High-efficiency heating and cooling technology with embedded pipes in buildings and underground structures: A review

Z Chen, J Li, G Tang, J Zhang, D Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The thermally activated system utilizes heat exchange pipes embedded in buildings and
underground structures to efficiently and stably regulate thermal and humidity environment …

Techno-economic comprehensive review of state-of-the-art geothermal and solar roadway energy systems

Y Cui, F Zhang, Y Shao, S Twaha, H Tong - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Road infrastructure is a vital constituent element in the transportation network; however,
roadway surface ice and snow accumulation leads to huge traffic accidents in winter …

A novel full-scale external geothermal heating system for bridge deck de-icing

O Habibzadeh-Bigdarvish, X Yu, T Li, G Lei… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The utilization of geothermal energy for melting snow and ice on bridge decks has been
shown to be effective. However, the existing geothermal heating systems work through …

Feasibility study of a new attached multi-loop CO2 heat pipe for bridge deck de-icing using geothermal energy

G Lei, X Yu, T Li, O Habibzadeh-Bigdarvish… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Heated bridge using CO 2 heat pipe with geothermal energy as its heating source is a
sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to conventional chemical de-icers …

Modeling and analysis of ice condensation on bridge deck pavement surface based on heat transfer theory and finite element method

J Chen, Q Wu, H Wang, Z Quan, H Dan - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Bridge surfaces usually freeze more easily than road surfaces in wet and cold conditions,
which is unfavorable to traffic safety. This study aims to develop an ice prediction model for …

An experimental study on the effect of CO2 laser powers on melting characteristics of clear ice− part I: Horizontal irradiation

Z Zekang, S Keke, S Mengjie, Z Long, S Limei… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Icing phenomenon widely exists in traffic and industrial fields, and causes a lot of safety
accidents. Laser deicing technology is a typical high-efficiency and non-contact deicing …

An experimental study on the effect of CO2 laser powers on melting characteristics of ice with trapped air bubbles under vertical irradiation

Z Zekang, S Mengjie, S Jun, Z Long, Z Xuan - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Icing occurs frequently and plays negative effects in natural and industrial fields. Air bubbles
are always trapped in the ice during freezing, and then affect the thermal and mechanical …

Heating performance of a novel externally-heated geothermal bridge de-icing system: field tests and numerical simulations

T Li, X Yu, O Habibzadeh-Bigdarvish, G Lei… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
An external geothermal bridge de-icing system deploys hydronic loops covered in insulation
and attached to bridge decks to heat the bridge using geothermal energy. Several studies …

Experimental and numerical study on a new floor heating system using carbon fiber tape embedded in cement mortar

D Zhu, S Liu, MZ Rahman, S Guo, ZJ Yang - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
A new design for a floor electrical heating system manufactured with commercially available
carbon fiber tape (CFT) as heating source embedded in cement mortar is proposed in this …

Insulated pex-pipe loops for deicing on existing bridge deck using geothermal energy: laboratory tests, modeling, and performance analyses

G Lei, X Yu, T Li, O Habibzadeh-Bigdarvish… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
An external hydronic heating system utilizing geothermal energy is an innovative new
method to de-ice in-service bridges that avoids detrimental environmental effects and …