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Proceedings: SimBio-M 2024 (ed. Peter Zioupos, Christophe Bastien) (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2024, September). Proceedings: SimBio-M 2024 (ed. Peter Zioupos, Christophe Bastien). Presented at SimBio-M 2024, Online

This conference introduces new technologies, advances and tools in the various fields of Simulation in Biosciences and Multiphysics, notably in the areas of BioMechanics, BioMaterials, and BioMedicine.

While the conference concentrates mainly on t... Read More about Proceedings: SimBio-M 2024 (ed. Peter Zioupos, Christophe Bastien).

SmartTURVENT: Conceptual and Feasibility Studies of Smart Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Enhancement and Wind Energy Harvesting (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mohd Nasir, D., Hughes, B. R., & Ibrahim, A. (2024, January). SmartTURVENT: Conceptual and Feasibility Studies of Smart Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Enhancement and Wind Energy Harvesting. Presented at 4th Latin American Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Vina Del Mar, Chile

Shifting from fossil fuel-based power and dive into clean energy solutions are strived for 2030 and 2050 under the SDG agenda. There is huge potential to convert roof ventilators as ventilation to energy technologies via taking advantage of low-high... Read More about SmartTURVENT: Conceptual and Feasibility Studies of Smart Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Enhancement and Wind Energy Harvesting.

Numerical Analysis on Conceptual Feasibility of Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Optimum IEQ and Wind Power Harvesting (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mohd Nasir, D., Hughes, B. R., & Ibrahim, A. Numerical Analysis on Conceptual Feasibility of Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Optimum IEQ and Wind Power Harvesting. Presented at 15th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2023), Doha, Qatar

This paper introduces "SmartTURVENT," a hybrid windcatcher and turbine roof ventilator system with triple benefits: enhancing indoor environmental quality (IEQ), harnessing renewable energy, and reducing carbon emissions. Utilising a transient state... Read More about Numerical Analysis on Conceptual Feasibility of Hybrid Windcatcher and Turbine Roof Ventilator for Optimum IEQ and Wind Power Harvesting.

Noise reduction of enhanced acoustic balconies on a high-rise building block (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tang, S. K., Yip, S. S., & Lee, R. Y. (2021, August). Noise reduction of enhanced acoustic balconies on a high-rise building block. Presented at InterNoise21, Washington, D.C., USA

Device called”enhanced acoustic balcony” is installed in a public housing development in Hong Kong. It is intended to help mitigate the impact of traffic noise on the residents. This balcony is basically an enlarged form of a plenum window allowing a... Read More about Noise reduction of enhanced acoustic balconies on a high-rise building block.

Is Carbon Capture a Viable Solution to Decarbonise the Shipping Industry? (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Font Palma, C. (2021, June). Is Carbon Capture a Viable Solution to Decarbonise the Shipping Industry?. Presented at TCCS-11. The 11th Trondheim Conference on Carbon Capture, Transport and Storage, virtual

This work presents some insights into two different options for onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS). Previous studies have shown that solvent-based carbon capture is feasible, and that the new equipment installed for CO2 capture would not debil... Read More about Is Carbon Capture a Viable Solution to Decarbonise the Shipping Industry?.

Comparison of performance of alternative post combustion carbon capture processes for a biogas fueled micro gas turbine (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Font-Palma, C., Lychnos, G., Somehsaraei, H. N., Willson, P., & Assadi, M. (2020, September). Comparison of performance of alternative post combustion carbon capture processes for a biogas fueled micro gas turbine. Presented at ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition

Copyright © 2020 ASME The urgent need to decrease greenhouse gases (GHG) has prompted countries such as the UK and Norway to commit to net zero emissions by 2050 and 2030, respectively. One of the sectors contributing to GHG emissions is agriculture,... Read More about Comparison of performance of alternative post combustion carbon capture processes for a biogas fueled micro gas turbine.

In-situ measurement and prediction of traffic noise transmission loss across a residential flat unit façade installed with two plenum windows (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tang, S. K., & Li, X. (2020, August). In-situ measurement and prediction of traffic noise transmission loss across a residential flat unit façade installed with two plenum windows. Presented at InterNoise20, Seoul, South Korea

In the present study, the traffic noise transmission loss across a residential flat unit façade installed with two plenum windows are measured in-situ in a 30-storey high-rise building located in an opened environment next to a very busy and noisy ma... Read More about In-situ measurement and prediction of traffic noise transmission loss across a residential flat unit façade installed with two plenum windows.

Soundscape assessment: Towards a validated translation of perceptual attributes in different languages (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aletta, F., Oberman, T., Axelsson, Ö., Xie, H., Zhang, Y., Lau, S. K., Tang, S. K., Jambrošic, K., de Coensel, B., van den Bosch, K., Aumond, P., Guastavino, C., Lavandier, C., Fiebig, A., Schulte-Fortkamp, B., Sarwono, J., Sudarsono, A., Astolfi, A., Nagahata, K., Jeon, J. Y., …Kang, J. (2020, August). Soundscape assessment: Towards a validated translation of perceptual attributes in different languages. Presented at INTER-NOISE 2020, Seoul, South Korea

The recently published ISO/TS 12913-2:2018 standard aims to provide researchers and practitioners around the world with a reliable questionnaire for soundscape characterization. The ISO Technical Specifications report protocols and attributes grounde... Read More about Soundscape assessment: Towards a validated translation of perceptual attributes in different languages.

Urban road and pavement solar collector system for heat island mitigation: Assessing the beneficial impact on outdoor temperature (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nasir, S. D., Xu, W., Vital, B., Pantua, C., Zhou, B., Calautit, J., & Hughes, B. Urban road and pavement solar collector system for heat island mitigation: Assessing the beneficial impact on outdoor temperature. Presented at International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Green Technology 2019 11-14 December 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

Road renewable energy system has raised much attention from both industrial and academic research on how abundant solar radiation absorbed by road surfaces can be collected while reducing the impact of high surface temperature towards urban environme... Read More about Urban road and pavement solar collector system for heat island mitigation: Assessing the beneficial impact on outdoor temperature.

Sound insulation of plenum windows installed with rigid cylinder array (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, X., & Tang, S. K. (2019, June). Sound insulation of plenum windows installed with rigid cylinder array. Presented at inter-noise 2019: Noise Control for a Better Environment, Madrid, Spain

In this study, a 1:4 scale down model was established to investigate the acoustical performance of plenum window installed with a rigid cylinder array. A total of 6 rigid cylinders were vertically placed as a 2x3 array inside the central cavity of a... Read More about Sound insulation of plenum windows installed with rigid cylinder array.