The selection of the cycle configuration, working fluid and operating parameters is crucial for the economic profitability of Organic Rankine Cycle systems using low to medium temperature heat sources. The aim of this paper is to show a method that improves this selection taking into account...

The present study is focused on a waste-to-energy plant located in Northern Italy, that produces electric power and thermal energy from the non-recyclable fraction of municipal and industrial solid waste (8,00,000tons/year). In cold months heat is provided to a district heating system. Another...

This work represents the Photovoltaic section of the European Project PERSIL, which includes also the study of solar thermal plants. The activity is twofold: the results of 1-year monitoring and checking of thirteen PV systems; the consequent guidelines for the design, installation and...

Whether and how information density on front-of-pack design affects consumers’ attention for nutrition labels is explored. The main manipulation concerned the number and type of nutrition labels (directive-, semi-, and non-directive), chromaticity (monochrome vs. traffic light color-coded...

Based on Fourier’s law and the Seebeck effect, this paper presents a mathematical model of a Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) device using the exhaust gas of vehicles as heat source. The model simulates the impact of relevant factors, including vehicles exhaust mass flow rate, temperature and...

The new engineering FASTLognoter software is presented. This code is essentially the result of the integration of two tools, along with some additional features. The first basis tool is FAST (developed by NREL), a comprehensive aeroelastic simulator code for wind turbines. The second basis tool...

Combined heat and power (CHP) plants are characterized by high fuel efficiency and are therefore usually the thermal power producing units of choice within a district heating network. The operation of CHP units is typically controlled by the current heat demand and thus delimits the range of...

Kathmandu University (KU) is one of the leading educational institutes in Nepal with a decade long experience with R&D of micro-hydro turbines. With a technical collaboration with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), KU has also conducted several studies related to sediment...