Modeling phase change materials embedded in building enclosure: A review

SN Al-Saadi, ZJ Zhai - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage (TES) has the capability to absorb, store and release heat based on
dynamic surrounding environmental conditions. Sensible energy storage captures or …

Development of free cooling based ventilation technology for buildings: Thermal energy storage (TES) unit, performance enhancement techniques and design …

M Alizadeh, SM Sadrameli - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Nowadays, one of the major challenges for administrations and governments is energy
demand to satisfy thermal comfort in the buildings. In energy systems where a temporal …

An enthalpy formulation for glaciers and ice sheets

A Aschwanden, E Bueler, C Khroulev… - Journal of Glaciology, 2012 - cambridge.org
Polythermal conditions are ubiquitous among glaciers, from small valley glaciers to ice
sheets. Conventional temperature-based 'cold-ice'models of such ice masses cannot …

Thermodynamic responses of adaptive mechanisms in BiPV façade systems coupled with latent thermal energy storage

J Čurpek, M Čekon, O Šikula, R Slávik - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Ventilated building-integrated photovoltaic (BiPV)/phase-change material (PCM) façades
have been applied and validated in building energy simulations; however, the dynamic …

An exact solution of a limit case Stefan problem governed by a fractional diffusion equation

VR Voller - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2010 - Elsevier
An anomalous diffusion version of a limit Stefan melting problem is posed. In this problem,
the governing equation includes a fractional time derivative of order 0< β⩽ 1 and a fractional …

Systematic evaluation of mathematical methods and numerical schemes for modeling PCM-enhanced building enclosure

SN Al-Saadi, ZJ Zhai - Energy and Buildings, 2015 - Elsevier
Latent heat storage using phase change material (PCM) has become one of the most viable
solutions to mediate the climatic deficiency of light weight structures. Instead of expensive …

Toward a unified science of the Earth's surface: Opportunities for synthesis among hydrology, geomorphology, geochemistry, and ecology

C Paola, E Foufoula‐Georgiou… - Water resources …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The Earth's surface is shaped by the interaction of tectonics, water, sediment, solutes, and
biota over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales and across diverse environments …

Quantitative modeling of the evolution and geometry of incised valleys

J Martin, A Cantelli, C Paola… - Journal of …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Incised valleys are critical stratigraphic features for unraveling long-term Earth-surface
processes and depositional history, and commonly exhibit stratigraphic attributes that make …

Analytical and numerical solution of a generalized Stefan problem exhibiting two moving boundaries with application to ocean delta formation

J Lorenzo-Trueba, VR Voller - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and …, 2010 - Elsevier
A model associated with the formation of sedimentary ocean deltas is presented. This model
is a generalized one-dimensional Stefan problem bounded by two moving boundaries, the …

Morphodynamic modeling of river-dominated deltas: a review and future perspectives

D Edmonds, AJ Chadwick, MP Lamb… - Authorea …, 2022 - techrxiv.org
River deltas are a compelling target for numerical simulation because they contain
seemingly organized patterns and shapes at a variety of scales. For instance, most river …