Institut Politècnic d’Innovació i Recerca en Sostenibilitat (INSPIRES)
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INSPIRES és un centre de recerca de la Universitat de Lleida. Conforma un grup multidisciplinari que posa especial atenció a la recerca al voltant de la millor gestió energètica, l’eficiència, la usabilitat, la seguretat, la computació d’altes prestacions i la resolució i optimització de problemes, entre altres temes. Tot amb nexes comuns, girant al voltant de l’àmbit de la sostenibilitat i la tecnologia. Suposa una unió d’esforços dels diferents centres de recerca que de manera separada tractaven diferents línies i àrees, ara aquests esforços es comparteixen generant sinèrgies.[Més informació].
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Embodied energy and embodied carbon of structural building materials: Worldwide progress and barriers through literature map analysis
(Elsevier, 2021)Climate change mitigation is a recurrent consciousness topic among society and policymakers. Actions are being adopted to face this crucial environmental challenge, with a rising concern with a big impact on the building ... -
New phase change material storage concept including metal wool as heat transfer enhancement method for solar heat use in industry
(Elsevier, 2021)Thermal energy storage is recognized as a key technology in the energy transition the world is facing today. But the main technical barrier this technology has to achieve wider deployment the low thermal conductivity of ... -
Novel geopolymer for use as a sensible storage option in high temperature thermal energy storage systems
(2020)In the current study a novel geopolymer created from waste materials (namely fly ash and black slag) has been characterised as a potential high temperature thermal energy storage material option. Several geopolymer samples ... -
Assessment of the Impact of Occupants’ Behavior and Climate Change on Heating and Cooling Energy Needs of Buildings
(MDPI, 2020)Energy performance of buildings is a worldwide increasing investigated field, due to ever more stringent energy standards aimed at reducing the buildings' impact on the environment. The purpose of this paper is to assess ... -
Implementation of a solar-biomass system for multi-family houses: Towards 100% renewable energy utilization
(2020)The decarbonization of the building sector cannot preclude from the vast diffusion of renewable-sourced polygeneration systems for covering both heating and cooling demand. In this context, this study shows the potentialities ... -
The role of buildings in the energy transition in the context of the climate change challenge
(KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.Elsevier, 2020)In order to redefine the influence of the energy and technological transitions upon the challenge of climate change this paper shows that buildings are key agents. This paper discusses the importance of addressing building ... -
Experimental devices to investigate the long‐term stability of phase change materials under application conditions
(MDPI, 2020)An important prerequisite to select a reliable phase change material (PCM) for thermal energy storage applications is to test it under application conditions. In the case of solid-liquid PCM, a large amount of thermal ... -
Techno-economic analysis of a heat pump cycle including a three-media refrigerant/phase change material/water heat exchanger in the hot superheated section for effi cient domestic hot water generation
(MDPI, 2020)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 ... -
Development of a Small Solar Thermal Power Plant for Heat and Power Supply to Domestic and Small Business Buildings
(ASME, 2018)The small solar thermal power plant is being developed with funding from EU Horizon 2020 Program. The plant is configured around a 2-kWel Organic Rankine Cycle turbine and solar field, made of Fresnel mirrors. The solar ... -
Benchmarking of energy demand of residential buildings
(Çukurova University, 2018)Solar thermal energy has been adopted in medium and long‐term energy strategies within EU countries for increasing the energy efficiency of buildings. In this context, the overall objective of this project consists ... -
Phase change material selection for two innovative compact energy storage systems in residential buildings
(Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 2019)Within the framework of HYBUILD, an EU Horizon 2020-funded project, two innovative compact hybrid electrical/thermal storage systems for stand-alone and district connected residential buildings will be developed and ... -
Ensayos preliminares de una microturbina de ciclo orgánico de Rankine alimentada por un campo solar de concentración tipo Fresnel lineala
(Asociación Española de Energía Solar, 2018)El propósito de esta investigación es evaluar la influencia del tipo de cemento en sí mismo a altas temperaturas, desestimando el resto de componentes del hormigón. El presente estudio se centra en la ... -
Advances toward a net-zero global building sector
(Annual Reviews, 2020)The building sector is responsible for 39% of process-related greenhouse gas emissions globally, making net- or nearly-zero energy buildings pivotal for reaching climate neutrality. This article reviews recent advances in ... -
Benchmarking of energy demand of domestic and small business buildings
(Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), 2017)Rapid expansion of solar thermal energy for increasing energy efficiency of buildings has been adopted in short/medium and long-term energy strategies of EU countries. This enhancement of energy efficiency in buildings ... -
ORC Conversion of Solar Heat to Electricity and Low Temperature Heat for Domestic use
(The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), 2019)The concept of the European project Innova MicroSolar is based on a novel flat Fresnel mirror solar concentrating collector, connected to a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) composed of Phase Change Material (PCM) and reversible ... -
Numerical Investigation of the Pipelines modeling in a Small-Scale Concentrated Solar Combined Heating and Power Plant
(ICCHMT 2019, 2019)In this paper four different detailed models of pipelines have been proposed, they are supposed to be used in a quasi steady-state model of a micro solar Combined Heat and Power plant developed under the EU funded project ... -
Benchmarking of energy demand of domestic and small business buildings
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2017)In Europe the building sector represents 41% of the final energy consumption and the 40% of the total GHG emissions of end-use sectors (Directive 2010/31/EU) [1]. Solar energy is one of the forms of renewable energy that ... -
Phenomenological modelling of solid/liquid phase transitions in non-ideal PCM
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2019)Thermal energy storage technologies through solid/liquid phase change materials (PCMs) use the thermodynamic principles of melting and solidification to absorb and release thermal energy. In the ideal case, this technology ... -
Research trends and perspectives of thermal management of electric batteries: Bibliometric analysis
(Elsevier, 2020)The development of renewable energy sources (RES) to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals of a 100% RES-based energy system has driven a lot of research on batteries for electric vehicles and stationary applications, ... -
Innovative concentrated solar micro organic Rankine cycle plant system for residential buildings
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2019)Reducing the energy consumption in the building sector, as well as its associated CO2 emissions, is one of the main environmental concerns at worldwide level. In developed countries, the building sector means 41% of the ...