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Book Part Waste to Energy Management(Elsevier, 2025) Yagmur Goren, A.Y.; Kalinci, Y.; Dincer, I.Today, the world faces growing challenges with waste problems since people have moved the problems from past to future. The key question is: is waste a problem or a resource? The correct response to this question can be found by investigating, in more detail, the types of waste and implemented waste management methods. The chapter consists of six main sections. The first section is focused on classification, which explains what waste is and categorizes it according to the producer (e.g., municipal, industrial, and hazardous) and chemical composition (for instance, organic, inorganic, and microbiological). The second section presents legislative trends. It is seen that the waste management legislations are changing from country to country. Also, it can change over time because every technological development emerges its waste. The third section covers waste management methods such as recycling, refuse-derived fuel, landfill, and thermal methods. The landfill method is the oldest and the cheapest one. It is seen that the method will continue in the near future, too, though a lot of legal regulations have been made to reduce its usage. Thermal methods are commonly used in the industrial sector. Hence, thermal methods such as incineration, pyrolysis, and gasification are examined in detail. Considering environmental issues, thermal technology moves toward gasification systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the formation of by-products. The fourth section presents illustrative examples related to using waste management methods or their combinations. Further, a case study, which consists of a circulated fluidized bed gasification system, is investigated from the exergy and exergoeconomic points of view. The chapter presents exergy and exergoeconomic analyses in detail. The analyses show that it can produce 1.17 MWe power and 0.521kg/s hydrogen with 3.33 $/kg cost from 8.5kg/s biomass waste. Finally, future scenarios for waste management are investigated. Also, to achieve zero waste targets in the future, circular economy and industrial symbiosis concepts are examined, and some successful examples from around the world are presented. © 2025 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 2Investigation of the Effects of Various Parameters on Wireless Power Transfer Efficiency(Elsevier Gmbh, 2025) Yilmaz, Mert; Cetkin, Erdal; Akca, HakanElectric vehicles have dominated the automotive market, especially in recent years. However, the charging problem that stresses drivers continues. Although conductive charging is an established technology, it still needs to meet user expectations fully. On the other hand, wireless charging technology attracts users' attention with dynamic charging features. Although this technology improves daily, efficiency is not at the desired level. In this study, a wireless power transfer system was designed for electric vehicles, and the factors affecting the charging efficiency were investigated. This system consists of an inverter, a compensation system, and a load. The efficiency of the system according to cable type, air gap, cooling, and pulse-width modulation parameters was observed through 40 experiments, each lasting 20 min. In addition to efficiency, the frequency behavior was also investigated. Experimental results were compared with models designed in MATLAB and ANSYS software. The average errors between the experimental and simulation results are 1.75, 2.03, 1.85, 1.58, and 2.00% for air gaps of 19-20, 55-56, 91-92, 127-128, and 145-146 mm, respectively. Power was transferred wirelessly with a minimum efficiency of 59.25% at a 145 mm air gap and a maximum efficiency of 85.74% at a 56 mm air gap in 300 W tests.Article Citation - WoS: 6Citation - Scopus: 6A New Electro-Biomembrane Integrated Renewable-Based System To Produce Power, Fresh Water and Hydrogen for Sustainable Communities(Elsevier, 2025) Goren, A. Yagmur; Dincer, Ibrahim; Khalvati, AliAs the consequences of global warming become more severe, it is more crucial than ever to capitalize on all locally accessible potential renewable energy sources and produce sufficient useable energy outputs to meet community demands while causing the least damage to the ecosystem. Therefore, this paper focuses on a unique parabolic trough collector solar system-powered electro-biomembrane unit that combines a heat and power system with fresh water, electricity and hydrogen production. The proposed integrated system contains the following subsystems: a combining parabolic trough collector solar system, an organic Rankine cycle, a steam Rankine cycle, a multi-stage flash desalination system, and an electro-biomembrane H2 and freshwater production system. A thorough analysis and parametric research are performed on the multigeneration system to determine how important characteristics affect system performance and evaluate the energy and exergy efficiencies, and exergy destruction levels for particular system elements. The study results show that solar irradiation is the most critical parameter for improving system performance. The highest freshwater production of 1,303,333.3 L/day is observed at the solar irradiation of 935,768 kWh/day. Furthermore, the combined output of three electricity production technologies exceeds 2,000,000 kWh/day, highlighting the ability of the system to harness solar thermal energy effectively. The study findings indicate that using solar power and biomass as renewable energy sources, the proposed integrated system provided 328.56 kg of biohydrogen per day. Overall, the energy and exergy efficiencies of the integrated system are obtained as 34.3 and 29.5 %, respectively.Article Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 10The Role of Effective Catalysts for Hydrogen Production: a Performance Evaluation(Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, 2025) Goren, A. Yagmur; Temiz, Mert; Erdemir, Dogan; Dincer, IbrahimIn recent years, research on hydrogen (H2) production for alternative and environmentally-benign energy solution as fuel, storage medium and feedstock has been one of the most highly demanded subjects. It aims to reduce the pressures set by carbon dioxide emissions and the depletion of fossil fuel supplies. Nevertheless, largescale H2 production is limited by its high cost and low yield. The distinct photo-electrochemical characteristics of catalysts have shown them to have great promise for enhancing the production of H2. This article presents an updated and comprehensive review of enhanced H2 production using various catalysts in biological, thermochemical, and water-based processes. Various operational parameters (reactor configuration, catalyst dosage, catalyst type, catalyst modification methods, temperature, pH, and inoculum type) are summarized to improve the H2 production performance and reduce the environmental impacts and costs of these processes. For instance, in dark fermentation, biological H2 production is enhanced by 3.2-38 % with certain metal catalysts. Overall, results revealed that catalysts, specifically inorganic catalysts such as iron, nickel, titanium oxide, and silver, have improved the production rate of H2. This review has provided the application fields and working principles of catalysts in different H2 production processes. Finally, we suggested the main concerns that need to be prioritized in the long-term advancement of H2 production using catalysts.Article Citation - WoS: 14Citation - Scopus: 17Cleaner Production of Biohydrogen Using Poplar Leaves: Experimental and Optimization Studies(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2024) Goren, A. Yagmur; Kenez, Muratcan; Dincer, Ibrahim; Khalvati, AliBiohydrogen (bioH2) is recognized as a potential carbon-neutral energy vector, and developing novel methods has received increasing attention with a prime goal of producing H2 more efficient and cost effective manner. This study aimed to develop a unique reactor to investigate dark fermentative H2 production from poplar biomass using commercially available and inexpensive microorganism cultures. Therefore, six factors of the Box-Behnken design (BBD) were performed to evaluate the individual and combined effects of operational param-eters: acid concentration (2-10%), biomass concentration (2-10 g), initial pH (5-8), temperature (30-40 degrees C), mixing ratio (150-350 rpm), and microorganism concentration (2-6 g) on bioH2 production. Among the oper-ational parameters, the acid concentration was the most effective parameter on bioH2 production. The bioH2 production increased from 11.33 to 18.15 mg/g biomass with increasing acid concentration from 6 to 10%. Moreover, the optimum levels of operational variables were as follows: acid concentration of 9.9%, biomass amount of 2 g, pH of 6.56, temperature of 35 degrees C, mixing ratio of 345 rpm, and microorganism amount of 4.5 g for the highest bioH2 production of 20 mg/g-biomass according to the experimental design. Consequently, the bioH2 production performance of the dark fermentation process showed that bioH2 production from poplar biomass using commercially available microorganisms had a competitive advantage.Article Citation - WoS: 24Citation - Scopus: 23Photovoltaic Performance of Magnetron Sputtered Antimony Selenide Thin Film Solar Cells Buffered by Cadmium Sulfide and Cadmium Sulfide /Zinc Sulfide(Elsevier B.V., 2023) Cantas, A.; Gundogan, S.H.; Turkoglu, F.; Koseoglu, H.; Aygun, G.; Ozyuzer, L.Antimony selenide (Sb2Se3)-based thin-film solar cells have recently attracted worldwide attention as an abundant, low-cost, and efficient photovoltaic technology. The highest efficiencies recorded for Sb2Se3 solar cells have been obtained using cadmium sulfide (CdS) as a buffer layer. The Cd-included hybrid buffer layers could be one option to increase device efficiency through more effective usage of light. Therefore, in this work, the effect of single CdS and hybrid CdS/zinc sulfide (ZnS) buffer layers on the photovoltaic performance of Sb2Se3 thin-film solar cells has been investigated in detail. Sb2Se3 thin films have been deposited on molybdenum (Mo)-coated soda-lime glass (SLG) substrates by radio frequency magnetron sputtering technique followed by a post-heat treatment process. The morphological, and structural properties of Sb2Se3 thin films have been investigated by X-Ray Diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscopy. To compare the device performances of single CdS and hybrid CdS/ZnS buffered Sb2Se3 thin-film solar cells, SLG/Mo/Sb2Se3/CdS/ZnS/indium tin oxide (ITO) and SLG/Mo/Sb2Se3/CdS/ITO structures have been fabricated. The findings of this study have revealed a reduction in solar cells’ performance from η=3.93% for CdS buffer to η=0.13% for CdS/ZnS hybrid buffer. The change in the solar cell performance using the CdS/ZnS hybrid buffer has been discussed in detail. © 2023 Elsevier B.V.Article Power transmission entropy(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2008) Özdemir, SerhanMechanical transmissions have been characterised traditionally by their transmission efficiencies. This is given by the ratio of the output to the input of the transmitted power. Unfortunately, the power transmission phenomenon is slightly more complex than that. As any designer would agree, each of these transmission localities is a source of uncertainty. Once formulated, this statement of uncertainty would reflect the designer's trust in the transmission. By virtue of the proposed approach, power transmission is no longer a deterministic entity but becomes a probabilistic one. This paper discusses the overlooked uncertainty inherent in every transmission.