energy research institute Articles
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The construction of scenarios: lessons learned at a Brazilian nuclear and energy research institute
The development of strategic planning in an organisation often involves complexity and uncertainty. In an organisation with a mission to generate knowledge in multiple disciplines, it can be even more complex. One appropriate technique to support the planning process in the mid- and long-term is the construction of scenarios. Extensive as the literature on scenario techniques may be, what can be ...
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Technological learning in development of nuclear fuel tube: a case of KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
The aims of the research are to describe the R&D practices in KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) concerning innovation strategy and processes; and to analyse how KAERI is catching up their technological capabilities in nuclear fuel related technology, and what the success factors of KAERI are. We employ a case study with in–depth interviews and document analysis. Thus we are able to ...
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Planning ten years ahead a multidisciplinary nuclear research and technology institute: the case of IPEN
Planning is always a problem in government organisations whose mission involves the development of Research and Development (R&D) activities. The current issue of the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (IPEN), the Brazilian largest nuclear and energy research and technology institute, is to plan the reconciling of long–term ramifications of a large project funded by the Union's budget with the ...
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Evaluation of nuclear knowledge management: an outcome in JAERI
The author performed an ex post evaluation on the nuclear research of JAERI and revealed that the national funds invested in this field were 4 b$. With aid of NKM, it was revealed that the total outcome was 6 b$, where the creation of nuclear markets for electricity and nuclear facilities was the main stream. This implies that the cost benefit effect is 6 b$/4 b$ = 1.5 (>1). From this, it can be ...
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Trends in cobalt-60 research in nuclear science and technology
This paper quantitatively analyses the growth and development of cobalt-60 research in nuclear science and technology in terms of publications. As per the International Nuclear Information System (INIS) database during 2000-2007, a total of 5874 publications were published. The highest number of papers in a year (896) was in 2002. The average number of publications per year was 734.25. China ...
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General features and validation of the recent KARATE-440 code system
In the last few years several projects aiming at the introduction of new VVER-440 fuel types and resulting in more economic fuel cycles were initiated: increased average enrichment, modification of the lattice pitch and fuel diameter, profiled enrichment, application of burnable absorber, modification of the absorber assembly coupler part. The first version of the KARATE-440 code system was ...
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Evaluation of nuclear knowledge management on light water reactor, high temperature gas-cooled reactor and fusion reactor: a case study of Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI)
Within JAERI, funds invested in a 45-year study of light-water reactors (LWRs) totalled 4.2 b$ (billion dollars) for research, including human resources of 34,718 years. The benefits to taxpayers from this JAERI work were estimated to be about 6.3 b$, resulting in a favourable cost-benefit ratio of 1.5 (6.3/4.2). Funds invested in the 32-year study of high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) ...
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Replacing nuclear staff: the proactive work at IPEN/CNEN-SP-Brazil
The purpose of this paper was to bring out the actual situation of Nuclear Education and Training in Brazil. Accordingly, this paper overviews the situation of educational matters in Latin America, especially in Brazil, in terms of efficiency and effectiveness of its superior education system. Mainly, this paper points out the replacing of nuclear staff and the proactive work of the Energy and ...
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Solar Cell Efficiency Measurements
Summary The calibration and efficiency measurement procedures followed by the PV Devices and Measurements Branch at the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) are presented. The use of spectral irradiance measurements to cali- brate reference cells used in these measurements has reduced the uncertainty in the calibration number to less than 1%. The use of the spectral mismatch index can reduce ...
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A Shared Vision for Thailand`s Solar Energy Development
Electricity Governance Initiative’s (EGI) 10 Questions to Ask about Scaling On-Grid Renewable Energy is a framework designed to facilitate multi-stakeholder engagement for improving renewable energy policy. The framework will be officially launched at WRI’s Washington, D.C. office on January 23rd, 2014. Learn more or sign up to attend the event here. Thailand is expected to become ...
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Communicating the Energiewende Worldwide - Case Study
Services for Federal Foreign office and German Embassies The Energiewende is one of Germany’s most important future projects. The Federal Foreign Office and its consulates abroad are observing an increasing demand for information about the background, targets and processes of the energetic transformation of the German energy system. The German missions have been entrusted with the task of ...
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A breath of fresh air - China`s new wind industry will blow a few cobwebs away from its heavily polluted industrial heartlands, but no miracle cure is expected.
Untitled Document Guangdong in far southern China, which has a relatively long history as a manufacturing base and relies heavily on migrant labour, was one of the first provinces to accept a capitalist system. The region, often known to Westerners by its older name of Canton, opened itself up to foreign investment in the 1980s and is the home to hundreds of factories which ...
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Why Are CHP Closing All Over The World?
Burning of coal nowadays has become a big problem. The main reason for this is a rapid increase of mankind. So, China burns half of coal in the world. Since 2000 the share of coal in world energy production has increased from 25 to 30%, and the Chinese economy is responsible for 82% of this growth. In Beijing, it is customary to use individual heat sources such as electric heaters and the like. ...
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Energy efficiency for sustainable development in Russia: renewables, new technologies and policy issues
This paper assesses possible ways to efficient energy use for sustainable development in Russia. Based on the research of the Energy Institute (EnIn), Moscow, [1,2], analysis of different studies of the power sector in Russia is provided to generalise the state of the art in energy production, distribution and consumption, and technological innovations for renewable resources utilisation. ...
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Off-grid photovoltaic power generation solutions beyond expectations
Navigant Research, an American clean energy technology research institution, recently released a global off-grid distributed energy (DER) technology market research report, stating that the global off-grid distributed energy technology market scale from 2018 to 2027 has accumulated to nearly 350 billion US dollars. The report pointed out that in the next decade, the global off-grid distributed ...
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Contribution to preservation and management of nuclear knowledge on WWER reactor pressure vessels
A new project focused on nuclear knowledge preservation is ongoing in the European Commission (EC)-Joint Research Centre Institute of Energy with an intention to collect all available information about the Reactor Pressure Vessels (RPV) of WWER-type reactors, as well as to analyse and summarise the most important items and issues. This activity is in line with the European Community FP6 projects ...
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A special look at Kuwait: How renewable energy can serve as a compliment to the oil & gas industry
Considering growing energy demand and the increasing cost of fossil fuels, many countries have felt the pinch and are either looking into alternative energy options or using them already. One of these countries includes the big oil producer Kuwait. Kuwait has joined a club of renewable energy promoters and recently began shifting its focus to renewable energies for the purpose of reducing the ...
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Soiling Research at Green Energy Park with DustIQ
One of the first customers to use DustIQ was Green Energy Park in Morocco, to support research field tests. Since February 2018, OTT HydroMet's DustIQ Soiling Monitoring System has been on their site and measuring the on-site soiling ratio. Green Energy Park (GEP) is a research center, a training platform and a testing facility located in the green city of Ben Guerir, mid-south of Morocco ...
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Estonia eager to teach world about oil shale
AUVERE, Estonia (AP) — Home to the creators of Skype and the first country to use online voting, Estonia relishes its image as a technological pioneer. But the tiny East European country's most far-reaching economic achievement could come from how it has learned to squeeze oil from a rock. About 200 feet (60 meters) below ground in northeastern Estonia, very close to the Russian border, ...
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Oceans of Energy
Technologies that harness the energy of moving water or temperature differentials in the oceans promise to deliver abundant carbon-free electricity. Long before humans got hooked on fossil fuels, we learned how to harness the power of water to do work. Rivers ran mills that ground flour, sawed logs or spun looms that transformed fibers into textiles. Later generations realized that moving water ...
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