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Prof. Sergio Sibilio
UniversitĂ  degli Studi della Campania, Dipartimento di Architettura e Disegno Industriale

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Sergio Sibilio, born in Naples on 10.10.1960, is full professor of Building physics and building energy systems at the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design; he teaches in the courses of Built Environment Control (Master Course - Architecture) and Lighting Design (Master Course – Design for Innovation). Graduated in mechanical engineering, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Naples FEDERICO II, in July of 1986 with vote 110/110 cum laude. In 1990 he got the PhD title with a dissertation on Thermodynamic Analysis of Vapor Compression Inverse Cycle; he served at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Naples FEDERICO II, first as a researcher, and later as Associate professor. He is a member of the PhD College in "Architecture, Industrial Design and Cultural Heritage" and member of the Technology Transfer Commission of the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli". He has held lectures and seminars at foreign universities in the framework of ERASMUS Mobility and has served as reviewer and Editorial Board member for international journals. He is the co-author of two patents for industrial invention covering monocomponent and bicomponent tiles with or without photovoltaic module. Expert evaluator for industrial research and pre-competitive development projects, he is the author of 2 printed volumes and more than 200 scientific publications concerning the fields of Applied Thermodynamics, Lighting, Energy saving in Building and Environment.

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Published: 28 August 2021 in Energies
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The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system serving the test room of the SENS i-Lab of the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (Aversa, south of Italy) has been experimentally investigated through a series of tests performed during both summer and winter under both normal and faulty scenarios. In particular, five distinct typical faults have been artificially implemented in the HVAC system and analyzed during transient and steady-state operation. An optimal artificial neural network-based system model has been created in the MATLAB platform and verified by contrasting the experimental data with the predictions of twenty-two different neural network architectures. The selected artificial neural network architecture has been coupled with a dynamic simulation model developed by using the TRaNsient SYStems (TRNSYS) software platform with the main aims of (i) making available an experimental dataset characterized by labeled normal and faulty data covering a wide range of operating and climatic conditions; (ii) providing an accurate simulation tool able to generate operation data for assisting further research in fault detection and diagnosis of HVAC units; and (iii) evaluating the impact of selected faults on occupant indoor thermo-hygrometric comfort, temporal trends of key operating system parameters, and electric energy consumptions.

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Antonio Rosato; Francesco Guarino; Sergio Sibilio; Evgueniy Entchev; Massimiliano Masullo; Luigi Maffei. Healthy and Faulty Experimental Performance of a Typical HVAC System under Italian Climatic Conditions: Artificial Neural Network-Based Model and Fault Impact Assessment. Energies 2021, 14, 5362 .

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Antonio Rosato, Francesco Guarino, Sergio Sibilio, Evgueniy Entchev, Massimiliano Masullo, Luigi Maffei. Healthy and Faulty Experimental Performance of a Typical HVAC System under Italian Climatic Conditions: Artificial Neural Network-Based Model and Fault Impact Assessment. Energies. 2021; 14 (17):5362.

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Antonio Rosato; Francesco Guarino; Sergio Sibilio; Evgueniy Entchev; Massimiliano Masullo; Luigi Maffei. 2021. "Healthy and Faulty Experimental Performance of a Typical HVAC System under Italian Climatic Conditions: Artificial Neural Network-Based Model and Fault Impact Assessment." Energies 14, no. 17: 5362.

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Published: 10 July 2021 in Sensors
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The so-called Internet of Things (IoT), which is rapidly increasing the number of network-connected and interconnected objects, could have a far-reaching impact in identifying the link between human health, well-being, and environmental concerns. In line with the IoT concept, many commercial wearables have been introduced in recent years, which differ from the usual devices in that they use the term “smart” alongside the terms “watches”, “glasses”, and “jewellery”. Commercially available wearables aim to enhance smartphone functionality by enabling payment for commercial items or monitoring physical activity. However, what is the trend of scientific production about the concept of wearables regarding environmental monitoring issues? What are the main areas of interest covered by scientific production? What are the main findings and limitations of the developed solution in this field? The methodology used to answer the above questions is based on a systematic review. The data were acquired following a reproducible methodology. The main result is that, among the thermal, visual, acoustic, and air quality environmental factors, the last one is the most considered when using wearables even though in combination with some others. Another relevant finding is that of the acquired studies; in only one, the authors shared their wearables as an open-source device, and it will probably be necessary to encourage researchers to consider open-source as a means to promote scalability and proliferation of new wearables customized to cover different domains.

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Francesco Salamone; Massimiliano Masullo; Sergio Sibilio. Wearable Devices for Environmental Monitoring in the Built Environment: A Systematic Review. Sensors 2021, 21, 4727 .

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Francesco Salamone, Massimiliano Masullo, Sergio Sibilio. Wearable Devices for Environmental Monitoring in the Built Environment: A Systematic Review. Sensors. 2021; 21 (14):4727.

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Francesco Salamone; Massimiliano Masullo; Sergio Sibilio. 2021. "Wearable Devices for Environmental Monitoring in the Built Environment: A Systematic Review." Sensors 21, no. 14: 4727.

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Published: 01 April 2021 in Buildings
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Plastic materials are increasingly becoming used in the building envelope, despite a lack of investigation on their effects. In this work, an extruded Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene panel has been tested as a second-skin layer in a ventilated facade system using a full-scale facility. The experimental results show that it is possible to achieve performances very similar to conventional materials. A numerical model has then been developed and used to investigate the performances of plastic and composite polymer panels as second-skin layers. The experimental data has been used to verify the behavior of the numerical model, from a thermal point of view, showing good reliability, with a root mean square error lower than 0.40 °C. This model has then been applied in different refurbishment cases upon varying: the polymer and the manufacturing technology (extruded or 3D-printed panels). Eight refurbishment case studies have been carried out on a typical office building located in Napoli (Italy), by means of a dynamic simulation software. The simulation results show that the proposed actions allow the reduction of the thermal and cooling energy demand (up to 6.9% and 3.1%, respectively), as well as the non-renewable primary energy consumption (up to 2.6%), in comparison to the reference case study.

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Giovanni Ciampi; Yorgos Spanodimitriou; Michelangelo Scorpio; Antonio Rosato; Sergio Sibilio. Energy Performances Assessment of Extruded and 3D Printed Polymers Integrated into Building Envelopes for a South Italian Case Study. Buildings 2021, 11, 141 .

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Giovanni Ciampi, Yorgos Spanodimitriou, Michelangelo Scorpio, Antonio Rosato, Sergio Sibilio. Energy Performances Assessment of Extruded and 3D Printed Polymers Integrated into Building Envelopes for a South Italian Case Study. Buildings. 2021; 11 (4):141.

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Giovanni Ciampi; Yorgos Spanodimitriou; Michelangelo Scorpio; Antonio Rosato; Sergio Sibilio. 2021. "Energy Performances Assessment of Extruded and 3D Printed Polymers Integrated into Building Envelopes for a South Italian Case Study." Buildings 11, no. 4: 141.

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Published: 19 October 2020 in Energies
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A micro-scale district heating network based on the operation of solar thermal collectors coupled to a long-term borehole thermal storage is modeled, simulated and investigated over a period of five years. The plant is devoted to covering the domestic hot water and space heating demands of a district composed of six typical residential buildings located in Naples (southern Italy). Three alternative natural gas-fueled back-up auxiliary systems (condensing boiler and two different technologies of micro-cogeneration) aiming at balancing the solar energy intermittency are investigated. The utilization of electric storages in combination with the cogeneration systems is also considered with the aim of improving the self-consumption of cogenerated electric energy; heat recovery from the distribution circuit is also evaluated to pre-heat the mains water for domestic hot water production. The performances of the proposed plant schemes are contrasted with those of a typical Italian decentralized heating plant (based on the utilization of natural gas-fueled non-condensing boilers). The comparison highlighted that the proposed configurations can decrease the primary energy consumption (up to 11.3%), the equivalent emissions of carbon dioxide (up to 11.3%), and the operation costs (up to 14.3%), together with an acceptable simple pay-back period (about 4.4 years).

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Antonio Rosato; Antonio Ciervo; Giovanni Ciampi; Michelangelo Scorpio; Sergio Sibilio. Integration of Micro-Cogeneration Units and Electric Storages into a Micro-Scale Residential Solar District Heating System Operating with a Seasonal Thermal Storage. Energies 2020, 13, 5456 .

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Antonio Rosato, Antonio Ciervo, Giovanni Ciampi, Michelangelo Scorpio, Sergio Sibilio. Integration of Micro-Cogeneration Units and Electric Storages into a Micro-Scale Residential Solar District Heating System Operating with a Seasonal Thermal Storage. Energies. 2020; 13 (20):5456.

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Antonio Rosato; Antonio Ciervo; Giovanni Ciampi; Michelangelo Scorpio; Sergio Sibilio. 2020. "Integration of Micro-Cogeneration Units and Electric Storages into a Micro-Scale Residential Solar District Heating System Operating with a Seasonal Thermal Storage." Energies 13, no. 20: 5456.

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Published: 01 August 2020 in Energies
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Automated fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) could provide a cornerstone for predictive maintenance of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems based on the development of simulation models able to accurately compare the faulty operation with respect to nominal conditions. In this paper, several experiments have been carried out for assessing the performance of the HVAC unit (nominal cooling/heating capacity of 5.0/5.0 kW) controlling the thermo-hygrometric comfort inside a 4.0 Ă— 4.0 Ă— 3.6 m test room at the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (Italy); then, a detailed dynamic simulation model has been developed and validated by contrasting the predictions with the measured data. The model has also been used to analyze the dynamic variations of key parameters associated to faulty operation in comparison to normal performance, in order to identify simplified rules for detection of any non-optimal states of HVAC devices. Finally, the simulated performance of the HVAC unit has also been investigated while serving a typical Italian building office with and without the occurrence of typical faults with the main aim of assessing the impact of the faults on thermo-hygrometric comfort conditions as well as electric energy consumption.

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Antonio Rosato; Francesco Guarino; Vincenzo Filomena; Sergio Sibilio; Luigi Maffei. Experimental Calibration and Validation of a Simulation Model for Fault Detection of HVAC Systems and Application to a Case Study. Energies 2020, 13, 3948 .

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Antonio Rosato, Francesco Guarino, Vincenzo Filomena, Sergio Sibilio, Luigi Maffei. Experimental Calibration and Validation of a Simulation Model for Fault Detection of HVAC Systems and Application to a Case Study. Energies. 2020; 13 (15):3948.

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Antonio Rosato; Francesco Guarino; Vincenzo Filomena; Sergio Sibilio; Luigi Maffei. 2020. "Experimental Calibration and Validation of a Simulation Model for Fault Detection of HVAC Systems and Application to a Case Study." Energies 13, no. 15: 3948.

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Published: 24 July 2020 in Building and Environment
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This study discusses a full-scale Electric-Driven smart window from both an experimental and numerical point of view. The first part of this paper reports the experimental performances of the investigated smart window, using a full-scale outdoor test-room. The tests are carried out during the summer under real sky conditions varying the state of the Electric-Driven window (clear and milky). In the second part, a numerical model is developed and validated using the data acquired during the in-situ experiments. Finally, the developed simulation model is used to assess the performances of the Electric-Driven window varying the switching control strategies (from clear to milky and vice versa) in a refurbishment case study of a building office façade located in the south of Italy. In particular, the reduction of the indoor air temperature (up to 2.1 °C), the reduction of cooling energy demand (up to about 41.0%), the primary energy saving (up to about 4.0%) and the reduction of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions (up to about 2.2%) are evaluated. The analysis is performed comparing the simulation results associated to a case with the Electric-Driven window with those where a typical double glass low-e window is used.

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Giovanni Ciampi; Michelangelo Scorpio; Yorgos Spanodimitriou; Antonio Rosato; Sergio Sibilio. Thermal model validation of an electric-driven smart window through experimental data and evaluation of the impact on a case study. Building and Environment 2020, 181, 107134 .

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Giovanni Ciampi, Michelangelo Scorpio, Yorgos Spanodimitriou, Antonio Rosato, Sergio Sibilio. Thermal model validation of an electric-driven smart window through experimental data and evaluation of the impact on a case study. Building and Environment. 2020; 181 ():107134.

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Giovanni Ciampi; Michelangelo Scorpio; Yorgos Spanodimitriou; Antonio Rosato; Sergio Sibilio. 2020. "Thermal model validation of an electric-driven smart window through experimental data and evaluation of the impact on a case study." Building and Environment 181, no. : 107134.

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Published: 24 July 2020 in Energies
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More and more cities are evolving into smart cities, increasing their attractiveness, energy efficiency, and users’ satisfaction. Lighting systems play an important role in the evolution process, thanks to their ability to affect city life at night along with people’s mood and behaviour. In this scenario, advanced lighting design methods such as virtual reality (VR) became essential to assess lighting systems from different points of view, especially those linked with the city users’ expectations. Initially, the review highlights a list of objective and subjective parameters to be considered for the lighting design of three main city areas/applications: roads, green areas and buildings. Besides, the state-of-art in using VR for outdoor lighting design is established. Finally, the Unreal game engine is used to analyse the ability of VR to take into account the lighting parameters, not yet investigated in current literature and to highlight the VR potential for augmenting lighting design. The results confirm the benefit of using VR in lighting design, even if further investigations are needed to establish its reliability, especially from the photometrical point of view.

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Michelangelo Scorpio; Roberta Laffi; Massimiliano Masullo; Giovanni Ciampi; Antonio Rosato; Luigi Maffei; Sergio Sibilio. Virtual Reality for Smart Urban Lighting Design: Review, Applications and Opportunities. Energies 2020, 13, 3809 .

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Michelangelo Scorpio, Roberta Laffi, Massimiliano Masullo, Giovanni Ciampi, Antonio Rosato, Luigi Maffei, Sergio Sibilio. Virtual Reality for Smart Urban Lighting Design: Review, Applications and Opportunities. Energies. 2020; 13 (15):3809.

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Michelangelo Scorpio; Roberta Laffi; Massimiliano Masullo; Giovanni Ciampi; Antonio Rosato; Luigi Maffei; Sergio Sibilio. 2020. "Virtual Reality for Smart Urban Lighting Design: Review, Applications and Opportunities." Energies 13, no. 15: 3809.

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Published: 09 June 2020 in Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
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In this paper a solar hybrid district heating network integrated with a seasonal borehole thermal energy storage is modelled, dynamically simulated and analyzed over a 5-year period. The system is devoted to satisfying the thermal demand for space heating and domestic hot water production of a small-scale district consisting of 6 typical Italian single-family houses, located in Naples (south of Italy). The performance of the proposed plant is investigated by analyzing 6 plant configurations differing in terms of (i) solar field and/or (ii) technology to be used as back-up system for compensating the intermittency of solar. In particular, two different configurations of solar field have been analyzed: the first one with solar thermal collectors only, the second one integrating solar thermal collectors and photovoltaic panels coupled with a battery storage; with respect to the auxiliary unit, four different alternative systems have been considered: (i) natural gas-fired boiler, (ii) natural gas-fueled internal combustion engine-based micro-cogeneration unit, (iii) natural gas-fueled reciprocating external combustion Stirling engine-based micro-cogeneration device, and (iv) wood pellet boiler. Finally, an alternative operating scheme is also proposed in order to better exploit the solar source in producing the domestic hot water. The primary energy consumption, the equivalent global carbon dioxide emissions, the operating and capital costs of the proposed configurations of the solar hybrid district network are evaluated based on the simulation results and then compared with those associated to a conventional Italian decentralized heating system in order to assess the main energy, environmental and economic benefits/drawbacks.

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Antonio Rosato; Antonio Ciervo; Giovanni Ciampi; Michelangelo Scorpio; Francesco Guarino; Sergio Sibilio. Energy, environmental and economic dynamic assessment of a solar hybrid heating network operating with a seasonal thermal energy storage serving an Italian small-scale residential district: Influence of solar and back-up technologies. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2020, 19, 100591 .

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Antonio Rosato, Antonio Ciervo, Giovanni Ciampi, Michelangelo Scorpio, Francesco Guarino, Sergio Sibilio. Energy, environmental and economic dynamic assessment of a solar hybrid heating network operating with a seasonal thermal energy storage serving an Italian small-scale residential district: Influence of solar and back-up technologies. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 2020; 19 ():100591.

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Antonio Rosato; Antonio Ciervo; Giovanni Ciampi; Michelangelo Scorpio; Francesco Guarino; Sergio Sibilio. 2020. "Energy, environmental and economic dynamic assessment of a solar hybrid heating network operating with a seasonal thermal energy storage serving an Italian small-scale residential district: Influence of solar and back-up technologies." Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 19, no. : 100591.

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Published: 09 April 2020 in Journal of Building Engineering
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This paper uses the dynamic simulation software Transient System Simulation Tool to analyze the benefits of using dynamic electrical-driven glazing to refurbish the windows of historical buildings from an energy, environmental and visual points of view. For the visual analysis, Transient System Simulation Tool and Radiance were coupled. A south oriented office within the Abbey of San Lorenzo ad Septimum, located in Aversa (southern Italy), was considered for the simulations. The simulations were performed considering five window control strategies, two liquid crystal based electrical-driven glazing (able to switch faster than 1 s from an opaque to a transparent state) and two simulation switching times (1 h and 15 min). The simulation results associated with the electric-driven windows were compared to those obtained for a conventional double Low-E glazing window, highlighting that: (i) the use of the examined dynamic glazing can help to improve both the energy efficiency as well as the internal visual comfort, (ii) the effects of the control strategy are strongly related to the thermal and visual characteristics of the dynamic window and (iii) by reducing the switching time of the window, it is possible to improve the energy saving as well as the comfort inside the office.

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Michelangelo Scorpio; Giovanni Ciampi; Antonio Rosato; Luigi Maffei; Massimiliano Masullo; Manuela Almeida; Sergio Sibilio. Electric-driven windows for historical buildings retrofit: Energy and visual sensitivity analysis for different control logics. Journal of Building Engineering 2020, 31, 101398 .

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Michelangelo Scorpio, Giovanni Ciampi, Antonio Rosato, Luigi Maffei, Massimiliano Masullo, Manuela Almeida, Sergio Sibilio. Electric-driven windows for historical buildings retrofit: Energy and visual sensitivity analysis for different control logics. Journal of Building Engineering. 2020; 31 ():101398.

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Michelangelo Scorpio; Giovanni Ciampi; Antonio Rosato; Luigi Maffei; Massimiliano Masullo; Manuela Almeida; Sergio Sibilio. 2020. "Electric-driven windows for historical buildings retrofit: Energy and visual sensitivity analysis for different control logics." Journal of Building Engineering 31, no. : 101398.

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Published: 13 March 2020 in Renewable Energy
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A solar hybrid district heating network integrated with a seasonal borehole thermal energy storage is dynamically simulated and analyzed over a 5-year period. The system is devoted to satisfying the space heating and domestic hot water requirements of a small-scale district consisting of 6 typical Italian single-family houses, located in Naples, with home charging of 6 plug-in electric vehicles. Eight different plant schemes differing in terms of solar field configuration and/or back-up system used for compensating the intermittency of solar source are investigated. Two different configurations of solar field are analyzed: the first one with solar thermal collectors only and the second one integrating solar thermal collectors and photovoltaic panels coupled with a battery storage; three different alternative auxiliary units are considered: natural gas-fired boiler, natural gas-fueled internal combustion engine-based micro-cogeneration unit and wood pellet boiler. An additional operating scheme is also proposed to better exploit the solar energy for domestic hot water production. The primary energy consumption, the carbon dioxide emissions and the operating costs of the proposed plant configurations are evaluated based on simulation results and then compared with those associated to a conventional decentralized heating system in order to assess the main energy, environmental and economic benefits/drawbacks.

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Antonio Rosato; Antonio Ciervo; Giovanni Ciampi; Michelangelo Scorpio; Francesco Guarino; Sergio Sibilio. Impact of solar field design and back-up technology on dynamic performance of a solar hybrid heating network integrated with a seasonal borehole thermal energy storage serving a small-scale residential district including plug-in electric vehicles. Renewable Energy 2020, 154, 684 -703.

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Antonio Rosato, Antonio Ciervo, Giovanni Ciampi, Michelangelo Scorpio, Francesco Guarino, Sergio Sibilio. Impact of solar field design and back-up technology on dynamic performance of a solar hybrid heating network integrated with a seasonal borehole thermal energy storage serving a small-scale residential district including plug-in electric vehicles. Renewable Energy. 2020; 154 ():684-703.

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Antonio Rosato; Antonio Ciervo; Giovanni Ciampi; Michelangelo Scorpio; Francesco Guarino; Sergio Sibilio. 2020. "Impact of solar field design and back-up technology on dynamic performance of a solar hybrid heating network integrated with a seasonal borehole thermal energy storage serving a small-scale residential district including plug-in electric vehicles." Renewable Energy 154, no. : 684-703.

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Published: 20 August 2019 in Journal of Energy Storage
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A centralized solar hybrid heating system serving a small-scale district composed of 6 typical Italian residential buildings and 3 schools located in Naples (southern Italy) has been modelled, simulated and analysed by means of the dynamic software TRNSYS over a 5-year period. The plant is based on the operation of solar thermal collectors connected to a seasonal double U-pipe vertical Borehole Thermal Energy Storage (BTES) in order to address the seasonal misalignment between solar energy supply and thermal energy demand for heating purposes. In this paper a parametric analysis has been performed in order to investigate the performance of the district heating network upon varying the characteristics of the BTES in terms of: (i) thermal conductivity of soil, (ii) thermal conductivity of grout, (iii) U-pipe spacing, (iv) heat carrier fluid, (v) number of Borehole Heat Exchangers (BHEs), as well as (vi) type of BHEs connection (series, parallel or mixed). The primary energy consumption, the equivalent carbon dioxide emissions and the operating costs of the proposed district heating plant have been evaluated based on the simulation results upon varying the plant configurations and then compared with those associated to a conventional Italian decentralized heating system assumed as reference with the main aims of (i) assessing the potential reduction of primary energy consumption, global CO2 equivalent emissions and operating costs, (ii) exploring the influence of BTES characteristics on the overall system performance as well as (iii) establishing some simple rules for the initial design of BTES.

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Antonio Rosato; Antonio Ciervo; Giovanni Ciampi; Michelangelo Scorpio; Sergio Sibilio. Impact of seasonal thermal energy storage design on the dynamic performance of a solar heating system serving a small-scale Italian district composed of residential and school buildings. Journal of Energy Storage 2019, 25, 100889 .

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Antonio Rosato, Antonio Ciervo, Giovanni Ciampi, Michelangelo Scorpio, Sergio Sibilio. Impact of seasonal thermal energy storage design on the dynamic performance of a solar heating system serving a small-scale Italian district composed of residential and school buildings. Journal of Energy Storage. 2019; 25 ():100889.

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Antonio Rosato; Antonio Ciervo; Giovanni Ciampi; Michelangelo Scorpio; Sergio Sibilio. 2019. "Impact of seasonal thermal energy storage design on the dynamic performance of a solar heating system serving a small-scale Italian district composed of residential and school buildings." Journal of Energy Storage 25, no. : 100889.

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Published: 14 August 2019 in Buildings
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Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) is the coldest capital city in the world with approximately 98% of its heating demand satisfied by means of coal-burning stoves. This leads to enormous air pollutant emissions, with Ulaanbaatar being one of the top five most polluted cities in the world. In this study, an innovative solar hybrid heating system for the Mongolian scenario was used, which was based on the operation of a solar field composed of four series-connected evacuated tube heat pipe collectors, coupled with a thermal energy storage. The solar hybrid heating system was simulated and analyzed using the software TRNSYS. The simulations were designed to satisfy the heating demand of a typical single-family detached house located in Ulaanbaatar and were carried out with and without considering the soiling effects on the solar system operation. The overall performance of the proposed plant was compared with those associated with different fossil fuel-based Mongolian conventional heating systems, in order to assess the potential energy, environmental and economic benefits. The results highlighted that the proposed plant allowed for the obtainment of significant reductions in terms of primary energy consumption (up to 34.6%), global CO2 equivalent emissions (up to 52.3%), and operating costs (up to 49.6%), even if the expected return on the investment could be unacceptable.

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Antonio Rosato; Purevdalai Erdenedavaa; Antonio Ciervo; Atsushi Akisawa; Amarbayar Adiyabat; Sergio Sibilio. A Solar Thermal Application for Mongolian Detached Houses: An Energy, Environmental, and Economic Analysis Based on Dynamic Simulations. Buildings 2019, 9, 185 .

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Antonio Rosato, Purevdalai Erdenedavaa, Antonio Ciervo, Atsushi Akisawa, Amarbayar Adiyabat, Sergio Sibilio. A Solar Thermal Application for Mongolian Detached Houses: An Energy, Environmental, and Economic Analysis Based on Dynamic Simulations. Buildings. 2019; 9 (8):185.

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Antonio Rosato; Purevdalai Erdenedavaa; Antonio Ciervo; Atsushi Akisawa; Amarbayar Adiyabat; Sergio Sibilio. 2019. "A Solar Thermal Application for Mongolian Detached Houses: An Energy, Environmental, and Economic Analysis Based on Dynamic Simulations." Buildings 9, no. 8: 185.

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Published: 13 May 2019 in Renewable Energy
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In this paper a centralized hybrid renewable district heating system based on the exploitation of solar energy and integrated with a seasonal borehole thermal energy storage is investigated with reference to a 5-year period by means of the dynamic simulation software TRNSYS. The plant is devoted to satisfy the energy demand for heating purposes and domestic hot water (DHW) production of a small-scale district composed of six residential buildings and three schools under the climatic conditions of Naples (south of Italy). Four configurations of the solar field consisting of different combinations of solar thermal collectors (SCs) and photovoltaic/thermal panels (PVTs) are analyzed upon varying both (i) the technology of SCs (flat plate or evacuated tube heat pipe) as well as (ii) the control logic of solar circuit (operation with constant or variable flow rate of heat carrier fluid). The simulation results have been compared with those associated to a conventional decentralized heating system in terms of primary energy consumption, carbon dioxide equivalent emissions and operating costs in order to assess (i) the potential energy, environmental and economic benefits as well as (ii) the impact of solar field design on the overall system performance.

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Antonio Rosato; Antonio Ciervo; Giovanni Ciampi; Sergio Sibilio. Effects of solar field design on the energy, environmental and economic performance of a solar district heating network serving Italian residential and school buildings. Renewable Energy 2019, 143, 596 -610.

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Antonio Rosato, Antonio Ciervo, Giovanni Ciampi, Sergio Sibilio. Effects of solar field design on the energy, environmental and economic performance of a solar district heating network serving Italian residential and school buildings. Renewable Energy. 2019; 143 ():596-610.

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Antonio Rosato; Antonio Ciervo; Giovanni Ciampi; Sergio Sibilio. 2019. "Effects of solar field design on the energy, environmental and economic performance of a solar district heating network serving Italian residential and school buildings." Renewable Energy 143, no. : 596-610.

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Published: 29 April 2019 in Heat Transfer Engineering
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In this paper, a parametric analysis of two solar heating and cooling systems, one using an absorption heat pump and the other one using an adsorption heat pump, was performed. The systems under investigation were designed to satisfy the energy requirements of a residential building for space heating/cooling purposes and domestic hot water production. The system with the absorption heat pump was analyzed upon varying (i) the solar collectors’ area, (ii) the volume of the hot water storage, (iii) the volume of the cold water tank, and (iv) the climatic conditions. The system with the adsorption heat pump was evaluated upon varying (i) the inlet temperature of hot water supplied to the adsorption heat pump, (ii) the volume of the hot water storage, (iii) the volume of the cold water tank, and (iv) the climatic conditions. The analyses were performed using the dynamic simulation software TRNSYS in terms of primary energy consumption, global carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, and operating costs. The performance of the solar heating and cooling systems was compared with those associated with a conventional system from energy, environmental and economic points of views in order to evaluate the potential benefits.

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Giovanni Ciampi; Antonio Rosato; Sergio Sibilio; Evgueniy Entchev; Wahiba Yaici. Parametric Analysis of Solar Heating and Cooling Systems for Residential Applications. Heat Transfer Engineering 2019, 41, 1052 -1074.

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Giovanni Ciampi, Antonio Rosato, Sergio Sibilio, Evgueniy Entchev, Wahiba Yaici. Parametric Analysis of Solar Heating and Cooling Systems for Residential Applications. Heat Transfer Engineering. 2019; 41 (12):1052-1074.

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Giovanni Ciampi; Antonio Rosato; Sergio Sibilio; Evgueniy Entchev; Wahiba Yaici. 2019. "Parametric Analysis of Solar Heating and Cooling Systems for Residential Applications." Heat Transfer Engineering 41, no. 12: 1052-1074.

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Published: 08 September 2018 in Energy Procedia
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In this paper the performance of a solar heating network devoted to satisfying the heating demand of a micro-scale district composed of 6 typical single-family houses and 3 typical schools under the climatic conditions of Naples (south of Italy) is investigated by means of the dynamic simulation software TRNSYS over a 5-year period. The proposed system is composed of a solar collectors array, a short-term thermal energy storage, a long-term double U-pipe vertical borehole thermal energy storage and a heat distribution network. Three different technologies are investigated as back-up devices to be included in the district heating system: (i) a natural gas-fired boiler, (ii) a vapor-compression electric heat pump and (iii) a natural gas-fuelled internal combustion engine-based micro-cogeneration unit. The simulation results are compared with those associated to a conventional heating system in terms of primary energy consumption, operating costs as well as simple pay-back period in order to identify the best option in terms of back-up system and assess the potential energy and economic benefits associated to each technology.

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A. Rosato; Giovanni Ciampi; A. Ciervo; S. Sibilio. Performance of Different Back-up Technologies for Micro-Scale Solar Hybrid District Heating Systems with Long-term Thermal Energy Storage. Energy Procedia 2018, 149, 565 -574.

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A. Rosato, Giovanni Ciampi, A. Ciervo, S. Sibilio. Performance of Different Back-up Technologies for Micro-Scale Solar Hybrid District Heating Systems with Long-term Thermal Energy Storage. Energy Procedia. 2018; 149 ():565-574.

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A. Rosato; Giovanni Ciampi; A. Ciervo; S. Sibilio. 2018. "Performance of Different Back-up Technologies for Micro-Scale Solar Hybrid District Heating Systems with Long-term Thermal Energy Storage." Energy Procedia 149, no. : 565-574.

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Published: 09 July 2018 in Energies
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In this study, a TraNsient SYStems (TRNSYS) simulation model for solar thermal systems is developed to assess the potential of solar energy utilization in cold climate zones, such as Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), which is one of the five cities with the worst air quality in the world. Since air pollution contaminates solar collectors and decreases their efficiency, this model accounts for dust deposition behavior so that the best cleaning time for the collectors can be estimated. The simulation results show that the best cleaning time falls between the middle of January and the beginning of February. In addition, a collector cleaned once during the heating period is estimated to produce 12% more energy compared with a collector that has not been cleaned.

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Purevdalai Erdenedavaa; Antonio Rosato; Amarbayar Adiyabat; Atsushi Akisawa; Sergio Sibilio; Antonio Ciervo. Model Analysis of Solar Thermal System with the Effect of Dust Deposition on the Collectors. Energies 2018, 11, 1795 .

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Purevdalai Erdenedavaa, Antonio Rosato, Amarbayar Adiyabat, Atsushi Akisawa, Sergio Sibilio, Antonio Ciervo. Model Analysis of Solar Thermal System with the Effect of Dust Deposition on the Collectors. Energies. 2018; 11 (7):1795.

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Purevdalai Erdenedavaa; Antonio Rosato; Amarbayar Adiyabat; Atsushi Akisawa; Sergio Sibilio; Antonio Ciervo. 2018. "Model Analysis of Solar Thermal System with the Effect of Dust Deposition on the Collectors." Energies 11, no. 7: 1795.

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Published: 01 March 2018 in Alexandria Engineering Journal
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The use of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in various applications has grown significantly over the years. This paper compares an ANN based approach with a conventional on-off control applied to the operation of a ground source heat pump/photovoltaic thermal system serving a single house located in Ottawa (Canada) for heating and cooling purposes. The hybrid renewable microgeneration system was investigated using the dynamic simulation software TRNSYS. A controller for predicting the future room temperature was developed in the MATLAB environment and six ANN control logics were analyzed.The comparison was performed in terms of ability to maintain the desired indoor comfort levels, primary energy consumption, operating costs and carbon dioxide equivalent emissions during a week of the heating period and a week of the cooling period. The results showed that the ANN approach is potentially able to alleviate the intensity of thermal discomfort associated with overheating/overcooling phenomena, but it could cause an increase in unmet comfort hours. The analysis also highlighted that the ANNs based strategies could reduce the primary energy consumption (up to around 36%), the operating costs (up to around 81%) as well as the carbon dioxide equivalent emissions (up to around 36%)

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Evgueniy Entchev; Libing Yang; Mohamed Ghorab; Antonio Rosato; Sergio Sibilio. Energy, economic and environmental performance simulation of a hybrid renewable microgeneration system with neural network predictive control. Alexandria Engineering Journal 2018, 57, 455 -473.

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Evgueniy Entchev, Libing Yang, Mohamed Ghorab, Antonio Rosato, Sergio Sibilio. Energy, economic and environmental performance simulation of a hybrid renewable microgeneration system with neural network predictive control. Alexandria Engineering Journal. 2018; 57 (1):455-473.

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Evgueniy Entchev; Libing Yang; Mohamed Ghorab; Antonio Rosato; Sergio Sibilio. 2018. "Energy, economic and environmental performance simulation of a hybrid renewable microgeneration system with neural network predictive control." Alexandria Engineering Journal 57, no. 1: 455-473.

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Published: 01 January 2018 in Energy
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Giovanni Ciampi; Antonio Rosato; Sergio Sibilio. Thermo-economic sensitivity analysis by dynamic simulations of a small Italian solar district heating system with a seasonal borehole thermal energy storage. Energy 2018, 143, 757 -771.

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Giovanni Ciampi, Antonio Rosato, Sergio Sibilio. Thermo-economic sensitivity analysis by dynamic simulations of a small Italian solar district heating system with a seasonal borehole thermal energy storage. Energy. 2018; 143 ():757-771.

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Giovanni Ciampi; Antonio Rosato; Sergio Sibilio. 2018. "Thermo-economic sensitivity analysis by dynamic simulations of a small Italian solar district heating system with a seasonal borehole thermal energy storage." Energy 143, no. : 757-771.

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Published: 01 September 2017 in Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
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Sergio Sibilio; Antonio Rosato; Giovanni Ciampi; Evgueniy Entchev; Hajo Ribberink. Energy, Environmental and Economic Performance of a Micro-trigeneration System upon Varying the Electric Vehicle Charging Profiles. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 2017, 5, 309 -331.

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Sergio Sibilio, Antonio Rosato, Giovanni Ciampi, Evgueniy Entchev, Hajo Ribberink. Energy, Environmental and Economic Performance of a Micro-trigeneration System upon Varying the Electric Vehicle Charging Profiles. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems. 2017; 5 (3):309-331.

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Sergio Sibilio; Antonio Rosato; Giovanni Ciampi; Evgueniy Entchev; Hajo Ribberink. 2017. "Energy, Environmental and Economic Performance of a Micro-trigeneration System upon Varying the Electric Vehicle Charging Profiles." Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 5, no. 3: 309-331.

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Published: 01 March 2017 in Energy Procedia
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Antonio Rosato; Sergio Sibilio; Giovanni Ciampi; Evgueniy Entchev; Hajo Ribberink. Energy, Environmental and Economic Effects of Electric Vehicle Charging on the Performance of a Residential Building-integrated Micro-trigeneration System. Energy Procedia 2017, 111, 699 -709.

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Antonio Rosato, Sergio Sibilio, Giovanni Ciampi, Evgueniy Entchev, Hajo Ribberink. Energy, Environmental and Economic Effects of Electric Vehicle Charging on the Performance of a Residential Building-integrated Micro-trigeneration System. Energy Procedia. 2017; 111 ():699-709.

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Antonio Rosato; Sergio Sibilio; Giovanni Ciampi; Evgueniy Entchev; Hajo Ribberink. 2017. "Energy, Environmental and Economic Effects of Electric Vehicle Charging on the Performance of a Residential Building-integrated Micro-trigeneration System." Energy Procedia 111, no. : 699-709.