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- 2022Thermal performance of a controllable pavement solar collector prototype with configuration flexibilitycitations
- 2021Introducing an improved testing method to evaluate the fatigue resistance of bituminous mortars
- 2021Investigation of the effect of short-term ageing on rejuvenated reclaimed asphalt binder
- 2021Exploring the oxidative mechanisms of bitumen after laboratory short- and long-term ageingcitations
- 2021Influence of soft binder and rejuvenator on the mechanical and chemical properties of bituminous binderscitations
- 2020Cementitious binders and reclaimed asphalt aggregates for sustainable pavement base layerscitations
- 2020Experimental investigation of the oxidative ageing mechanisms in bitumencitations
- 2018Recycling. In : Testing and Characterization of Sustainable Innovative Bituminous Materials and Systemscitations
- 2017The influence of mixture composition, adhesion promotor and compaction degree on the groove stability of grooved Marshall asphaltcitations
- 2016Identification of pavement material properties using a scanning laser Doppler vibrometercitations
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Thermal performance of a controllable pavement solar collector prototype with configuration flexibility
Abstract
Solar energy harvesting as a renewable and sustainable energy source has been widely investigated in recent years across engineering fields. The use of Pavement Solar Collectors (PSC) can lead to clean energy production, an increase in road safety, prolong the service life of asphalt pavement, and can mitigate the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. This study describes a controllable large-scale research PSC prototype with high configuration flexibility, and full monitoring capability at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Since small- or laboratory-scale setups do not reflect the behavior of actual projects, the present paper investigates the thermal response of a large-scale PSC in the Western European climate, including heating load, heat extraction capacity, and asphalt surface and profile temperature changes during heating and cooling experiments. The study shows that a low supply temperature compared to high (14 °C vs. 28 °C) can reduce the depletion rate of the stored thermal energy in borehole thermal energy storage up to 7 times. The sensitivity analysis indicates that an increase in flow rate from laminar to transient regime requires twice as much thermal power compared to the same flow rate changes within transient and turbulent regimes. The maximum average daily efficiency of the PSC could reach 34% with a flow rate of 4 l/min. The experimental results showed that increasing the pipe length from 50 m to 200 m reduces the cumulative power extraction capacity by up to 48%. Furthermore, the PSC system shows great potential in reducing the asphalt surface temperature (up to 12 °C) to mitigate the UHI effects. Finally, the PSC system effectively controls the temperatures of the interface zones to reduce the rutting distress in the summertime and lower the potential of cold thermal crack developments and brittle shear failure behavior in wintertime.