Whole-life design and resource reuse of a solar water heater in the UK
Journal Article
Saint, R. M., Pomponi, F., Garnier, C., & Currie, J. I. (2019)
Whole-life design and resource reuse of a solar water heater in the UK. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 172(3), 153-164. https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.17.00068
Passive solar systems are often designed primarily with efficiency in mind, and research efforts are concentrated towards gaining an increase in performance. However, due to t...
Enhancement of Albedo for Solar Energy Gain with Particular Emphasis on Overcast Skies
Journal Article
Gul, M., Kotak, Y., Muneer, T., & Ivanova, S. (2018)
Enhancement of Albedo for Solar Energy Gain with Particular Emphasis on Overcast Skies. Energies, 11(11), 2881. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11112881
In the absence of ground reflected radiation measured data, an average albedo value of 0.2, which describes the reflective properties of the bare ground is generally used. The...
Parked electric car's cabin heat management using photovoltaic powered ventilation system
Journal Article
Kolhe, M., Adhikari, S., & Muneer, T. (2019)
Parked electric car's cabin heat management using photovoltaic powered ventilation system. Applied Energy, 233-234, 403-411. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.10.012
This paper explores the use of electric car roof mounted photovoltaic (PV) powered ventilation for cabin heat management/ventilation. A fully-functional Renault Zoe electric c...
Thermal Performance through Heat Retention in Integrated Collector-Storage Solar Water Heaters: A Review
Journal Article
Saint, R. M., Garnier, C., Pomponi, F., & Currie, J. (2018)
Thermal Performance through Heat Retention in Integrated Collector-Storage Solar Water Heaters: A Review. Energies, 11(6), 1615. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11061615
Solar thermal systems are a long-standing technology that is receiving increased attention, in terms of research and development, due to ambitious climate change targets and t...
Numerical and empirical evaluation of a novel building integrated collector storage solar water heater
Journal Article
Garnier, C., Muneer, T., & Currie, J. (2018)
Numerical and empirical evaluation of a novel building integrated collector storage solar water heater. Renewable Energy, 126, 281-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.03.041
Integrated collector storage is a long established simple low cost solar water heater configuration combining the solar collector with a storage tank into a single unit. Previ...
A novel teaching program for inter-surface radiation exchange
Journal Article
Muneer, T., & Ivanova, S. (2016)
A novel teaching program for inter-surface radiation exchange. Educational Alternatives, 14, 357-366
The present article describes a possible pedagogical approach for delivering a module in inter-surface radiation exchange that will encompass the following applications and wi...
Review on recent trend of solar photovoltaic technology
Journal Article
Gul, M., Kotak, Y., & Muneer, T. (2016)
Review on recent trend of solar photovoltaic technology. Energy Exploration and Exploitation, 34(4), 485-526. https://doi.org/10.1177/0144598716650552
Solar photovoltaic technology is one of the renewable technologies, which has a potential to shape a clean, reliable, scalable and affordable electricity system for the future...
Developing multiple regression models from the manufacturer's ground-source heat pump catalogue data.
Journal Article
Ordoñez, J., Girard, A., Simon, F., Reddy, T., & Muneer, T. (2016)
Developing multiple regression models from the manufacturer's ground-source heat pump catalogue data. Renewable Energy, 95, 413-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.04.045
The performance of ground-source heat pumps (GSHP), often expressed as Power drawn and/or the COP,
depends on several operating parameters. Manufacturers usually publish such ...
Spain's energy outlook: A review of PV potential and energy export
Journal Article
Gago, E., Girard, A., Ordoñez, J., & Muneer, T. (2016)
Spain's energy outlook: A review of PV potential and energy export. Renewable Energy, 86, 703-715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2015.08.074
Spain must reduce its energy consumption by 23% and achieve 100% renewable energy in electricity generation by 2030. This paper presents the current energy scenario en Spain, ...
Finite-element heat-transfer computations for parallel surfaces with uniform or non-uniform emitting.
Journal Article
Ivanova, S. M., & Muneer, T. (2016)
Finite-element heat-transfer computations for parallel surfaces with uniform or non-uniform emitting. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 8(1), 15102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4942543
Radiation heat transfer has very many applications in building physics. In such studies, one has to deal with radiant energy exchanges between surfaces of different orientatio...