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Palm oil-based bio-PCM for energy efficient building applications: Multipurpose thermal investigation and life cycle assessment
(Elsevier, 2020)This study aims at investigating the potential use of a bio-based phase change material, i.e. expired palm oil from the food industry, as a more sustainable alternative to petrochemical-based organic PCMs. To this purpose, ... -
Parameters to take into account when developing a new thermochemical energy storage system
(Elsevier, 2012)Thermal energy storage by chemical reactions is one of the most suitable energy storage systems for buildings and industrial applications due to the wide range of working temperatures as well as the high energy storage ... -
Passive cooling of buildings with phase change materials using whole-building energy simulation tools: A review
(Elsevier, 2017)Buildings contribute to climate change by consuming a considerable amount of energy to provide thermal comfort for occupants. Cooling energy demands are expected to increase substantially in the world. On this basis, ... -
Pathways to a European PhD for Thermal Energy Storage
(International Journal of Learning and TeachingXabier Basogain, 2017)Innovative Pathways to Thermal Energy Storage (INPATH- TES) is to create a network of academia, research institutes and small and medium enterprises that are cooperating in defining an innovative programme and in its ... -
PCM incorporation in a concrete core slab as a thermal storage and supply system: proof of concept
(Elsevier, 2015)Phase change materials (PCM) have been widely implemented in buildings envelope as passive system as well as in storage tanks for active systems. A new promising technology has been designed to act as a hybrid system ... -
PCM thermal energy storage tanks in heat pump system for space cooling
(Elsevier, 2014)A heat pump coupled to thermal energy storage (TES) tanks is experimentally tested under simulated summer conditions and the results are presented in this paper. The cold TES tank is used for shifting the cooling load ... -
PCM-module to improve hot water heat stores with stratification
(Elsevier Science, 2003)Hot water heat stores with stratification are a common technology used in solar energy systems and reuse of waste heat. Adding a PCM module at the top of the water tank would give the system higher storage density, and ... -
Performance and usability tradeoff in a cluster display wall
(Elsevier, 2019)Cluster-based display walls provide cost-effective and scalable display infrastructures with high resolution and large display area, making them suitable for a wide range of high-resolution applications. As a consequence, ... -
Performance comparison of a group of thermal conductivity enhancement methodology in phase change material for thermal storage application
(Elsevier, 2016)Phase change materials (PCM) are able to store thermal energy when becoming liquids and to release it when freezing. Recently the use of PCM materials for thermal energy storage (TES) at high temperature for Concentrated ... -
Performance of an ultrasonic ranging sensor in apple tree canopies
(Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), 2011)Electronic canopy characterization is an important issue in tree crop management. Ultrasonic and optical sensors are the most used for this purpose. The objective of this work was to assess the performance of an ultrasonic ... -
Performance study of direct integration of phase change material into an innovative evaporator of a simple vapour compression system
(MDPI, 2020)This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 768824 (HYBUILD). This work was partially funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación ... -
Phase Change Material Selection for Thermal Energy Storage at High Temperature Range between 210 ºC and 270 ºC
(MDPI, 2018)The improvement of thermal energy storage systems implemented in solar technologies increases not only their performance but also their dispatchability and competitiveness in the energy market. Latent heat thermal energy ... -
Phase change material selection for thermal processes working under partial load operating conditions in the temperature range between 120 and 200 ºC
(MDPI, 2017)In some processes, latent heat thermal energy storage (TES) systems might work under partial load operating conditions (the available thermal energy source is discontinuous or insufficient to completely charge the phase ... -
Phase change materials and thermal energy storage for buildings
(Elsevier, 2015)It is well known that there is a need to develop technologies to achieve thermal comfort in buildings lowering the cooling and heating demand. Research has shown that thermal energy storage (TES) is a way to do so, but ... -
Phenomenological modelling of phase transitions with hysteresis in solid/liquid PCM
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Technical-grade and mixed solid/liquid phase change materials (PCM) typically melt and solidify over a temperature range, sometimes exhibiting thermal hysteresis. Three phenomenological phase transition models are presented ... -
Physico-chemical and mechanical properties of microencapsulated phase change material
(Elsevier, 2013)Microencapsulated phase change materials (MPCM) are well known in advanced technologies for the utilization in active and passive systems, which have the capacity to absorb and slowly release the latent heat involved in ... -
Physicochemical and thermal study of a MPCM of PMMA shell and paraffin wax as a core
(Elsevier, 2014)The present work studies a Phase Change Slurry (PCS) as a proposed Thermal Energy Storage (TES) medium. Microencapsulation is an advanced technology to implement PCMs (Phase Change Material) avoiding leakage from ... -
Planck-scale effects on global symmetries: Cosmology of pseudo-goldstone bosons
(American Physical Society, 2004)We consider a model with a small explicit breaking of a global symmetry, as suggested by gravitational arguments. Our model has one scalar field transforming under a nonanomalous U 1 symmetry, and coupled to matter and ... -
Plant cover and floristic composition effect on thermal behaviour of extensive green roofs
(Elsevier, 2015)In the last few years an increasing attention has been paid to efficient energy construction systems in the building sector. Although in this contest extensive green roofs are reported to be very effective and sustainable ... -
Polylactic acid / polycaprolactone blends: on the path to circular economy, substituting single-use commodity plastic products
(MDPI, 2020-06-10)Circular economy comes to break the linear resource to waste economy, by introducing different strategies, two of them being: using material from renewable sources and producing biodegradable products. The present work ...