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A comprehensive review of thermoelectric technology: materials, applications, modelling and performance improvement (2016)
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Thermoelectric (TE) technology is regarded as alternative and environmentally friendly technology for harvesting and recovering heat which is directly converted into electrical energy using thermoelectric generators (TEG). Conversely, Peltier coolers... Read More about A comprehensive review of thermoelectric technology: materials, applications, modelling and performance improvement.

A critical review of thermal management models and solutions of lithium-ion batteries for the development of pure electric vehicles (2016)
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Power train electrification is promoted as a potential alternative to reduce carbon intensity of transportation. Lithium-ion batteries are found to be suitable for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and pure electric vehicles (EVs), and temperature cont... Read More about A critical review of thermal management models and solutions of lithium-ion batteries for the development of pure electric vehicles.

Experimental investigation of vapor chambers with different wick structures at various parameters (2016)
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© 2016 Elsevier Inc. In this study, copper water vapor chambers (VCs) with two wick structures (copper foam and copper powder) are manufactured. An air-cooled test rig is designed to investigate the thermal performance. For copper-foam-based VCs (CFV... Read More about Experimental investigation of vapor chambers with different wick structures at various parameters.

Experimental investigation on an integrated thermal management system with heat pipe heat exchanger for electric vehicle (2016)
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An integrated thermal management system combining a heat pipe battery cooling/preheating system with the heat pump air conditioning system is presented to fulfill the comprehensive energy utilization for electric vehicles. A test bench with battery h... Read More about Experimental investigation on an integrated thermal management system with heat pipe heat exchanger for electric vehicle.

Thermal performance of ultra-thin flattened heat pipes with composite wick structure (2016)
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This study proposes three composite wick structures (copper power or mesh sintered on grooved tube), namely, single arch-shaped sintered–grooved wick (SSGW), bilateral arch-shaped sintered–grooved wick (BSGW), and mesh–grooved wick (MGW), to improve... Read More about Thermal performance of ultra-thin flattened heat pipes with composite wick structure.

Effect of resistive load on the performance of an organic Rankine cycle with a scroll expander (2016)
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An experimental investigation is performed for an organic Rankine cycle system with different electrical resistive loads. The test rig is set up with a small scroll expander-generator unit, a boiler and a magnetically coupled pump. R134a is used as t... Read More about Effect of resistive load on the performance of an organic Rankine cycle with a scroll expander.

Study of the effect of dipole interactions on hyperthermia heating the cluster composed of superparamagnetic nanoparticles (2015)
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A Modified Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Network Coding Resource Minimization (2015)
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The paper presents a modified ant colony optimization approach for the network coding resource minimization problem. It is featured with several attractive mechanisms specially devised for solving the network coding resource minimization problem: 1)... Read More about A Modified Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Network Coding Resource Minimization.

Experimental investigation on EV battery cooling and heating by heat pipes (2014)
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© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Enhancing battery safety and thermal behaviour are critical for electric vehicles (EVs) because they affect the durability, energy storage, lifecycle, and efficiency of the battery. Prior studies of using air, liquid or phase cha... Read More about Experimental investigation on EV battery cooling and heating by heat pipes.

Methane adsorption in metal-organic frameworks containing nanographene linkers: a computational study (2014)
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Metal-organic framework (MOF) materials are known to be amenable to expansion through elongation of the parent organic linker. For a family of model (3,24)-connected MOFs with the rht topology, in which the central part of organic linker comprises a... Read More about Methane adsorption in metal-organic frameworks containing nanographene linkers: a computational study.