Historical decarbonization of global commercial building operations in the 21st century

X Xiang, M Ma, X Ma, L Chen, W Cai, W Feng, Z Ma - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Building operations will be the most critical step in completing the “last mile” of global carbon
neutrality. To seek the best practical path to decarbonize commercial building operations …

[HTML][HTML] Techno-economic optimization of high-temperature heat pumps for waste heat recovery

A Vannoni, A Sorce, A Traverso… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heat Pumps will play a crucial role in decarbonizing the heat supply, however, the
progressive phase-out of environmentally impactful fluids and relevant cost of investments …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental analysis of a high temperature heat pump prototype with low global warming potential refrigerant R-1336mzz (Z) for heating production above …

J Navarro-Esbrí, A Mota-Babiloni - International Journal of Thermofluids, 2023 - Elsevier
There is an urgent need to reduce fossil fuel dependency on heating processes in many
sectors, highlighting industries. Vapour compression heat pumps are the most promising …

Optimal techno-economic multi-level energy management of renewable-based DC microgrid for commercial buildings applications

S Ferahtia, H Rezk, AG Olabi, H Alhumade… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
An optimal techno-economic multi-level energy management strategy (EMS) is designed for
a DC microgrid applied to a commercial building. The proposed power system is a grid …

Integrated heat and cold storage enabled by high-energy-density sorption thermal battery based on zeolite/MgCl2 composite sorbent

J Chao, J Xu, Z Bai, P Wang, R Wang, T Li - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage (TES) plays a critical role in renewable energy utilization, waste
heat recovery, and heating/cooling applications. However, low energy density is a long …

[HTML][HTML] Selection of working fluids and heat pump cycles at high temperatures: Creating a concise technology portfolio

MP Andersen, B Zühlsdorf, WB Markussen, JK Jensen… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
As global efforts to address climate change intensify, industrial processes are of the highest
interest due to their substantial contributions to greenhouse gas emissions and use of fossil …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment and shadow cost of steam produced by an industrial-sized high-temperature heat pump

L Zeilerbauer, F Hubmann, S Puschnigg… - Sustainable Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heat pumps are considered to be a promising technology to mitigate industrial emissions
from steam provision. In this work, an existing scale-up framework for generating life-cycle …

Novel energy saving and economic extractive distillation process via integrating two-feed preheating strategy and heat pump vapor recompression

Z Liu, L Hao, X Han, Z Cao, H Wei - Separation and Purification Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this article, two-feed preheating strategies and heat pump vapor recompression are used
to improve the thermodynamic efficiency and economic performance of extractive distillation …

Assessing the relevance of energy indicators as sustainability screening metrics for the decarbonisation of industrial heat through electrification

Y Jovet, F Lefevre, A Laurent, M Clausse - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Power generation faces the challenge of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions without
shifting the burden to other environmental impacts. Energy and exergy-based environmental …

[HTML][HTML] A combined power and steam system integrated with solar photovoltaic/thermal collector: Thermodynamic characteristics and cost-benefit analyses

J Wang, H Chen, H Deng, F Dong - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a combined power and steam system integrated with solar
photovoltaic/thermal collectors. The system uses solar energy and natural gas to generate …