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Energy and the environment are irrevocably interrelated, and they are critical factors that influence the development of societies. The pollution of the environment without considering various consequences has become one of the most important global issues today. This environmental pollution is mainly the result of increases in economic activities, population, transportation, electricity generation, agriculture, forestry, and land use. The exigency of energy for these activities, the rapidly rising price of petroleum oil, the harmful effect of greenhouse gases, and the quest for energy security have steered our attention towards sustainable sources of energy. It is fundamental to find innovative solutions that are sustainable from the perspective of energy management and environmental protection. This book includes three review articles which review the state-of-the-art of different sustainable energy resources. These articles include ammonia as a renewable energy carrier, integration of solar photovoltaic, and bio-oil from waste tires for automotive engine application. In addition, eight research studies reveal new knowledge about energy for a sustainable future. The topics covered span many diverse areas associated with sustainable energy, including various biofuels, photovoltaic, and other aspects of sustainability. These complementary contributions provide a substantial body of knowledge in the field of Renewable and Sustainable Energy.

heterogeneous catalyst --- hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) --- zinc --- phenol --- bio-oil --- technical --- economic --- institutional --- policy --- pumped hydro storage --- geothermal heat exchangers --- combined arrangement --- operation analysis --- solar home systems --- rural households --- energy transitions --- energy access --- bio-jet fuel --- microwave-assisted transesterification --- RSM --- ANN --- optimization --- coconut oil --- scenario analysis --- scenario generation --- weather influence --- coal decommissioning --- high PV penetration --- energy balance --- CO2 reduction --- urban air quality --- PM2.5 --- PM10 --- particle emission sources --- focus group discussion --- sustainability --- renewable energy development --- Indonesia --- geothermal --- maintenance strategy --- sustainable maintenance --- ABCD procedure --- strategic sustainable development --- transformer failures --- ammonia --- renewable energy storage --- hydrogen storage --- waste tyre --- waste management --- pyrolysis --- automobile engine --- n/a

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This Special Issue presents extended versions of selected top papers of the Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion (MEDPOWER), held in Dubrovnik in 2018. The 11th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion (MEDPOWER 2018) was held in Cavtat, Dubrobnik, Croatia, from 12 to 15 November 2018. The conference gathered more than 200 scientists, researchers, and experts from all around the world. A total of 147 oral presentations were held during the conference, with an additional 50 papers presented in special sessions. The top 10 papers have been selected for this Special Issue in Energies, covering a variety of topics from end-user challenges, distribution and transmission network operation and planning, to generation planning and modeling.

balancing market design --- congestion management --- optimization methods --- power system modeling --- multi-agent modelling --- distribution networks --- distributed generation integration --- power system economics --- regulation --- optimisation --- electric vehicle --- forecasting model --- scenario generation --- probabilistic evaluation --- Active distribution systems --- voltage asymmetry --- converter control --- enhanced geothermal systems --- economic assessment --- environmental assessment --- optimization --- levelized cost of energy --- security of supply --- LOLP optimization --- VOLL --- generation expansion planning --- reliability --- phase shifters --- network reduction --- power system operation --- transmission network --- power transfer distribution factor --- NPP Krško --- CILRT --- GOTHIC code --- containment --- mass point method measurement --- weighting factors --- load morphing --- NSGA-II --- smart grid --- grid partition --- multi-objective optimization --- Pareto theory --- forensic investigations --- forensic evidence substation --- wide area monitoring protection and control --- phasor measurement units (PMUs) --- industrial control systems --- sandboxing

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Sensors are the eyes or/and ears of an intelligent system, such as UAV, AGV and robots. With the development of material, signal processing, and multidisciplinary interactions, more and more smart sensors are proposed and fabricated under increasing demands for homes, the industry, and military fields. Networks of sensors will be able to enhance the ability to obtain huge amounts of information (big data) and improve precision, which also mirrors the developmental tendency of modern sensors. Moreover, artificial intelligence is a novel impetus for sensors and networks, which gets sensors to learn and think and feed more efficient results back. This book includes new research results from academia and industry, on the subject of “Smart Sensors and Networks”, especially sensing technologies utilizing Artificial Intelligence. The topics include: smart sensors biosensors sensor network sensor data fusion artificial intelligence deep learning mechatronics devices for sensors applications of sensors for robotics and mechatronics devices

History of engineering & technology --- microelectromechanical systems --- inertial measurement unit --- long short term memory recurrent neural networks --- artificial intelligence --- deep learning --- CNN --- LSTM --- CO2 welding --- molten pool --- online monitoring --- mechanical sensor --- self-adaptiveness --- ankle-foot exoskeleton --- walking assistance --- visual tracking --- correlation filter --- color histogram --- adaptive hedge algorithm --- scenario generation --- autonomous vehicle --- smart sensor and device --- wireless sensor networks --- task assignment --- distributed --- reliable --- energy-efficient --- audification --- sensor --- visualization --- speech to text --- text to speech --- HF-OTH radar --- AIS --- radar tracking --- data fusion --- fuzzy functional dependencies --- maritime surveillance --- surgical robot end-effector --- clamping force estimation --- joint torque disturbance observer --- PSO-BPNN --- cable tension measurement --- queue length --- roadside sensor --- vehicle detection --- adverse weather --- roadside LiDAR --- data processing --- air pollution --- atmospheric data --- IoT --- machine learning --- RNN --- Sensors --- smart cities --- traffic flow --- traffic forecasting --- wireless sensor network --- fruit condition monitoring --- artificial neural network --- ethylene gas --- banana ripening --- unidimensional ACGAN --- signal recognition --- data augmentation --- link establishment behaviors --- DenseNet --- short-wave radio station --- landing gear --- adaptive landing --- vehicle classification --- FBG --- smart sensors --- outlier detection --- local outlier factor --- data streams --- air quality monitoring --- n/a --- evacuation path --- multi-story multi-exit building --- temperature sensors --- multi-time-slots planning --- optimization

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Sensors are the eyes or/and ears of an intelligent system, such as UAV, AGV and robots. With the development of material, signal processing, and multidisciplinary interactions, more and more smart sensors are proposed and fabricated under increasing demands for homes, the industry, and military fields. Networks of sensors will be able to enhance the ability to obtain huge amounts of information (big data) and improve precision, which also mirrors the developmental tendency of modern sensors. Moreover, artificial intelligence is a novel impetus for sensors and networks, which gets sensors to learn and think and feed more efficient results back. This book includes new research results from academia and industry, on the subject of “Smart Sensors and Networks”, especially sensing technologies utilizing Artificial Intelligence. The topics include: smart sensors biosensors sensor network sensor data fusion artificial intelligence deep learning mechatronics devices for sensors applications of sensors for robotics and mechatronics devices

History of engineering & technology --- microelectromechanical systems --- inertial measurement unit --- long short term memory recurrent neural networks --- artificial intelligence --- deep learning --- CNN --- LSTM --- CO2 welding --- molten pool --- online monitoring --- mechanical sensor --- self-adaptiveness --- ankle-foot exoskeleton --- walking assistance --- visual tracking --- correlation filter --- color histogram --- adaptive hedge algorithm --- scenario generation --- autonomous vehicle --- smart sensor and device --- wireless sensor networks --- task assignment --- distributed --- reliable --- energy-efficient --- audification --- sensor --- visualization --- speech to text --- text to speech --- HF-OTH radar --- AIS --- radar tracking --- data fusion --- fuzzy functional dependencies --- maritime surveillance --- surgical robot end-effector --- clamping force estimation --- joint torque disturbance observer --- PSO-BPNN --- cable tension measurement --- queue length --- roadside sensor --- vehicle detection --- adverse weather --- roadside LiDAR --- data processing --- air pollution --- atmospheric data --- IoT --- machine learning --- RNN --- Sensors --- smart cities --- traffic flow --- traffic forecasting --- wireless sensor network --- fruit condition monitoring --- artificial neural network --- ethylene gas --- banana ripening --- unidimensional ACGAN --- signal recognition --- data augmentation --- link establishment behaviors --- DenseNet --- short-wave radio station --- landing gear --- adaptive landing --- vehicle classification --- FBG --- smart sensors --- outlier detection --- local outlier factor --- data streams --- air quality monitoring --- evacuation path --- multi-story multi-exit building --- temperature sensors --- multi-time-slots planning --- optimization