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Climatic applicability of downdraught evaporative cooling in the United States of America
(Elsevier, 2018-05)
The potential for application of downdraught cooling in the United States of America (U.S.) depends on its climatic characteristics. However, due to the large geographic span of the country, it varies due to differences ...
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Assessment of thermal comfort and energy savings in a field study on adaptive comfort with application for mixed mode offices
(Elsevier, 2018-05-15)
The study of the thermal comfort of the occupants of a building represents an important challenge, due to its close relation with energy efficiency. Facing the application of set-point temperatures, the adaptive comfort ...
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Impact of Energy Losses Due to Failures on Photovoltaic Plant Energy Balance
(MDPI, 2018-02-03)
Photovoltaic (PV) plant failures have a significant influence on PV plant security, reliability, and energy balance. Energy losses produced by a PV plant are due to two large causes: failures and inefficiencies. Knowing ...
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Analysis of Biomass-fired Boilers in a Polygeneration System for a Hospital
(Isaac Scientific Publishing, 2018)
This study evaluates the types of biomass that can be used in boilers for the production of steam and hot water for the Lauro Wanderley University Hospital located in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, using average ...
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Dry carbonate process for CO2 capture and storage: Integration with solar thermal power
(Elsevier Ltd, 2018)
Capture and sequestration of CO2 released by conventional fossil fuel combustion is an urgent need to mitigate global warming. In this work, main CO2 capture and sequestration (CCS) systems are reviewed, with the focus on ...
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Performance improvement in olive stone's combustion from a previous carbonization transformation
(Elsevier, 2018-09)
Under the framework of circular economy, agricultural wastes are an interesting carbon-based feedstock for thermal energy and power generation. Their use could extend the availability of biomass-based fuel and, at the same ...
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Techno-Economic Analysis of Rural 4th Generation Biomass District Heating
(MDPI, 2018)
Biomass heating networks provide renewable heat using low carbon energy sources. They can be powerful tools for economy decarbonization. Heating networks can increase heating efficiency in districts and small size ...
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Mechanical analysis of Genoa 03 stirling engine
(International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems SDEWES, 2018)
Due to the new technologies development based on renewable sources of energy, in recent years Stirling engines have become very important in the energetic sector. Many of them do not allow the use of fluid lubricants and, ...
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Building automation system with adaptive comfort in mixed mode buildings
(Elsevier, 2018-11)
Although there are many fieldstudies to achieve a model of comfort in free running buildings, fewer studies focus on mixed-mode buildings. Moreover, there are even fewer examples of implementing such algorithms into a ...
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Benefits of Medium Temperature Solar Concentration Technologies as Thermal Energy Source of Industrial Processes in Spain
(MDPI, 2018-10)
This paper analyses the possible applications of medium temperature solar concentration technologies, Compound Parabolic Collector, Linear Fresnel Collector and Parabolic Trough Collector in the Spanish industrial ...