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...
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...
Research being undertaken by the Scottish Energy Centre into Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heaters (ICS-SWH).
Presentation / Conference
Currie, J. (2016, April)
Research being undertaken by the Scottish Energy Centre into Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heaters (ICS-SWH)
Thermal model for performance prediction of integrated collector storage systems
Journal Article
Garnier, C., Muneer, T., & Currie, J. (2011)
Thermal model for performance prediction of integrated collector storage systems. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 3, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3549148
The result of many years of global research on solar water heating systems has outlined the promising approach of integrated collector storage solar water heaters (ICS-SWHs) i...
Integrated collector storage solar water heater: temperature stratification
Journal Article
Garnier, C., Currie, J., & Muneer, T. (2009)
Integrated collector storage solar water heater: temperature stratification. Applied Energy, 86, 1465-1469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.12.009
An analysis of the temperature stratification inside an Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heater (ICS-SWH) was carried out. The system takes the form of a rectangular-s...
Security assessment of importing solar electricity for the EU
Journal Article
Asif, M., Currie, J., Muneer, T., & Kubie, J. (2009)
Security assessment of importing solar electricity for the EU. Journal of the Energy Institute, 82(2), 102-105. doi:10.1179/014426009x394008
Prosperity in any society is subject to an adequate and consistent provision of energy. It is crucial
to adopt an energy strategy with least dependence on vulnerable energy su...
Modelling bulk water temperature in integrated collector storage systems
Journal Article
Currie, J., Garnier, C., Muneer, T., Grassie, T., & Henderson, D. (2008)
Modelling bulk water temperature in integrated collector storage systems. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 29, 203-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624408094277
A simple low cost Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heater (ICS-SWH) was proposed for simulation in Scottish weather conditions. The system takes the form of a rectangu...