@inproceedings{41ea54bc6d1644e390fb265a6d5973f5,
title = "Sustainable Energy Harvesting System for Roads in Desert Climate",
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.",
keywords = "Arid climate, Heat harvesting, Heat island effect, Smart roads, Sustainability",
author = "Ahmed Abotaleb and Dema Almasri and Ali Elrayyah and Mohammed Al-Kuwari and Abdulkarem Amhamed",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.; 1st International Conference on Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Desert Climates, ICSEWEN 2019 ; Conference date: 02-12-2019 Through 05-12-2019",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-76081-6_45",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030760809",
series = "Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "369--379",
editor = "Essam Heggy and Veronica Bermudez and Marc Vermeersch",
booktitle = "Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Deserts - Proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Desert Climates",
}