The present global energy scenario has to face the technical and economic challenges of
the global CO 2 emissions mitigation. The two main technological paths followed are on one …

The opportunity of producing power in space seems to be attractive considering the
exponential growth of the human population and the renewed interest in space missions …

The latest developments in solar technologies demonstrated that the solar central receiver
configuration is the most promising application among concentrated solar power (CSP) …

The paper analyses the thermodynamic feasibility of an innovative Organic Rankine Cycle
(ORC) recovery system. Among the many applications of this device, particular interest …

This paper presents a thermo-economic optimization of a combined cycle power plant
obtained via the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition–Radial Basis Functions (POD–RBF) …

Growing concerns about global climate change have increased attention on various
approaches to reduce emissions of CO2 and other GHGs. Several scale carbon capture and …

This paper presents an analysis of solar-heat driven Brayton and Rankine power cycles
operating in space with different working fluids. State of the art literature show that …

Object of this paper is the modelling, process design and simulation of a waste incineration
plant integrated with a novel CO2 chemical sequestration system for CH4 production. The …

The space conditioning sector is one of the highest exergy consumers and least efficient
from the point of view of primary-to-end-use matching. Exergy analysis can be considered as …

The relatively low average conversion efficiency of air-conditioning systems and the recently
imposed upper bounds to the final energy use in the heating and cooling of residential …