Progress in Sustainable Energy Technologies Vol II: Creating Sustainable Development

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Energy and Exergy Analyses of an Active Magnetic Refrigerator....Pages 1-10
Evaluation of Sustainable Energy Options for Non-residential Buildings....Pages 11-34
Exergoeconomic and Enviroeconomic Analyses of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Thermal Management Systems....Pages 35-53
CFD Analysis of a Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Linking a Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactor and a Copper-Chlorine Hydrogen Production Cycle....Pages 55-62
Entropy Generation of Hydrogen Flow in a Curved Annular Duct....Pages 63-77
Influence of Turbine Inlet Temperature on the Efficiency of Externally Fired Gas Turbines....Pages 79-95
Exergy and Exergo-Economic Based Analysis of a Gas Turbine Power Generation System....Pages 97-108
Non Repeating Thermal Bridges and the Impact on Overall Heating Energy Consumption in a Typical UK Home....Pages 109-122
An Evaluation of Indoor Environment in Deprived Community Housing in Yorkshire and the Humber Region of England, UK....Pages 123-133
The Application of Phase Change Materials to Improve the Climate Resilience of a Low-Energy Prototype House....Pages 135-150
Green Jubail Industrial City....Pages 151-164
Design of a Nearly Zero Energy One-Family House in North-Centre Italy....Pages 165-186
Integrative Approach for Desert Sustainable Ecohouse Design....Pages 187-202
Ventilation and Architectural Design Strategies for Cooling Office Buildings in Different Climates of Chile....Pages 203-212
Investigations for the Thermal Influence of Glass Patterns on the Building Envelope....Pages 213-225
Choosing the Right Technology: Optimized Design of Renewable Supply Systems for Residential Houses....Pages 227-245
State of the Art Review: Fuel Cell Technologies in the Domestic Built Environment....Pages 247-271
Green Lab: A Strategic Design Framework to Develop Sustainable Research Laboratories....Pages 273-283
Integrated System Concept for Energy Efficient Smart Buildings and Cities....Pages 285-298
Interoperable ICT Platform for Energy Efficient Smart Buildings....Pages 299-308
Software Interoperability for Energy Efficient Building Operations Based on the IFC Data Model Standard....Pages 309-318
Virtual Energy Platform for Low Energy Building Operations....Pages 319-331
The Studies of Environmental Ionizing Radiation Curriculum Indicators for Taiwan’s Elementary and Junior High School....Pages 333-346
An Energy Strategy in a Liberalized Environment in Slovakia....Pages 347-368
Towards an Integrated Value Optimizing Ecosystem in Natural Gas Liquids Operations and Related Facilities....Pages 369-385
Mass Transfer and Bubble Flow Dynamics in Aqueous Solutions for Hydrogen Production Cycles....Pages 387-404
Numerical Analysis of the Thermo-mechanical Behavior of Energy Piles....Pages 405-420
An Equivalent-Capacitance Approach for Determining the Performance of a Refrigerant Coil....Pages 421-429
Perspectives on Sustainability in Natural-Gas-Liquids Operations Through a Cleaner Production Framework....Pages 431-451
Energy Savings Through Applications of Lean Manufacturing Principles....Pages 453-471
Empirical Formulation of Shear Modulus Functions for Tubular Pinewood Specimens Under Torsion....Pages 473-488
Robust Control Techniques of ASVC-Based Var Flow Compensation....Pages 489-502
Thermogravimetric Studies on Co-combustion Characteristics of Mengxi Coal and Poplar....Pages 503-517
High-Performance Recycling System for Waste Plastics Using Raman Identification....Pages 519-529
Clean Combustion of Low Quality Fuel in Fluidized Bed Combustor....Pages 531-546
Theoretical and Experimental Study of a Novel Film Evaporation Cooling System....Pages 547-555
Environmental Friendly Food Smoking Technologies....Pages 557-576
Impact of Shape, Occupation and External Parameters in the Overall Thermal Performance of Office Buildings in Santiago, Chile....Pages 577-589
Multisource Heat Pump System: The Case Study of a New School Building....Pages 591-607
Application of Heat Pipe System in Data Center Cooling....Pages 609-620
Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Trigeneration Facility with Natural Gas Engine....Pages 621-636
Numerical Study of Solidification in Triplex Tube Heat Exchanger....Pages 637-648
Computer Simulation of Heat and Mass Transfer in a Cross Flow Parallel-Plate Liquid Desiccant-Air Dehumidifier....Pages 649-667
Experimental Study of the Heat Transfer Performance of PCMs Within Metal Finned Containers....Pages 669-684
Simulation of Double Effect Absorption Refrigeration System....Pages 685-703
Back Matter....Pages 705-726