Thermal Science, year 2012, volume 16, issue 3

Special Issue: "Sustainable development – challenge to use resources in a more efficient, way, integrating processes and reusing waste for energy production" containing in Part I a selection of papers presented at 2011 Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems

Words from the Editors

From the Editor-in-chief, issue 2012/3

From the Guest editors: Sustainable Development - Challenge to Use the Resources in a More Efficient Way, Integrating Processes, and Reusing Waste for Energy Production

Part One

Papers presented at 2011 Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems

TACTICAL TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM FOREST, FOSSIL, AND WOOD WASTE FUELS IN A HEATING PLANT

MAKING THE RESULTS OF BOTTOM-UP ENRGY SAVINGS COMPARABLE

ROLE OF THE NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM MODELLING IN THE PROCESS OF THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT

RECYCLING AND RECOVERY OF POST-CONSUMER PLASTIC SOLID WASTE IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT

CO-FIRING BOSNIAN COALS WITH WOODY BIOMASS: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON A LABORATORY-SCALE FURNACE AND 110 MWe POWER UNIT

POTENTIAL OF WASTE HEAT IN CROATIAN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

FOSSIL FUEL SAVINGS, CARBON EMISSION REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC ATTRACTIVENESS OF MEDIUM-SCALE INTEGRATED BIOMASS GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLE COGENERATION PLANTS

THE POTENTIAL OF NATURAL GAS AS A BRIDGING TECHNOLOGY IN LOW-EMISSION ROAD TRANSPORTATION IN GERMANY

A NUMERTICAL EVALUATION OF PREDICTION ACCURACY OF CO2 ABSORBER MODEL FOR VARIOUS REACTION RATE COEFFICIENTS

GEOPOLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: A REVIEW

THE POTENTIAL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES FOR GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS REDUCTION IN MACEDONIA

STUDY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF END-OF-LIFE TYRE RECYCLING THROUGH A SIMPLIFIED MATHEMATICAL APPROACH

EVALUATION OF KOLUBARA LIGNITE CARBON EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS

ANALYSIS OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF BIOFUEL-FIRED GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTS

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC/WIND SYSTEMS WITH HYDROGEN STORAGE

EXERGY DIAGNOSIS OF COAL FIRED COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANT WITH APPLICATION OF NEURAL AND REGRESSION MODELLING

IMPROVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THERMAL POWER PLANT OPERATION BY ADVANCED CONTROL CONCEPTS

THE IMPORTACE OF CO2 CAPTURE AND STORAGE - A GEOPOLITICAL DISCUSSION

Part Two

Original scientific papers

APPLICATION AND IMPORTANCE OF COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS: THE CASE OF SERBIA

ASSESSMENT AND POTENTIAL USE OF CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANTS IN SERBIA AND REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA

OPTIMIZATION OF THE TRIPLE- PRESSURE COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT

DYNAMIC MODELING OF А HEATING SYSTEM USING GEOTHERMAL ENERGY AND STORAGE TANK