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New thermophysical properties of water based TiO2 nanofluid-The hysteresis phenomenon revisited
(International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2014)
Homogeneous stable suspensions acquired by dispersing dry Al2O3 and TiO2 nanoparticles in controlled pH solution and distilled water, respectively, were prepared and investigated in this study. First of all, the mean ...
Exergoeconomic analysis of energy utilization of drying process in a ceramic production
(Applied Thermal Engineering, 2014)
Thermo economic cost analysis of a ceramic plant, with a yearly production capacity of 24 million m2, was performed based on the actual operational data. The ceramic drying system was analyzed at the spray dryer, the ...
Estimating and comparing the exergetic solar radiation values of various climate regions for solar energy utilization
(Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects, 2014)
Energy resources and their utilization intimately relate to sustainable development. In attaining sustainable development, increasing the energy efficiencies of processes utilizing sustainable energy resources plays an ...
Advanced exergoenvironmental assessment of a natural gas-fired electricity generating facility
(Energy Conversion and Management, 2014)
This paper presents conventional and advanced exergoenvironmental analyses of an electricity generation facility located in the Eskisehir Industry Estate Zone, Turkey. This facility consists of gas turbine and steam cycles, ...
Exergoeconomic and enviroeconomic analyses of a building heating system using SPECO and Lowex methods
(Energy and Buildings, 2014)
This study deals with exergetic and exergoeconomic analyses of a building heating system, which is examined from the generation component to the envelope of the building. The energy and exergy flows between the components ...
Conventional and advanced exergoeconomic analyses of geothermal district heating systems
(Energy and Buildings, 2014)
The present study deals with analyzing, assessing and comparing conventional and advanced exergoeconomic analyses to identify the direction and potential for energy savings of a geothermal district heating system in future ...
Application of conventional and advanced exergy analyses to evaluate the performance of a ground-source heat pump (GSHP) dryer used in food drying
(Energy Conversion and Management, 2014)
Inefficiencies in an energy system can be quantitatively determined through conventional exergy analysis while sources of the irreversibilities and real improvement potential can be deducted using a relatively new method ...
Advanced exergoeconomic analysis of an electricity-generating facility that operates with natural gas
(Energy Conversion and Management, 2014)
This paper presents an advanced exergy analysis of an electricity generation facility in the Eskisehir Industry Estate Zone in Turkey. The total electricity generation rate is approximately 55 MW. The exergy efficiency of ...
Investigating the exergetic and environmental effects of subcooling and superheating processes on the performance of direct expansion systems
(Progress in Exergy, Energy, and the Environment, 2014)
Recently, subcooling and superheating applications, which are proposed as an approach for the efficient use of energy, have positive effect on the emission next to increasing the energy efficiency. This study examines ...
Thermodynamic analysis of geothermally driven high-temperature steam electrolysis system for hydrogen production
(Progress in Exergy, Energy, and the Environment, 2014)
Hydrogen production by high-temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) has been receiving increasing attention worldwide due to its high efficiency and carbon-free operation. Although it is still considered in its early ...