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A Transition to Sustainable Heat Pumps (pdf 751 kB)

Articles in Kyla & Värme

Non-peer reviewed articles on refrigerants, published as a standing column in the technical journal Kyla & Värme  are found here:

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Articles for Kyla & Värme in English

Publications by the division of Applied Thermodynamics and Refrigeration

[1]
A. T. Mossie et al., "Energy demand flexibility potential in cement industries: How does it contribute to energy supply security and environmental sustainability?," Applied Energy, vol. 377, 2025.
[2]
L. Battagliarin et al., "Students’ Cognitive Performance in Different Acoustic Conditions at Different Educational Stages," in Multiphysics and Multiscale Building Physics - Proceedings of the 9th International Building Physics Conference IBPC 2024: Indoor Air Quality IAQ, Lighting and Acoustics, 2025, pp. 392-398.
[3]
Y. Dong et al., "High temperature heat pump with dual uses of cooling and heating for industrial applications," Applied Energy, vol. 379, 2025.
[4]
F. Beltrán et al., "Cold solar : PVT heat exchanger designs for heat pump integration," Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 261, 2025.
[5]
S. Rana, N. Sommerfeldt and J. M. Pearce, "Best practices of techno-economic methods for solar photovoltaic coupled heat pump analysis in cold climates," Energy and Buildings, vol. 328, 2025.
[6]
K. Walther, M. Molinari and K. Voss, "Controls of HVAC systems in digital twins – comparative framework and case study on the performance gap," Journal of Building Performance Simulation, Taylor & Francis, pp. 1-18, 2025.
[7]
A. Shahcheraghian, A. Ilinca and N. Sommerfeldt, "K-means and agglomerative clustering for source-load mapping in distributed district heating planning," Energy Conversion and Management : X, vol. 25, 2025.
[8]
S. Thanasoulas and M. Molinari, "Advancing energy efficiency and sustainability in supermarkets : A comprehensive analysis of integrated technologies and their impact on energy consumption," Energy Reports, vol. 13, pp. 2855-2875, 2025.
[9]
M. Stefan et al., "PARMENIDES - Enabling Flexibility Provision in Renewable Energy Communities through an Ontology-driven Interoperable ICT Architecture," in CIRED 2024 Vienna Workshop, Vienna, Austria, Jun 19 2024 - Jun 20 2024, 2025, pp. 405-408.
[10]
F. Beltran and N. Sommerfeldt, "Techno-Economic Comparison of Different SolarPhotovoltaic/Thermal (PVT) Absorber Designs for Ground SourceHeat Pump (GSHP) Integration," in EuroSun 2024: 15th International Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry, 2025.
[11]
A. Conejos Lopez et al., "Experimental Assessment of the Effects of Cold Climate Weather Patterns on Novel PVT Collector Designs for Low Temperature Heat Pump Integration," in EuroSun 2024: 15th International Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry, 2025.
[12]
E. L. Nicholson et al., "Fins vs No Fins: A Comparative Experimental Analysis of NovelBox-Channel Photovoltaic/Thermal Collector Prototypes forGround Source Heat Pump Integration," in EuroSun 2024: 15th International Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry,, 2025.
[13]
S. Thanasoulas, "Investigation of heat recovery in CO2 refrigeration cycles for supermarkets : A mechanism for determining optimal discharge pressure," Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 274, 2025.
[14]
A. Shahcheraghian, H. Madani Larijani and A. Ilinca, "From White to Black-Box Models : A Review of Simulation Tools for Building Energy Management and Their Application in Consulting Practices," Energies, vol. 17, no. 2, 2024.
[15]
C. Pourier, F. Beltran and N. Sommerfeldt, "Solar photovoltaic/thermal (PVT) technology collectors and free cooling in ground source heat pump systems," Solar Energy Advances, vol. 4, 2024.
[16]
K. Bäcklund, P. Lundqvist and M. Molinari, "Showcasing a Digital Twin for Higher Educational Buildings : Developing the Concept Towards Human Centricity," Frontiers in Built Environment, vol. 10, 2024.
[17]
G. J. F. Barbero, M. Basquens and E. J. S. Villasenor, "Euclidean self-dual gravity : Ashtekar variables without gauge fixing," Physical Review D : covering particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, vol. 109, no. 6, 2024.
[18]
K. Bäcklund, "Human-Centric Operations of Smarter Higher Educational Buildings in Sweden," Doctoral thesis Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of Technology, TRITA-ITM-AVL, 2024:9, 2024.
[19]
M. Caramaschi et al., "Natural refrigerant mixtures in low-charge heat pumps: An analysis of the potential for performance enhancements," International journal of refrigeration, vol. 165, pp. 70-83, 2024.
[20]
M. Basquens et al., "Spacetime symmetries and geometric diffusion," Journal of Physics A : Mathematical and Theoretical, vol. 57, no. 28, 2024.
[21]
K. Bäcklund, O. Vigren and J. Carlsson, "Implementing digital innovations : Overcoming organizational challenges," Developments in the Built Environment, vol. 18, 2024.
[22]
Y. Song et al., "Development and validation of data-driven soft sensors for heat pumps," in Volume 41: Energy Transitions toward Carbon Neutrality: Part IV, 2024.
[23]
V. La Torre Rapp, J. Knutsson and J. Wallin, "Stakeholder-driven development of a decision support framework targeting sustainable water supply systems," Energy Reports, vol. 12, pp. 2306-2320, 2024.
[24]
Y. Song et al., "Innovative approaches to overcome inadequate measurements in heat pumps with non-fluorinated refrigerants," Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 319, 2024.
[25]
Y. Song, "Data-Driven Strategies for Heat Pump Systems : A journey from inadequate data towards knowledge-based services," Doctoral thesis Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of Technology, TRITA-ITM-AVL, 2024:18, 2024.
[26]
I. Aparisi-Cerdá et al., "Panel or check? Assessing the benefits of integrating households in energy poverty into energy communities," Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, vol. 71, 2024.
[27]
L. R. Payonga et al., "Generic Definition and Information Model for Hybrid Energy Storage Systems (HESS)," in 2024 Open Source Modelling And Simulation Of Energy Systems, Osmses 2024, 2024.
[28]
J. Marchante-Avellaneda et al., "A novel methodology for map-based model fitting : A case study with a Dual Source Heat Pump experimental dataset," Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 254, 2024.
[29]
D. Steuer et al., "Thermal energy export from supermarket refrigeration systems: Drivers and barriers," Energy Reports, vol. 12, pp. 5875-5885, 2024.
[30]
A. Santos et al., "Air Conditioning System Integrated with Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings in Tropical Climates," Processes, vol. 12, no. 11, 2024.
[31]
M. Farjadnia et al., "Robust Data-Driven Tube-Based Zonotopic Predictive Control with Closed-Loop Guarantees," in 2024 Conference on Decision and Control, 2024.
[32]
M. Matsuura et al., "Deep JWST/NIRCam imaging of Supernova 1987A," Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 532, no. 4, pp. 3625-3642, 2024.
[33]
M. G. Wolde et al., "A life cycle assessment of clinker and cement production in Ethiopia," Cleaner Environmental Systems, vol. 13, 2024.
[34]
P. Fagrell and J. Anund Vogel, "Building The Future : Unveiling Educational and Competence Demands for Smart and Sustainable Buildings," Civil engineering research journal, vol. 14, no. 3, 2024.
[35]
S. Gulshan et al., "Kinetic investigation on the catalytic pyrolysis of plastic fractions of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): A mathematical deconvolution approach," Waste Management, vol. 187, pp. 156-166, 2024.
[36]
S. Gulshan et al., "Performance analysis and production of aromatics for ex situ catalytic pyrolysis of engineered WEEE," Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, vol. 179, 2024.
[37]
J. Anund Vogel, H. Lind and C. Holm, "A Note on Developing A New Type of Construction Contracts to Promote New Technologies and Sustainability," Civil Engineering Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 5, 2024.
[38]
C. Zhang et al., "Multi-agent simulation of the effects of Japanese electricity market policies on the low-carbon transition," Energy Strategy Reviews, vol. 52, 2024.
[39]
S. Azizi et al., "Life Cycle Assessment of Digitalization in Buildings : The Case of a Building Monitoring System," in 2024 10th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S), 2024.
[40]
N. Sommerfeldt and M. Höjer, "The Potential and Limits of Digital Energy Advisors," in Proceedings - 2024 10th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, ICT4S 2024, 2024, pp. 346-356.
[41]
M. Farjadnia et al., "Robust Data-Driven Tube-Based Zonotopic Predictive Control with Closed-Loop Guarantees," in 2024 IEEE 63rd Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2024, 2024, pp. 6837-6843.
[42]
F. Beltran et al., "Empirical investigation of solar photovoltaic-thermal collectors for heat pump integration," Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 248, 2024.
[43]
C. Zhang et al., "Environmental Awareness and Social Sustainability: Insights from an Agent-Based Model with Social Learning and Individual Heterogeneity," Sustainability, vol. 16, no. 17, 2024.
[44]
A. Abdi and H. Rastan, "Experimental comparative analysis of close-contact and constrained melting of n-eicosane in a finned rectangular cavity," Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 219, 2023.
[45]
N. Sommerfeldt and J. M. Pearce, "Can grid-tied solar photovoltaics lead to residential heating electrification? : A techno-economic case study in the midwestern US," Applied Energy, vol. 336, 2023.
[46]
M. Molinari et al., "Using living labs to tackle innovation bottlenecks: the KTH Live-In Lab case study," Applied Energy, vol. 338, pp. 120877-120877, 2023.
[47]
W. Mazzotti et al., "Calibration and Uncertainty Quantification for Single-Ended Raman-Based Distributed Temperature Sensing : Case Study in a 800 m Deep Coaxial Borehole Heat Exchanger," Sensors, vol. 23, no. 12, 2023.
[48]
A. Konig-Haagen et al., "Analysis of the discharging process of latent heat thermal energy storage units by means of normalized power parameters," Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 72, 2023.
[49]
M. L. Fasci et al., "Temperature of energy boreholes accounting for climate change and the built environment - A new model for its estimation," Renewable energy, vol. 202, pp. 1479-1496, 2023.
[50]
M. Farjadnia et al., "Robust Data-Driven Predictive Control of Unknown Nonlinear Systems Using Reachability Analysis," in European Control Conference 2023, 13 - 16 June, 2023, Bucharest, Romania, 2023.
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