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Sound transmission loss of hierarchically porous composites produced by hydrogel templating and viscous trapping techniques (2017)
Journal Article
Thompson, B. R., Taylor, B. L., Qin, Q., Stoyanov, S. D., Horozov, T. S., & Paunov, V. N. (2017). Sound transmission loss of hierarchically porous composites produced by hydrogel templating and viscous trapping techniques. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 1(12), 2627-2637. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7qm00371d

© 2017 the Partner Organisations. We have developed two different methods for fabrication of hierarchically porous composites which are environmentally friendly, inexpensive and give a large amount of control over the composite microstructure. The hy... Read More about Sound transmission loss of hierarchically porous composites produced by hydrogel templating and viscous trapping techniques.

Embracing Negative Feedback for Effective Leadership (2017)
Journal Article
Papasava, A. (2017). Embracing Negative Feedback for Effective Leadership. The Journal for Quality and Participation, 40(3), 20-22

Subordinates and other colleagues are unlikely to offer their positive or negative feedback unless they are asked explicitly to provide a genuine assessment of the leader's performance.7 It is imperative that leaders foster a safe environment where p... Read More about Embracing Negative Feedback for Effective Leadership.

Study of scale modelling, verification and control of a heaving point absorber wave energy converter (2017)
Thesis
Guo, B. Study of scale modelling, verification and control of a heaving point absorber wave energy converter. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220352

This study focuses on scale modelling of a heaving Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter (PAWEC), model verification via wave tank tests and power maximisation control development. Starting from the boundary element method simulation of the wave-PAWEC... Read More about Study of scale modelling, verification and control of a heaving point absorber wave energy converter.

Part-load performance of direct-firing and co-firing of coal and biomass in a power generation system integrated with a CO2 capture and compression system (2017)
Journal Article
Ali, U., Akram, M., Font-Palma, C., Ingham, D. B., & Pourkashanian, M. (2017). Part-load performance of direct-firing and co-firing of coal and biomass in a power generation system integrated with a CO2 capture and compression system. Fuel, 210, 873-884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.09.023

Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is recognised as a key technology to mitigate CO2 emissions and achieve stringent climate targets due to its potential for negative emissions. However, the cost for its deployment is expected to be hi... Read More about Part-load performance of direct-firing and co-firing of coal and biomass in a power generation system integrated with a CO2 capture and compression system.

A synchrotron X-radiography study of the fragmentation and refinement of primary intermetallic particles in an Al-35 Cu alloy induced by ultrasonic melt processing (2017)
Journal Article
Wang, F., Eskin, D., Mi, J., Wang, C., Koe, B., King, A., Reinhard, C., & Connolley, T. (2017). A synchrotron X-radiography study of the fragmentation and refinement of primary intermetallic particles in an Al-35 Cu alloy induced by ultrasonic melt processing. Acta Materialia, 141, 142-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2017.09.010

Using synchrotron X-ray high speed radiography, the fragmentation and refinement of pre-existing primary Al2Cu intermetallic dendrites induced by ultrasonic melt processing in a hypereutectic Al-35% Cu alloy were studied in-situ and in real time. The... Read More about A synchrotron X-radiography study of the fragmentation and refinement of primary intermetallic particles in an Al-35 Cu alloy induced by ultrasonic melt processing.

Design of Cognitive Radio Database using Terrain Maps and Validated Propagation Models (2017)
Journal Article
Fanan, A. M., Riley, N., & Mehdawi, M. (2017). Design of Cognitive Radio Database using Terrain Maps and Validated Propagation Models. Advances in science, technology and engineering systems journal, 2(6), 13-19. https://doi.org/10.25046/aj020602

Cognitive Radio (CR) encompasses a number of technologies which enable adaptive self-programing of systems at different levels to provide more effective use of the increasingly congested radio spectrum. CRs have potential to use spectrum allocated to... Read More about Design of Cognitive Radio Database using Terrain Maps and Validated Propagation Models.

Performance study of a novel solar solid dehumidification/regeneration bed for use in buildings air conditioning systems (2017)
Journal Article
Yang, W., Wang, W., Ding, Z., Wang, Z., Zhao, X., & He, S. (2017). Performance study of a novel solar solid dehumidification/regeneration bed for use in buildings air conditioning systems. Energies, 10(9), 1335. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10091335

In this paper, a novel solar solid dehumidification/regeneration bed has been proposed, and its three regeneration methods, i.e., simulated solar radiation regeneration, microwave regeneration, and combined regeneration of the microwave and simulated... Read More about Performance study of a novel solar solid dehumidification/regeneration bed for use in buildings air conditioning systems.

Energy saving potential of a counter-flow regenerative evaporative cooler for various climates of China: Experiment-based evaluation (2017)
Journal Article
Duan, Z., Zhao, X., Zhan, C., Dong, X., & Chen, H. (2017). Energy saving potential of a counter-flow regenerative evaporative cooler for various climates of China: Experiment-based evaluation. Energy and Buildings, 148, 199-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.04.012

© 2017 Recently there has been growing interest in regenerative evaporative coolers (REC), which can reduce the temperature of the supply air to below the wet-bulb of intake air and approach its dew-point. In this paper, we designed, fabricated and e... Read More about Energy saving potential of a counter-flow regenerative evaporative cooler for various climates of China: Experiment-based evaluation.

Design, fabrication and performance evaluation of a compact regenerative evaporative cooler: towards low energy cooling for buildings (2017)
Journal Article
Duan, Z., Zhao, X., & Li, J. (2017). Design, fabrication and performance evaluation of a compact regenerative evaporative cooler: towards low energy cooling for buildings. Energy, 140(1), 506-519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.08.110

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The urges of reducing energy use and carbon footprint in buildings have prompted the developments of regenerative evaporative coolers (RECs). However, the physical dimensions of RECs have to be designed enormous in order to delive... Read More about Design, fabrication and performance evaluation of a compact regenerative evaporative cooler: towards low energy cooling for buildings.

Nonlinear Modeling and Verification of a Heaving Point Absorber for Wave Energy Conversion (2017)
Journal Article
Guo, B., Patton, R., Jin, S., Gilbert, J., & Parsons, D. (2017). Nonlinear Modeling and Verification of a Heaving Point Absorber for Wave Energy Conversion. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 9(1), 453-461. https://doi.org/10.1109/tste.2017.2741341

Although the heaving Point Absorber (PA) concept is well known in wave energy conversion research, few studies focus on appropriate modelling of non-linear fluid viscous and mechanical friction dynamics. Even though these concepts are known to have n... Read More about Nonlinear Modeling and Verification of a Heaving Point Absorber for Wave Energy Conversion.