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Development of a dynamic external CFD and BES coupling framework for application of urban neighbourhoods energy modelling (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, R., Mirzaei, P. A., & Jones, B. (2018). Development of a dynamic external CFD and BES coupling framework for application of urban neighbourhoods energy modelling. Building and Environment, 146, 37-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.09.006

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Current building energy models are weak at representing the interactions between neighbourhoods of buildings in cities. The effect of a neighbourhood on the local microclimate is complex, varying from one building to another, mean... Read More about Development of a dynamic external CFD and BES coupling framework for application of urban neighbourhoods energy modelling.

Experimental studies of a pulse pressurisation technique for measuring building airtightness (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zheng, X., Cooper, E., Zu, Y., Gillott, M., Tetlow, D., Riffat, S., & Wood, C. (2018, August). Experimental studies of a pulse pressurisation technique for measuring building airtightness. Presented at 17th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technology (SET 2018), Wuhan, China

A pulse pressurisation technique is developed and utilised for determining building leakage at low pressure, based on a 'quasi-steady pulse' concept. The underlying principle of the technique is to subject the building envelope to a known volume chan... Read More about Experimental studies of a pulse pressurisation technique for measuring building airtightness.

The importance of socio-technical and community energy approaches to sustainability transitions: key concepts and examples (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cameron, L., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2018, August). The importance of socio-technical and community energy approaches to sustainability transitions: key concepts and examples. Paper presented at 17th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies Sustainable Energy Technologies for Eco Cities and Environment (SET 2018)

New approaches are needed to meet the challenges facing current and future energy systems. This paper explored this and how these challenges and solutions are critically social as well as technological. Crucial to this is conceptualising and develop... Read More about The importance of socio-technical and community energy approaches to sustainability transitions: key concepts and examples.

Experimental investigation of the impact of environmental conditions on the measurement of building infiltration, and its correlation with airtightness (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vega Pasos, A., Zheng, X., Sougkakis, V., Gillott, M., Meulemans, J., Samin, O., Alzetto, F., Smith, L., Jackson, S., & Wood, C. J. (2018, September). Experimental investigation of the impact of environmental conditions on the measurement of building infiltration, and its correlation with airtightness. Presented at 39th AIVC - 7th TightVent & 5th venticool Conference, Juan-Les-Pins, France

The air infiltration of a building, which fundamentally depends on its airtightness, can be a significant contributor to its heat loss. It can also be affected by other factors such as external terrain, leakage distribution, sheltering factor and env... Read More about Experimental investigation of the impact of environmental conditions on the measurement of building infiltration, and its correlation with airtightness.

Quantifying uncertainty in thermophysical properties of walls by means of Bayesian inversion (2018)
Journal Article
De Simon, L., Iglesias, M., Jones, B., & Wood, C. (2018). Quantifying uncertainty in thermophysical properties of walls by means of Bayesian inversion. Energy and Buildings, 177, 220-245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.06.045

We introduce a computational framework to statistically infer thermophysical properties of any given wall from in-situ measurements of air temperature and surface heat fluxes. The proposed framework uses these measurements, within a Bayesian calibrat... Read More about Quantifying uncertainty in thermophysical properties of walls by means of Bayesian inversion.

Optical aspects and energy performance of switchable ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) foil cushions (2018)
Journal Article
Flor, J.-F., Liu, D., Sun, Y., Beccarelli, P., Chilton, J., & Wu, Y. (2018). Optical aspects and energy performance of switchable ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) foil cushions. Applied Energy, 229, 335-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.07.046

A pneumatic multilayer foil construction with a kinetic shading mechanism has the potential to be an effective response to dynamic climatic factors, such as solar radiation, and therefore moderate the energy consumption of buildings. A parametric stu... Read More about Optical aspects and energy performance of switchable ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) foil cushions.

Performance analyses of temporary membrane structures: energy saving and CO2 reduction through dynamic simulations of textile envelopes (2018)
Journal Article
De Vita, M., Beccarelli, P., Laurini, E., & De Berardinis, P. (2018). Performance analyses of temporary membrane structures: energy saving and CO2 reduction through dynamic simulations of textile envelopes. Sustainability, 10(7), Article 2548. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072548

The aim of this research, carried out in collaboration with Maco Technology Inc., was to analyse the energy performance of temporary textile structures that are often used to host itinerant events. This paper illustrates the dynamic simulations carri... Read More about Performance analyses of temporary membrane structures: energy saving and CO2 reduction through dynamic simulations of textile envelopes.

Pneumatic membranes for biogas plants (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beccarelli, P., & Maffei, R. (2018, July). Pneumatic membranes for biogas plants. Presented at IASS Annual Symposium 2018: Creativity in structural design

The biogas sector had a rapid development in the last decade with several new industrial plants realized all over Europe and Worldwide. The intrinsic efficiency of membrane structures [1] provided a cost effective solution to cover digesters, bio-fil... Read More about Pneumatic membranes for biogas plants.

Experimental study on a novel photovoltaic thermal system using amorphous silicon cells deposited on stainless steel (2018)
Journal Article
Li, J., Ren, X., Yuan, W., Li, Z., Pei, G., Su, Y., Çağrı, K., Ji, J., & Riffat, S. (2018). Experimental study on a novel photovoltaic thermal system using amorphous silicon cells deposited on stainless steel. Energy, 159, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.06.127

Amorphous silicon (a-Si) cells are able to perform better as temperature increases due to the effect of thermal annealing. a-Si cells have great potential to solve or ease the problems of high power temperature coefficient, large thermal stress cause... Read More about Experimental study on a novel photovoltaic thermal system using amorphous silicon cells deposited on stainless steel.

A comprehensive investigation of using mutual air and water heating in multi-functional DX-SAMHP for moderate cold climate (2018)
Journal Article
Mohamed, E., Riffat, S., Omer, S., & Zeinelabdien, R. (2019). A comprehensive investigation of using mutual air and water heating in multi-functional DX-SAMHP for moderate cold climate. Renewable Energy, 130, 582-600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.06.075

Solar energy assisted heat pump systems (SAHP) have been used in this application. SAHP system with solar collectors and the heat pump are combined into one unit so as to convey the solar energy to the refrigerant. The solar collector is used as the... Read More about A comprehensive investigation of using mutual air and water heating in multi-functional DX-SAMHP for moderate cold climate.

Economic evaluation of installation of standalone wind farm and Wind+CAES system for the new regulating tariffs for renewables in Egypt (2018)
Journal Article
Ramadan, O., Omer, S., Ding, Y., Jarimi, H., Chen, X., & Riffat, S. (2018). Economic evaluation of installation of standalone wind farm and Wind+CAES system for the new regulating tariffs for renewables in Egypt. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 7, 311-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2018.06.005

Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) is widely recognized as a viable solution for large-scale grid integrated renewable energy systems in terms of load levelling to solve/minimize the intermittency effect of renewable energy systems especially with... Read More about Economic evaluation of installation of standalone wind farm and Wind+CAES system for the new regulating tariffs for renewables in Egypt.

A comprehensive review on 2D and 3D models of vertical ground heat exchangers (2018)
Journal Article
Cui, Y., Zhu, J., Twaha, S., & Riffat, S. (2018). A comprehensive review on 2D and 3D models of vertical ground heat exchangers. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 94, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.05.063

The ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) have been extensively applied to commercial and residential buildings owing to their high-energy efficiencies and low running costs. The key component of the GSHP is a ground heat exchanger (GHE). The state-of-the... Read More about A comprehensive review on 2D and 3D models of vertical ground heat exchangers.

Design and performance analysis of a regenerative evaporative cooler for cooling of buildings in arid climates (2018)
Journal Article
Boukhanouf, R., Amer, O., Ibrahim, H. G., & Calautit, J. K. (2018). Design and performance analysis of a regenerative evaporative cooler for cooling of buildings in arid climates. Building and Environment, 142, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.06.004

Evaporative cooling has been considered a low energy consumption process that often is associated with displacement ventilation and passive cooling strategies of buildings. While significant energy savings can be accrued from using evaporative coolin... Read More about Design and performance analysis of a regenerative evaporative cooler for cooling of buildings in arid climates.

A zeolite 13X/magnesium sulfate–water sorption thermal energy storage device for domestic heating (2018)
Journal Article
Xu, S., Lemington, Q., Wang, R., & Zhu, J. (2018). A zeolite 13X/magnesium sulfate–water sorption thermal energy storage device for domestic heating. Energy Conversion and Management, 171, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.05.077

A sorption thermal energy storage (TES) device for domestic heating is presented in this article. The TES device adopts the new design scenario with valve-less adsorber and separate reservoir to eliminate the large-diameter vacuum valve for vapor flo... Read More about A zeolite 13X/magnesium sulfate–water sorption thermal energy storage device for domestic heating.

Energy-efficient retrofit of social housing in the UK: lessons learned from a Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) in Nottingham (2018)
Journal Article
Elsharkawy, H., & Rutherford, P. (2018). Energy-efficient retrofit of social housing in the UK: lessons learned from a Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) in Nottingham. Energy and Buildings, 172, 295-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.04.067

One of the long-term challenges outlined within the UK Government's Energy White Paper (2011) is to cut both greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy bills by improving household energy efficiency. As such, several energy-related initiatives have, i... Read More about Energy-efficient retrofit of social housing in the UK: lessons learned from a Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) in Nottingham.

An open-source simulation platform to support the formulation of housing stock decarbonisation strategies (2018)
Journal Article
Sousa, G., Jones, B. M., Mirzaei, P. A., & Robinson, D. (2018). An open-source simulation platform to support the formulation of housing stock decarbonisation strategies. Energy and Buildings, 172, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.05.015

Housing Stock Energy Models (HSEMs) play a determinant role in the study of strategies to decarbonise the UK housing stock. Over the past three decades, a range of national HSEMs have been developed and deployed to estimate the energy demand of the 2... Read More about An open-source simulation platform to support the formulation of housing stock decarbonisation strategies.

Performance evaluation of a membrane-based flat-plate heat and mass exchanger used for liquid desiccant regeneration (2018)
Journal Article
Bai, H., Zhu, J., Chen, Z., Chu, J., & Liu, Y. (2018). Performance evaluation of a membrane-based flat-plate heat and mass exchanger used for liquid desiccant regeneration. Applied Thermal Engineering, 139, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.05.011

Liquid desiccant dehumidification system has gained much progress recently for its considerable energy saving potential without liquid water condensation. Within the system, regeneration is of great importance since diluted desiccant solution after d... Read More about Performance evaluation of a membrane-based flat-plate heat and mass exchanger used for liquid desiccant regeneration.

Off-design performance modelling of a solar organic Rankine cycle integrated with pressurized hot water storage unit for community level application (2018)
Journal Article
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.