Ice-Houses
Energy, Architecture, and Sustainability
- 1st Edition - May 6, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Alireza Dehghani-Sanij, Mehdi N. Bahadori
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 2 7 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 2 7 6 - 8
Ice-Houses: Energy, Architecture and Sustainability presents new and novel technologies and approaches surrounding daily and seasonal ice storage, along with discussions on passiv… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIce-Houses: Energy, Architecture and Sustainability presents new and novel technologies and approaches surrounding daily and seasonal ice storage, along with discussions on passive cooling and natural technologies using different methods, including heat pumps. The book covers different aspects of ice-houses and cold energy production, storage and utilization. By addressing various issues connected to the technology and structure of traditional ice-houses and natural and artificial ice making, this refences looks at new technological approaches for the reduction of electrical energy consumption in buildings.
Users will find this to be a comprehensive overview of ice house storage that includes worked examples and global case studies. It is an essential resource for researchers and engineers looking to advance their understanding of this method of thermal storage.
- Includes worked examples which calculate and determine the amounts of different parameters to help better understand the problem-solving process
- Provides a comprehensive literature review on the history and architecture of ice-houses, along with different ice production and storage methods
- Contains recent developments related to cold energy production and storage through ice making to reduce electricity demand
Electrical engineers, systems engineers, chemical engineers, mechanical engineers and researchers interested in energy production and storage
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Energy consumption and environmental consequences
- Abstract
- 1.1: Introduction
- 1.2: Global energy resources and consumption
- 1.3: The role of energy in social, economic, and sustainable development
- 1.4: Environmental impacts of fossil fuel use
- 1.5: Renewable energy resources: Current status and future prospects
- 1.6: Energy storage technologies
- 1.7: Conclusion
- Chapter 2: Natural production of ice
- Abstract
- 2.1: Introduction
- 2.2: Natural production of ice during winter nights in shallow ponds
- 2.3: Governing equations for natural production of ice
- 2.4: Solving governing equations and determining ice production rate for different climatic conditions
- 2.5: Conclusion
- Chapter 3: Artificial production of ice
- Abstract
- 3.1: Introduction
- 3.2: Methods and types of refrigeration
- 3.3: History of refrigeration
- 3.4: Compression refrigeration systems
- 3.5: Absorption refrigeration systems
- 3.6: Comparison of compression and absorption refrigeration systems
- 3.7: Thermoelectric refrigeration systems
- 3.8: Vortex tube refrigeration systems
- 3.9: Magnetic refrigeration systems
- 3.10: Conclusion
- Chapter 4: The history of traditional Iranian ice-houses
- Abstract
- 4.1: Introduction
- 4.2: The history of traditional ice-houses in literature
- 4.3: The history of traditional ice-houses in foreign travelers’ accounts
- 4.4: Distribution with limited timeframe of traditional ice-houses in Iran
- 4.5: Conclusion
- Chapter 5: The architecture of traditional Iranian ice-houses
- Abstract
- 5.1: The components of ice-houses
- 5.2: Typology of ice-houses
- 5.3: Construction materials used in ice-houses
- 5.4: Decoration of ice-houses
- 5.5: Traditional methods of ice production
- 5.6: Vulnerability of ice-houses
- 5.7: Effect of climate on the distribution of ice-houses
- 5.8: Locations of ice-houses in cities
- 5.9: Construction of an ice-house
- 5.10: Ownership of ice-houses and socioeconomic relationships
- 5.11: Ice sales and ice-house customers
- 5.12: Water sources of ice-houses
- 5.13: Study of ice-house examples
- 5.14: Conclusion
- Chapter 6: Saving energy through semi-natural and low-energy production of ice
- Abstract
- 6.1: Introduction
- 6.2: Semi-natural and low-energy production of ice in underground ponds
- 6.3: Governing equations of semi-natural method of ice production
- 6.4: Determining the rate of ice production by semi-natural method
- 6.5: Estimating the maximum height of ice that can be produced by semi-natural method
- 6.6: Choosing specifications for a semi-natural ice-house to meet the building’s annual cooling demand
- 6.7: The coefficient of performance (COP) of a semi-natural ice-house
- 6.8: Conclusion
- Chapter 7: Ice production to reduce peak power use for space cooling
- Abstract
- 7.1: Introduction
- 7.2: Cold production and storage in the form of ice
- 7.3: Working methods used in cold-producing systems to create and store ice
- 7.4: The advantages of partial storage systems
- 7.5: The advantages of ice production via internal and external melt ice-on-coil
- 7.6: Design and analysis of ice production and storage system for an office building
- 7.7: Conclusion
- Chapter 8: Using various hybrid systems to supply thermal energy needs of buildings
- Abstract
- 8.1: Introduction
- 8.2: Cooling/heating buildings using heat pumps, seasonal ice storage, and a solar energy system
- 8.3: Providing sanitary hot water for buildings through heat pumps, ambient air, and a solar energy system
- 8.4: Analyzing the performance of the proposed hybrid HVAC systems by an example
- 8.5: Methods of localized electricity production
- 8.6: Using solar energy for electricity generation
- 8.7: Integrating various technologies to meet buildings’ thermal energy needs
- 8.8: Conclusion
- Chapter 9: Pictures of traditional ice-houses
- Abstract
- 9.1: Selected pictures of traditional ice-houses
- 9.2: Conclusion
- Nomenclature
- Greek and Latin Symbols
- Subscripts
- Abbreviations
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 6, 2021
- No. of pages (Paperback): 358
- No. of pages (eBook): 358
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128222751
- eBook ISBN: 9780128222768
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Alireza Dehghani-Sanij
Dr. Alireza Dehghani-Sanij is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He studies energy issues such as energy sources, storage and conversion; stand-alone and hybrid renewable energy systems, specifically in geothermal contexts; and passive cooling systems. In a decade’s academic and industrial experience, he has published over 30 papers in scientific journals and presented over 30 papers at conferences. He has also collaborated with other researchers to publish several books in both English and Farsi.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Research Fellow, University of Waterloo, Canada.MB
Mehdi N. Bahadori
Dr. Mehdi N. Bahadori is a Professor (Emeritus) of Mechanical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, Iran. He has published and presented over 200 papers in scientific journals and at conferences, in both English and Farsi. He has also collaborated on some books in both languages, on energy, passive cooling systems, and engineering ethics. Among his scientific and professional memberships are ones in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME), and the Iranian Solar Energy Society.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor (Emeritus) of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran.Read Ice-Houses on ScienceDirect