Selecting the model is an important and essential step in model based fault detection and diagnosis (FDD). Factors that are considered in evaluating a model include accuracy, training data requirements, calibration effort, generality, and computational requirements. The objective of this study...

Selecting the model is an important and essential step in model based fault detection and diagnosis (FDD). Several factors must be considered in model evaluation, including accuracy, training data requirements, calibration effort, generality, and computational requirements. All modeling...

Natural circulation solar water heating systems are available in varying collector geometries (and materials), storage tank capacities and specifications of individual components. Though theoretical and experimental studies including the test procedures are available to estimate the performances...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to model and to value a temperature derivative to hedge late frost risk in viticulture. Design/methodology/approach – Starting from 11 years of historical temperature data collected in Mendoza, Argentina, the authors reconstruct the missing data using...

The paper discusses a combined experimental–numerical analysis of an innovative solar thermal device to be used as an Integrated Collector Storage (ICS) system providing domestic hot water. In this equipment the collector acts also as a storage unit, without requiring an external vessel. Due...

Purpose – Wireless sensor network (WSN) technologies are now available to implement real time temperature monitoring systems in food supply chains. The aim of this paper is to examine different types of methods and criteria to establish alerts in decision support systems in perishable food...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to model and to value a temperature derivative to hedge late frost risk in viticulture. Design/methodology/approach – Starting from 11 years of historical temperature data collected in Mendoza, Argentina, the authors reconstruct the missing data using...

We couple a one-dimensional energy balance climate model with heat transportation across latitudes, with an economic growth model. We derive temperature and damage distributions across locations and optimal taxes on fossil fuels which, in contrast to zero-dimensional Integrated Assessment...

This paper is, to our knowledge, the first paper in climate economics to consider the combination of spatial heat transport and polar amplification. We simplified the problem by stratifying the Earth into latitude belts and assuming, as in North et al. (1981), that the two hemispheres were...