Dattu Ghane^*, Vishnu Wakchaure

Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.11, pp. 3199-3220, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2024.050952 - 21 October 2024

Abstract Wind energy provides a sustainable solution to the ever-increasing demand for energy. Micro-wind turbines offer a promising solution for low-wind speed, decentralized power generation in urban and remote areas. Earlier researchers have explored the design, development, and performance analysis of a micro-wind turbine system tailored for small-scale renewable energy generation. Researchers have investigated various aspects such as aerodynamic considerations, structural integrity, efficiency optimization to ensure reliable and cost-effective operation, blade design, generator selection, and control strategies to enhance the overall performance of the system. The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive design… More >

Abed Hawila^1,2,3, Hala Alsalloum⁴, Abdelatif Merabtine^1,*, Farouk Fardoun^4,5, Rachid Bennacer⁶

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.1, pp. 117-134, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2022.022151 - 02 August 2022

Abstract The feasibility of Plus Energy Building for a sample relevant case is investigated. After a literature review aimed to identify key aspects of this type of buildings, a preliminary evaluation of the thermal performance of a building constructed using conventional material is presented together with a parametric analysis of the impact of typical influential parameters. Solar domestic hot water (SDHW) and photovoltaic systems (PV) are considered in the study. Numerical simulations indicate that for the examined sample case (Beirut in Lebanon) the total annual energy need of conventional building is 87.1 kWh/y.m² . About 49% of More >

E. Ferretti¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.36, No.3, pp. 293-322, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2013.036.293

Abstract The Cell Method is applied in order to model the debonding mechanism in ceramic floor tiles subjected to positive thermal variation. The causes of thermal debonding, very usual in radiant heat floors, have not been fully clarified at the moment. There exist only a few simplified analytical approaches that assimilate this problem to an eccentric tile compression, but these approaches introduce axial forces that, in reality, do not exist. In our work we have abandoned the simplified closed form solution in favor of a numerical solution, which models the interaction between tiles and sub-base more… More >