Examinar Artículos por departamento (cas.) "Máquinas y motores térmicos"
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A PC-tool to calculate the Moisture Buffer Value
(Elsevier, 2017)Hygroscopic building materials have the ability to moderate the relative humidity variation without the need for active systems. The moisture buffer phenomenon can be assessed by way of the Moisture Buffer Value (MBV). ... -
Analysis of New Strategies to Reach Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEBs)
(MDPI, 2018-11-07)The need to reduce CO2 emissions makes it necessary to review most areas of human activity because we are the main source of these emissions. In particular, the building sector is one of its main responsible. Through a ... -
Application of Thermoeconomics in HVAC Systems
(MDPI, 2020-06-17)In order to achieve a sustainable society, the energy consumption in buildings must be reduced. The first step toward achieving this goal is to detect their weak points and analyze the energy-saving potential. to detect ... -
Cities4ZERO: Overcoming Carbon Lock-in in Municipalities through Smart Urban Transformation Processes
(MDPI, 2020-04-28)How can local authorities effectively address the decarbonization of urban environments in the long run? How would their interests and expertise be aligned into an integrated approach towards decarbonization? This paper ... -
Combination of Diagnostic Tools for the Proper Identification of Moisture Pathologies in Modern Residential Buildings
(MDPI, 2018-09)A study of moisture pathologies in a modern residential multifamily building is presented. The housing block was designed under the regulation NBE-CT of 1979 in northern Spain. After the appearance of some moisture problems ... -
Control strategy optimization of a Stirling based residential hybrid system through multi-objective optimization
(Elsevier, 2020-02-20)Hybrid systems for space heating and Domestic Hot Water (DHW) production are an attractive option for buildings to decrease their CO2 emissions. In this research, the operation variables of an installation, composed of a ... -
Dataset of an in-use tertiary building collected from a detailed 3D mobile monitoring system and building automation system for indoor and outdoor air temperature analysis
(Elsevier, 2020-06-23)[EN] A Mobile Monitoring System (MMS) has been designed tak- ing into account the use of technology with high sensor ac- curacy and the ability to be installed easily and quickly in different cardinal locations, distribution ... -
Development and comparative analysis of the modeling of an innovative finned-plate latent heat thermal energy storage system
(Elsevier, 2013-09-01)This paper presents an innovative finned-plate latent heat thermal energy storage system for its integration in cogeneration systems. For optimization purposes it is very important to maximize the efficiency of the ... -
Effects of individual metering and charging of heating and domestic hot water on energy consumption of buildings in temperate climates
(Elsevier, 2018-06-14)Individual metering and charging of heat and domestic hot water is one of the possibilities for reducing the energy consumption in existing multifamily buildings and, with this aim in mind, the EU-directive 2012/27/EU ... -
ENER-BI: Integrating Energy and Spatial Data for Cities’ Decarbonisation Planning
(MDPI, 2021-01-04)Given the current climate emergency, our planet is suffering. Mitigation measures must be urgently deployed in urban environments, which are responsible for more than 70% of global CO2 emissions. In this sense, a deeper ... -
Energy and economic assessment of the envelope retrofitting in residential buildings in Northern Spain
(Elsevier, 2014-10-18)In this paper, potential energy savings by implementing different energy saving methods to enhance the building envelope are presented and calculated through transient simulations using TRNSYS software. To do that, a ... -
Energy Conservation in an Office Building Using an Enhanced Blind System Control
(MDPI, 2017-02)The two spaces office module is usually considered as a representative case-study to analyse the energetic improvement in office buildings. In this kind of buildings, the use of a model predictive control (MPC) scheme for ... -
Energy, Environmental and Economic Analysis of Air-to-Air Heat Pumps as an Alternative to Heating Electrification in Europe
(MDPI, 2020-08-01)Heat pumps (HP) are an efficient alternative to non-electric heating systems (NEHS), being a cost-effective mean to support European building sector decarbonization. The paper studies HP and NEHS performance in residential ... -
European Cities in the Energy Transition: A Preliminary Analysis of 27 Cities
(MDPI, 2020-03-12)Nowadays, there is a wide scientific consensus about the unsustainability of the current energy system and at the same time, social awareness about climate change and the IPCC’s goals is increasing in Europe. Amongst ... -
Experimental Devices to Investigate the Long-Term Stability of Phase Change Materials under Application Conditions
(MDPI, 2020-11-10)An important prerequisite to select a reliable phase change material (PCM) for thermal energy storage applications is to test it under application conditions. In the case of solid–liquid PCM, a large amount of thermal ... -
Experimental method for estimating the effect of solar radiation on the inner surface heat flux of opaque building envelope elements
(SAGE, 2024-04-10)There still exists a considerable difference when comparing the real and the design energy consumption of buildings. The difference between the design and the real building envelope energy performance is one of its main ... -
Experimentation under real performing conditions of a highly integrable unglazed solar collector into a building façade
(Elsevier, 2017)In the current context of moving towards more sustainable construction, advanced facade systems that integrate solar collecting devices represent a commitment with future trends that combine renewable technologies with ... -
Influence of the regulation framework on the feasibility of a Stirling engine-based residential micro-CHP installation
(Elsevier, 2015-04-07)In this paper an economic analysis of a 1 kWe Stirling engine-based micro-CHP (combined heat and power) residential plant is developed, approaching the case of a Spanish detached house sited in a cold climatic zone. The ... -
Long Term Energy Transition Scenario Analysis for the City of Donostia
(MDPI, 2018-01-18)The direction adopted for the energy transitions towards a low carbon future will have long lasting implications in other aspects beyond the Climate Change. However, cities are becoming increasingly complex and a detailed ... -
Low Effort L-i Nuclear Fusion Plasma Control Using Model Predictive Control Laws
(Hindawi Publishing, 2015)One of the main problems of fusion energy is to achieve longer pulse duration by avoiding the premature reaction decay due to plasma instabilities. The control of the plasma inductance arises as an essential tool for the ...