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Frosting performance of a nanoporous hydrophilic aluminum surface (2018)
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Yang, W., Zeng, B., Zhang, Y., He, S., & Zhao, X. (2018). Frosting performance of a nanoporous hydrophilic aluminum surface. Energies, 11(12), Article 3483. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11123483

© 2018 by the authors. As an efficient energy-saving piece of equipment, an air-source heat pump can not only reduce the energy consumption required for heating, but can also reduce the pollution from fossil consumption. However, when an air-source h... Read More about Frosting performance of a nanoporous hydrophilic aluminum surface.

Global sensitivity analysis of parameter uncertainty in landscape evolution models (2018)
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Skinner, C. J., Coulthard, T. J., Schwanghart, W., Van De Wiel, M. J., & Hancock, G. (2018). Global sensitivity analysis of parameter uncertainty in landscape evolution models. Geoscientific Model Development, 11(12), 4873-4888. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4873-2018

The evaluation and verification of landscape evolution models (LEMs) has long been limited by a lack of suitable observational data and statistical measures which can fully capture the complexity of landscape changes. This lack of data limits the use... Read More about Global sensitivity analysis of parameter uncertainty in landscape evolution models.

Thermo-mechanical behavior assessment of smart wire connected and busbarPV modules during production, transportation, and subsequent field loading stages (2018)
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Li, G., Akram, M., Jin, Y., Chen, X., Zhu, C., Ahmad, A., …Zhao, X. (2019). Thermo-mechanical behavior assessment of smart wire connected and busbarPV modules during production, transportation, and subsequent field loading stages. Energy, 168, 931-945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.12.002

Thermo-mechanical loads induce stresses in photovoltaic (PV) modules, leading to crack formation. In this context, the understanding of module’s thermo-mechanical behavior is important. To investigate the thermo-mechanical behavior of smart wire conn... Read More about Thermo-mechanical behavior assessment of smart wire connected and busbarPV modules during production, transportation, and subsequent field loading stages.

Civil society contributions to local level flood resilience: Before, during and after the 2015 Boxing Day floods in the Upper Calder Valley (2018)
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Forrest, S., Trell, E., & Woltjer, J. (2019). Civil society contributions to local level flood resilience: Before, during and after the 2015 Boxing Day floods in the Upper Calder Valley. Transactions - Institute of British Geographers, 44(2), 422-436. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12279

There is an increasing emphasis on the local level as well as growing expectations regarding civil society actors in flood‐risk management in the UK. However, not enough is known about the potential contributions of civil society to flood resilience... Read More about Civil society contributions to local level flood resilience: Before, during and after the 2015 Boxing Day floods in the Upper Calder Valley.

Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration (2018)
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Li, P., Li, J., Tan, R., Wang, Y., Pei, G., Jiang, B., & Tang, J. (2019). Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration. Applied thermal engineering, 148, 1007-1017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.11.097

Tandem screw expander (SE) technology is a promising solution for large volume ratio situations. Tandem SE driven direct steam generation (DSG) system is first proposed for distributed solar thermal power generation. Steam accumulator is adopted for... Read More about Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration.

Review: Remembering Protest since 1500: Memory, Materiality and the Landscape, Carl J. Griffin, Briony McDonagh (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland (2018), xiv + 253 pages, £79.99 hardcover (2018)
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Awcock, H. (2019). Review: Remembering Protest since 1500: Memory, Materiality and the Landscape, Carl J. Griffin, Briony McDonagh (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland (2018), xiv + 253 pages, £79.99 hardcover. Journal of Historical Geography, 63, 116-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2018.11.001

A novel approach to thermal storage of direct steam generation solar power systems through two-step heat discharge (2018)
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Li, J., Gao, G., Kutlu, C., Liu, K., Pei, G., Su, Y., …Riffat, S. (2019). A novel approach to thermal storage of direct steam generation solar power systems through two-step heat discharge. Applied energy, 236, 81-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.084

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Steam accumulators are the only commercial solution for heat storage of direct steam generation (DSG) solar thermal power plants. Current accumulators have low storage capacity as the turbine suffers from inefficient off-design op... Read More about A novel approach to thermal storage of direct steam generation solar power systems through two-step heat discharge.

A new insight into the influence of habitat on the biochemical properties of three commercial sea cucumber species (2018)
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González-Wangüemert, M., Roggatz, C. C., Rodrigues, M. J., Barreira, L., da Silva, M. M., & Custódio, L. (2018). A new insight into the influence of habitat on the biochemical properties of three commercial sea cucumber species. International Aquatic Research, 10(4), 361-373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40071-018-0210-9

© 2018, The Author(s). This work makes a comparative evaluation of the biochemical profile of three sea commercial cucumber species (Holothuria mammata, H. polii and H. tubulosa) caught from different locations of the Mediterranean Sea (SE Spain). Al... Read More about A new insight into the influence of habitat on the biochemical properties of three commercial sea cucumber species.

Energy performance analysis of a novel solar PVT loop heat pipe employing a microchannel heat pipe evaporator and a PCM triple heat exchanger (2018)
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Diallo, T. M., Yu, M., Zhou, J., Zhao, X., Shittu, S., Li, G., …Hardy, D. (2019). Energy performance analysis of a novel solar PVT loop heat pipe employing a microchannel heat pipe evaporator and a PCM triple heat exchanger. Energy, 167, 866-888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.10.192

This study presents a numerical analysis of the energy efficiency for a novel solar PVT Loop Heat Pipe (PVT-LHP) employing a novel Micro-channel evaporator and a novel PCM heat storage exchanger. It presents a description of the different sub-models... Read More about Energy performance analysis of a novel solar PVT loop heat pipe employing a microchannel heat pipe evaporator and a PCM triple heat exchanger.

On the causes of pulsing in continuous turbidity currents (2018)
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Kostaschuk, R., Nasr-Azadani, M. M., Meiburg, E., Wei, T., Chen, Z., Negretti, M. E., …Parsons, D. R. (2018). On the causes of pulsing in continuous turbidity currents. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123(11), 2827-2843. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JF004719

Velocity pulsing has previously been observed in continuous turbidity currents in lakes and reservoirs, even though the input flow is steady. Several different mechanisms have been ascribed to the generation of these fluctuations, including Rayleigh‐... Read More about On the causes of pulsing in continuous turbidity currents.