics of the submerged impact jet, it can be found that the structure of the continuous submerged impact jet is relatively independent of the Reynolds number. At the same time, the final simulation results demonstrate the applicability of the linear relationship between the length of the potential core region and the impact distance. This study provides methodological guidance and theoretical support for relevant engineering practice and subsequent research on impinging jets, which has strong theoretical and practical significance. Full article

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Advanced Fuzzy 12 DTC Control of Doubly Fed Induction Generator for Optimal Power Extraction in Wind Turbine System under Random Wind Conditions

by Younes Sahri, Salah Tamalouzt, Sofia Lalouni Belaid, Seddik Bacha, Nasim Ullah, Ahmad Aziz Al Ahamdi and Ali Nasser Alzaed

Sustainability 2021, 13(21), 11593; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su132111593 - 20 Oct 2021

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A wind turbine (WT)-based doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) is the most often used generator in the wind conversion system market due to its advantages such as the ability of operating under variable wind speed and its high performance. However, nonlinear dynamical and parameter uncertainties of the DFIG make the controller design of this kind of system a challenging work. Thus, in this study, a novel control strategy was proposed to design the desired system dynamics, to highlight the efficacy of the proposed system, and to improve the performance of the closed-loop system. The proposed controller combines the twelve-sector direct torque control (12-DTC) and the fuzzy controller with modified rules to solve the limitations and shortcomings of the usual methods for the WT-DFIG system. All operation modes, successively and continually, were considered to reflect the true operation of WT-DFIG system subject to random wind speeds. The aims of this work was to ensure an optimal operation of the wind generator, extracting maximum power in the zone II of the WT characteristic, and limiting this power in its maximum value in the case (zone III), to transmit the power generated by the DFIG to the grid-side with minimum losses in the disturbances related to DFIG. Extensive numerical simulations were performed under MATALB/Simulink, where the proposed fuzzy twelve direct torque control (F12-DTC) was compared with conventional nonlinear controls: conventional DTC (C-DTC) and 12-DTC. The simulation results demonstrated clearly that the proposed one had the highest performance and robustness, with a significant reduction in rotor flux and electromagnetic torque ripples and better-generated power quality with low currents’ THD over the conventional strategies (C-DTC and 12-DTC). Full article

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Efficiency Maximization of Grid-Connected Tidal Stream Turbine System: A Supervisory Energy-Based Speed Control Approach with Processor in the Loop Experiment

by Youcef Belkhier, Nasim Ullah and Ahmad Aziz Al Alahmadi

Sustainability 2021, 13(18), 10216; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su131810216 - 13 Sep 2021

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Permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) with a back-to-back power converter is one of the commonly used technologies in tidal power generation schemes. However, the nonlinear dynamics and time-varying parameters of this kind of conversion system make the controller computation a challenging task. In the present paper, a novel intelligent control method based on the passivity concept with a simple structure is proposed. This proposed strategy consists of passivity-based speed control (PBSC) combined with a fuzzy logic method to address the robustness problems faced by conventional control techniques such as proportional-integral (PI) control. The proposed method extracts the maximum power from the tidal energy, compensates for the uncertainty in a damped way where the entire dynamics of the PMSG are considered when designing the control law. The fuzzy logic controller is selected, which makes the proposed strategy intelligent to compute the damping gains to make the closed-loop passive and approximate the unstructured dynamics of the PMSG. Thus, the robustness property of the closed-loop system is considerably increased. The regulation of DC voltage and reactive power to their desired values are the principal objectives of the present work. The proposed method is used to control the machine-side converter (MSC), while a conventional PI method is adopted to control the grid-side converter (GSC). Dynamic simulations show that the DC voltage and reactive power errors are extremely reduced with the proposed strategy; ±0.002 for the DC-link voltage and ±0.000015 in the case of the reactive power. Moreover, the lowest steady-state error and better convergence criterion are shown by the proposed control (0.3 × 10⁻³ s). Generally, the proposed candidate offers high robustness, fast speed convergence, and high efficiency over the other benchmark nonlinear strategies. Moreover, the proposed controller was also validated in a processor in the loop (PIL) experiment using Texas Instruments (TI) Launchpad. Full article

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Spatial Assessment of Para Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) above Ground Biomass Potentials in Songkhla Province, Southern Thailand

by John Nyandansobi Simon, Narissara Nuthammachot, Teerawet Titseesang, Kingsley Ezechukwu Okpara and Kuaanan Techato

Sustainability 2021, 13(16), 9344; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13169344 - 20 Aug 2021

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Currently, Songkhla Province of Thailand has been recognized as a convenient hub of rubber industry development, accompanied by an attendant abundance of rubber tree plantations. A spatialized assessment of the rubber tree was carried out to estimate its aboveground biomass potentials using remote sensing techniques and ecosystem modeling procedures. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer satellite-based estimations of the net primary productivity were derived and complemented with a calculated generic model, to quantify the respective above ground biomass potentials para rubber. Above ground biomass assessment findings revealed a mean value of 82.1 tonnes C ha⁻¹ and an aggregate of 31. 9 million tonnes C ha⁻¹ which is the theoretical potential, this is segregated into energy usable, and other economic purpose biomass potentials, with corresponding value ranges of 1624.1 to 6,041,531.2 million tonnes C ha⁻¹ and 85.5 to 317,975.6 thousand tonnes C ha⁻¹ respectively. Besides the theoretical above ground biomass potential (entire biomass accumulation ratio) commonly evaluated, the other potentials, which include naturally obtainable biomass usable for energy generation and the remaining share of the feedstock for non-energy uses, have been brought to light. Songkhla province has the potential for good carbon sink and sustainable supply of different pools of feedstock from the rubber tree that reinforces each other in providing a comprehensive view of biomass in energy and non-energy opportunities. The socioeconomic production and value chain analysis of the identified biomass pools needs to be evaluated; this will consequently guide policy toward a comprehensive rubber sector sustainable development. Full article

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Galactomannans for Entrapment of Gliomastix murorum Laccase and Their Use in Reactive Blue 2 Decolorization

by Itzel C. Romero-Soto, Raúl B. Martínez-Pérez, Jorge A. Rodríguez, Rosa M. Camacho-Ruiz, Alejandra Barbachano-Torres, Martha Martín del Campo, Juan Napoles-Armenta, Jorge E. Pliego-Sandoval, María O. Concha-Guzmán and María Angeles Camacho-Ruiz

Sustainability 2021, 13(16), 9019; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13169019 - 12 Aug 2021

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In the present study, a novel laccase from ascomycete Gliomastix murorum was produced in agro-industrial wastes and entrapped in galactomannan beads for Reactive Blue 2 (Rb-2) decolorization. The maximum laccase production in agave bagasse-based medium occurred at 72 h (1798.6 UL⁻¹). Entrapped laccase decolorized ˃80% of 0.5 mM Rb-2 in 2 h without the addition of redox mediator. K_m for Rb-2 substrate was 1.42 mM, with a V_max of 1.19 µmol min⁻¹ for entrapped laccase. Galactomannan matrices produce stability to acid pH (2–5) and temperatures from 20–70 °C. Reusability assays showed that entrapped laccase could retain efficient Rb-2 decolorization of ˃80% six times. In general, galactomannan used for entrapment of laccase provides economic advantages in large-scale wastewater treatment due to its natural origin and efficient results. Full article

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Review: Brine Solution: Current Status, Future Management and Technology Development

by Sumina Namboorimadathil Backer, Ines Bouaziz, Nabeela Kallayi, Reny Thankam Thomas, Gopika Preethikumar, Mohd Sobri Takriff, Tahar Laoui and Muataz Ali Atieh

Sustainability 2022, 14(11), 6752; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14116752 - 31 May 2022

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Desalination brine is extremely concentrated saline water; it contains various salts, nutrients, heavy metals, organic contaminants, and microbial contaminants. Conventional disposal of desalination brine has negative impacts on natural and marine ecosystems that increase the levels of toxicity and salinity. These issues demand the development of brine management technologies that can lead to zero liquid discharge. Brine management can be productive by adopting economically feasible methodologies, which enables the recovery of valuable resources like freshwater, minerals, and energy. This review focuses on the recent advances in brine management using various membrane/thermal-based technologies and their applicability in water, mineral, and energy recoveries, considering their pros and cons. This review also exemplifies the hybrid processes for metal recovery and zero liquid discharge that may be adopted, so far, as an appropriate futuristic strategy. The data analyzed and outlook presented in this review could definitely contribute to the development of economically achievable future strategies for sustainable brine management. Full article

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