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Off-design performance modelling of a solar organic Rankine cycle integrated with pressurized hot water storage unit for community level application (2018)
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Kutlu, C., Li, J., Su, Y., Pei, G., & Riffat, S. (2018). Off-design performance modelling of a solar organic Rankine cycle integrated with pressurized hot water storage unit for community level application. Energy Conversion and Management, 166, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.04.024

Solar organic Rankine cycle (ORC) has advantages over common PV systems in view of the flexible operation even if solar radiation is unavailable. However, at present the dynamic performance of solar ORC with respect to the off-design behaviour of sto... Read More about Off-design performance modelling of a solar organic Rankine cycle integrated with pressurized hot water storage unit for community level application.

State-of-art in modelling methods of membrane-based liquid desiccant heat and mass exchanger: a comprehensive review (2018)
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Bai, H., Zhu, J., Chen, Z., & Chu, J. (2018). State-of-art in modelling methods of membrane-based liquid desiccant heat and mass exchanger: a comprehensive review. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.04.100

Air dehumidification is of vital importance in building air conditioning and production safety. Semi-permeable membrane module is a novel heat and mass exchanger, which separates the air and liquid desiccant to overcome desiccant droplet carry-over p... Read More about State-of-art in modelling methods of membrane-based liquid desiccant heat and mass exchanger: a comprehensive review.

A review of thermal and optical characterisation of complex window systems and their building performance prediction (2018)
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Sun, Y., Wu, Y., & Wilson, R. (2018). A review of thermal and optical characterisation of complex window systems and their building performance prediction. Applied Energy, 222, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.144

Window systems play a key role in establishing both the thermal and luminous environments within buildings, as well as the consequent energy required to maintain these for the comfort of their occupants. Various strategies have been employed to impro... Read More about A review of thermal and optical characterisation of complex window systems and their building performance prediction.

CFD assessment of multiple energy piles for ground source heat pump in heating mode (2018)
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Cui, Y., & Zhu, J. (2018). CFD assessment of multiple energy piles for ground source heat pump in heating mode. Applied Thermal Engineering, 139, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.04.073

Three-dimensional (3D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of ground source heat pump (GSHP) with multiple energy piles (EPs) is developed to investigate the system heating performances under continuous and intermittent operating conditions, the... Read More about CFD assessment of multiple energy piles for ground source heat pump in heating mode.

Dynamic thermal performance of horizontal ground source heat pumps - The impact of coupled heat and moisture transfer (2018)
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Gan, G. (2018). Dynamic thermal performance of horizontal ground source heat pumps - The impact of coupled heat and moisture transfer. Energy, 152, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.04.008

A ground heat exchanger is a key component of a ground source heat pump system, and heat and moisture transfer occurs simultaneously in soil with a horizontal ground heat exchanger in operation. A new method has been developed to generate moisture an... Read More about Dynamic thermal performance of horizontal ground source heat pumps - The impact of coupled heat and moisture transfer.

A review of the applications of phase change materials in cooling, heating and power generation in different temperature ranges (2018)
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Du, K., Calautit, J. K., Wang, Z., Wu, Y., & Liu, H. (2018). A review of the applications of phase change materials in cooling, heating and power generation in different temperature ranges. Applied Energy, 220, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.005

Latent heat thermal energy storage is an attractive technique as it can provide higher energy storage density than conventional heat energy storage systems and has the capability to store heat of fusion at a constant (or a near constant) temperature... Read More about A review of the applications of phase change materials in cooling, heating and power generation in different temperature ranges.

Design and development of a building façade integrated asymmetric compound parabolic photovoltaic concentrator (BFI-ACP-PV) (2018)
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Lu, W., Wu, Y., & Eames, P. (2018). Design and development of a building façade integrated asymmetric compound parabolic photovoltaic concentrator (BFI-ACP-PV). Applied Energy, 220, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.071

Building Integrated PV and Concentrating PV can generate electricity onsite and provide savings in materials and electricity costs, as well as protecting buildings from weather. In this paper, a novel truncated stationary asymmetric compound paraboli... Read More about Design and development of a building façade integrated asymmetric compound parabolic photovoltaic concentrator (BFI-ACP-PV).

Toward sustainable school building design: a case study in hot and humid climate (2018)
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Alwetaishi, M., & Gadi, M. (2018). Toward sustainable school building design: a case study in hot and humid climate. Cogent Engineering, 5, https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2018.1452665

There is a global concern about energy in buildings generally for two major reasons. The first one is to minimise the energy consumption in buildings, while the other is to provide thermally comfortable buildings with minimum energy usage. Most of th... Read More about Toward sustainable school building design: a case study in hot and humid climate.

Order effects when using Hopkinson’s multiple criterion scale of discomfort due to glare (2018)
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Kent, M. G., Fotios, S., & Altomonte, S. (2018). Order effects when using Hopkinson’s multiple criterion scale of discomfort due to glare. Building and Environment, 136, 54-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.03.022

Hopkinson’s multiple criterion scale is widely used to investigate the subjective degree of discomfort due to glare. Using an adjustment procedure, glare source luminance is adjusted to reveal four levels of discomfort, typically: just imperceptible,... Read More about Order effects when using Hopkinson’s multiple criterion scale of discomfort due to glare.

Natural convection heat transfer of a straight-fin heat sink (2018)
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Meng, X., Zhu, J., Wei, X., & Yan, Y. (2018). Natural convection heat transfer of a straight-fin heat sink. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 123, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.03.002

The influence of mounting angle on heat dissipation performance of a heat sink under natural convection condition is investigated in this paper by numerical simulation and experimental test. It is found that the heat sink achieves the highest cooling... Read More about Natural convection heat transfer of a straight-fin heat sink.

A review of numerical modelling of multi-scale wind turbines and their environment (2018)
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Calautit, K., Aquino, A. I., Calautit, J. K., Nejat, P., Jomehzadeh, F., & Hughes, B. R. (2018). A review of numerical modelling of multi-scale wind turbines and their environment. Computation, 6(1), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/computation6010024

Global demand for energy continues to increase rapidly, due to economic and population growth, especially for increasing market economies. These lead to challenges and worries about energy security that can increase as more users need more energy res... Read More about A review of numerical modelling of multi-scale wind turbines and their environment.

Evaluation of a large dish-type concentrator solar lighting system for underground car park (2018)
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Song, D., Lv, H., Liao, J., Huang, W., Huang, S., Cheng, C., Zhou, H., Su, Y., & Riffat, S. (2018). Evaluation of a large dish-type concentrator solar lighting system for underground car park. International Journal of Energy Research, 42(6), 2234-2245. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4017

To utilize solar energy more efficiently and reduce lighting power consumption in underground public spaces such as car park, a large dish-type concentrator solar lighting system is put forward along with its evaluation, which is a unique design to a... Read More about Evaluation of a large dish-type concentrator solar lighting system for underground car park.

Thermal performance of a novel helically coiled oscillating heat pipe (HCOHP) for isothermal adsorption: an experimental study (2018)
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Yeboah, S., & Darkwa, J. (2018). Thermal performance of a novel helically coiled oscillating heat pipe (HCOHP) for isothermal adsorption: an experimental study. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 128, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2018.02.014

Helically Coiled Oscillating Heat Pipes (HCOHPs) have been designed and tested under laboratory conditions to investigate their potential to achieve isothermal adsorption when integrated with a cylindrical solid desiccant packed bed system. The HCOHP... Read More about Thermal performance of a novel helically coiled oscillating heat pipe (HCOHP) for isothermal adsorption: an experimental study.

A novel spatiotemporal home heating controller design: system emulation and field testing (2018)
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Kruusimagi, M., Sharples, S., & Robinson, D. (2018). A novel spatiotemporal home heating controller design: system emulation and field testing. Building and Environment, 135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.02.027

We have developed a spatiotemporal heating control algorithm for use in homes. This system utilises a combination of relatively low-tech hardware interfaced with electric heating systems and a smartphone interface to this hardware, and a central serv... Read More about A novel spatiotemporal home heating controller design: system emulation and field testing.

Exceptional design in an iconic landscape? Interpretations of landscape and residential architecture in Dartmoor National Park (2018)
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Tatum, K. (2018). Exceptional design in an iconic landscape? Interpretations of landscape and residential architecture in Dartmoor National Park. Journal of the LUCAS Graduate Conference, 2018(6),

In England’s national parks, architecture represents an important and contested part of landscape planning inseparable from park conservation ideologies and policies. This paper investigates the competing landscape interpretations surrounding the des... Read More about Exceptional design in an iconic landscape? Interpretations of landscape and residential architecture in Dartmoor National Park.

Advanced Personal Comfort System (APCS) for the workplace: a review and case study (2018)
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Shazad, S., Calautit, J. K., Calautit, K., Hughes, B. R., & Angelo, A. (2018). Advanced Personal Comfort System (APCS) for the workplace: a review and case study. Energy and Buildings, 173, 689-709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.02.008

The aim of this research is to investigate the application and performance of an advanced personal comfort system, a thermal chair, using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Building Energy Simulation (BES) and field test analysis. The thermal chair... Read More about Advanced Personal Comfort System (APCS) for the workplace: a review and case study.

Does a neutral thermal sensation determine thermal comfort? (2018)
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Shazad, S., Brennan, J., Theodossopoulos, D., Calautit, J. K., & Hughes, B. R. (2018). Does a neutral thermal sensation determine thermal comfort?. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 39(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624418754498

The neutral thermal sensation (neither cold, nor hot) is widely used through the application of the ASHRAE seven-point thermal sensation scale to assess thermal comfort. This study investigated the application of the neutral thermal sensation and it... Read More about Does a neutral thermal sensation determine thermal comfort?.

Effect of different carrier gases on productivity enhancement of a novel multi-effect vertical concentric tubular solar brackish water desalination device (2018)
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Hou, J., Yang, J., Chang, Z., Zheng, H., & Su, Y. (2018). Effect of different carrier gases on productivity enhancement of a novel multi-effect vertical concentric tubular solar brackish water desalination device. Desalination, 432, 72-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2018.01.011

A novel multi-effect vertical concentric tubular solar brackish water desalination device is introduced in present study. The device consists of four closely spaced concentric pipes, in which the feed water gets preheated by hot brine water to guaran... Read More about Effect of different carrier gases on productivity enhancement of a novel multi-effect vertical concentric tubular solar brackish water desalination device.

A novel evaporative cooling system with a polymer hollow fibre spindle (2018)
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Chen, X., Su, Y., Aydin, D., Ding, Y., Zhang, S., Reay, D., & Riffat, S. (2018). A novel evaporative cooling system with a polymer hollow fibre spindle. Applied Thermal Engineering, 132, 665-675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.01.005

A polymer hollow fibre evaporative cooling system with a novel configuration of fibre bundle is proposed. With the aim to avoid the flow channelling or shielding of adjacent fibres the fibres inside each bundle were made into a spindle shape to maxim... Read More about A novel evaporative cooling system with a polymer hollow fibre spindle.

Do really the audience's views efficiently boost built heritage conservation policies? (2017)
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Jasim, M., Hanks, L., & Borsi, K. (2017). Do really the audience's views efficiently boost built heritage conservation policies?

The role of the audience in re-manufacturing built heritage sites and formulating their conservation policies has often been outlawed by the full control of the site authority through its singularity in formulating these policies. Excluding the local... Read More about Do really the audience's views efficiently boost built heritage conservation policies?.