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The main objective of this book is to evaluate alternative energy systems in buildings, regardless of their location and climatic conditions. Over the past few years, the use of passive cooling and heating technologies has become more common for reducing the energy consumption of buildings. However, for some building systems, these technologies are not used very often. Buildings intended for children or the elderly are often climatized to improve indoor thermal conditions. In this Special Issue, a cost reduction in climatization based on passive systems is expected to be conducted. Building site optimization is expected to be performed, to improve thermal behavior. To achieve this, computational fluid dynamics tools are expected to be used. These reductions are expected to be studied for conventional and renewable energy systems, showing that passive systems provide better thermal comfort and reduce the initial investment and energy consumption, making low-cost buildings feasible.

Research & information: general --- renewables --- energy saving and generation --- built environments --- transparent concentrators --- luminescent concentrators --- solar windows --- advanced glazings --- photovoltaics --- PV --- BIPV --- LVDC --- DC/DC module-level converters --- wind energy --- photovoltaic --- complementarity --- grid integration --- building integrated wind turbine --- savonius --- ERA5 --- anemometer --- calibration --- air conditioning --- borehole heat exchanger --- desiccant dehumidification --- enthalpy recovery --- heat pump --- system evaluation --- experimental --- renewables --- energy saving and generation --- built environments --- transparent concentrators --- luminescent concentrators --- solar windows --- advanced glazings --- photovoltaics --- PV --- BIPV --- LVDC --- DC/DC module-level converters --- wind energy --- photovoltaic --- complementarity --- grid integration --- building integrated wind turbine --- savonius --- ERA5 --- anemometer --- calibration --- air conditioning --- borehole heat exchanger --- desiccant dehumidification --- enthalpy recovery --- heat pump --- system evaluation --- experimental

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The main objective of this book is to evaluate alternative energy systems in buildings, regardless of their location and climatic conditions. Over the past few years, the use of passive cooling and heating technologies has become more common for reducing the energy consumption of buildings. However, for some building systems, these technologies are not used very often. Buildings intended for children or the elderly are often climatized to improve indoor thermal conditions. In this Special Issue, a cost reduction in climatization based on passive systems is expected to be conducted. Building site optimization is expected to be performed, to improve thermal behavior. To achieve this, computational fluid dynamics tools are expected to be used. These reductions are expected to be studied for conventional and renewable energy systems, showing that passive systems provide better thermal comfort and reduce the initial investment and energy consumption, making low-cost buildings feasible.

renewables --- energy saving and generation --- built environments --- transparent concentrators --- luminescent concentrators --- solar windows --- advanced glazings --- photovoltaics --- PV --- BIPV --- LVDC --- DC/DC module-level converters --- wind energy --- photovoltaic --- complementarity --- grid integration --- building integrated wind turbine --- savonius --- ERA5 --- anemometer --- calibration --- air conditioning --- borehole heat exchanger --- desiccant dehumidification --- enthalpy recovery --- heat pump --- system evaluation --- experimental

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The book contains the research contributions belonging to the Special Issue "Numerical Simulation of Wind Turbines", published in 2020-2021. They consist of 15 original research papers and 1 editorial. Different topics are discussed, from innovative design solutions for large and small wind turbine to control, from advanced simulation techniques to noise prediction. The variety of methods used in the research contributions testifies the need for a holistic approach to the design and simulation of modern wind turbines and will be able to stimulate the interest of the wind energy community.

Technology: general issues --- large-scale wind turbine balde --- computational aeroacoustics --- sound source detection --- low Mach number turbulent flows --- NACA0012 airfoil --- fluid-structure interaction --- wind turbine --- atmospheric boundary layer --- composite materials --- gusts --- wind energy --- actuator line method --- wind turbine simulation --- regularization kernel --- small wind turbine (SWT) --- computational fluid dynamics (CFD) --- composites --- fluid-structure interaction (FSI) --- VAWT --- gurney flap --- CFD --- RBF --- power augmentation --- Darrieus --- turbulence --- experiments --- turbine wake --- turbine size --- large-eddy simulation --- actuator surface model --- wind turbine wake --- actuator disk model --- dynamic mode decomposition --- coherent structures --- wake meandering --- vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) --- Savonius turbine --- deformable blades --- power coefficient --- blade load --- fluid-structure interaction (FSI) --- uncertainty quantification --- blade damage --- AEP --- winglet --- computational fluid dynamics (CFD), wind energy --- renewable energy --- rotor blade --- tip vortices --- aerodynamics --- ansys fluent --- savonius turbine --- icewind turbine --- static torque --- three-dimensional simulation --- Delayed DES --- H-Darrieus --- micro wind power generation --- wind turbine control --- load mitigation --- individual pitch control --- lifting line free vortex wake --- vortex methods --- pitch --- stall --- engineering codes --- large-scale wind turbine balde --- computational aeroacoustics --- sound source detection --- low Mach number turbulent flows --- NACA0012 airfoil --- fluid-structure interaction --- wind turbine --- atmospheric boundary layer --- composite materials --- gusts --- wind energy --- actuator line method --- wind turbine simulation --- regularization kernel --- small wind turbine (SWT) --- computational fluid dynamics (CFD) --- composites --- fluid-structure interaction (FSI) --- VAWT --- gurney flap --- CFD --- RBF --- power augmentation --- Darrieus --- turbulence --- experiments --- turbine wake --- turbine size --- large-eddy simulation --- actuator surface model --- wind turbine wake --- actuator disk model --- dynamic mode decomposition --- coherent structures --- wake meandering --- vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) --- Savonius turbine --- deformable blades --- power coefficient --- blade load --- fluid-structure interaction (FSI) --- uncertainty quantification --- blade damage --- AEP --- winglet --- computational fluid dynamics (CFD), wind energy --- renewable energy --- rotor blade --- tip vortices --- aerodynamics --- ansys fluent --- savonius turbine --- icewind turbine --- static torque --- three-dimensional simulation --- Delayed DES --- H-Darrieus --- micro wind power generation --- wind turbine control --- load mitigation --- individual pitch control --- lifting line free vortex wake --- vortex methods --- pitch --- stall --- engineering codes

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Modern engineering design processes are driven by the extensive use of numerical simulations; naval architecture and ocean engineering are no exception. Computational power has been improved over the last few decades; therefore, the integration of different tools such as CAD, FEM, CFD, and CAM has enabled complex modeling and manufacturing problems to be solved in a more feasible way. Classical naval design methodology can take advantage of this integration, giving rise to more robust designs in terms of shape, structural and hydrodynamic performances, and the manufacturing process.This Special Issue invites researchers and engineers from both academia and the industry to publish the latest progress in design and manufacturing techniques in marine engineering and to debate the current issues and future perspectives in this research area. Suitable topics for this issue include, but are not limited to, the following:CAD-based approaches for designing the hull and appendages of sailing and engine-powered boats and comparisons with traditional techniques;Finite element method applications to predict the structural performance of the whole boat or of a portion of it, with particular attention to the modeling of the material used;Embedded measurement systems for structural health monitoring;Determination of hydrodynamic efficiency using experimental, numerical, or semi-empiric methods for displacement and planning hulls;Topology optimization techniques to overcome traditional scantling criteria based on international standards;Applications of additive manufacturing to derive innovative shapes for internal reinforcements or sandwich hull structures.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- wave compensation platform --- 3-SPR parallel platform --- 3-RPS parallel platform --- structure optimization --- workspace analysis --- level 4 sea state --- cryogenic tank --- boil-off gas (BOG) --- boil-off rate (BOR) --- finite element analysis (FEA) --- liquid nitrogen --- near-bottom zooplankton --- multi-net --- visible sampling --- fidelity --- deep sea --- sailing yacht design --- rational Bézier curves --- VBA --- excel --- CAD --- VPP --- computational fluid dynamics --- hull design --- air cavity ships --- hull ventilation --- stepped planing hull --- Cartesian adaptive grids --- immersed boundaries --- LES simulation --- velocity prediction program --- numerical optimization --- High-Fidelity analysis --- geometric parameterization --- multihull design --- finite element method --- FSI --- sail design --- gennaker --- sail loads --- biomimetic design --- lightweight structure --- computer fluid dynamics --- design for additive manufacturing --- autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) --- collision avoidance planning --- deep reinforcement learning (DRL) --- double-DQN (D-DQN) --- computational model --- oscillating water column --- wave energy converter --- turbulent flows --- Savonius turbine --- n/a --- rational Bézier curves

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Modern engineering design processes are driven by the extensive use of numerical simulations; naval architecture and ocean engineering are no exception. Computational power has been improved over the last few decades; therefore, the integration of different tools such as CAD, FEM, CFD, and CAM has enabled complex modeling and manufacturing problems to be solved in a more feasible way. Classical naval design methodology can take advantage of this integration, giving rise to more robust designs in terms of shape, structural and hydrodynamic performances, and the manufacturing process.This Special Issue invites researchers and engineers from both academia and the industry to publish the latest progress in design and manufacturing techniques in marine engineering and to debate the current issues and future perspectives in this research area. Suitable topics for this issue include, but are not limited to, the following:CAD-based approaches for designing the hull and appendages of sailing and engine-powered boats and comparisons with traditional techniques;Finite element method applications to predict the structural performance of the whole boat or of a portion of it, with particular attention to the modeling of the material used;Embedded measurement systems for structural health monitoring;Determination of hydrodynamic efficiency using experimental, numerical, or semi-empiric methods for displacement and planning hulls;Topology optimization techniques to overcome traditional scantling criteria based on international standards;Applications of additive manufacturing to derive innovative shapes for internal reinforcements or sandwich hull structures.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- wave compensation platform --- 3-SPR parallel platform --- 3-RPS parallel platform --- structure optimization --- workspace analysis --- level 4 sea state --- cryogenic tank --- boil-off gas (BOG) --- boil-off rate (BOR) --- finite element analysis (FEA) --- liquid nitrogen --- near-bottom zooplankton --- multi-net --- visible sampling --- fidelity --- deep sea --- sailing yacht design --- rational Bézier curves --- VBA --- excel --- CAD --- VPP --- computational fluid dynamics --- hull design --- air cavity ships --- hull ventilation --- stepped planing hull --- Cartesian adaptive grids --- immersed boundaries --- LES simulation --- velocity prediction program --- numerical optimization --- High-Fidelity analysis --- geometric parameterization --- multihull design --- finite element method --- FSI --- sail design --- gennaker --- sail loads --- biomimetic design --- lightweight structure --- computer fluid dynamics --- design for additive manufacturing --- autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) --- collision avoidance planning --- deep reinforcement learning (DRL) --- double-DQN (D-DQN) --- computational model --- oscillating water column --- wave energy converter --- turbulent flows --- Savonius turbine --- wave compensation platform --- 3-SPR parallel platform --- 3-RPS parallel platform --- structure optimization --- workspace analysis --- level 4 sea state --- cryogenic tank --- boil-off gas (BOG) --- boil-off rate (BOR) --- finite element analysis (FEA) --- liquid nitrogen --- near-bottom zooplankton --- multi-net --- visible sampling --- fidelity --- deep sea --- sailing yacht design --- rational Bézier curves --- VBA --- excel --- CAD --- VPP --- computational fluid dynamics --- hull design --- air cavity ships --- hull ventilation --- stepped planing hull --- Cartesian adaptive grids --- immersed boundaries --- LES simulation --- velocity prediction program --- numerical optimization --- High-Fidelity analysis --- geometric parameterization --- multihull design --- finite element method --- FSI --- sail design --- gennaker --- sail loads --- biomimetic design --- lightweight structure --- computer fluid dynamics --- design for additive manufacturing --- autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) --- collision avoidance planning --- deep reinforcement learning (DRL) --- double-DQN (D-DQN) --- computational model --- oscillating water column --- wave energy converter --- turbulent flows --- Savonius turbine