Pei Wang

TL;DR: It is shown that drought legacy effects on vegetation growth differ markedly between forests, shrubs and grass across diverse bioclimatic conditions over the temperate Northern Hemisphere.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of inserting metal foams in the receiver tube of a parabolic trough collector on heat transfer was investigated, and the effects of layout (top/bottom), geometrical parameter (H ), and porosity ( φ ) on the flow resistant, heat transfer and thermo-hydraulic performance were analyzed.

TL;DR: In this article, a unified theoretical model adequately considering the overall heat transfer processes for the windowed volumetric solar receiver (WVSR) is first put forward, where the key component, a windowed cavity incorporated with the irradiated surface of the absorber was modeled in a coupled radiative-convection boundary condition, which detailedly concerning the porous surface structure of the absorbber under local thermal non-equilibrium conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive analysis is presented on utilizing nonhomogeneous porous metal foams as thermal conductivity enhancers (TCEs) in energy storage systems and heat sinks working with phase change materials (PCMs).

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of current research on the social cost of carbon (SCC) is presented, followed by a discussion of the choice of models for the SCC.