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Research
& Development projects
The
Unit has been responsible for 17 R&D projects, since 1994; 14 of these were
funded by the European Commission, under programmes JOULE, Energy and
Sustainable Development and others. They involved as partners research
institutions and companies from all over
Europe
and beyond. The total budget managed by the Unit exceeded 3.5 million euros.
List
of main R&D projects run:
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RD-SBES
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Research
& Development on Sustainable Building Energy Systems and Retrofitting (EU contract ref.
PIRSES-CT2010-269205,
2011-15)
maintenance of long-term partnerships between several European
and Chinese universities through the common development of several
sustainable energy technologies for heating, cooling and distributed power
generation as well as the promotion of techniques and strategies for
building renovation
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POWERSOL
- Mechanical
Power Generation Based on Solar Thermodynamic Engines (EU contract ref.
INCO-CT2006-032344,
2007-10)
 
development
and optimisation of a solar-driven system to generate mechanical energy,
using different solar collector prototypes; mechanical energy may be used
for electricity generation or desalination (POWERSOL
website)
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| MEDITERRANEAN-AIRCOND - An
Advanced Solar-Driven Air Conditioning System
for Mediterranean Climate
(EU contract ref.
INCO-CT2006-032227,
2007-10)
 
development,
construction and testing of an air conditioning system driven by novel
vacuum tube solar collectors, coupled to a special ejector/exchanger and a
two-phase storage
(MED-AIRCOND
website)
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| TRI-GEN
EGD - A Novel Tri-Generation Electrogasdynamic Converter System
(EU contract ref.
ENK6-CT2002-00686,
2003-05)
 
development
of a novel system to generate electricity, heating and cooling, based on the
integration of an ejector refrigeration cycle with an electro-gas-dynamic
power converter, able to directly convert thermal energy into electricity
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| SOLAR
LOUVRE - Solar Louvre Building Integrated Collector
(EU contract ref. ENK5-CT2000-0330,
2001-03)
development,
construction and testing of a solar collector integrated in building shading
devices of the louvre type
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HYBRID-CHP
- A Hybrid Combined Heat and Power System (EU
contract ref. ENK5-CT2000-0080,
2000-03)
 
development,
construction and testing of a prototype system to generate electricity and
heat in buildings, by using a micro-turbine and heat pipe solar collectors
which integrate
boiler gas recovery
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| ECOCOOL
- Ecological Cooling for Buildings by Combining a Closed Wet Cooling Tower
With Chilled Ceilings (EU contract
ref. JOR3-CT97-0195,
1997-2000)
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development
and testing of a cooling system combining
water chilled ceilings with an indirect contact cooling tower (ECOCOOL
website)
| COOLGEN
- An Integrated Hybrid Solar/Gas System for Buildings
(EU contract ref.
JOR3-CT97-0183,
1998-2000)
development,
construction and testing of a prototype system to generate electricity and
cooling in buildings, by combining solar energy and gas, using a
micro-turbine and an
ejector heat pump
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| TRIPLE-SAVE
- An Integrated System for Daylighting, Natural Ventilation and Solar
Heating for Buildings (EU contract
ref. JOR3-CT97-0172,
1998-2000)
 
development
and testing of an integrated system for daylighting, natural ventilation and
heating of buildings using
light pipes combined with a ventilation duct and by collecting invisible
solar radiation
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| DESICAIR
Cooling - A Novel Desiccant Cooling System Using Needle Impeller Rotors
(EU contract ref.
JOE3-CT97-0054,
1998-2000)
development
and testing of a new and economical desiccant refrigeration system, using a
liquid desiccant and fibre-built rotors
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| THERMAL
DIODE - An Investigation Into the Design and Performance of a Thermal Diode
Wall (EU contract
ref. JOE3-CT98-0092,
1998-2000)
  development
and testing of a thermal diode wall incorporating metal and plastic heat
pipes
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SAVEHEAT
- Solar Assisted Natural Ventilation With Heat Pipe Heat Recovery
(EU contract ref.
JOR3-CT95-0019,
1996-98)
numerical
and experimental evaluation of natural ventilation systems for buildings
using solar chimneys and energy recovery with a heat pipe
heat exchanger
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ROTARY
HP - Rotary Vapour Recompression Heat Pump (EU
contract ref. JOU2-CT93-0344,
1994-96)
development,
construction and testing of a novel rotating refrigeration machine operating
on a mixed absorption-compression cycle using environmentally-friendly
refrigerants
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