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Sustainable energy for world economies (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muneer, T. (2010, December). Sustainable energy for world economies. Presented at Energy Options Impact on Regional Security

Energy is inevitable for human life and a secure and accessible supply of energy is crucial for the sustainability of modern societies. Yet mankind now faces challenges of depletion of fossil fuel reserves, global warming and other environmental conc... Read More about Sustainable energy for world economies.

An examination of UKCIP02 and UKCP09 solar radiation data sets for the UK climate related to their use in building design (2010)
Journal Article
Tham, Y., Muneer, T., Levermore, G., & Chow, D. (2011). An examination of UKCIP02 and UKCP09 solar radiation data sets for the UK climate related to their use in building design. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 32(3), 207-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624410389396

The climate is changing, both globally and in the UK. To adapt effectively, engineers and planners need as much information as possible on how the climate will evolve. The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) provided this in 2002 with UKCIP02 and th... Read More about An examination of UKCIP02 and UKCP09 solar radiation data sets for the UK climate related to their use in building design.

Sol-air temperature and daylight illuminance profiles for the UKCP09 data sets (2010)
Journal Article
Tham, Y., & Muneer, T. (2011). Sol-air temperature and daylight illuminance profiles for the UKCP09 data sets. Building and Environment, 46, 1243-1250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.11.014

To provide information on climate change, the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) provided the latest UKCP09data to a resolution of 5 km square grids for the UK. Those datasets were used in this study along with the historical measured data for two... Read More about Sol-air temperature and daylight illuminance profiles for the UKCP09 data sets.

Experimental study of the influence of collector height on the steady state performance of a passive solar air heater (2010)
Journal Article
Ryan, D., & Burek, S. (2010). Experimental study of the influence of collector height on the steady state performance of a passive solar air heater. Solar Energy, 84(9), 1676-1684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2010.05.018

Passive solar air heaters, such as solar chimneys and Trombe Walls, rely on solar-induced buoyancy-driven (natural) convection to produce the flow of air. Although buoyancy-driven convection is well understood for a single vertical plate, buoyancy-dr... Read More about Experimental study of the influence of collector height on the steady state performance of a passive solar air heater.

Mass loss and landfilled waste mechanics. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McDougall, J. (2009, March). Mass loss and landfilled waste mechanics. Presented at Third International Workshop "Hydro-Physico-Mechanics of Landfills"

The impact of mass loss on a particulate medium is investigated. Through a series of laboratory tests on a partly soluble sand, the quantitative impact of mass loss is measured at different applied loads. It is shown that for the material in question... Read More about Mass loss and landfilled waste mechanics..

Waste heterogeneity: an obstacle to models? (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McDougall, J. (2009, October). Waste heterogeneity: an obstacle to models?. Presented at Shop>Sardinia 2009 12th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium (Book+CD) ( ) Sardinia 2009 12th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium

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Prospects for large-scale solar thermal electricity generation from the LIBYAN desert: technical feasibility. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aldali, Y., Henderson, D., & Muneer, T. (2009, July). Prospects for large-scale solar thermal electricity generation from the LIBYAN desert: technical feasibility

The Great Sahara desert covers the entire range of Libyan longitude 11o 44’ to 23o 58’ E and a latitude range of 24o 17’ through to 30o 31’N, thus covering an area of 1,750,000 sq km and 88% of this land is desert. The authors have measured hourly so... Read More about Prospects for large-scale solar thermal electricity generation from the LIBYAN desert: technical feasibility..

Wind resource assessment in the Edinburgh region (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Irshad, W., Goh, K., & Kubie, J. (2009, September). Wind resource assessment in the Edinburgh region. Presented at 2009 World Non-Grid-Connected Wind Power and Energy Conference, Nanjing, China

In recent years, a growing number of manufacturers have produced small wind turbines that are suitable for utilization of wind energy by individual householders or small businesses. These small wind turbine systems are unavoidably installed close to... Read More about Wind resource assessment in the Edinburgh region.

Integrated collector storage solar water heater: temperature stratification (2009)
Journal Article
Garnier, C., Currie, J., & Muneer, T. (2009). Integrated collector storage solar water heater: temperature stratification. Applied Energy, 86(9), 1465-1469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.12.009

An analysis of the temperature stratification inside an Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heater (ICS-SWH) was carried out. The system takes the form of a rectangular-shaped box incorporating the solar collector and storage tank into a single... Read More about Integrated collector storage solar water heater: temperature stratification.

Security assessment of importing solar electricity for the EU (2009)
Journal Article
Asif, M., Currie, J., Muneer, T., & Kubie, J. (2009). Security assessment of importing solar electricity for the EU. Journal of the Energy Institute, 82(2), 102-105. https://doi.org/10.1179/014426009x394008

Prosperity in any society is subject to an adequate and consistent provision of energy. It is crucial
to adopt an energy strategy with least dependence on vulnerable energy supply channels such
as imported oil from foreign/overseas countries. The p... Read More about Security assessment of importing solar electricity for the EU.

Parallel Optimisation of Pump Schedules with a Thread-Safe Variant of EPANET Toolkit (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
López-Ibáñez, M., Prasad, D. T., & Paechter, B. (2008, August). Parallel Optimisation of Pump Schedules with a Thread-Safe Variant of EPANET Toolkit. Presented at Water Distribution Systems Analysis 2008

The optimisation of pump operations in water distribution networks is an ongoing research topic motivated by the great energy savings that a careful scheduling of pumps may achieve. State-of-the-art approaches often combine an optimisation algorithm,... Read More about Parallel Optimisation of Pump Schedules with a Thread-Safe Variant of EPANET Toolkit.

Mathematical modelling of BIPV-micro wind system: production, storage and usages (2009)
Thesis
Clarke, P. Mathematical modelling of BIPV-micro wind system: production, storage and usages. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3745

This thesis deals with the following aspects of renewable energy technology; solar energy modelling within the urban environment, performance of building integrated renewables including solar photovoltaics and micro wind technology. The development o... Read More about Mathematical modelling of BIPV-micro wind system: production, storage and usages.

Solar Thermal Technologies. (2008)
Book Chapter
Asif, M., & Muneer, T. (2008). Solar Thermal Technologies. In Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1081/E-EEE-120042348

Solar thermal technologies are amongst the most diverse and effective renewable energy technologies. They range from low-temperature (200°C) and sophisticated ones like solar air conditioning and solar thermal power generation. Solar thermal technolo... Read More about Solar Thermal Technologies..

Solar water heating: domestic and Industrial applications. (2008)
Book Chapter
Asif, M., & Muneer, T. (2008). Solar water heating: domestic and Industrial applications. In Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology. Taylor & Francis

Solar water heating is one of the most successful applications of solar thermal technologies. It provides environmentally clean energy and has enormous potential within domestic and industrial sectors. Solar water heaters are categorized into three m... Read More about Solar water heating: domestic and Industrial applications..

Computational study of an integrated collector storage solar water heater. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Garnier, C., Currie, J., Muneer, T., & Girard, A. (2008, October). Computational study of an integrated collector storage solar water heater. Presented at EUROSUN 2008 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOLAR HEATING, COOLING AND BUILDINGS

A simple low cost integrated collector storage solar water heater (ICS-SWH) which has the potential to substantially reduce domestic energy use was proposed for simulation. The
system takes the form of a rectangular-shape incorporating the solar col... Read More about Computational study of an integrated collector storage solar water heater..