Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is still a health problem all over the world. Informing users about symptoms and suggesting annual inspection of CO producing devices will result in CO poisoning reduction. The goal of this study was to evaluate awareness about CO poisoning symptoms and its prevention ways in Iranian population. In this study, a total of 700 patients' family members attended Imam ...

This paper investigates how to develop a learning-based demand response approach for electric water heater in a smart home that can minimize the energy cost of the water heater while meeting the comfort requirements of energy consumers. First, a learning-based, data-driven model of an electric water heater is developed by using a nonlinear autoregressive network with external input (NARX) using...

This summer I had my first experience with something every homeowner dreads (and knows is coming eventually): a sudden puddle of water underneath the hot water heater. A local plumbing company quickly sent a technician out, who spared no time in pronouncing our current hot water heater dead. Then he explained that this company used flat-rate pricing: all jobs of a certain type cost the same fix...

Novel experimental-based study aims to determine the extent which performance parameters of water heater system are altered when heat pump is integrated and clarify optimum values variables by means an optimization procedure using reliable experimental data. Considering compressor speed, air flow over evaporator as variables, experiments for both conventional electrical resistance proposed hous...

Arc jets are unique facilities used to evaluate the performance of Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) for hypersonic vehicles. They produce high pressure and enthalpy plasma flow simulate extreme heat encountered during atmospheric entry. The constricted arc heater part an jet increases test gas temperature by Joule heating. This study details development three-dimensional unsteady analysis tool,...

a r t i c l e i n f o JEL classification: M31 M37 M38 Keywords: Ecologically efficient water heater Heat pump Marketing Logit model This study examines how consumers select ecologically efficient water heaters in Japan. Energy conservation in household water heating is increasingly important for reducing an amount of CO 2 emission, because the share of water heating in household energy consumpt...

A mineralogical study was undertaken of air heater deposits in a 300 MWe pf boiler located in Western Australia to understand the deposit formation in air heater sections of boiler as an aid to implement possible remediation actions. Several air heater deposit samples were collected in the selected regions of the air heater along with samples of the feed coal, bottom ash and fly ash for compari...

The performance of an air-source heat pump water-heater (ASHPWH) system manufactured by Kronoterm was benchmarked in this study for the application dairy farming Ireland. COP calculated to be 2.27 under normal operating conditions. device able supply water at 80 °C, however a full tank temperature not achieved or deemed necessary application. Litres per kWh used as metric and usable unit energy...

A dynamic model of the resistance heater in a thermal flying height control (TFC) slider of a hard disk drive is identified and used for dynamic flying height control. Experimental data obtained on a spin stand and the generalized realization algorithm are used for identification of a discrete-time dynamic model of the resistance heater (thermal actuator). The flying height change is measured u...