In this study, a numerical procedure is outlined and representative results for heat and mass transfer during convective drying of porous bodies are presented. The Luikov model was implemented and applied both on individual samples of construction materials and agricultural products, as well as...

The purpose of this work is to present a comparison between two standardized test methods for the evaluation of the energy performance of Solar Domestic Hot Water (SDHW) systems. The approaches investigated concern the Dynamic method (DST) and the Input–Output method (CSTG). These methods have...

In this paper, artificial neural networks (ANNs) are used for the performance prediction of large solar systems. The ANN method is used to predict the expected daily energy output for typical operating conditions, as well as the temperature level the storage tank can reach by the end of the...

Solid desiccant air-conditioning systems present an interesting alternative solution with regard to the conventional vapour compression systems, in the sense that they do not use any refrigerants and they present the opportunity to exploit thermal energy, and more specifically solar thermal...