Abstract
In arid climates such as that of the Middle East, asphalt concrete/pavements undergo several fluctuations in their temperature profiles, which induces large dark surface areas with intensive heat absorption capacities. This phenomenon heats roads up to 80 °C or more during the summer, causing an urban heat island that negatively affects the lifetime of asphalt and microclimate conditions. The Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Municipality and Environment took an initiative by proposing a sustainable and novel technology that can enhance microclimatic conditions, increase road lifetime and be adapted to sustainably produce energy and water. A detailed study of the technology, such as the system design, material selection, working fluid, and control system, was presented in this work.
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The authors are thankful to Dr. Said Mansour and Mr. Omar Al-Hassan at the Core lab of QEERI/HBKU, Qatar, for the thermal stability analysis. The authors are also grateful for the tensile and compression tests conducted by Mr. Sunith Padinjarayil from the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at Qatar University.
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Abotaleb, A., Almasri, D., Elrayyah, A., Al-Kuwari, M., Amhamed, A. (2022). Sustainable Energy Harvesting System for Roads in Desert Climate. In: Heggy, E., Bermudez, V., Vermeersch, M. (eds) Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Deserts. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76081-6_45
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