A5044001414- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
- Coagulation and Flocculation Studies
- Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Hydrogen Storage and Materials
- Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
- Iron oxide chemistry and applications
- Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
- Smart Agriculture and AI
- Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques
- Surface and Thin Film Phenomena
- Catalysts for Methane Reforming
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Biodiesel Production and Applications
- Edible Oils Quality and Analysis
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Arava Institute
2011-2024
Dead Sea and Arava Science Center
2012-2024
University of Technology Malaysia
2012
University of Minnesota System
2007-2009
University of Minnesota
2007-2009
Ankara University
2004
It is widely acknowledged that traditional agricultural practices must effectively address the increasing global demand for food while facing water scarcity and climate change challenges. The imperative environmentally sustainable approaches has never been more urgent. In response, IoT-based Smart Agriculture emerged as a promising solution. can significantly bolster development by integrating renewable energy sources, particularly in arid regions with abundant sunlight. Real-time control...
Water is becoming scarcer. The unmonitored control and the extensive use of fossil fuel in water-table pumping for irrigation exacerbate global warming harm environment. Along with rapid population growth concomitant increase demand food, optimal usage energy a must indispensable sustainable agriculture. In this context, Smart Agriculture (SA) emerging as promising field that leverages ICT (Information Communication Technology) to optimize resources’ while enhancing crops’...
The intensity and duration of hot weather the number extreme events, such as heatwaves, are increasing, leading to a growing need for space cooling energy demand. Together with building stock’s low performance, this phenomenon may also increase households’ consumption. On other hand, level ownership equipment can cause consumption, lack indoor thermal comfort several health-related problems, yet increasing risk poverty in summer. Understanding future temperature variations associated impacts...
The social acceptance of energy policies and renewable technologies is crucial in the era transition. Yet, little known about Israel’s transition this regard. One thousand five hundred Israeli citizens were engaged through a survey to examine their perceptions climate change awareness regarding national policy. Individual-level factors such as gender, age, education included assess possible influence on replies. main findings following: (i) impact not felt an immediate threat by majority,...
Purpose: The study discusses COVID-19’s short-term impact on Israel’s renewable energy start-up sector from March to July 2020. Results and contributions: interviewed companies were experiencing supply chain disruption, logistical issues, restrictions in work access, all of which negatively impacted business operations. Moreover, reported revenue losses difficulty securing funding, interpreted here as financial distress. In some cases, cut back staff. Insights the literature global crisis...
As climate change and population growth threaten rural communities, especially in regions like Sub-Saharan Africa, electrification becomes crucial to addressing water food security within the energy-water-food nexus. This study explores social innovation microgrid projects, focusing on integrating micro-agrovoltaics (APV) with flywheel energy storage systems (FSSs) small-scale desalination purification plants. Employing a mixed-methods approach assess economic viability of FSS APV-powered...
Hydrolysis of Zn is investigated as the second step in a ZnO∕Zn redox solar water splitting process. Zinc evaporated and hydrolyzed with steam hot wall flow tubular reactor. The influence reactor temperature distribution residence time on hydrogen conversion was measured for furnace set point temperatures 1023K 1073K. yield ZnO aerosol situ using scanning differential mobility sizer. composition morphology solid product were characterized X-ray diffraction microscopy. Hydrogen conversions...
The synthesis and hydrolysis of zinc nanoparticles are carried out in a tubular reactor. A key component the reactor is coaxial jet quench device. Three multi-inlet confined jets mix Zn(g), steam, argon to produce hydrolyze nanoparticles. performance device assessed with computational fluid dynamics modeling measurements hydrogen conversion particle size composition. Numerical data elucidate impact varying flow rates on temperature velocity distributions within Experiments conversions...
The low thermal conductivity and gummy-like characteristic of titanium based materials reduce the tool life cutting significantly when machining using conventional processes. Non-contact like electrical discharge becomes one alternative methods to machine these alloys especially involving complex shapes geometry. use powder-mixed dielectric (PMD) has been successfully applied in moulds dies steel but limited study reported on PMD-EDMing alloys. In present work, EDMing performance Ti6Al4V...
Evacuated tube solar air heaters (ETSH) are efficient, easy to maintain, and have low energy losses due the vacuum between absorber outer tubes. In this study, a new ETSH with various configurations was built experimentally tested determine best configuration highest thermal performance. The equipped two different high conductivity metal fins coils enhance heat transfer fluid copper exchanger. efficiency temperature difference were investigated at flow rates. It observed that system aluminum...
This article examines the multidimensional problem of energy poverty, focusing on its connections to climate change and manifestation at rural urban scales across selected European countries Israel. The study examined 31 locations in eight with diverse geographical economic backgrounds: Bosnia Herzegovina, Greece, North Macedonia, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, aims understand how winter vulnerability these could be identified using poverty indicators it evolves under influence...
Photovoltaics is amongst the most important technologies for renewable energy sources, and plays a key role in development of society with smaller environmental footprint. Key parameters solar cells are their conversion efficiency, operating lifetime, cost obtained from photovoltaic system compared to other sources. The optimization these aspects involves exploitation new materials novel cell concepts designs. Both theoretical modeling characterization such devices require comprehensive view...
ABSTRACTIsrael's Southern Arava region has experienced a boom in solar infrastructure development since 2011. Public acceptance of renewable energy installations is key to their successful implementation. The objective this paper understand the level among communities and identify factors that contributed widespread implementation region.Surveys semi-structured interviews were distributed five local kibbutz developers gauge attitudes about technology general community. results point strong...