This study presents a new integration of air-source heat pumps, solar collectors, and phase
change material tanks regarding the dynamics of outdoor swimming pools, and investigates …

This work investigates a new multi-period vaccination planning problem that simultaneously
optimizes the total travel distance of vaccination recipients (service level) and the …

This study presents an optimization method of Li-ion battery thermal management system (BTMS)
using phase change material (PCM). The optimization objective is to minimize the …

We investigate a perishable food production routing problem with multiple plants and packaging
considerations. The study is inspired by the fact that perishable food products usually …

Recently there have been many reports on the application of phase change materials (PCM)
in solar water heating system (SWHS). However, there are some doubts and different views …

Phase change material (PCM) used in building can enhance the thermal inertia of building
and improve the indoor thermal comfort. A novel shape-stabilized phase change material …

An intelligent logistics system is an important branch of intelligent transportation systems. It
is a great challenge to develop efficient technologies and methodologies to improve its …

Energy crisis and environmental problems motive a variety of research strategies to increase
energy efficiency, decrease stress on energy infrastructure, and consequently reduce CO 2 …

Nowadays air-source heat pumps are widely used to collect heat from ambient air, which can
reduce operating cost and protect environment when compared with fossil-based heating …

Land surface temperature (LST) is a critical thermal variable of the ground surface. However,
accurate LST simulation is still challenging over the Tibetan Plateau (TP), having a large …