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Oleksandr Skrylnyk, Emilie Courbon, Nicolas Heymans and Marc Frère
Domestic space heating and hot water preparation, solar energy storage.
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Rigardt Alfred Coetzee, Aggrey Mwesigye, Zhongjie Huan
A pressurized system utilizing evacuated tube collectors with internal heat pipes was investigated for the production of hot service-water for domestic use during all seasons in Pretoria, South Africa. The investigation focused on the prediction of seaso...
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George Bennett, Clifford Elwell, Robert Lowe and Tadj Oreszczyn
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Juan Fernando Garcia and Lukas Kranzl
Since buildings account for 40% of total energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in the European Union (EU), the directive 2010/31/EU “Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPDB)” among other legal provisions concerning the reduction...
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Yong-Dae Jeong, Min Gyung Yu and Yujin Nam
Renewable energy systems have received a lot of attention as sustainable technology in building sector. However, the efficiency of the renewable energy systems depends on the surrounding conditions, and it could gradually decrease by excessive and long-t...
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Luis R. Bernardo
System cost reductions and development of standardised plug-and-function systems are some of the most important goals for solar heating technology development. Retrofitting hot water boilers in single-family houses when installing solar collectors has th...
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Luis R. Bernardo, Henrik Davidsson and Björn Karlsson
One of the biggest obstacles to economic profitability of solar water heating systems is the investment cost. Retrofitting existing domestic hot water heaters when a new solar hot water system is installed can reduce both the installation and material co...
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Gabriel Zsembinszki, Angel G. Fernández and Luisa F. Cabeza
The selection of suitable phase change material as thermal energy storage for space cooling, heating, or domestic hot water in buildings.
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N.C. Nkosi, R.P. Burger, N.R. Matandirotya , C. Pauw, S.J. Piketh
Domestic solid fuel combustion remains a key contributor to indoor and ambient air pollution in low-income settlements. Understanding solid-fuel cost perceptions and burning patterns variability is required for developing sustainable energy policies and ...
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The building sector accounts for one third of the global energy consumption and it is expected to grow in the next decades. This evidence leads researchers, engineers and architects to develop innovative technologies based on renewable energies and to en...
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Dario Bottino-Leone, Dagmar Elisabet Exner, Jennifer Adami, Alexandra Troi and Jessica Balest
The abandonment and deterioration of historic rural buildings in Europe raise significant issues, including hydrogeological risks, the loss of productive land, and cultural heritage decline. Despite being underestimated, these structures hold significant...
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Fahad Awjah Almehmadi, Hassan Fawzy Elattar, Ali Fouda, Saeed Alqaed, Mathkar A. Alharthi and Hassanein Abdelmohsen Refaey
In buildings, multi-generation systems are a promising technology that can replace discrete traditional energy production methods. A multi-generation system makes it possible to efficiently produce electricity, cooling, heating, and freshwater simultaneo...
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Jaime Sieres, Ignacio Ortega, Fernando Cerdeira, Estrella Álvarez and José M. Santos
The seasonal performance of a heat pump indicates its average performance during the heating and/or cooling season, taking into account the different energy demands and their variability over time. Several European and international regulations and polic...
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João M. S. Dias and Vítor A. F. Costa
This paper presents an adsorption cooler (AC) driven by the surplus heat of a solar thermal domestic hot water system to provide cooling to residential buildings. A cylindrical tube adsorber using granular silica gel as adsorbent and water as adsorbate w...
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Ali Al Dabbas, Laith Al-Hyari, Ahmad D. M. Al Awana, Mohammad Fawaier
Pág. 180 - 188
This research investigates and evaluates the University Politehnica of Bucharest (UPB) possibilities to become an energy self-supplying by building up its own power plant and becoming an energy distributor. The campus has already been connected to the na...
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Johann Emhofer, Klemens Marx, Tilman Barz, Felix Hochwallner, Luisa F. Cabeza, Gabriel Zsembinszki, Andreas Strehlow, Birgo Nitsch, Michael Wiesflecker and Werner Pink
Integration of a three-media refrigerant/phase change material (PCM)/water heat exchanger (RPW-HEX) in the hot superheated section of a heat pump (HP) system is a promising approach to save energy for domestic hot water (DHW) generation in multi-family h...
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Min Zhang, Xiubo Jia, Zhixiang Tang, Yixuan Zeng, Xuejiao Wang, Yi Liu and Yuqing Ling
In this paper, we show a fast and accurate numerical method for simulating the microwave heating of moving objects, which is still a challenge because of its complicated mathematical model simultaneously coupling electromagnetic field, thermal field, and...
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Jay P Sipani,Riki H Patel,Trushit Upadhyahya,Arpan Desai
Pág. pp. 15 - 26
Today there is demand to monitor environmental factors almost in all research institutes and industries and even for domestic uses. The analog data measurement requires manual effort to note readings and there may be a possibility of human error. Such ty...
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Tafadzwa Makonese, Daniel M. Masekameni, Harold J. Annegarn
Informal fixed-bed coal-burning braziers are used extensively in low-income communities of South Africa for space-heating and cooking needs. An investigation was carried out on the effects of coal moisture content and coal quality on the thermal and emis...
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Silvana Nisgoski,Graciela Inés Bolzon de Muñiz,Simone Ribeiro Morrone,Felipe Zatt Schardosin,Ramiro Faria França
In Brazil, charcoal has widely use in the iron industry and plays an important row as a domestic fuel for traditional roast. The carbonization of illegal logged native wood simultaneously with planted exotic species demands ways to avoid frauds controlli...
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