Case Studies in Construction MaterialsAdopting real-scale monolithic bentonite blocks as a buffer construction material in a high-level waste repository is a preferable approach for ensuring the buffer's target dry density, a requirement difficult to meet with smaller-scale blocks.
Yonghyeon Lee, Ji-Won Kim, Jin-Seop Kim
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Optimal energy performance on allocating energy crops
Biosystems Engineering, 2019 There is a variety of crops that may be considered as potential biomass production crops. In order to select the best suitable for cultivation crop for a given area, a number of several factors should be taken into account. During the crop selection process, a common framework should be followed focussing on financial or energy performance.
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Advanced Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage design and modelling accounting for turbomachinery performance [PDF]
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International comparison of sectoral energy- and labour-productivity performance; stylised facts and decomposition of trends [PDF]
This paper simultaneously explores trends in energy- and labour productivity for 14 OECD countries and 13 sectors over the period 1970-1997. A principal aim of this paper is to trace back macroeconomic productivity developments to developments at the ...
Henri de Groot, Peter Mulder
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State of the Art in the Optimisation of Wind Turbine Performance Using CFD [PDF]
, 2019 Wind energy has received increasing attention in recent years due to its sustainability and geographically wide availability. The efficiency of wind energy utilisation highly depends on the performance of wind turbines, which convert the kinetic energy ...
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Market performance and distributional effects on renewable energy markets [PDF]
A renewable obligation combined with tradable renewable energy certificates is a market-based instrument used to promote the production of electricity from renewable energy sources. A renewable obligation is an alternative for subsidies.
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Modelling of double ventilated facades according to CEN Standard 13790 method and detailed simulation [PDF]
, 2007 The European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) encourages the use of technologies in buildings that can potentially improve their energy performance.
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npj Materials DegradationThe durability of copper (Cu) canisters against corrosion is critical for the licensing of deep geological repositories. Assessing oxic corrosion, a primary degradation mechanism, is essential for ensuring the reliability of such repositories. Due to the
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A review of net zero energy buildings in hot and humid climates: Experience learned from 34 case study buildings [PDF]
, 2019 Sustainable development in the building sector requires the integration of energy efficiency and renewable energy utilization in buildings. In recent years, the concept of net zero energy buildings (NZEBs) has become a potential plausible solution to ...
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Actual energy performance of a zero-carbon neighbourhood [PDF]
, 2014 The evolution towards zero-energy buildings and districts brings along uncertainties about the operational performance, strengths and weaknesses of these technologies, that are often new and unfamiliar to both the designers, owners and users. In Kortrijk,
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