Review on building energy performance improvement using phase change materials

M Song, F Niu, N Mao, Y Hu, S Deng - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
Confronted with the crises of the growing resource shortages and continued deterioration of
the environment, building energy performance improvement using phase change materials …

Review on improvement for air source heat pump units during frosting and defrosting

M Song, S Deng, C Dang, N Mao, Z Wang - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Air source heat pump (ASHP) units have found worldwide applications due to their
advantages of high energy efficient and environmental friendly. Frost deposition and …

Measuring the green economic growth in China: Influencing factors and policy perspectives

B Lin, Y Zhou - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Green economic growth and sustainable development complement each other, promoting
green economic growth has important practical significance. However, the existing research …

Public blockchain evaluation using entropy and TOPSIS

H Tang, Y Shi, P Dong - Expert Systems with Applications, 2019 - Elsevier
Blockchains have attracted worldwide attention in recent years. With the increasing number
of public blockchains, the evaluation of public blockchains becomes meaningful. This paper …

Estimation of eco-efficiency and its influencing factors in Guangdong province based on Super-SBM and panel regression models

C Zhou, C Shi, S Wang, G Zhang - Ecological Indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
Eco-efficiency is an indicator that is tied to economic activities and ecology; it serves as a
useful instrument for sustainability analysis. Based on a panel data set for the period 2005 …

Integrated flood vulnerability assessment approach based on TOPSIS and Shannon entropy methods

W Yang, K Xu, J Lian, C Ma, L Bin - Ecological Indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
Flood vulnerability assessment is becoming increasingly important around the world.
Nevertheless, the high-dimensional and non-linear relationship between various indices …

Crashworthiness design for multi-cell circumferentially corrugated thin-walled tubes with sub-sections under multiple loading conditions

EI Albak - Thin-Walled Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Multi-cell, multi-corner and adding edge-junctions structures are widely used approaches to
enhance the crash characteristic of the thin-walled structures. In this study, the …

Energy performance index of air distribution: Thermal utilization effectiveness

S Zhang, Y Lu, D Niu, Z Lin - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy performance index is crucial for the energy-efficient design and operation of air
distribution. Heat Removal Efficiency (HRE) is a widely used energy performance index, and …

Optimization variables of the injection of hot-steam into the non-equilibrium condensing flow using TOPSIS method

AM Dolatabadi, S Masoumi, E Lakzian - International Communications in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, one of the concerns of the searchers is the increasing performance of industrial
equipment. The phenomenon of spontaneous non-equilibrium condensation and the …

A methodological concept for phase change material selection based on multi-criteria decision making (MCDM): A case study

K Yang, N Zhu, C Chang, D Wang, S Yang, S Ma - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Phase change material (PCM) have been explored for different applications to increase the
energy efficiency and economy. However, the proper PCM selection to meet given …