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Comparative study on heat transfer enhancement of metal foam and fins in a shell-and-tube latent heat thermal energy storage unit (2023)
Journal Article

Metal foam and fins are two popular structures that are employed to enhance the heat transfer of phase change materials in shell-and-tube heat storage units. However, it remains unclear which structure is better in terms of energy storage performance... Read More about Comparative study on heat transfer enhancement of metal foam and fins in a shell-and-tube latent heat thermal energy storage unit.

Fluidic circuits as a kinetic system for modulation of multiple hot spots as a thermally functional reactor (2022)
Journal Article

The challenge in material science is our ability to evaluate heat flow within a material and monitor temperature with time. This research studies fluidic geometry aligned to elevated temperatures for enhanced cooling to specific multiple hot spot reg... Read More about Fluidic circuits as a kinetic system for modulation of multiple hot spots as a thermally functional reactor.

A multi-vector community energy system integrating a heating network, electricity grid and PV production to manage an electrified community (2022)
Journal Article

Electrification in energy supply–demand plays a critical role in domestic heating and road transport, delivering an electrified community to reduce carbon emissions. This solution, however, places a significant power demand increase on the distributi... Read More about A multi-vector community energy system integrating a heating network, electricity grid and PV production to manage an electrified community.

Component-dependent thermal properties of molten salt eutectics for solar thermal energy storage: Experiments, molecular simulation and applications (2022)
Journal Article

Molten salts have been used in solar thermal energy storage due to their high energy storage density, low cost and excellent chemical stability. However, their application is limited by “bad days” such as cloudy days and winter because the weak conce... Read More about Component-dependent thermal properties of molten salt eutectics for solar thermal energy storage: Experiments, molecular simulation and applications.

Novelty and Convergence in Adaptation to Whole Genome Duplication (2021)
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Whole genome duplication (WGD) can promote adaptation but is disruptive to conserved processes, especially meiosis. Studies in Arabidopsis arenosa revealed a coordinated evolutionary response to WGD involving interacting proteins controlling meiotic... Read More about Novelty and Convergence in Adaptation to Whole Genome Duplication.

Bio-inspired Transparent Microfluidic Platform as Transformable Networks for Solar Modulation (2019)
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The glazed envelopes on buildings play a major role in operational energy consumption as they define the boundary conditions between climate and thermal comfort. Such a façade is viewed as an uncontrolled load that sets the operational performance re... Read More about Bio-inspired Transparent Microfluidic Platform as Transformable Networks for Solar Modulation.

Study of a BIPV adaptive system: combining timber and photovoltaic technologies (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 TU Delft. All rights reserved. The paper presents the first results of research that was partly conducted within the framework of European COST Action TU1403 - Adaptive Façades Network, on the development of an adaptive BIPV (Building Integrat... Read More about Study of a BIPV adaptive system: combining timber and photovoltaic technologies.

Temperature-dependent polymer absorber as a switchable state NIR reactor (2018)
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This research studies a lower down transition temperature composite polymer, modulated by multi microchannel fluidic flows to advance a thermally controllable material. Through modulating volumetric flow rates to manipulate fluid-material interface f... Read More about Temperature-dependent polymer absorber as a switchable state NIR reactor.

Optimal microchannel planar reactor as a switchable infrared absorber (2017)
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This paper will propose methods to use leaf vasculature formations to advance a material to act as an infrared block. The research shows the use of microfluidics based flows to direct the structural assembly of a polymer into a thermally functional m... Read More about Optimal microchannel planar reactor as a switchable infrared absorber.

Leaf venation, as a resistor, to optimize a switchable IR absorber (2016)
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Leaf vascular patterns are the mechanisms and mechanical support for the transportation of fluidics for photosynthesis and leaf development properties. Vascular hierarchical networks in leaves have far-reaching functions in optimal transport efficien... Read More about Leaf venation, as a resistor, to optimize a switchable IR absorber.