Scientific articles

Main HYBUILD findings are disseminated though scientific conference and/or journal publications.

Journal publications

  • Techno-Economic Analysis of a Heat Pump Cycle Including a Three-Media Refrigerant/Phase Change Material/Water Heat Exchanger in the Hot Superheated Section for Efficient Domestic Hot Water Generation; Johann Emhofer, Klemens Marx, Tilman Barz, Felix Hochwallner, Luisa F. Cabeza, Gabriel Zsembinszki, Andreas Strehlow, Birgo Nitsch, Michael Wiesflecker and Werner Pink; Applied Sciences, Published: 6 November 2020

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  • Energy assessment based on semi-dynamic modelling of a photovoltaic driven vapour compression chiller using phase change materials for cold energy storage, Efstratios Varvagiannis, Antonios Charalampidis, Gabriel Zsembinszki, SotiriosKarellas, Luisa F.Cabeza; Renewable Energy; Volume 163, January 2021

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  • Identification of Phase Fraction–Temperature Curves from Heat Capacity Data for Numerical Modeling of Heat Transfer in Commercial Paraffin Waxes, Tilman Barz, Johannes Krämer and Johann Emhofer, Energies 2020, 13(19), 5149; Published : 2 October 2020

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  • Evaluation of in-situ coated porous structures for hybrid heat pumps, Palomba, Valeria; Lombardo, Walter; Grosse, André; Herrmann, Ralph; Nitsch, Birgo; Strehlow, Andreas; Bastian, Raimund; Sapienza, Alessio; Frazzica, Andrea; Energy Volume 209, 15 October 2020, 118313

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  • Performance Study of Direct Integration of Phase Change Material into an Innovative Evaporator of a Simple Vapour Compression System, by Boniface Dominick Mselle, David Vérez, Gabriel Zsembinszki, Emiliano BorriOrcID and Luisa F. Cabeza; Appl. Sci. 2020, 10(13), 4649

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  • Selection of the appropriate phase change material for two innovative compact energy storage systems in residential buildings – Zsembinszki, Gabriel; Fernández, Ángel G.; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Appl. Sci. 2020, 10(6), 2116

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  • Experimental study of a fin-and-tube heat exchanger working as evaporator in subatmospheric conditions – Valeria Palomba, Andrea Frazzica – Applied Thermal Engineering – Volume 175, 5 July 2020, 115336

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  • Hybrid Adsorption-Compression Systems for Air Conditioning in Efficient Buildings: Design through Validated Dynamic Models – Valeria Palomba, Efstratios Varvagiannis, Sotirios Karellas, Andrea Frazzica – Energies 2019, 12(6), 1161;

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  • Phenomenological modelling of phase transitions with hysteresis in solid/liquid PCM – Tilman Barz, Johannn Emhofer, Klemens Marx, Gabriel Zsembinszki & Luisa F. Cabeza – Journal of Building Performance Simulation – ISSN: 1940-1493 (Print) 1940-1507 (Online)

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Conference papers

  • Evaluation of thermal comfort and energy performance of a case study in vernacular architecture of Cyprus – Heracleous, Chryso
    Michael, Aimilios, Charalambous, Chrysanthos, Efthymiou, Venizelos – PLEA 2020 conference – https://www.plea2020.org

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  • Integration of a compact two fluid PCM heat exchanger into the hot superheated section of an air source heat pump cycle for optimized DHW generation – Johann Emhofer, Tilman Barz, Klemens Marx, Felix Hochwallner, Luisa F. Cabeza, Gabriel Zsembinszki, Andreas Strehlow, Birgo Nitsch, Michael Weiss – 25th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, Montreal, Canada, August 24−30, 2019  – Copyright © IIF/IIR. Published with the authorization of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR): www.iifiir.org

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  • Phenomenological modelling of solid/liquid phase transitions in non-ideal PCM – Tilman Barz, Johann Emhofer, Klemens Marx, Gabriel Zsembinszki, Luisa F. Cabeza – Eurotherm Seminar #112 – Advances in Thermal Energy Storage – 2019 – Universitat de Lleida

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  • Phase change material selection for two innovative compact energy storage systems in residential buildings – Gabriel Zsembinszki, Jaume Gasia, Eduard Oró, Luisa F. Cabeza – GREiA Research Group, INSPIRES Research Centre, Universitat de Lleida – XI Congreso Nacional y II Internacional de Ingeniería Termodinámica

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  • Dynamic Modelling of a Hybrid Solar Thermal/electric Energy Storage System for Application in Residential Buildings – Andrea Frazzica, Valeria Palomba, Francesco Sergi, Marco Ferraro, Luisa F. Cabeza, Gabriel Zsembinszki, Eduard Oró, Sotirios Karellas, Stratis Varvagiannis, Johann Emhofer, Tilman Barz – International Solar Energy Society – EuroSun 2018 Conference Proceedings

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  • Heat transfer and dynamics characterization of porous structures for high-density adsorption storages – Valeria Palomba, Fabio Costa, Andrea Frazzica, André Groβe, Ralph Herrmann – Eurotherm Seminar #112 – Advances in Thermal Energy Storage – 2019 – Universitat de Lleida

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  • Development of an innovative compact hybrid electrical-thermal storage system for historic building integrated applications in the Mediterranean climate – C. Heracleous, C. Charalambous, A. Michael, A. Yiannaka, V. Efthymiou – 2019 – Comfort At The Extremes (CATE) conference

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Workshop report

Sun and thermal energy: Europe’s precious energy sources for efficient industries and buildings – S. Scotton, R. Decorme, M. Calderoni, S. Valentino Costa, A. Cuneo, A. Frazzica, S. Barberis, F. Fuligni, F. Martinelli, F. Magrassi – Sustainable Places 2019, Cagliari, 05-07 June 2019

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