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Experiences with solar cooling systems in Kuwait

Al-Homoud, A.A.; Suri, R.K.; Al-Roumi, Raed; … - In: Renewable Energy 9 (1996) 1, pp. 664-669

Solar space cooling is important in the countries of the Arabian Peninsula where nearly half of the total produced electricity is used for air conditioning of residential commercial and public buildings. In Kuwait, large proportion of funds were allocated for research in solar cooling...

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Experimental study on the performance of a solar-biomass hybrid air-conditioning system

Prasartkaew, Boonrit; Kumar, S. - In: Renewable Energy 57 (2013) C, pp. 86-93

Renewable energy based technologies can be introduced for building cooling applications. Most studies on solar absorption cooling use fossil energy based auxiliary heaters. This paper presents experimental studies of a solar-biomass hybrid air conditioning system. The system performances at...

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Modelling a solar-assisted air-conditioning system installed in CIESOL building using an artificial neural network

Rosiek, S.; Batlles, F.J. - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 12, pp. 2894-2901

This paper proposes Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) to model a solar-assisted air-conditioning system installed in the Solar Energy Research Center (CIESOL). This system consists mainly of the single-effect LiBr-H20 absorption chiller fed by water provided from either solar collectors or hot...

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Performance study of a microturbine system for cogeneration application

Ho, J.C.; Chua, K.J.; Chou, S.K. - In: Renewable Energy 29 (2004) 7, pp. 1121-1133

A microturbine cogeneration system providing electrical power and space cooling to a laboratory space is presented. The system comprises a microturbine, a lithium bromide absorption chiller, heat exchangers and a propane fuel supply system. Results from the performance tests conducted on the...

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Integration of the solar thermal energy in the construction: Analysis of the solar-assisted air-conditioning system installed in CIESOL building

Rosiek, S.; Batlles, F.J. - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 6, pp. 1423-1431

In the last few years the solar-powered air-conditioning systems have been in intensive development and more often are considered as the viable application for the thermal solar systems in the regions of southern Europe. This is mainly due to the increasing higher electrical consumption in many...

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Inverse neural network based control strategy for absorption chillers

Labus, J.; Hernández, J.A.; Bruno, J.C.; Coronas, A. - In: Renewable Energy 39 (2012) 1, pp. 471-482

This paper proposes a novel, model-based control strategy for absorption cooling systems. First, a small-scale absorption chiller was modelled using artificial neural networks (ANNs). This model takes into account inlet and outlet temperatures as well as the flow rates of the external water...

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Integrating renewable energy technologies to support building trigeneration – A multi-criteria analysis

Chua, K.J.; Yang, W.M.; Wong, T.Z.; Ho, C.A. - In: Renewable Energy 41 (2012) C, pp. 358-367

This paper evaluates the potential of hybridising renewable technologies to support trigeneration. A model for … trigeneration has been developed for simulation and evaluation. The developed trigeneration system aims to be self-sustaining where … trigeneration system is analysed based on cost reduction without considering the energy used and the level of carbon dioxide …

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Performance assessment of a novel system using parabolic trough solar collectors for combined cooling, heating, and power production

Al-Sulaiman, Fahad A.; Hamdullahpur, Feridun; Dincer, … - In: Renewable Energy 48 (2012) C, pp. 161-172

In this study, performance assessment of a novel system based on parabolic trough solar collectors and an organic Rankine cycle for combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) is presented. In this system, a portion of the waste heat is used for heating through a heat exchanger and the other...

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A review of simple to scientific models for anaerobic digestion

Kythreotou, Nicoletta; Florides, Georgios; Tassou, Savvas A. - In: Renewable Energy 71 (2014) C, pp. 701-714

To fully model the anaerobic digestion process, biological and physico-chemical background, the kinetics of bacterial growth, substrate degradation and product formation have to be taken into account. The presented approaches differ depending on the requirements and the developer of the model....

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Dynamic modelling of biomass power plant using micro gas turbine

Barsali, S.; De Marco, A.; Giglioli, R.; Ludovici, G.; … - In: Renewable Energy 80 (2015) C, pp. 806-818

Biomass is becoming a more and more interesting option to replace conventional fossil fuels for heat and power generation. Small plants able to use solid biomass, collected in the plant neighborhoods, are having a growing diffusion: University of Pisa jointly with some local manufactures has...

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