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The nature and significance of rift-related, near-surface fissure fill networks in fractured carbonates below regional unconformities (2020)
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Hardman, K., Holdsworth, R. E., Dempsey, E., & McCaffrey, K. (2020). The nature and significance of rift-related, near-surface fissure fill networks in fractured carbonates below regional unconformities. Journal of the Geological Society, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-074

Hosted in carbonate and crystalline basement rocks below regional unconformities, fissure-fill networks are a widely recognized, but relatively little described near-surface phenomenon (< 1-2km). Faults and fractures in otherwise tight Devonian carbo... Read More about The nature and significance of rift-related, near-surface fissure fill networks in fractured carbonates below regional unconformities.

Wireless E-Nose Sensors to Detect Volatile Organic Gases through Multivariate Analysis (2020)
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Rahman, S., Alwadie, A. S., Irfan, M., Nawaz, R., Raza, M., Javed, E., & Awais, M. (2020). Wireless E-Nose Sensors to Detect Volatile Organic Gases through Multivariate Analysis. Micromachines, 11(6), 597. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11060597

Gas sensors are critical components when adhering to health safety and environmental policies in various manufacturing industries, such as the petroleum and oil industry; scent and makeup production; food and beverage manufacturing; chemical engineer... Read More about Wireless E-Nose Sensors to Detect Volatile Organic Gases through Multivariate Analysis.

Economic and environmental analysis of a novel rural house heating and cooling system using a solar-assisted vapour injection heat pump (2020)
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Fan, Y., Zhao, X., Li, J., Li, G., Myers, S., Cheng, Y., Badiei, A., Yu, M., Golizadeh Akhlaghi, Y., Shittu, S., & Ma, X. (2020). Economic and environmental analysis of a novel rural house heating and cooling system using a solar-assisted vapour injection heat pump. Applied energy, 275, Article 115323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115323

An efficient low-carbon system is proposed to meet the heating and cooling demands of rural houses in cold regions. Mini-channel solar panels incorporating a novel multiple-throughout-flowing loop are used for heat collection, whilst a vapour injecti... Read More about Economic and environmental analysis of a novel rural house heating and cooling system using a solar-assisted vapour injection heat pump.

Feasibility research on a hybrid solar tower system using steam and molten salt as heat transfer fluid (2020)
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Yang, H., Li, J., Huang, Y., Kwan, T. H., Cao, J., & Pei, G. (2020). Feasibility research on a hybrid solar tower system using steam and molten salt as heat transfer fluid. Energy, 205, Article 118094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118094

As a high solar concentration technology, the solar tower power (STP) system is an appealing approach to generate high-grade thermal energy and achieve high thermal-to-electric efficiency. In this study, the authors notice the solar flux distribution... Read More about Feasibility research on a hybrid solar tower system using steam and molten salt as heat transfer fluid.

Effect of regenerator on the direct steam generation solar power system characterized by prolonged thermal storage and stable power conversion (2020)
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Li, P., Cao, Q., Li, J., Wang, Y., Pei, G., Gao, C., Zhao, H., & Liu, X. (2020). Effect of regenerator on the direct steam generation solar power system characterized by prolonged thermal storage and stable power conversion. Renewable energy, 159, 1099-1116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.06.037

The direct steam generation (DSG) solar power system using two stage accumulators and cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle (RC-ORC) has remarkably enlarged storage capacity. It can facilitate stable power generation and address the challenges of conve... Read More about Effect of regenerator on the direct steam generation solar power system characterized by prolonged thermal storage and stable power conversion.

A bedform phase diagram for dense granular currents (2020)
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Smith, G., Rowley, P., Williams, R., Giordano, G., Trolese, M., Silleni, A., Parsons, D. R., & Capon, S. (2020). A bedform phase diagram for dense granular currents. Nature communications, 11(1), Article 2873. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16657-z

Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are a life-threatening volcanic hazard. Our understanding and hazard assessments of these flows rely on interpretations of their deposits. The occurrence of stratified layers, cross-stratification, and bedforms in... Read More about A bedform phase diagram for dense granular currents.

Asymmetric effects of a modelled tidal turbine on the flow and seabed (2020)
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Ramírez -Mendoza, R., Murdoch, L., Jordan, L. B., Amoudry, L. O., McLelland, S., Cooke, R. D., Thorne, P., Simmons, S. M., Parsons, D., & Vezza, M. (2020). Asymmetric effects of a modelled tidal turbine on the flow and seabed. Renewable energy, 159, 238-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.05.133

The extraction of power from the flow of water has become an important potential source of clean energy. In spite of significant interest in the interaction between energy extraction devices and water currents, comparatively little work has focused o... Read More about Asymmetric effects of a modelled tidal turbine on the flow and seabed.

Nocturnal pollination: An overlooked ecosystem service vulnerable to environmental change (2020)
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Macgregor, C. J., & Scott-Brown, A. S. (2020). Nocturnal pollination: An overlooked ecosystem service vulnerable to environmental change. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 4(1), 19-32. https://doi.org/10.1042/ETLS20190134

© 2020 The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society and the Royal Society of Biology and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY). Existing assess... Read More about Nocturnal pollination: An overlooked ecosystem service vulnerable to environmental change.

Shoots and leaves: exploring the impacts and fragile sustainability of sustainable place-making projects working with marginalised people (2020)
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Ramsden, S. (2020). Shoots and leaves: exploring the impacts and fragile sustainability of sustainable place-making projects working with marginalised people. Voluntary Sector Review, https://doi.org/10.1332/204080520x15898294617450

This article contributes to emerging research on sustainable place-making, but makes an important contribution through a strong focus on outcomes for marginalised people and the need for long-term sustainability. Sustainable place-making combines ‘pl... Read More about Shoots and leaves: exploring the impacts and fragile sustainability of sustainable place-making projects working with marginalised people.

Improving fuel cell performance via optimal parameters identification through fuzzy logic based-modeling and optimization (2020)
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Tanveer, W. H., Rezk, H., Nassef, A., Abdelkareem, M. A., Kolosz, B., Karuppasamy, K., Aslam, J., & Gilani, S. O. (2020). Improving fuel cell performance via optimal parameters identification through fuzzy logic based-modeling and optimization. Energy, 204, Article 117976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.117976

Improving the performance of solid oxide fuel cell via maximizing its available peak power density is a key requirement of research in the field of renewable energy. This could be achieved through identifying the optimal controlling parameters such a... Read More about Improving fuel cell performance via optimal parameters identification through fuzzy logic based-modeling and optimization.