Performance synergism of pervious pavement on stormwater management and urban heat island mitigation: A review of its benefits, key parameters, and co-benefits …

J Wang, Q Meng, Y Zou, Q Qi, K Tan, M Santamouris… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Pervious pavement system (PPS) is a suitable alternative technique for mitigating urban
flooding and urban heat island (UHI) simultaneously. However, existing literature has …

Permeable concrete pavements: A review of environmental benefits and durability

N Xie, M Akin, X Shi - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
The objective of this work is to examine the state of knowledge relevant to permeable
concrete pavements (PCPs) and facilitate efforts in enhancing their overall performance and …

Melting process of nanoparticle enhanced PCM through storage cylinder incorporating fins

F Li, A Almarashi, M Jafaryar, MR Hajizadeh… - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper discusses how the arrangement of fins can affect the charging process. Mixture of
paraffin and copper oxide nanomaterial has been utilized. Several configurations of fins with …

Biochar from waste biomass as hygroscopic filler for pervious concrete to improve evaporative cooling performance

K Tan, Y Qin, T Du, L Li, L Zhang, J Wang - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pervious concrete is regarded as a contributing material to reduce surface runoff, purify
water pollution, and mitigate the urban heat island. However, the poor water absorption and …

Urban heat island: Causes, consequences, and mitigation measures with emphasis on reflective and permeable pavements

S Vujovic, B Haddad, H Karaky, N Sebaibi, M Boutouil - CivilEng, 2021 - mdpi.com
Economic and social development of urban and rural areas continues in parallel with the
increase of the human population, especially in developing countries, which leads to …

Evaluation of electrical efficiency of photovoltaic thermal solar collector

MH Ahmadi, A Baghban, M Sadeghzadeh… - Engineering …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, machine learning methods of artificial neural networks (ANNs), least squares
support vector machines (LSSVM), and neuro-fuzzy are used for advancing prediction …

A new water-retaining paver block for reducing runoff and cooling pavement

Y Qin, Y He, JE Hiller, G Mei - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
In cities, urbanization tends to replace open soils that were naturally used for water storage
with impermeable roofs and roads. These impervious surfaces have led to the development …

Evaluation of pervious concrete performance with pulverized biochar as cement replacement

Y Qin, X Pang, K Tan, T Bao - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2021 - Elsevier
Manufacturing cement in the industry is responsible for most of carbon dioxide (CO 2)
emissions to the atmosphere, while producing biochar (BC) reduces CO 2 emissions to the …

Emerging technologies in cool pavements: A review

BR Anupam, UC Sahoo, AK Chandrappa… - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, researchers are trying hard to minimize the harmful effect of infrastructure
development on the environment and ecosystem. The conversion of natural landscapes to …

Performance and ITZ of pervious concrete modified by vinyl acetate and ethylene copolymer dispersible powder

X Yang, J Liu, H Li, Q Ren - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
This work aimed to assess the influence of vinyl acetate and ethylene copolymer dispersible
powder (VAE-P) on the performance and interfacial transition zone (ITZ) of pervious …