Browsing by Author "Sharafi, M."
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Multi-objective optimal design of hybrid renewable energy systems using PSO-simulation based approach
Sharafi, M.; Elmekkawy, Tarek Y. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2014 , Article)Recently, the increasing energy demand has caused dramatic consumption of fossil fuels and unavoidable raising energy prices. Moreover, environmental effect of fossil fuel led to the need of using renewable energy (RE) to ... -
Optimal design of hybrid renewable energy systems in buildings with low to high renewable energy ratio
Sharafi, M.; Elmekkawy, T.Y.; Bibeau, E.L. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)We develop a simulation-based meta-heuristic approach that determines the optimal size of a hybrid renewable energy system for residential buildings. This multi-objective optimization problem requires the advancement of a ...