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Unseen influence—The role of low carbon retrofit advisers and installers in the adoption and use of domestic energy technology

Owen, A.; Mitchell, G.; Gouldson, A. - In: Energy Policy 73 (2014) C, pp. 169-179

Reducing climate changing emissions associated with residential property continues to be a significant challenge. Five case studies of different domestic energy technology schemes in England highlight the influence of advisers and installers in householders’ decisions to adopt low carbon...

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State of the Irish housing stock—Modelling the heat losses of Ireland's existing detached rural housing stock & estimating the benefit of thermal retrofit measures on this stock

Ahern, Ciara; Griffiths, Philip; O'Flaherty, Micheál - In: Energy Policy 55 (2013) C, pp. 139-151

uptake of thermal retrofit measures in the domestic Irish market. A study of Ireland's housing highlights the dominance of … economic and carbon case for thermal retrofit measures to the existing detached, oil centrally heated, rural housing stock. The … efficiency policy measures. Thermal retrofit measures in the detached housing stock have the potential to realise an averaged 65 …

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Getting ready for carbon capture and storage through a ‘CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) Ready Hub’: A case study of Shenzhen city in Guangdong province, China

Li, Jia; Liang, Xi; Cockerill, Tim - In: Energy 36 (2011) 10, pp. 5916-5924

China has been building approximately 1 GW of new coal-fired power plant per week since 2005. Power plants now in construction may continue to operate until 2040. “CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) Ready” enables and eases the subsequent retrofitting of a plant to be able to capture carbon...

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Maximizing coal-fired power plant efficiency with integration of amine-based CO2 capture in greenfield and retrofit scenarios

Wagener, David H. Van; Liebenthal, Ulrich; Plaza, Jorge M. - In: Energy 72 (2014) C, pp. 824-831

, and cooling water requirements. The steam cycle was simulated for applications of the capture technology to both retrofit … °C, and the decrease in power plant efficiency was 7.3%. The retrofit case resulted in an optimum case with an L/G of 5 …

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A novel optimization approach of improving energy recovery in retrofitting heat exchanger network with exchanger details

Pan, Ming; Smith, Robin; Bulatov, Igor - In: Energy 57 (2013) C, pp. 188-200

communities. Distinct from most of existing works on HEN retrofit neglecting exchanger geometry, this paper presents a novel … optimization method for dealing with the main exchanger geometry details in HEN retrofit problems. The addressed details of shell … retrofit scenarios addressing network topology modification, an efficient optimization framework, consisting of two …

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A retrofit framework for Total Site heat recovery systems

Liew, Peng Yen; Lim, Jeng Shiun; Alwi, Wan; Rafidah, … - In: Applied Energy 135 (2014) C, pp. 778-790

Heat Pinch Analysis retrofit projects are typically performed by evaluating and maximising the heat recovery potentials … Site (TS) Heat Integration analysis is performed. Such approach may steer designers away from the promising retrofit … opportunities and to lead towards suboptimal heat exchanger networks (HEN). This paper presents an effective retrofit framework for …

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Energy analysis and refurbishment proposals for public housing in the city of Bari, Italy

Di Turi, Silvia; Stefanizzi, Pietro - In: Energy Policy 79 (2015) C, pp. 58-71

From the perspectives of the energy and the environment, building stock should be considered a useful resource in the struggle against greenhouse gas emissions and scarcity of energy resources.

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Retrofitting Conventional Electric Domestic Hot Water Heaters to Solar Water Heating Systems in Single-Family Houses—Model Validation and Optimization

Bernardo, Luis R. - In: Energies 6 (2013) 2, pp. 953-972

System cost reductions and development of standardised plug-and-function systems are some of the most important goals for solar heating technology development. Retrofitting hot water boilers in single-family houses when installing solar collectors has the potential to significantly reduce both...

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Retrofitting Domestic Hot Water Heaters for Solar Water Heating Systems in Single-Family Houses in a Cold Climate: A Theoretical Analysis

Bernardo, Luis R.; Davidsson, Henrik; Karlsson, Björn - In: Energies 5 (2012) 10, pp. 4110-4131

One of the biggest obstacles to economic profitability of solar water heating systems is the investment cost. Retrofitting existing domestic hot water heaters when a new solar hot water system is installed can reduce both the installation and material costs. In this study, retrofitting existing...

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Effect of the anthracite ratio of blended coals on the combustion and NOx emission characteristics of a retrofitted down-fired 660-MWe utility boiler

Liu, Guangkui; Li, Zhengqi; Chen, Zhichao; Zhu, Xingying; … - In: Applied Energy 95 (2012) C, pp. 196-201

Industrial experiments were performed for a retrofitted 660-MWe full-scale arch-fired boiler. The ignition position of the primary air/fuel mixture flow, furnace temperature and flue gas component after the air heater were measured with different anthracite ratios at loads of 660- and 380-MWe....

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