Mohammed Farid

TL;DR: In this article, the thermal performance of an active phase change materials (PCM) system was compared with that of a passive system, and the authors investigated the potential of passive and active systems for energy saving and peak load shifting.

TL;DR: The use of EnergyPlus software to simulate the heating demand profile of latent heat energy storage systems, with Solving Constraint Integer Programs (SCIP) as the optimization tool, revealed that by increasing the prediction horizon and PCM mass, more cost saving could be obtained.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new salt-based thermochemical composite for long-term storage of low-grade thermal energy which enables overcoming mismatch between energy demand and supply was developed, and the performance of two low-cost host porous structures, expanded clay and pumice, impregnated with the most suitable salt for storing low grade thermal energy was studied over a few number of cycles using a lab-scale packed bed reactor.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the use of an active phase change materials (PCM) storage system in buildings and evaluate its energy performance over the different seasons, which can store solar energy in cold seasons or free night cooling in warm seasons for later use and hence reduce the heating/cooling load requirements.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the environmental impact of algae-derived bio-fuels and found that the energy efficiency ratio and carbon and water footprint for algal-based bio-fuel still need to be evaluated.