Much progress has been made in the area of tropical cyclone prediction using high-resolution mesoscale models based on community models developed at National Centers for Environmental Predication (NCEP) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). While most of these model research and...

The Northern Adriatic coastland comprised between the cities of Monfalcone and Cattolica is characterised by locations of great tourist interest, such as the Venice Lagoon and the Romagna Riviera, and areas with a very precarious environmental setting, such as the Valli di Comacchio and the Po...

A coupled modeling system was implemented to characterize the wave conditions and assess the wave energy potential at Galway Bay using WAVEWATCH IIII (WWIII) for wave generation and deep water propagation and SWAN model for wave propagation in intermediate and shallow water. Wind fields were...

The objective of the present work is to evaluate the patterns of wave power resources around the Madeira Islands. An analysis of the wave climate in the target area is first carried out based on satellite, buoy and hindcast wave data. As a further step, a SWAN based wave prediction system is...

In the twenty-first century, around 200 notable dam and reservoir failures happened worldwide causing massive fatalities and economic costs. In order to reduce the losses, managers usually define mitigation strategies identifying flooding area due to dam break by using standalone hydrodynamic...

Thermal energy storage (TES) has the capability to absorb, store and release heat based on dynamic surrounding environmental conditions. Sensible energy storage captures or releases heat with changes in material’s temperature while latent heat is associated with a phase change at an isotherm...

This paper describes the results of a modelling investigation into reducing salinity impacts within a drained lowland coastal aquifer through management of drain water levels, and specifically assesses whether targeted water level management changes deliver similar levels of salinity benefit to...

A thermal two-dimensional model has been built for an air-breathing proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell that has been reported in the literature. The objective of the study is to investigate the thermal situation over the cathode surface of the fuel cell. The Joule heating was found to be...

The aim of the this work has been to evaluate the performance of a small-size CCHP (Combined Cooling Heating and Power) system based on the integration of 20 kW Lombardini diesel engine and a double effect water-LiBr absorption chiller.