Viral infection transmission and indoor air quality: A systematic review

Z Alqarni, Y Rezgui, I Petri, A Ghoroghi - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Respiratory disease transmission in indoor environments presents persistent challenges for
health authorities, as exemplified by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. This underscores the …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal performance analysis and experimental verification of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicle applications through optimized inclined mini-channels

A Verma, T Saikia, P Saikia, D Rakshit, CE Ugalde-Loo - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Power units (ie, batteries) of electric vehicles (EVs) generate heat while being charged or
discharged, which deteriorates their performance and reliability over time. This paper …

A 2E, energy and environment performance of an optimized vernacular house for passive cooling-Case of North-East India

SK Gupta, PR Chanda, A Biswas - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy consumption in buildings has been increasing in recent years due to global
warming, resulting in the increased use of HVACs, and causing environmental pollution. To …

Comparison of reflective coating with other passive strategies: A climate based design and optimization study of building envelope

R Verma, D Rakshit - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
The building envelope modification in terms of insulation material, glass material,
orientation, window to wall ratio (WWR), reflective coating, etc., is vital to control the heat …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated entropy-based multi-attribute decision-making model for phase change material selection and passive thermal management

D Das, RK Sharma, P Saikia, D Rakshit - Decision Analytics Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing environmental concerns related to fossil-based power usage have led to a
global transition towards renewable and conservative energy usage practices. In the context …

[HTML][HTML] A cooling demand estimator for housing communities in a warming world

P Saikia, L Corcoran, CE Ugalde-Loo, M Abeysekera - Applied Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Global warming has led to higher ambient temperatures in traditionally cold regions in
Europe such as the UK. While implementing strategies in residential dwellings to meet the …

Energy analysis of a phase change material embedded heat exchanger for air conditioning load reduction in different Indian climatic zones

RK Sharma, S Yagnamurthy, D Rakshit - Sustainable Energy Technologies …, 2022 - Elsevier
Air conditioning (AC) systems for tropical countries like India account for sixty percent of the
total energy needs of a building. With the onset of COVID-19, the increase of fresh air …

[HTML][HTML] An effective predictor of the dynamic operation of latent heat thermal energy storage units based on a non-linear autoregressive network with exogenous …

P Saikia, H Bastida, CE Ugalde-Loo - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermal networks require thermal energy storage (TES) provisions for balancing thermal
energy sources with variable consumer demand. Harvesting ice is an economical option for …

Research on seismic performance of 735 MPa high-strength reinforced concrete frame joints

X Zhang, F Han, X Wang, L Sun, Q Wang, P Wang - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
To study the seismic performance of high-strength reinforced concrete frame joints, cyclic
loading tests were carried out on six concrete beam-column joints configured with the new …

Role of Fluid Dynamics in Infectious Disease Transmission: Insights from COVID-19 and Other Pathogens

S Koley - Trends in Sciences, 2024 - tis.wu.ac.th
The spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 depends on complex fluid dynamics
interactions between pathogens and fluid phases, including individual droplets and …