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The ‘Research Repository’ is the open access institutional repository of Edinburgh Napier University. It contains examples of research outputs produced by staff and research students, as well as related information about the university's funded projects and staff research interests.

Whenever possible, refereed documents accepted for publication, or finished artistic compositions presented in public, will be made available here in full digital format, and hyperlinks to standard published versions will be provided. Any questions about submissions to the repository or problems with access to any of its content should be sent to the Repository Team at repository@napier.ac.uk

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Black box modelling of a latent heat thermal energy storage system coupled with heat pipes (2021)
Journal Article
Arteconi, A., Ferracuti, F., Tascioni, R., Mahkamov, K., Kenisarin, M., Costa, C., …Cioccolanti, L. (2021). Black box modelling of a latent heat thermal energy storage system coupled with heat pipes. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1139, Article 012010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1139/1/012010

This paper presents black box models to represent a LHTESS (Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System) coupled with heat pipes, aimed at increasing the storage performance and at decreasing the time of charging/discharging. The presented storage syst... Read More about Black box modelling of a latent heat thermal energy storage system coupled with heat pipes.

Development of a Small Solar Thermal Power Plant for Heat and Power Supply to Domestic and Small Business Buildings (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Mahkamov, K., Pili, P., Manca, R., Leroux, A., Mintsa, A. C., Lynn, K., …Makhkamova, I. (2018). Development of a Small Solar Thermal Power Plant for Heat and Power Supply to Domestic and Small Business Buildings. In Proceedings of the ASME 2018 Power Conference. https://doi.org/10.1115/power2018-7336

The small solar thermal power plant is being developed with funding from EU Horizon 2020 Program. The plant is configured around a 2-kWel Organic Rankine Cycle turbine and solar field, made of Fresnel mirrors. The solar field is used to heat thermal... Read More about Development of a Small Solar Thermal Power Plant for Heat and Power Supply to Domestic and Small Business Buildings.

Numerical Analysis on hot water storage tank integrated with phase change materials (2021)
Conference Proceeding
D'Oliveira, E. J., Costa Pereira, C., & Azimov, U. (2021). Numerical Analysis on hot water storage tank integrated with phase change materials. In Energy and Sustainability IX

The combination of solar collectors with latent heat thermal energy storage system (LHTESS) has been employed to utilise solar energy more effectively, as this technology can provide a balancing function to match the variability in supply and demand,... Read More about Numerical Analysis on hot water storage tank integrated with phase change materials.

Characterization of Enhanced Biobased Phase Change Material with Graphene Nanoplatelets – Early Results (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Costa Pereira, C. (2022). Characterization of Enhanced Biobased Phase Change Material with Graphene Nanoplatelets – Early Results. In Proceedings of EuroSun 2022 - ISES and IEA SHC International Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry. https://doi.org/10.18086/eurosun.2022.13.13

Energy consumption is expected to continue rising, and in conjunction with greater environmental concern, it has boosted the development of renewable and sustainable energy sources, including storage media materials for thermal energy storage (TES) s... Read More about Characterization of Enhanced Biobased Phase Change Material with Graphene Nanoplatelets – Early Results.

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