Phase change materials (PCMs) have been used as high-performance materials in various
applications since they have great features such as low viscosity, low melting temperature …

In recent years, phase change materials have played an important role in the field of energy
storage because of their flexibility and high efficiency in energy storage and release …

For the aim of increasing the heat transfer enhancement, a hybrid method in which active
and passive heat recovery techniques have been used together. The usage of nanofluid …

Urbanization and climate change represent major public health challenges, impacting
several approaches, including urban microclimate (UMC) performance. UMC studies adopt …

An evacuated solar water heater (ESWH) has been designed and modelled using a
commercial software package, and its performance was analysed using the computational …

Batteries, especially lithium-ion ones, are the main energy sources of electric vehicles. In
order to remove the generated heat in these batteries, passive cooling systems such as …

In this study, the transient evolution of two rising bubbles with different densities is
investigated numerically using an enhanced version of the VOF model, aiming to establish …

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is an effective analysis method of personalized
ventilation (PV) in indoor built environments. As an increasingly important supplement to …

This study focuses on the numerical analysis by means of computational fluid dynamics of
the variation in the overall comfort in a small office/room, due to the presence of heat …

The strong commitment of European Union (EU) to energy efficiency and the increasing
energy prices will put pressure on the building sector to find solutions that are …