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Integration of solar energy in Small-scale Industries: Application to microbreweries
(Elsevier, 2023)
The integration of solar energy to achieve decarbonization in the industry is still incipient. The few reported cases of solar thermal and photovoltaic integration in industrial brewing processes belong to medium-sized ...
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Random Forest model to predict solar water heating system performance
(Elsevier, 2023)
This research proposes a Random Forest RF model to replace the experimental tests required by the ISO 9459–5:2007 for predicting the annual energy supplied and the solar fraction covered by a thermosiphon solar water ...
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High Vapor Transport Deposition: A Novel Process to Develop Cu2ZnSn(SxSe1–x)4 Thin Film Solar Cells
(Wiley, 2021-12)
Kesterite thin film solar cells are known to be a promising cost-effective solution because they are based on earth-abundant and environmental compounds. However, it is known that their best efficiency (12.6%) has not been ...
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Minimizing the Computational Effort to Optimize Solar Concentrators with the Open-Source Tools SunPATH and Tonatiuh++
(MDPI AG, 2021)
Integrals that are of interest in the analysis, design, and optimization of concentrating solar thermal systems (CST), such as the annual optical efficiency of the light collection and concentration (LCC) subsystem, can ...
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Activity and efficiency trends for the residential sector across countries
(Elsevier, 2022-10-15)
The residential sector is a major contributor to climate change, accounting for almost a quarter of global energy consumption and a fifth of CO2 emissions in 2019. Since 2000, residential consumption has grown at a sustained ...
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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
(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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Experimental investigation and modelling of biodiesel combustion in engines with late direct injection strategy
(Elsevier, 2022-11)
The combination of alternate fuels, such as biodiesel, and low-temperature combustion (LTC) constitutes a promising solution to reduce pollutant emission and to avoid dependence on fossil fuels. However, this concept ...
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Adaptation of residential solar systems for domestic hot water (DHW) to hybrid organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) distributed generation
(Elsevier, 2023-01)
Among the portfolio of energy systems for local power generation, Organic Rankine cycles (ORCs) for residential applications are an opportunity for local cogeneration based on synergies with existing thermal heating ...
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Potential of ORC Systems to Retrofit CHP Plants in Wastewater Treatment Stations
(International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2013)
Wastewater treatment stations take advantage of the biogas produced from sludge in anaerobic digesters to generate electricity (reciprocating gas engines) and heat (cooling water and engine exhaust gases). A fraction of ...