The energy consumption of buildings plays a vital role in the energy consumption structure, which has a significant impact on the achievement of carbon neutrality. It is imperative to reduce building energy consumption through effective measures. In this paper, a three-dimensional model of solar...

Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) could generate electricity directly from low-grade energy sources . Due to low-grade features between the required and released energy, heat pipe can be effectively utilized to promote the hot end temperature of the TEM and thus enhance its conversion efficiency....

In the present study, a thermoelectric mini cooler coupling with a micro thermosiphon cooling system has been proposed for the purpose of CPU cooling. A mathematical model of heat transfer, depending on one-dimensional treatment of thermal and electric power, is firstly established for the...

The recently-built school buildings have adopted novel heat recovery ventilator and air conditioning system. Heat recovery efficiency of the heat recovery facility and energy conservation ratio of the air conditioning unit were analytically modeled, taking the ventilation networks into account....

Recent built low energy school buildings have adopted a novel heat recovery heat pump and classroom ventilation system. School building energy conservation performance and classroom air quality enhancement will be simultaneously investigated in the present work. Heat recovery efficiency of the...

Simultaneous transport of heat and moisture by conjugate natural convection in a partial enclosure with a solid wall is investigated numerically. Moist air motions are driven by the external temperature and concentration differences imposed across enclosures with different ambient moisture...

With environmental protection and energy source posing as the biggest issue of the global problems, human beings have no choice but to reduce energy consumption. One way to accomplish this is to increase the efficiency of energy consumption and sufficiently exploit the low-grade energy in our...