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Some aspects of the energy cost linked to the IAQ. Impact of free-cooling and heat recovery in office buildings. [Presentation]
(1997)Increasing air exchange rate to improve IAQ may increase energy consumption, but this increase may be compensated for by strategies such as free cooling and heat recovery. The frame of the proposed paper is the examination ...
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Energy Management Strategies in hydrogen Smart-Grids: A laboratory experience [Article]
(Elsevier, 2016)As microgrids gain reputation, nations are making decisions towards a new energetic paradigm where the centralized model is being abandoned in favor of a more sophisticated, reliable, environmentally friendly and decentralized ...
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Experimental validation of an optical and thermal model of a linear Fresnel collector system [Article]
(Elsevier, 2013)This paper describes the design and validation of a mathematical model for a solar Fresnel collector. The function of the model is to simulate the optical and thermal dynamics of a Fresnel system for heating water. The ...
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Setting intelligent city tiling strategies for urban shading simulations [Article]
(Elsevier, 2017)Assessing accurately the solar potential of all building surfaces in cities, including shading and multiple reflections between buildings, is essential for urban energy modelling. However, since the number of surface ...
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Analysis of the economic feasibility and reduction of a building’s energy consumption and emissions when integrating hybrid solar thermal/PV/micro-CHP systems [Article]
(Elsevier, 2016)The aim of this paper is to assess the performance of several designs of hybrid systems composed of solar thermal collectors, photovoltaic panels and natural gas internal combustion engines. The software TRNSYS 17 has been ...
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Heuristic optimization of clusters of heat pumps: A simulation and case study of residential frequency reserve [Article]
(Elsevier, 2019)The technological challenges of adapting energy systems to the addition of more renewables are intricately interrelated with the ways in which markets incentivize their development and deployment. Households with own onsite ...
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Assessment of the photovoltaic potential at urban level based on 3D city models: A case study and new methodological approach [Article]
(Elsevier, 2017)The use of 3D city models combined with simulation functionalities allows to quantify energy demand and renewable generation for a very large set of buildings. The scope of this paper is to determine the solar photovoltaic ...
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Mitigating energy poverty: Potential contributions of combining PV and building thermal mass storage in low-income households [Article]
(Elsevier, 2018)The issue of energy poverty has devastating implications for the society, and it has been aggravated in the past years due to the economic crisis and the increase of energy prices. Among the most affected are those with ...
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Esterification of Free Fatty Acids with Glycerol within the Biodiesel Production Framework [Article]
(MDPI, 2019)Companies in the field of the collection and treatment of waste cooking oils (WCO) for subsequent biodiesel production usually have to cope with high acidity oils, which cannot be directly transformed into fatty acid methyl ...
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Visionado de vídeos como actividad formativa alternativa a los experimentos reales [Presentation]
(Universidad de Oviedo, 2018)Teaching in Industrial Engineer in Degrees is based on the acquisition of competences. Generally, the training actions are lectures, lectures, classes of problems, seminars, lectures, laboratory practices, research works. ...
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Nuevas técnicas metodologías para el fomento de habilidades transversales y transferencia del conocimiento en universitarios [Presentation]
(Universidad de Oviedo, 2018)Knowledge transference and its business potential are very much related to founders’ skills, and especially to the development of their transversal skills. Unfortunately, the time needid to achieve these skills spontaneously ...
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Biomimetic flow fields for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: A review of design trends [Article]
(Elsevier, 2020)Bipolar Plate design is one of the most active research fields in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) development. Bipolar Plates are key components for ensuring an appropriate water management within the cell, ...
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Almacenamiento termoquímico en plantas CSP basado en calcium-looping: retos y oportunidades [Presentation]
(Asociación Española de Energía Solar, 2018)La integración de sistemas termoquímicos de energía en plantas CSP está ganando interés en los últimos años. De entre los posibles sistemas termoquímicos, el proceso de Calcium-looping (CaL), basado en la calcinación/carbonatación ...
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Systematic Simplified Simulation Methodology for Deep Energy Retrofitting Towards Nze Targets Using Life Cycle Energy Assessment [Article]
(MDPI, 2019-08)The reduction of energy consumption in the residential sector presents substantial potential through the implementation of energy e ciency improvement measures. Current trends involve the use of simulation tools which ...
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Design of the Refurbishment of Historic Buildings with a Cost-Optimal Methodology: A Case Study [Article]
(MDPI, 2019-07)The transformation of existing buildings into Near Zero Energy Buildings or even positive energy buildings remains a major challenge. In particular, historic buildings are an important cultural heritage that, in most ...
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Passive cooling through phase change materials in buildings. A critical study of implementation alternatives [Article]
(Elsevier, 2019-11)Global warming is gradually increasing the cooling energy demand of buildings. Phase change materials (PCM) offer high potential to passively reduce cooling energy consumption and overheating by absorbing heat gains in the ...
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Feasibility Study of Freeze Recovery Options in Parabolic Trough Collector Plants Working with Molten Salt as Heat Transfer Fluid [Article]
(MDPI, 2019-06)Parabolic trough collector (PTC) technology is currently the most mature solar technology, which has led to the accumulation of relevant operational experience. The overall performance and e ciency of these plants depends ...
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Determination of the Acidity of Waste Cooking Oils by Near Infrared Spectroscopy [Article]
(MDPI, 2019)Waste cooking oils (WCO) recycling companies usually have economic losses for buying WCO not suitable for biodiesel production, e.g., WCO with high free acidity (FA). For this reason, the determination of FA of WCO by ...
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Experimental testing of multi-tubular reactor for hydrogen production and comparison with a thermal CFD model [Presentation]
(American Institute of Physics, 2018)This study presents a comparison of the experimental tests and CFD results for a multi-tubular solar reactor for hydrogen production in a pilot plant in the Plataforma Solar de Almería. This paper describes the methodology ...
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As-Built 3D Heritage City Modelling to Support Numerical Structural Analysis: Application to the Assessment of an Archaeological Remain [Article]
(2019-05)Terrestrial laser scanning is a widely used technology to digitise archaeological, architectural and cultural heritage. This allows for modelling the assets’ real condition in comparison with traditional data acquisition ...