The purpose of this paper is to present a new tool for design of integrated energy systems. The initial choice of the energy system components and the way they should interact is a crucial decision which the outcome of the design heavily relies on. Use of a physical law (instead of engineering...

In this study an exergy and exergoeconomic evaluation of a heat supply system paradigm of Japan and a district heating system (DHS) is conducted from a single user perspective, providing cost-based information on the systems inefficiencies and improvement potential. A heat supply system of a...

Introduction of ZEVs (zero emission vehicles) and lightweight materials in a conventional steel-intensive internal combustion engine vehicle fleet will affect energy consumption and automotive material requirements. We developed a bottom-up dynamic accounting model of the light-duty vehicle...

This paper investigated the cooling processes of high temperature slags using SHTT (single hot thermocouple technique) and CFD (computational fluid dynamics) method for the purpose of recovering the waste heat. A series of slags with the CaO/SiO2 ratio of 1.1 and different Al2O3 contents were...