The necessity for improving the thermal performances of the solar air collector, for some needs, encouraged us to carry out this study. Initially, to improve the efficiency factor of these solar collectors, we create an increasingly turbulent flow between the absorber and the back wooden plate....

The energy demand of a building can be reduced by controlling the amount of heat passing through the outer skin (facade) of that building. This simple concept leads to prescriptive building regulations associated with the thermal insulation properties of the facade. There is however, often a...

The synergy between highly energy-efficient buildings and low-energy district heating (DH) systems is a promising concept for the optimal integration of energy-saving policies and energy supply systems based on renewable energy (RE). Network transmission and distribution heat loss is one of the...

Parabolic trough collectors are made by bending a sheet of reflective material into a parabolic shape. A metal black pipe, covered with a glass tube to reduce heat losses, is placed along the focal line of the collector. The concentrated radiation reaching the receiver tube heats the fluid that...

Due to the higher oxygen content and lower heating value, the amount of biomass required in a combined cycle, where it is used as supplementary fuel, to meet a given energy demand is such that the biomass consumes almost all of the oxygen remaining from gas turbine combustion process under...

The nonuniform heat transfer model and performance of parabolic trough solar receiver are theoretically investigated due to the energy balances between the heat transfer fluid, absorber tube, glass envelope and surroundings. The absorber tube and glass envelope are both divided into two regions...

The design of a global steady-state thermal model of a 100kWt molten salt cavity receiver was developed as part of the key project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of People's Republic of China (MOST). In the design process, the following factors were analyzed: receiver area, heat loss...

In the present study, we have developed an optimal heat supply algorithm which minimizes the heat loss through the distribution pipe line in a group energy apartment. Heating load variation of a group energy apartment building according to the outdoor air temperature was predicted by a...

Experimental and simulated quantitative thermal stratification evaluations of a small un-insulated oil storage tank subjected to heat losses during charging are presented. A model for simulating the thermal profile in the storage is developed. Simulated results using the model are found to be in...