**Meet the editor**

Dr Arzu Şencan Şahin was born in Manisa/TURKEY in 1975. She received his Bachelor's Degree, Master Degree and Ph.D.from Süleyman Demirel University Mechanical Engineering in the years 1996, 1999 and 2004 respectively. Her area of interest is renewable energy, heat transfer, thermodynamic. She has published / presented many research papers in reputed international and na-

tional journals and conferences.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Feyza Akarslan

Feyza Akarslan

Chapter 4 **Exergoeconomic Analysis and** 

Karim Bourouni

Chapter 6 **Heat Transfer Modeling of** 

Bruno Domenech

Pavel Fuksa, Josef Hakl,

Chapter 8 **Utilization of Permanent** 

Chapter 5 **Optimization of** 

Chapter 1 **Solar-Energy Drying Systems 1** 

Chapter 2 **Photovoltaic Systems and Applications 21** 

Chapter 3 **A New Adaptive Method for Distribution** 

**System Protection Considering Distributed** 

**Optimization of Solar Thermal Power Plants 65** 

**the Ground-Coupled Heat Pump Systems 117** 

Hamidreza Akhondi and Mostafa Saifali

Ali Baghernejad and Mahmood Yaghoubi

**the Ground Heat Exchangers for** 

Yi Man, Ping Cui and Zhaohong Fang

**Grassland for Biogas Production 171** 

Zuzana Hrevušová, Jaromír Šantrůček, Ilona Gerndtová and Jan Habart

Chapter 7 **Promoting and Improving Renewable** 

Rafael Escobar, David Vilar, Enrique Velo, Laia Ferrer-Martí and

**Generation Units Using Simulated Annealing Method 53** 

**Renewable Energy Systems: The Case of Desalination 89** 

**Energy Projects Through Local Capacity Development 147** 
