
Ice-Houses
Energy, Architecture, and Sustainability
Description
Key Features
- 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
Readership
Electrical engineers, systems engineers, chemical engineers, mechanical engineers and researchers interested in energy production and storage
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: Energy consumption and environmental challenges
2. Natural ice making
3. Artificial ice making
4. Traditional ice-houses
5. The architecture of traditional ice-houses
6. Natural and low-energy ice making to save energy
7. Ice production to reduce electricity demand for cooling buildings at peak times
8. Using solar energy, heat pumps and seasonal ice storage to provide heating/cooling needs of buildings
9. Case studies and examples of traditional ice-houses
Product details
- No. of pages: 358
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2021
- Published: May 6, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128222768
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128222751
About the Authors
Alireza Dehghani-Sanij
Affiliations and Expertise
Mehdi Bahadori
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
Latest reviews
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Dr. A. Fri Nov 12 2021
Great Reference for researchers and industry experts in sustainability
A great reference for any researcher in field of suitability and energy who wants to gain an in-depth knowledge on natural ice-houses. I find the book very inspiring, the author has more than two-decades of experience in suitability and energy. A true admirer of natural resources, I invite any expert in field to read, learn and spread the word.
M.Rouhi Mon Nov 01 2021
Great reference for fundamentals
The first chapter of this book has a great fundamental analysis of renewable energy and methods for storage. So, I feel this is a great resource for anyone who is studying Mechanical Engineering and wants to know more about renewable energy. I strongly recommend it to researchers and engineers working on these topics.
Madjid S. Tue Oct 26 2021
Recommendation of the Book
I think this book is very useful and valuable for engineers, students, researchers and professors in the area of Mechanical, Civil, and Architectural Engineering! I enjoyed reading most of this book.
Mohammad R. Sun Oct 24 2021
Comprehensive resource
I strongly recommend this book to all who are seeking information on this matter. This book that has all the information regarding natural ice-houses and cold storage technologies in a very nice and organized way.
Madjid S. Fri Oct 22 2021
Interesting Book
This book presents new and novel technologies in daily and seasonal ice storage, along with discussions on different passive cooling systems. I strongly recommend reading this book to both students and Engineers in the field of energy and related disciplines.
Roozbeh Fri Oct 22 2021
Roozbeh
A book that covers almost all of the ice scientific fields. You can find lots of actual cases about using energy in this book. It also gives you a great point of view of the effect of architecture on energy consumption.
Mohammad R. Mon Oct 18 2021
A great resource
I have been searching a lot to find information about natural ice-houses and cold storage until I found this book that has all the information regarding this technology in a very nice and organized way. I highly suggest this book to all those who are seeking information on this matter.
M. R. Mon Oct 11 2021
A great resource for ice houses' technology
This book comprehensively covers topics and contents of ice houses. I have been looking for and reading many resources to gather information about this kind of technology until I found this book that has everything in a nicely ordered and categorized way. This book also covers the state-of-the-art works and improvements in this technology. Highly recommended to those working or are starting to work on these topics.
Yaghoubi Wed Oct 06 2021
unique book
A very well-written, unique, and informative book on applications of sustainable energy and ice production, storage, and its utilization. The book also covers a bridge between traditional icehouse and its uses of energy in modern life. It is worthwhile to have this book if you are interested in cooling and heating purposes using low-energy technology
Sajad M. Thu Aug 12 2021
highly recommended to sustainability seekers
I am truly grateful to read the book. Highly recommended to researchers, mechanical engineers, sustainability specialists, architects, and building engineers. This book provides the opportunity to have a deep understanding of the concept of ice-houses.