The existence of sunlight, air and other resources on earth must be used in an appropriate
way for human welfare while still protecting the environment and its living creatures. The …

The building and infrastructure sector is accountable for 46% of the total worldwide energy
consumption. Most traditional energy sources such as coal or petroleum are among the non …

Heat loads change dynamically with meteorological conditions and user demand, and the
related accurate prediction algorithms are conducive to the realization of optimized …

The ever-increasing demand for heating in different sectors, along with more preventative
regulations on greenhouse emissions, has forced different countries to seek new …

Distributed energy system (DES) has successfully aroused increasing interests among
energy policy makers and system designers, as its potential of replacing conventional …

In recent years, the use of solid desiccant wheels has become attractive not only for air-
conditioning applications, but also for food drying processes and storage due to their …

Abstract The Energy Performance Buildings Directive (EPBD) was issued to provide a
common strategy for all European countries and to implement several actions for improving …

District heating systems can play significant role in achieving stringent targets for CO 2
emissions with concurrent increase in fuel efficiency. However, there are a lot of the …

This article provides an extensive survey on the modelling and optimisation of district
heating systems (DHSs) focused on the heat distribution network. For this purpose, the …

The control strategy insures the efficiency, increased production and safety in new and
complicated energy conversion systems. To this end, a thermodynamic model that simulates …