District cooling system via renewable energy sources: A review

A Inayat, M Raza - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
According to different studies, building sector consumes around 40% of the total energy
produced and it is responsible for a major portion of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions …

Air pollution resulted from coal, oil and gas firing in thermal power plants and treatment: a review

RM Hannun, AHA Razzaq - IOP Conference Series: Earth and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Air pollution is a worldwide and a local issue caused by energy generation. It refers to global
warming deterioration in human environmental health and local-global sustainability. This …

A detailed working fluid investigation for solar parabolic trough collectors

E Bellos, C Tzivanidis, KA Antonopoulos - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Solar energy is a promising energy source for covering a great variety of applications from
low up to high temperature levels. In this study, the most mature concentrating technology, a …

An enhanced P&O checking algorithm MPPT for high tracking efficiency of partially shaded PV module

R Alik, A Jusoh - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents the impact of partial shading to the PV system and proposes an
enhanced Perturb and Observe (P&O) algorithm with a checking algorithm. This checking …

Effect of ethanol–gasoline blends on CO and HC emissions in last generation SI engines within the cold-start transient: An experimental investigation

P Iodice, A Senatore, G Langella, A Amoresano - Applied energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Urban areas in developed countries are characterized by an increasing decline in air quality
state mainly due to the exhaust emissions from vehicles. Besides, due to catalyst …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation CFD and experimental investigation of PVT water system under natural Malaysian weather conditions

S Misha, AL Abdullah, N Tamaldin, MAM Rosli… - Energy Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
PV power generation is a viable option to resist fossil fuels, which consume and harm the
environment, but increasing the cell temperature of the photovoltaic device reduces its …

Experimental and numerical investigation on the optical and thermal performance of solar parabolic dish and corrugated spiral cavity receiver

S Pavlovic, AM Daabo, E Bellos, V Stefanovic… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
A low cost solar collector with a dish reflector and spiral absorber is examined in this work.
This collector is investigated experimentally and numerically with a developed thermal …

Experimental study on the solidification process of fluid saturated in fin-foam composites for cold storage

X Yang, Z Niu, Q Bai, H Li, X Cui, YL He - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Cold storage can effectively turn electricity to cold energy during off peak hours and reduce
electricity peak load by supplying cold energy for air conditioning. Solid-liquid phase change …

Energetic and financial analysis of solar cooling systems with single effect absorption chiller in various climates

E Bellos, C Tzivanidis - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
The objective of this work is to investigate the solar cooling viability in various locations
worldwide. A single stage absorption chiller operating with the LiBr-H 2 O working pair is …

Experimental investigation and parametric analysis of a solar thermal dish collector with spiral absorber

S Pavlovic, E Bellos, WG Le Roux, V Stefanovic… - Applied Thermal …, 2017 - Elsevier
Solar-tracking dish collectors are a potential alternative to fossil fuels because of their high
concentration ratios. Important considerations for solar collectors are manufacturing costs …