Life cycle methods to analyze the environmental sustainability of electricity generation in Ecuador: Is decarbonization the right path?

AD Ramirez, A Boero, B Rivela, AM Melendres… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Electricity is the main energy carrier in today's society and plays a vital role in a sustainable
future. Based on the Ecuadorian experience, the goal of this study is to analyze the …

Contribution of Non-renewable Sources for Limiting the Electrical CO2 emission factor in Ecuador

R Parra - WIT Trans. Ecol. Environ, 2020 - books.google.com
Electricity production based on fossil fuels emits air pollutants and greenhouse gases
(GHG). Today electricity and heat production contribute up to 42% of CO2 emissions …

[HTML][HTML] Perfomance of a borehole heat exchanger: The influence of thermal properties estimation under tidal fluctuation

D Moreira, J Macias, R Hidalgo-Leon, FX Jervis… - … Science and Technology …, 2022 - Elsevier
This research assesses how groundwater flow induced by tide influences the performance
of a borehole heat exchanger (BHE) using a case study in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The Thermal …

Adaptation of adsorption cooling system for hot and dry climates: Use of ground water heat exchanger coupled to direct evaporative cooling tower

MA Kheireddine, A Benchabane, A Rouag… - Energy Sources, Part …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The current study focused on the adaptation of adsorption cooling systems to hot and arid
climates. A new combination is proposed to improve the performance of the direct …

The design and optimization of a novel heating tower compound ground source heat pump heat storage system

A Li, G Feng, K Huang, S Chang… - Building Simulation …, 2023 - publications.ibpsa.org
The soil heat imbalance caused by ground source heat pump operation promotes the
research of hybrid ground source heat pump in recent years. Based on the heating tower …

Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions: Comparison between a cooling tower and a geothermal heat exchanger for air conditioning applications in …

F Porras, AD Ramirez, A Walter… - Energy …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Cooling towers are widely used to remove heat in buildings with chilled water air
conditioning systems. Moreira et al.[1] performed an experimental comparison between a …