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Nonintrusive ultrasonic-based occupant identification for energy efficient smart building applications
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.018 2018-03-27 The ability to non-intrusively identify people will enable smart buildings to customize the environment to meet occupants’ comfort level while saving energy. Occupant identification can help in energy savings effort in a building because we can retrieve each ... |
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Corrigendum to “Cost-competitiveness of organic photovoltaics for electricity self-consumption at residential buildings: A comparative study of Denmark and Greece under real market conditions” [Appl. Energy 208 (2017) 471–479]
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.019 2018-03-27
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Cold gas propulsion microthruster for feed gas utilization in micro satellites
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.040 2018-03-21 Micro spacecraft, which have gained huge popularity in the last decade, are termed as “CubeSats”, a well-known class of small satellites. The fast growing functionality and popularity of CubeSats have helped researchers push technology demonstration towards e... |
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Personalized thermal comfort inference using RGB video images for distributed HVAC control
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.02.049 2018-03-07 HVAC systems account for more than 40% of energy consumption in buildings to provide satisfactory indoor environments for occupants. The integration of personalized thermal comfort in the operation of HVAC systems has been shown to be highly effective in enha... |
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Brick : Metadata schema for portable smart building applications
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.02.091 2018-02-23 Buildings account for 32% of the energy use worldwide. A new regime of exciting new “applications” that span a distributed fabric of sensors, actuators and humans have emerged to improve building energy efficiency and operations management. These applications... |
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Interregional carbon flows of China
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.01.028 2018-01-12 In this paper, multi-regional input–output analysis (MRIO) and ecological network analysis (ENA) are combined to assess carbon flows within China and identify key regions and sectors in the context of spatial heterogeneity for effective carbon mitigation. An ... |
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A Geodesign method for managing a closed-loop urban system through algae cultivation
10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.12.129 2018-01-12 This paper discusses how a Geodesign method facilitates a process of managing a closed-loop urban system through algae cultivation by turning urban waste streams into renewable energy. The method informs six stages of processes for designing an algae-powered ... |
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Finite sum based thermoeconomic and sustainable analyses of the small scale LNG cold utilized power generation systems ☆
10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.12.088 2018-01-05 Liquefied natural gas (LNG) cold utilized micro cogeneration systems are the feasible and sustainable solutions for the inland regions where the large scale LNG cold utilization or the conventional pipeline systems are not economically applicable. The present... |
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A multi-objective MILP model for the design and operation of future integrated multi-vector energy networks capturing detailed spatio-temporal dependencies
10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.09.055 2017-12-29 A multi-objective optimisation model, based on mixed integer linear programming, is presented that can simultaneously determine the design and operation of any integrated multi-vector energy networks. It can answer variants of the following questions: What is... |
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Energy-efficient control of electric vehicles based on linear quadratic regulator and phase plane analysis
10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.09.006 2017-12-28 Electric vehicles (EVs) have advantages in the aspect of energy, environment, and vehicle motion control. However, it is still not competitive enough to conventional vehicles because of the limited driving range and the high cost of the battery. Therefore, th... |