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Bayesian Calibration for Office-Building Heating and Cooling Energy Prediction Model (2022)
Journal Article
Cui, Y., Zhu, Z., Zhao, X., Li, Z., & Qin, P. (2022). Bayesian Calibration for Office-Building Heating and Cooling Energy Prediction Model. Buildings, 12(7), Article 1052. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12071052

Conventional building energy models (BEM) for heating and cooling energy-consumption prediction without calibration are not accurate, and the commonly used manual calibration method requires the high expertise of modelers. Bayesian calibration (BC) i... Read More about Bayesian Calibration for Office-Building Heating and Cooling Energy Prediction Model.

Accelerating sustainability transitions: the case of the hydrogen agenda in the North West region of England (2022)
Journal Article
Edwards, R., Howe, J., & Font-Palma, C. (2022). Accelerating sustainability transitions: the case of the hydrogen agenda in the North West region of England. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 18(1), 428-442. https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2022.2082108

Low-carbon hydrogen can assist in addressing the global crisis of climate change by significantly decarbonizing a range of heavy-emitting sectors. In the United Kingdom, hydrogen technologies are at the forefront of the net zero-emission roadmaps of... Read More about Accelerating sustainability transitions: the case of the hydrogen agenda in the North West region of England.

The HDIN dataset: A Real-world Indoor UAV Dataset with Multi-task Labels for Visual-based Navigation (2022)
Data
Chang, Y., Cheng, Y., Murray, J., Huang, S., & Shi, G. (2022). The HDIN dataset: A Real-world Indoor UAV Dataset with Multi-task Labels for Visual-based Navigation. [Data]

The dataset contains image samples and Multi-task labels (i.e., regression and classification labels) collected from onboard UAV sensors in real-world indoor environments. By transforming the original labels following the instructions at: https://git... Read More about The HDIN dataset: A Real-world Indoor UAV Dataset with Multi-task Labels for Visual-based Navigation.

Experimental investigation of a novel vertical loop-heat-pipe PV/T heat and power system under different height differences (2022)
Journal Article
Yu, M., Chen, F., Zhou, J., Yuan, Y., Fan, Y., Li, G., Zhao, X., Wang, Z., Li, J., & Zheng, S. (2022). Experimental investigation of a novel vertical loop-heat-pipe PV/T heat and power system under different height differences. Energy, 254, Part A, Article 124193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.124193

For a novel vertical solar loop-heat-pipe photovoltaic/thermal system, the height difference between evaporator and condenser plays an important role in the heat transport capacity, which has significant impact on the solar thermal efficiency and par... Read More about Experimental investigation of a novel vertical loop-heat-pipe PV/T heat and power system under different height differences.

Effect of trace boron on grain refinement of commercially pure aluminum by Al–5Ti–1B (2022)
Journal Article
XIAO, F., WU, M. X., WANG, Y. X., ZHOU, W. Z., WANG, S. B., WANG, D. H., ZHU, G. L., JIANG, M., SHU, D., MI, J. W., & SUN, B. D. (2022). Effect of trace boron on grain refinement of commercially pure aluminum by Al–5Ti–1B. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 32(4), 1061-1069. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1003-6326%2822%2965855-2

The effect of boron content on grain refinement of commercially pure aluminum by Al–5Ti–1B was quantitatively assessed. When the boron content is less than 0.03 wt.%, the refining performance of Al–5Ti–1B gradually is weakened as the boron content in... Read More about Effect of trace boron on grain refinement of commercially pure aluminum by Al–5Ti–1B.

Latest Advances in Waste Plastic Pyrolytic Catalysis (2022)
Journal Article
Yansaneh, O. Y., & Zein, S. H. (2022). Latest Advances in Waste Plastic Pyrolytic Catalysis. Processes, 10(4), Article 683. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10040683

With the increase in demand for plastic use, waste plastic (WP) management remains a challenge in the contemporary world due to the lack of sustainable efforts to tackle it. The increment in WPs is proportional to man’s demand and use of plastics, an... Read More about Latest Advances in Waste Plastic Pyrolytic Catalysis.

Thermal performance of a controllable pavement solar collector prototype with configuration flexibility (2022)
Journal Article
Ghalandari, T., Baetens, R., Verhaert, I., SNM Nasir, D., Van den bergh, W., & Vuye, C. (2022). Thermal performance of a controllable pavement solar collector prototype with configuration flexibility. Applied energy, 313, Article 118908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118908

Solar energy harvesting as a renewable and sustainable energy source has been widely investigated in recent years across engineering fields. The use of Pavement Solar Collectors (PSC) can lead to clean energy production, an increase in road safety, p... Read More about Thermal performance of a controllable pavement solar collector prototype with configuration flexibility.

Study of the composition, processing and microstructure relationship of light alloys (2022)
Thesis
Sumayli, A. I. Study of the composition, processing and microstructure relationship of light alloys. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4508161

This research consists of two main parts. The first part concerns the study of the effect of pulse electromagnetic fields on the microstructural evolution and the hardness of an Al-20%Si alloy. A pulse magnetic field apparatus is used to produce diff... Read More about Study of the composition, processing and microstructure relationship of light alloys.

A proof-of-concept study of a novel ventilation heat recovery vapour injection air source heat pump (2022)
Journal Article
Fan, Y., Li, J., Zhao, X., Myers, S., Cheng, Y., Yu, M., Golizadeh Akhlaghi, Y., Ma, X., & Yu, S. (2022). A proof-of-concept study of a novel ventilation heat recovery vapour injection air source heat pump. Energy Conversion and Management, 256, Article 115404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115404

Conventional air source heat pumps suffer from frosting in winter and consume a large amount of electricity for defrosting. Meanwhile, ventilation heat recovery is an important approach to energy saving in buildings. This paper conducts a proof-of-co... Read More about A proof-of-concept study of a novel ventilation heat recovery vapour injection air source heat pump.

Predicting personalised and progressive adaptive dose escalation to gross tumour volume using knowledge-based planning models for inoperable advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy (2022)
Journal Article
Tambe, N., Pires, I. M., Moore, C., Wieczorek, A., Upadhyay, S., & Beavis, A. (2022). Predicting personalised and progressive adaptive dose escalation to gross tumour volume using knowledge-based planning models for inoperable advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy. Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express, 8(3), Article 035001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/ac56eb

Objectives: Increased radiation doses could improve local control and overall survival of lung cancer patients, however, this could be challenging without exceeding organs at risk (OAR) dose constraints especially for patients with advanced-stage dis... Read More about Predicting personalised and progressive adaptive dose escalation to gross tumour volume using knowledge-based planning models for inoperable advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy.