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Novel design and simulation of a hybrid solar electricity system with organic Rankine cycle and PV cells (2010)
Journal Article
Li, J., Pei, G., Li, Y., & Ji, J. (2010). Novel design and simulation of a hybrid solar electricity system with organic Rankine cycle and PV cells. International journal of low carbon technologies, 5(4), 223-230. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/ctq027

The proposed system mainly consists of flat-plate compound parabolic concentrators (CPCs) integrated with photovoltaic (PV) cells and organic Rankine cycle (ORC). The technologies of CPC, PV cell and ORC are analyzed, and feasibility of the hybrid so... Read More about Novel design and simulation of a hybrid solar electricity system with organic Rankine cycle and PV cells.

Response of river-dominated delta channel networks to permanent changes in river discharge (2010)
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Edmonds, D., Slingerland, R., Best, J., Parsons, D., & Smith, N. (2010). Response of river-dominated delta channel networks to permanent changes in river discharge. Geophysical research letters, 37(12), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL043269

Using numerical experiments, we investigate how river-dominated delta channel networks are likely to respond to changes in river discharge predicted to occur over the next century as a result of environmental change. Our results show for a change in... Read More about Response of river-dominated delta channel networks to permanent changes in river discharge.

Optimization of low temperature solar thermal electric generation with Organic Rankine Cycle in different areas (2010)
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Jing, L., Gang, P., & Jie, J. (2010). Optimization of low temperature solar thermal electric generation with Organic Rankine Cycle in different areas. Applied energy, 87(11), 3355-3365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.05.013

The presented low temperature solar thermal electric generation system mainly consists of compound parabolic concentrators (CPC) and the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) working with HCFC-123. A novel design is proposed to reduce heat transfer irreversibi... Read More about Optimization of low temperature solar thermal electric generation with Organic Rankine Cycle in different areas.

A new methodology for the quantitative visualization of coherent flow structures in alluvial channels using multibeam echo-sounding (MBES) (2010)
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Best, J., Simmons, S., Parsons, D., Oberg, K., Czuba, J., & Malzone, C. (2010). A new methodology for the quantitative visualization of coherent flow structures in alluvial channels using multibeam echo-sounding (MBES). Geophysical research letters, 37(6), Article ARTN L06405. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009gl041852

In order to investigate the interactions between turbulence and suspended sediment transport in natural aqueous environments, we ideally require a technique that allows simultaneous measurement of fluid velocity and sediment concentration for the who... Read More about A new methodology for the quantitative visualization of coherent flow structures in alluvial channels using multibeam echo-sounding (MBES).

Analysis of low temperature solar thermal electric generation using regenerative Organic Rankine Cycle (2010)
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Pei, G., Li, J., & Ji, J. (2010). Analysis of low temperature solar thermal electric generation using regenerative Organic Rankine Cycle. Applied thermal engineering, 30(8-9), 998-1004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.01.011

The innovative configuration of low temperature solar thermal electric generation with regenerative Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is designed, mainly consisting of small concentration ratio compound parabolic concentrators (CPC) and the regenerative OR... Read More about Analysis of low temperature solar thermal electric generation using regenerative Organic Rankine Cycle.

Observing bedload/suspended load using multi-frequency-acoustic backscatter (2010)
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McLelland, S. (2010). Observing bedload/suspended load using multi-frequency-acoustic backscatter

Published alongside Gray, J.R., Laronne, J.B., Marr, J.D.G., 2010, Bedload-surrogate monitoring technologies: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5091This paper describes the application of acoustic backscatter from multiple... Read More about Observing bedload/suspended load using multi-frequency-acoustic backscatter.

Self-organized criticality in river basins: challenging sedimentary records of environmental change (2010)
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Van De Wiel, M. J., & Coulthard, T. J. (2010). Self-organized criticality in river basins: challenging sedimentary records of environmental change. Geology, 38(1), 87-90. https://doi.org/10.1130/g30490.1

For many years researchers have linked increases in sediment and bedload from drainage basins to external factors such as increased rainfall. However, natural systems have always shown a high degree of scatter or nonlinearity in this response, which... Read More about Self-organized criticality in river basins: challenging sedimentary records of environmental change.

Subverting the ground : private property and public protest in the sixteenth-century Yorkshire Wolds (2009)
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McDonagh, B. A. (2009). Subverting the ground : private property and public protest in the sixteenth-century Yorkshire Wolds. The Agricultural history review, 57(2), 191-206

As a forum for litigating property disputes, the Star Chamber left records that provide crucial evidence for investigating the way people understood and experienced the landscape around them at precisely the time that the modern concept of property i... Read More about Subverting the ground : private property and public protest in the sixteenth-century Yorkshire Wolds.

Statistics of surface gravity wave turbulence in the space and time domains (2009)
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Nazarenko, S., Lukaschuk, S., McLelland, S., & Denissenko, P. (2010). Statistics of surface gravity wave turbulence in the space and time domains. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 642, 395-420. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112009991820

We present experimental results on simultaneous spacetime measurements for the gravity wave turbulence in a large laboratory flume. We compare these results with predictions of the weak turbulence theory (WTT) based on random waves, as well as with p... Read More about Statistics of surface gravity wave turbulence in the space and time domains.

Experience matters: Females use smell to select experienced males for paternal care (2009)
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Fletcher, N., Storey, E. J., Johnson, M., Reish, D. J., & Hardege, J. D. (2009). Experience matters: Females use smell to select experienced males for paternal care. PLoS ONE, 4(11), e7672. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007672

Mate choice and mating preferences often rely on the information content of signals exchanged between potential partners. In species where a female's reproduction is the terminal event in life it is to be expected that females choose high quality mal... Read More about Experience matters: Females use smell to select experienced males for paternal care.