This study seeks to quantify the size distribution of existing installed electrical service panels within California's residential buildings, a potentially significant barrier to future decarbonization efforts. A large sample of historical building permit data was collected for municipalities throughout the state, from which permitted panel upgrade...
peer reviewed / Decades ago, limitations in computing power led to the creation of fast direct stability analysis (TSA) methods. Driven by the increasing complexity of power systems and the escalation of critical scenarios, these methods are in demand once again. The identification of the critical cluster (CC) of generators is a prerequisite for di...
peer reviewed / In the following years, the building sector will have to considerably reduce its final energy demand and emissions by adopting new technologies. This paper introduces two innovative technologies capable of reducing the final energy demand of residential buildings: A Heat Pump/Organic Rankine Cycle system coupled to solar thermal col...
Published in GeroScience
The World Health Organization recently declared 2021-2030 the decade of healthy aging. Such emphasis on healthy aging requires an understanding of the biologic challenges aging populations face. Physical frailty is a syndrome of vulnerability that puts a subset of older adults at high risk for adverse health outcomes including functional and cognit...
Optimization of aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) performance in a building system is an important topic for maximizing the seasonal offset between energy demand and supply and minimizing the building's primary energy consumption. To evaluate ATES performance with bidirectional operation, this study develops an analytical solution-based model t...
Two simple processes for enhancing liquid alkaline water electrolyzer performance are demonstrated. Both enhance 3D Ni electrodes by introducing a micron-scale rough structure throughout the bulk of the electrode. Oxidation/reduction relies on a simple thermal treatment cycle to create surface roughening through the volumetric expansion during NiO ...
peer reviewed / Wake steering is a technique that optimizes the energy production of a wind farm by employing yaw control to misalign upstream turbines with the incoming wind direction. This work highlights the important dependence between wind direction variations and wake steering optimization. The problem is formalized over time as the successio...
Published in E3S Web of Conferences
In the sustainability of ceramic forming this paper will provide a comprehensive review of the way that ceramics have changed over time towards sustainability due to Industry 4.0’s current manufacturing technologies which are improving day by day. Particularly this study focuses on reducing the depletion of resources, energy utilization, and natura...
Published in E3S Web of Conferences
Consumption of energy and its demand is increasing constantly. There are various ways to generate energy. Non-renewable energy sources are in high demand, which causes harmful effects on the atmosphere. So environmentally friendly energy sources are very much required. Recently various researchers have been working towards green and environment fri...
