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Kun Zhang, Jianyao Yao, Wenxiang Zhu, Zhifu Cao, Teng Li and Jianqiang Xin
The thermal protection system (TPS) represents one of the most critical subsystems for vehicle re-entry. However, due to uncertainties in thermal loads, material properties, and manufacturing deviations, the thermal response of the TPS exhibits significa...
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Tiankai Yang, Zhenzhong Sun, Yongliang Liang and Lichuan Liu
With the rapid development of global trade, a large number of goods and resources are imported and exported via seaports. Multiple thermal loads and renewable energy merge into seaports, making the energy supply and demand structure increasingly complex....
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Etienne Saloux
This paper summarizes the results of a Special Issue focusing on the practical applications of model predictive control and other advanced control methods in the built environment. This Special Issue contains eleven publications and deals with various to...
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Stefania Perrella, Fabio Bisegna, Piero Bevilacqua, Daniela Cirone and Roberto Bruno
In the EU, the building sector is responsible for 40% of the global energy consumption for final uses and 36% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Heat pumps allow for the replacement of conventional systems based on fossil fuels with the perspective o...
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Evangelos Bellos, Panagiotis Lykas, Dimitrios Tsimpoukis, Dimitrios N. Korres, Angeliki Kitsopoulou, Michail Gr. Vrachopoulos and Christos Tzivanidis
The goal of this investigation is the thorough analysis and optimization of a solar-assisted heat pump heating unit for covering the space heating demand for a building in Athens, Greece. The novelty of the studied system is the use of a high-temperature...
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Ali Habeeb Askar, Endre Kovács and Betti Bolló
This study aimed to estimate the heating load (HL) and the cooling load (CL) of a residential building using neural networks and to simulate the thermal behavior of a four-layered wall with different orientations. The neural network models were developed...
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Martin Rodríguez-Vázquez, Iván Hernández-Pérez, Irving Hernández-López, Yvonne Chávez, Carlos M. Jiménez-Xamán, Luis A. Baltazar-Tadeo and Alfredo Aranda-Arizmendi
The refurbishment of a social interest building using Earth-to-Air Heat Exchanger (EAHE) was studied in representative dry climatic conditions of Mexico (dry, very dry, temperate, and sub-temperate). A simulation method that uses both computational fluid...
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Artur Kulaszka, Józef Blachnio and Henryk Borowczyk
The reliability and operational safety of an aircraft engine gas turbine are extremely important in terms of its operation. In the course of operation, these turbines undergo complex thermal, mechanical, aerodynamic, and chemical exhaust gas loads. Due t...
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Yeong-Mo Yeon, Ki-Nam Hong and Sang-Won Ji
A lot of studies have been conducted to introduce self-prestress to structures using Fe-based shape memory alloys (Fe-SMAs). Technology to introduce self-prestress using Fe-SMAs can resolve the disadvantages of conventional prestressed concrete. However,...
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Uk-Hyeon Yeo, Sang-Yeon Lee, Se-Jun Park, Jun-Gyu Kim, Jeong-Hwa Cho, Cristina Decano-Valentin, Rack-Woo Kim and In-Bok Lee
Building-integrated rooftop greenhouses (BiRTGs) are innovative vertical farms consisting of a greenhouse on the roof of a building. BiRTGs can provide environmental benefits by recycling energy, carbon dioxide, and water between the greenhouse and the b...
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