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Engineering and Technology D-index 43 Citations 6,358 260 World Ranking 3013 National Ranking 2

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Statistics

Viorel Badescu mainly investigates Meteorology, Solar energy, Solar irradiance, Sky and Irradiance. Meteorology and Cloud cover are two areas of study in which Viorel Badescu engages in interdisciplinary work. His Solar energy research also works with subjects such as

  • Exergy and related Sustainability, Cogeneration, Parabolic trough, Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector and Solar air conditioning,
  • Heating system which connect with Ground heat exchanger, Heat pump and Nuclear engineering.

His study explores the link between Solar irradiance and topics such as Sunset that cross with problems in Constant and Extraction. He has included themes like Zenith and Remote sensing in his Sky study. His study looks at the relationship between Remote sensing and fields such as Computation, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.

His most cited work include:

  • Modeling Solar Radiation at the Earth’s Surface (136 citations)
  • Exergy analysis of solar thermal collectors and processes (117 citations)
  • Exergy analysis of solar thermal collectors and processes (117 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Meteorology, Solar energy, Solar irradiance, Cloud cover and Mechanics. His work carried out in the field of Meteorology brings together such families of science as Radiative transfer, Remote sensing and Latitude. His studies deal with areas such as Computation and Satellite as well as Remote sensing.

His Solar energy research incorporates themes from Photovoltaic system and Mars Exploration Program. The concepts of his Solar irradiance study are interwoven with issues in Autoregressive integrated moving average and Nowcasting. His work in the fields of Cloud fraction overlaps with other areas such as Irradiance, Point, Zenith and Mean squared error.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Meteorology (34.86%)
  • Solar energy (16.21%)
  • Solar irradiance (18.04%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Mechanics (15.90%)
  • Optimal control (7.03%)
  • Radiative transfer (8.87%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Viorel Badescu spends much of his time researching Mechanics, Optimal control, Radiative transfer, Stability and Meteorology. His Mechanics research includes elements of Airflow, Thermal, Atmospheric pressure, Harmonics and Oscillation. His studies in Optimal control integrate themes in fields like Calculus of variations, Optimization methods, Constant, Bearing and Newtonian fluid.

Viorel Badescu combines subjects such as Stratification, Solar gain, Volumetric flow rate, Simulation and Mathematical model with his study of Radiative transfer. Within one scientific family, Viorel Badescu focuses on topics pertaining to Coefficient of performance under Stability, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Transient, Dispersion and Sky. Viorel Badescu brings together Meteorology and Cloud cover to produce work in his papers.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Overview and future challenges of nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB) design in Southern Europe (115 citations)
  • Ignition delay, combustion and emission characteristics of Diesel engine fueled with rapeseed biodiesel – A literature review (62 citations)
  • A current perspective on the accuracy of incoming solar energy forecasting (40 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Statistics

His scientific interests lie mostly in Mechanics, Nuclear engineering, Transient, Radiative transfer and Coefficient of performance. His Mechanics study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Fin and Control theory. His Nuclear engineering research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Thermal efficiency, Waste heat, Heat recovery ventilation, Working fluid and Maximum power principle.

His Transient research incorporates elements of Absolute value, Stability, Continuity equation, Solar air collector and Term. His research in Continuity equation focuses on subjects like Airflow, which are connected to Extrapolation, Cabin pressurization, Applied mathematics, Passive house and Leakage. His Radiative transfer study frequently links to related topics such as Thermal energy storage.

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Best Publications

Weather Modeling and Forecasting of PV Systems Operation

Marius Paulescu;Eugenia Paulescu;Paul Gravila;Viorel Badescu.
(2012)

246 Citations

Exergy analysis of solar thermal collectors and processes

Soteris A. Kalogirou;Sotiriοs Karellas;Konstantinos Braimakis;Camelia Stanciu.
Progress in Energy and Combustion Science (2016)

224 Citations

Modeling Solar Radiation at the Earth Surface

Marius Paulescu;Eugenia Paulescu;Paul Gravila;Viorel Badescu.
Modeling Solar Radiation at the Earth's Surface (2008)

222 Citations

Overview and future challenges of nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB) design in Southern Europe

Shady Attia;Polyvios Eleftheriou;Flouris Xeni;Rodolphe Morlot.
Energy and Buildings (2017)

221 Citations

Exergy analysis on solar thermal systems: A better understanding of their sustainability

Soteris A. Kalogirou;Sotirios Karellas;Viorel Badescu;Viorel Badescu;Konstantinos Braimakis.
Renewable Energy (2016)

190 Citations

Verification of some very simple clear and cloudy sky models to evaluate global solar irradiance

Viorel Badescu.
Solar Energy (1997)

159 Citations

Simple and accurate model for the ground heat exchanger of a passive house

Viorel Badescu.
Renewable Energy (2007)

158 Citations

Computing global and diffuse solar hourly irradiation on clear sky. Review and testing of 54 models

Viorel Badescu;Christian A. Gueymard;Sorin Cheval;Cristian Oprea.
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (2012)

147 Citations

A new kind of cloudy sky model to compute instantaneous values of diffuse and global solar irradiance

V. Badescu.
Theoretical and Applied Climatology (2002)

142 Citations

3D isotropic approximation for solar diffuse irradiance on tilted surfaces

V. Badescu.
Renewable Energy (2002)

141 Citations

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