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An innovative retrofit Motivation-Objective-Criteria (MOC) approach integrating homeowners’ engagement to unlocking low-energy retrofit in residential buildings (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Qu, K., Chen, X., Gan, G., & Riffat, S. (2022). An innovative retrofit Motivation-Objective-Criteria (MOC) approach integrating homeowners’ engagement to unlocking low-energy retrofit in residential buildings. Energy and Buildings, 259, Article 111834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.111834

According to the EU Commission projection (2016/547/EU), the current average renovation rate is far below the expected rate of 3% to achieve carbon neutrality in building sectors by 2050. This is due to the fact that, during the building retrofit opt... Read More about An innovative retrofit Motivation-Objective-Criteria (MOC) approach integrating homeowners’ engagement to unlocking low-energy retrofit in residential buildings.

Experimental investigation of a photovoltaic thermal collector with energy storage for power generation, building heating and natural ventilation (2019)
Journal Article
Gan, G., & Xiang, Y. (2020). Experimental investigation of a photovoltaic thermal collector with energy storage for power generation, building heating and natural ventilation. Renewable Energy, 150, 12-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.12.112

A phase change material (PCM) can be used for thermal management of photovoltaics and thermal energy storage. This paper presents a photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system integrated with a PCM as a thermal storage medium for managing the photovoltaic temp... Read More about Experimental investigation of a photovoltaic thermal collector with energy storage for power generation, building heating and natural ventilation.

A numerical methodology for comprehensive assessment of the dynamic thermal performance of horizontal ground heat exchangers (2019)
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Gan, G. (2019). A numerical methodology for comprehensive assessment of the dynamic thermal performance of horizontal ground heat exchangers. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 11, 365-379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2019.04.013

Heat transfer takes place simultaneously with moisture transfer in unsaturated soil and the transport processes interact with a ground heat exchanger (GHX) installed for a ground source heat pump. This paper presents a numerical methodology to produc... Read More about A numerical methodology for comprehensive assessment of the dynamic thermal performance of horizontal ground heat exchangers.

Experimental performance of latent thermal energy storage for sustainable cooling of buildings in hot-arid regions (2019)
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Zeinelabdein, R., Omer, S., & Gan, G. (2019). Experimental performance of latent thermal energy storage for sustainable cooling of buildings in hot-arid regions. Energy and Buildings, 186, 169-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.01.013

Highlights • A modular PCM-air heat exchanger for free cooling of buildings has been proposed • Narrow air flow channels result in a higher cooling potential and a faster charging process • Thermal comfort period provided by the system during the dis... Read More about Experimental performance of latent thermal energy storage for sustainable cooling of buildings in hot-arid regions.

Dynamic thermal performance of horizontal ground source heat pumps - The impact of coupled heat and moisture transfer (2018)
Journal Article
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.

Critical review of latent heat storage systems for free cooling in buildings (2017)
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Zeinelabdein, R., Omer, S., & Gan, G. (2018). Critical review of latent heat storage systems for free cooling in buildings. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 82(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.10.046

Buildings have a major contribution to the global energy consumption. Heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems (HVAC) are responsible for most of the energy use in buildings. Thus, clean and sustainable alternatives such as free cooling of b... Read More about Critical review of latent heat storage systems for free cooling in buildings.

Dynamic thermal simulation of horizontal ground heat exchangers for renewable heating and ventilation of buildings (2016)
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Gan, G. (in press). Dynamic thermal simulation of horizontal ground heat exchangers for renewable heating and ventilation of buildings. Renewable Energy, 103, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.11.052

A ground heat exchanger is used to transfer thermal energy stored in soil in order to provide renewable heating, cooling and ventilation of a building. A computer program has been developed for simulation of the dynamic thermal performance of horizon... Read More about Dynamic thermal simulation of horizontal ground heat exchangers for renewable heating and ventilation of buildings.

Impacts of dynamic interactions on the predicted thermal performance of earth–air heat exchangers for preheating, cooling and ventilation of buildings (2015)
Journal Article
Gan, G. (in press). Impacts of dynamic interactions on the predicted thermal performance of earth–air heat exchangers for preheating, cooling and ventilation of buildings. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, Article ctv029. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/ctv029

Earth–air tunnel ventilation is an energy efficient ventilation technique that makes use of relatively stable soil temperature in shallow ground for preheating and cooling of supply air to a building. During operation, an earth–air heat exchanger int... Read More about Impacts of dynamic interactions on the predicted thermal performance of earth–air heat exchangers for preheating, cooling and ventilation of buildings.

Simulation of dynamic interactions of the earth–air heat exchanger with soil and atmosphere for preheating of ventilation air (2015)
Journal Article
Gan, G. (2015). Simulation of dynamic interactions of the earth–air heat exchanger with soil and atmosphere for preheating of ventilation air. Applied Energy, 158, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.081

Earth–air tunnel ventilation is an energy efficient means of preheating and cooling of supply air to a building. Due to changing soil and atmospheric conditions and the consequent changes in heating and cooling loads of a building during operation, a... Read More about Simulation of dynamic interactions of the earth–air heat exchanger with soil and atmosphere for preheating of ventilation air.

Optimization of building-integrated photovoltaic thermal air system combined with thermal storage (2015)
Journal Article
Xiang, Y., & Gan, G. (2015). Optimization of building-integrated photovoltaic thermal air system combined with thermal storage. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 10(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/ctv010

Photovoltaic (PV) combined with phase change material (PV/PCM) system is a hybrid solar system that uses a PCM to reduce the PV temperature and to store energy for other applications. This study aims to increase the integrated PV efficiency of buildi... Read More about Optimization of building-integrated photovoltaic thermal air system combined with thermal storage.

Dynamic interactions between the ground heat exchanger and environments in earth–air tunnel ventilation of buildings (2014)
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Gan, G. (2014). Dynamic interactions between the ground heat exchanger and environments in earth–air tunnel ventilation of buildings. Energy and Buildings, 85, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.09.030

Earth–air tunnel ventilation is an energy efficient method of preheating or cooling of supply air to abuilding. The purposes of this study are to investigate the performance of earth–air heat exchangersunder varying soil and atmosphere conditions and... Read More about Dynamic interactions between the ground heat exchanger and environments in earth–air tunnel ventilation of buildings.

Dynamic thermal modelling of horizontal ground-source heat pumps (2013)
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Gan, G. (2013). Dynamic thermal modelling of horizontal ground-source heat pumps. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/ctt012

A computer program has been developed for numerical simulation of the dynamic thermal performance of horizontally coupled heat exchangers for ground-source heat pumps, taking account of dynamic variations of climatic, load and soil conditions. The pr... Read More about Dynamic thermal modelling of horizontal ground-source heat pumps.

An innovative psychometric solar-powered water desalination system (2012)
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Shatat, M., Riffat, S., & Gan, G. (2016). An innovative psychometric solar-powered water desalination system. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 11(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/cts075

Important advances have been made in solar water desalination technology but their wide application is restricted by relatively high capital and running costs. Until recently, solar concentrator collectors had usually been employed to distill water i... Read More about An innovative psychometric solar-powered water desalination system.