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Analyzing the potential for solar thermal energy utilization in the Chilean copper mining industry (Elsevier, 2020)Copper mining is the largest industry and energy consumer in Chile, utilizing heat from imported fossil fuels of which Chile is not a producer. The goals for decarbonization present opportunities to analyze how the Chilean ...
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(Elsevier, 2017)Quality data regarding direct and diffuse solar irradiation is crucial for the proper design and simulation of solar systems. This information, however, is not available for the entire Brazilian territory. However, hourly ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-07-15)The present work shows a comparison between the levelized cost and the thermoeconomic methods in their application to assess the performance of a solar polygeneration plant. The aim is to analyze the costs allocation ...
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(Elsevier, 2020)Open volumetric solar receivers (VSRs) are a promising technology for concentrated solar power plants due to their capability to provide heat using ambient air as the working fluid operating at temperatures over 700 degrees ...
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(Elsevier, 2017)The integration between solar energy and seawater desalination is an interesting option in northern Chile due to a high solar potential in the Atacama Desert, where most of the mining operations are located. This industry ...
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(Elsevier, 2020)This paper evaluates the potential of water-side economizers in the refrigeration system of data centers under different climate conditions. Due to the wide range of conditions along the country (Desert, Mediterranean, ...
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Energy and exergy assessment in a perimeter cooled data center: the value of second law efficiency (Elsevier, 2017)The Data Center Industry remains in steady growth with worldwide energy consumptions in the order of hundreds of TWh, and yearly growth rates higher than the growth of global electricity consumption. Electronic cooling ...
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(Elsevier, 2019)A detailed exergy cost and thermoeconomic analysis applied to a Rankine Cycle (RC) coupled to a Multi-Effect Distillation (MED) plant was performed. The aim of this work is to identify the impact of design and operating ...
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(Elsevier Ltd, 2019)An exergy cost assessment of integrated solar multi-generation schemes, which includes cogeneration, trigeneration, and polygeneration schemes, for the joint production of electricity, fresh water, cooling, and process ...
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(Elsevier, 2018)Renewable energy has experienced a significant growth on its rate of deployment as a clean and competitive alternative for conventional power sources. The reduction on the installation costs for PV systems has converted ...
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(Elsevier, 2018)Domestic water heating in Brazil is commonly done by electric showerheads, characterized by a large installed capacity and a low load factor. In that regard, consumers and utility companies present opposite interests, the ...
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(Elsevier Ltd, 2018)A proper assessment of heating systems for swimming pools should evaluate the compromise between comfortlevel and the willingness to pay for it. The present work presents a multi-objective optimization of indirect solarassisted ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-07-25)Several authors have reported in the literature the benefits of transcritical carbon dioxide regenerative Rankine power cycles using low - and medium - temperature sources. However, their technical potential when driven ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-09)For design and simulation of solar energy systems, quality information about all components of solar irradiance is crucial. In cases when only global irradiance measurements are available, separation models are a useful ...
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Sensitivity and effectiveness analysis of incentives for concentrated solar power projects in Chile (Elsevier Ltd, 2018)Northern Chile has excellent conditions to develop concentrated solar power projects. Although solarirradiation makes a significant contribution to production in the region, solar thermal projects needsome support mechanisms. ...
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(Springer, 2017-06)The present work analyzes the technical feasibility of solar-assisted heat pumps for swimming pool heating in South Brazil. The methodology is based on computer simulations for four configurations of heating systems for ...
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(Elsevier, 2017)A thermoeconomic assessment of the joint production of electricity, fresh-water, cooling and heat for a solar polygeneration plant is carried out. The aims are to assess the actual cost of each product, to conduct a ...
