The retrofit of building envelopes in rural areas is a necessary measure to reduce building
energy consumption. However, the traditional retrofit strategy is mostly a subjective decision …

Traditional solar-energy collection systems experience high thermal losses because of the
high surface temperature of the absorber. Nanofluid developments have led to extensive …

In the present work the efficiency of a solar parabolic trough has been investigated
experimentally. An absorber filled with metal foam is used in order to improve the heat …

Abstract Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems are the important
component of building energy consumption (EnC), especially in the severe cold area …

This work describes an experimental study of the particle size dependence of gold
nanofluids during photo-thermal conversion in a direct absorption solar collector (DASC). Au …

Solar power, as an important source of renewable energy during the recent years, holds a
great potential to produce vapor. Solar-assisted evaporation systems usually rely on the …

An integrated micro gas turbine, compressed air energy storage and solar dish collector
system is proposed and analyzed. The required equations for modeling different …

The energy consumed by the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system
accounts for a large part of the energy consumption of buildings. Solar energy technologies …

This research work was conducted to investigate the energetic performance of an attached
solar greenhouse connected to a rock-bed thermal storage and located in Joliette near …

Better utilization of renewable energy is necessary to replace fossil fuels to reach low-
carbon. Passive solar houses (PSHs) can be much helpful for enhancing indoor thermal …