In recent years, storage of thermal energy has become a very important topic in many
engineering applications and has been the subject of a great deal of research activity. This …

Thermal energy storage and conversion aims to improve the high inefficiency of the
industrial processes and renewable energy systems (supply versus demand). Chemical …

Heat pipes are very flexible systems with regard to effective thermal control. They can easily
be implemented as heat exchangers inside sorption and vapour-compression heat pumps …

Booming progress in the materials science offers a huge choice of novel porous solids
which may be used for adsorption transformation of low temperature heat. This …

As one kind of environmentally friendly refrigeration, the adsorption refrigeration has
attracted many attentions in resent decades. This paper introduces the researches of …

Growing energy demand and global climate change are compelling reasons to look for
effective utilisation of waste thermal energy and renewable energy resources. Fifteen …

Adsorption heat transformation (AHT) is one of the challenging technical approaches for
supporting the world community initiatives to alleviate or reverse the gravity of the problems …

Abstract Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Bottom Ash (MSWI BA) is of increasing interest
as a secondary construction material worldwide. In most cases, MSWI BA is used in isolated …

The excellent matching between the sorption and desorption temperatures of hexahydrated
SrBr 2 and those required for solar heat storage for building applications, the high heat of …

Heat-powered solid–gas sorption refrigeration technology has been regarded as one of the
effective methods for reutilization of low-grade thermal energy such as industrial waste heat …