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Structural response analysis of road pavement solar collector (RPSC) with serpentine heat pipes under validated temperature field (2020)
Journal Article
Zhou, B., Pei, J., Richard Hughes, B., SNM Nasir, D., Vital, B., Pantua, C. A. J., …Zhang, J. (2021). Structural response analysis of road pavement solar collector (RPSC) with serpentine heat pipes under validated temperature field. Construction and Building Materials, 268, Article 121110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121110

Road Pavement Solar Collector (RPSC) is one of the inevitable products of the diversified development of pavement, which can reduce the temperature of the road surface to mitigate the urban heat island (UHI) effect. The arrangement of the heat pipes... Read More about Structural response analysis of road pavement solar collector (RPSC) with serpentine heat pipes under validated temperature field.

Numerical analysis of an urban road pavement solar collector (U-RPSC) for heat island mitigation: Impact on the urban environment (2020)
Journal Article
Nasir, D. S., Pantua, C. A. J., Zhou, B., Vital, B., Calautit, J., & Hughes, B. (2021). Numerical analysis of an urban road pavement solar collector (U-RPSC) for heat island mitigation: Impact on the urban environment. Renewable energy, 164, 618-641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.07.107

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is a phenomenon whereby urban areas become warmer than their surrounding rural areas, due to the replacement of vegetation and soil with built surfaces. The increase in urban temperatures can increase energy demand... Read More about Numerical analysis of an urban road pavement solar collector (U-RPSC) for heat island mitigation: Impact on the urban environment.