Background Cold chain logistics (CCL) is not only vital for maintaining the quality and safety
of fresh agro-products and reducing losses but also provides important support to help …

Domestic hot water usage (DHW) accounts for a significant share of energy consumption in
different types of buildings. Achieving a detailed characterization of domestic hot water …

Depleting energy resources have become the driving force for their conservation. Increasing
the system efficiencies is one method by which sustainability of energy may be ensured, for …

The improvement of energy efficiency of products is a key pillar of climate and energy
strategy in the European Union (EU). The first EU product policies were adopted in the late …

This paper deals with a review of the main research aspects concerning the formulation of
the parameters indicating the characteristics and performance of thermoelectric cooling …

This paper presents an energy performance evaluation of two low-GWP refrigerants,
R1234yf and R1234ze (E), as drop-in replacements for R134a. Tests are carried out in a …

Clathrates represent a fascinating class of inorganic materials with a unique structural motif:
3D framework with large polyhedral cages encapsulating guest ions. Weak electrostatic …

Strategies for decarbonizing residential building energy services can be divided into three
categories:(1) shifting to less carbon-intensive fuels in the building energy supply mix,(2) …

With advances in solid-state cooling materials in the past decade, non-vapor compression
technologies, or not-in-kind (NIK) cooling technologies have garnered great attention …

Linear compressor has no crank mechanism compared with conventional reciprocating
compressor. This allows higher efficiency, oil-free operation, lower cost and smaller size …