Search Results - subject:"Design performance"

Sustainable urban landscapes: a computation framework for enhancing sustainability in early-stage design

Yoffe, Hatzav; Raanan, Noam; Fried, Shaked; Plaut, Pnina; … - In: Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural … 18 (2023) 4, pp. 870-894

Purpose This study uses computer-aided design to improve the ecological and environmental sustainability of early-stage landscape designs. Urban expansion on open land and natural habitats has led to a decline in biodiversity and increased climate change impacts, affecting urban inhabitants'...

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Dynamic Simulation and Exergo-Economic Optimization of a Hybrid Solar–Geothermal Cogeneration Plant

Calise, Francesco; Capuano, Davide; Vanoli, Laura - In: Energies 8 (2015) 4, pp. 2606-2646

This paper presents a dynamic simulation model and a parametric analysis of a solar-geothermal hybrid cogeneration plant based on an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) powered by a medium-enthalpy geothermal resource and a Parabolic Trough Collector solar field. The fluid temperature supplying heat to...

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Assessment of off-design performance of a small-scale combined cooling and power system using an alternative operating strategy for gas turbine

Han, Wei; Chen, Qiang; Lin, Ru-mou; Jin, Hong-guang - In: Applied Energy 138 (2015) C, pp. 160-168

of gas turbine and absorption refrigerator. The off-design performance of the CCP system is compared under different … improve the off-design performance of CCP system. …

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Towards understanding integration of heavyweight-product managers and collaboration software in collaborative product development : an empirical study in Taiwan

Lin, Ching-Torng; Wu, Wen-Jui; Cheng, Li-Min - In: Technological forecasting & social change : an … 99 (2015), pp. 156-167

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Thermoeconomic optimization for green multi-shaft gas turbine engines

Najjar, Yousef S.H.; Al-Absi, Suhayb - In: Energy 56 (2013) C, pp. 39-45

The thermoeconomic analysis of a gas turbine engine with two turbines is presented and discussed in this work. Two configurations (in parallel and series free turbine) are presented and analysed. The thermoeconomic analysis relies on the energy and exergy analysis of the system, and the capital...

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Triple cycle for solar thermal power system adapted to periods with varying insolation

Peng, Shuo; Hong, Hui; Jin, Hongguang - In: Energy 60 (2013) C, pp. 129-138

the Kalina cycle, bypassing the Brayton cycle and the steam Rankine cycle. The off-design performance was investigated and …

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A new methodology for evaluating sustainable product design performance with two-stage network data envelopment analysis

Chen, Chialin; Zhu, Joe; Yu, Jiun-Yu; Noori, Hamid - In: European Journal of Operational Research 221 (2012) 2, pp. 348-359

design performance evaluation with an “industrial design module” and a “bio design module.” To demonstrate the applications … evaluate sustainable product design performances. We conceptualize “design efficiency” as a key measurement of design … performance in terms of how well multiple product specifications and attributes are combined in a product design that leads to …

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