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Uncertainty Analysis of Weather Forecast Data for Cooling Load Forecasting Based on the Monte Carlo Method

Energies, 2018
Recently, the cooling load forecasting for the short-term has received increasing attention in the field of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), which is conducive to the HVAC system operation control.
Jing Zhao, Yaoqi Duan, Xiaojuan Liu
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Spatially Decoupling Heating and Evaporation for Convection‐Enhanced 3D Solar Evaporation With Continuous Salt Harvesting

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An architecture‐enabled bottom‐heated 3D solar convective evaporator spatially decouples photothermal heating from evaporation, triggering natural convection that intensifies sidewall vapour removal and heat transfer. The system achieves significantly enhanced evaporation rates over 2D and conventional 3D designs while confining salt precipitation to ...
Xiaolong Ma, Yan Zhao, Yan Yan, Muhammad Amjad, Guice Yao, Hui Gao, Shudan Wei, Dongsheng Wen   +7 more
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Building Heat Demand Prediction Based on Reinforcement Learning for Thermal Comfort Management

Energies, 2022
The accurate prediction of building heat demand plays the critical role in refined management of heating, which is the basis for on-demand heating operation. This paper proposed a prediction model framework for building heat demand based on reinforcement
Chendong Wang, Lihong Zheng, Jianjuan Yuan, Ke Huang, Zhihua Zhou   +4 more
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Portable Breathing Monitoring With Phase‐Resolved Airflow Dynamics Enabled by a Dual‐Response Flexible PZT Sensor

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A portable respiratory monitoring device based on a flexible PZT sensor captures pressure‐ and temperature‐related airflow responses in a single waveform. Polarity‐opposed piezoelectric and pyroelectric components generate a narrow transient spike and a broad quasi‐steady peak during both inhalation and exhalation. This dual‐component structure enables
Minyu Li, Jun Aoyama, Yuchao Wu, Tomomi Uchiyama, Kosho Yoshikawa, Toshiki Mano, Yuxi Song, Hedong Zhang   +7 more
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Identification of key volatile organic compounds in aircraft cabins and associated inhalation health risks

Environment International, 2022
The identification of key VOCs during flights is important in creating a satisfactory aircraft cabin environment. Two VOC databases for the building indoor environment (from 251 occupied residences) and the aircraft cabin environment (from 56 commercial ...
Yihui Yin, Junzhou He, Lei Zhao, Jingjing Pei, Xudong Yang, Yuexia Sun, Xikang Cui, Chao-Hsin Lin, Daniel Wei, Qingyan Chen   +9 more
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High Light Utilization and Color Rendering in Vacuum‐Deposited Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
In this work, low bandgap (≈1.55 eV) semitransparent perovskite solar cells (ST‐PSCs) having thin (thickness < ≈100 nm) perovskite layers and transparent conductive oxide‐based rear electrodes are fabricated using vacuum‐deposition methods. Two different ST‐PSCs demonstrated a high light utilization efficiency value of 4.2 (PCE: 9.26% and AVT: 45.3 ...
Abhyuday Paliwal, Manuel Romero, Lennart van den Hengel, Nathan Rodkey, Kassio P. S. Zanoni, Gabriel Lozano, Cristina Roldán‐Carmona, Michele Sessolo, Hernán Míguez, Henk J. Bolink   +9 more
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Climate change – health impacts due to changes in the indoor environment; research need [PDF]

, 2012
People in industrialised countries spend approximately 80% of their time indoors and the young and the elderly and people in poor health are likely to spend considerably more time indoors, particularly at home. Therefore all aspects of health that are
Crump, Derrick
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The relationship between indoor air quality (IAQ) and perceived air quality (PAQ) – a review and case analysis of Chinese residential environment

Energy and Built Environment
Due to the majority of time people spent indoors, indoor air quality is not only critical to people's health, comfort, but can also significantly influence occupants perception on indoor environment.
Jingjing Pei, Meinan Qu, Luyao Sun, Xueyong Wang, Yihui Yin   +4 more
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Elephant‐Skin‐Inspired Porous Cementitious Tiles with Programmable Crack Networks for Passive Cooling

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Elephant‐skin‐inspired crack networks are programmed in porous diatomaceous earth (DE)‐cement composites using substrate‐guided, stress‐concentration induced fracture. The resulting crack lattices act as capillary conduits that redistribute water, while the porous matrix stores moisture.
Qingya Huang, Kun‐Hao Yu, Ji Yoon Bae, Yunchan Lee, Dorit Aviv, Shu Yang   +5 more
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Indoor environmental quality influences cognitive functions: A critical review

, 2020
The effects of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) on occupant cognitive functions have been increasingly studied in recent years. The purpose of this review is to present and summarize the multi-dimensional links between the IEQ and cognitive functions ...
Wang, Chao, Liu, Shichao, Zhang, Fan
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