The role of distributed solar heat engines in an age of mass market silicon PV

Local stability of maximum power and maximum compromise (Omega) operation regimes dynamic evolution for a low-dissipation heat engine is analyzed. The thermodynamic behavior of trajectories to the stationary state, after perturbing the operation regime, display a trade-off between stability, entropy production, efficiency and power output. This allows considering stability and optimization as connected pieces of a single phenomenon. Trajectories inside the basin of attraction display the smallest entropy drops. Additionally, it was found that time constraints, related with irreversible and endoreversible behaviors, influence the thermodynamic evolution of relaxation trajectories. The behavior of the evolution in terms of the symmetries of the model and the applied thermal gradients was analyzed.

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The Evolution of the UK Wine Market: From Niche to Mass-Market Appeal

Beverages ◽

10.3390/beverages4040087 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 87

Author(s):

Julie Bower

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

New Product Development ◽

New Product ◽

Brewing Industry ◽

World War ◽

Mass Market ◽

Precipitous Decline ◽

The Uk ◽

Narrative Account

This article is an historic narrative account of the emergence of the mass-market wine category in the UK in the post-World War II era. The role of the former vertically-integrated brewing industry in the early stages of development is described from the perspective of both their distributional effects and their new product development initiatives. Significant in the narrative is the story of Babycham, the UK’s answer to Champagne that was targeted to the new consumers of the 1950s; women. Then a specially-developed French wine, Le Piat D’Or, with its catchy advertising campaign, took the baton. These early brands were instrumental in extending the wine category, as beer continued its precipitous decline. That the UK is now one of the largest wine markets globally owes much to the success of these early brands and those that arrived later in the 1990s, with Australia displacing France as the source for mass-market appeal.

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EFFECT OF INTERNAL IRREVERSIBILITY ON THE MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT OF SOLAR HEAT ENGINES

International Journal of Solar Energy ◽

10.1080/01425910008914353 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 177-184 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M.M. SALAH EL-DIN

Keyword(s):

Power Output ◽

Maximum Power ◽

Solar Heat ◽

Maximum Power Output ◽

Heat Engines ◽

Internal Irreversibility

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Reducing Solar Heat Gain during Winter: The Role of White Bark in Northern Deciduous Trees

ARCTIC ◽

10.14430/arctic612 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 56 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Tim J. Karels ◽

Rudy Boonstra

Keyword(s):

Deciduous Trees ◽

Heat Gain ◽

Solar Heat ◽

Solar Heat Gain

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New tourism experiences and mature destinations: the role of participatory planning in repositioning a southern Italy destination.

10.1079/9781789248753.0004 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 62-81

Author(s):

Francesco Calza ◽

Michele Simoni ◽

Annarita Sorrentino ◽

Mariapina Trunfio

Keyword(s):

Stakeholder Engagement ◽

Planning Process ◽

Southern Italy ◽

Participatory Planning ◽

Market Demand ◽

Mass Market ◽

Campania Region ◽

Local Stakeholders

Abstract This chapter is the work of Francesco Calza, Michele Simoni, Annarita Sorrentino and Mariapina Trunfio, who study the role of participatory planning in repositioning a southern Italy destination, Centola-Palinuro in the Campania region. This contribution deals with a demand-driven destination that suffers from several challenges such as seaside seasonality, mass-market demand and low spending. The case argues that a participatory planning process that involves local stakeholders can have a significant impact in the repositioning of the destination by reshaping the tourism offering in the area through stakeholder engagement.

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