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Thermoelectric generator performance enhancement by the application of pulsed heat power (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shittu, S., Li, G., Zhao, X., & Ma, X. (2019, June). Thermoelectric generator performance enhancement by the application of pulsed heat power. Presented at International Conference on Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer: FFHMT'19, Ottawa, Canada

Thermoelectric generator (TEG) is usually studied under steady state heating conditions however, the use of pulsed heat power could significantly enhance its performance. Therefore, this paper presents a numerical investigation of the thermal and ele... Read More about Thermoelectric generator performance enhancement by the application of pulsed heat power.

"Children’s health and wellbeing in urban environments", by Christina R. Ergler, Robin Kearns and Karen Witten (Eds.), 2017; London: Routledge; 257pp., hardback £ 110.00, ISBN 978-1-472-44601-5 (2019)
Journal Article
Parsons, K. J. (2020). "Children’s health and wellbeing in urban environments", by Christina R. Ergler, Robin Kearns and Karen Witten (Eds.), 2017; London: Routledge; 257pp., hardback £ 110.00, ISBN 978-1-472-44601-5. Children's Geographies, 18(6), 744-745. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2019.1705645

If you want a book to take you on a journey around the world which provides a range of experiences of the different lived realities of children in today’s urban environments, then this is the book for you. The editors have beautifully assembled a ser... Read More about "Children’s health and wellbeing in urban environments", by Christina R. Ergler, Robin Kearns and Karen Witten (Eds.), 2017; London: Routledge; 257pp., hardback £ 110.00, ISBN 978-1-472-44601-5.

What determines the downstream evolution of turbidity currents? (2019)
Journal Article
Heerema, C. J., Talling, P. J., Cartigny, M. J., Paull, C. K., Bailey, L., Simmons, S. M., Parsons, D. R., Clare, M. A., Gwiazda, R., Lundsten, E., Anderson, K., Maier, K. L., Xu, J. P., Sumner, E. J., Rosenberger, K., Gales, J., McGann, M., Carter, L., & Pope, E. (2020). What determines the downstream evolution of turbidity currents?. Earth and planetary science letters, 532, Article 116023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.116023

© 2019 Seabed sediment flows called turbidity currents form some of the largest sediment accumulations, deepest canyons and longest channel systems on Earth. Only rivers transport comparable sediment volumes over such large areas; but there are far f... Read More about What determines the downstream evolution of turbidity currents?.

Building integrated solar concentrating systems: A review (2019)
Journal Article
Li, G., Xuan, Q., Akram, M. W., Golizadeh Akhlaghi, Y., Liu, H., & Shittu, S. (2020). Building integrated solar concentrating systems: A review. Applied energy, 260, Article 114288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114288

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd In the building sector, concerns towards the vast energy consumption has promoted the development of renewable energy technologies. In this regards, the solar concentration devices show a promising concept for building application... Read More about Building integrated solar concentrating systems: A review.

Climate Change and Children: Positioning Children as Stakeholders within the Climate Change Debate in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Halstead, F., & Parsons, D. R. (2019, December). Climate Change and Children: Positioning Children as Stakeholders within the Climate Change Debate in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Poster presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco

Home to almost 20 million people, the Mekong Delta in Vietnam is one of the most at risk regions globally in terms of exposure to climate change and sea-level rise, notably in terms of future flood risk. Societal resilience to climate change and floo... Read More about Climate Change and Children: Positioning Children as Stakeholders within the Climate Change Debate in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam..

Scale effect on electrical characteristics of CPC-PV (2019)
Journal Article
Li, G., Lu, Y., Shittu, S., & Zhao, X. (2020). Scale effect on electrical characteristics of CPC-PV. Energy, 192, Article 116726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116726

Recently, the flux distribution and Photovoltaic (PV) structure optimization have been paid more attention in the design of concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) by several researchers while the scale factor is sometimes decided by the processing technolo... Read More about Scale effect on electrical characteristics of CPC-PV.

Taking Current Climate Change Research to the Classroom—The “Will Hermit Crabs Go Hungry in Future Oceans?” Project (2019)
Book Chapter
Roggatz, C. C., Kenningham, N., & Bartels-Hardege, H. D. (2019). Taking Current Climate Change Research to the Classroom—The “Will Hermit Crabs Go Hungry in Future Oceans?” Project. In W. L. Filho, & S. L. Hemstock (Eds.), Climate Change and the Role of Education (255-277). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32898-6_15

© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Climate change and its consequences at environmental, social and economic level will affect all of us, in particular the children of today who are the world’s citizens of tomorrow. However, the causes, conseque... Read More about Taking Current Climate Change Research to the Classroom—The “Will Hermit Crabs Go Hungry in Future Oceans?” Project.

The nature and age of basement host rocks and fissure fills in the Lancaster field fractured reservoir, West of Shetland (2019)
Journal Article
Holdsworth, R. E., Trice, R., Hardman, K., McCaffrey, K. J., Morton, A., Frei, D., Dempsey, E., Bird, A., & Rogers, S. (2020). The nature and age of basement host rocks and fissure fills in the Lancaster field fractured reservoir, West of Shetland. Journal of the Geological Society, 177(5), 1057-1073. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2019-142

Hosting up to 3.3 billion barrels of oil in place, the upfaulted Precambrian crystalline rocks of the Lancaster field, offshore west of Shetland, give key insights into how fractured hydrocarbon reservoirs can form in such old rocks. The Neoarchean (... Read More about The nature and age of basement host rocks and fissure fills in the Lancaster field fractured reservoir, West of Shetland.

Gender, property and succession in the early modern English aristocracy: the case of Martha Janes and her illegitimate children (2019)
Journal Article
Worthen, H., McDonagh, B., & Capern, A. (2019). Gender, property and succession in the early modern English aristocracy: the case of Martha Janes and her illegitimate children. Women's History Review, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2019.1696414

This article addresses the boundaries of female power within early modern aristocratic families. It examines the family arrangements of Lord Emmanuel Scroop whose marriage to Elizabeth Manners was childless. The research sets out to uncover Lord Scro... Read More about Gender, property and succession in the early modern English aristocracy: the case of Martha Janes and her illegitimate children.

Three-dimensional modelling of suspended sediment transport in the far wake of tidal stream turbines (2019)
Journal Article
Li, X., Li, M., Amoudry, L. O., Ramirez-Mendoza, R., Thorne, P. D., Song, Q., Zheng, P., Simmons, S., Jordan, L. B., & McLelland, S. J. (2020). Three-dimensional modelling of suspended sediment transport in the far wake of tidal stream turbines. Renewable energy, 151, 956-965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.11.096

A three-dimensional tidal turbine simulation based on an oceanographic numerical model has been tested for suspended sediment calculation, particularly in the wake of a standalone tidal turbine. The results suggest a need for further improvement of t... Read More about Three-dimensional modelling of suspended sediment transport in the far wake of tidal stream turbines.

Thermal performance analysis of a solar energy storage unit encapsulated with HITEC salt/copper foam/nanoparticles composite (2019)
Journal Article
Xiao, X., Jia, H., Wen, D., & Zhao, X. (2020). Thermal performance analysis of a solar energy storage unit encapsulated with HITEC salt/copper foam/nanoparticles composite. Energy, 192, 116593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116593

HITEC salt (40 wt. % NaNO2, 7 wt. % NaNO3, 53 wt. % KNO3) with a melting temperature of about 142 °C is a typical phase change material (PCM) for solar energy storage. Both aluminum oxide (Al2O3) nanopowder and metal foam were used to enhance pure HI... Read More about Thermal performance analysis of a solar energy storage unit encapsulated with HITEC salt/copper foam/nanoparticles composite.

Biomediation of submarine sediment gravity flow dynamics (2019)
Journal Article
Craig, M. J., Baas, J. H., Amos, K. J., Strachan, L. J., Manning, A. J., Paterson, D. M., Hope, J. A., Nodder, S. D., & Baker, M. L. (2020). Biomediation of submarine sediment gravity flow dynamics. Geology, 48(1), 72-76. https://doi.org/10.1130/G46837.1

Sediment gravity flows are the primary process by which sediment and organic carbon are transported from the continental margin to the deep ocean. Up to 40% of the total marine organic carbon pool is represented by cohesive extracellular polymeric su... Read More about Biomediation of submarine sediment gravity flow dynamics.

Theoretical and experimental study of a novel solar indirect-expansion heat pump system employing mini channel PV/T and thermal panels (2019)
Journal Article
Zhou, J., Zhu, Z., Zhao, X., Yuan, Y., Fan, Y., & Myers, S. (2020). Theoretical and experimental study of a novel solar indirect-expansion heat pump system employing mini channel PV/T and thermal panels. Renewable energy, 151, 674-686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.11.054

This paper presents the investigation of a novel mini channel PV/T and thermal collectors combined heat pump system, using both experimental and theoretical methods. Data were produced under conditions typical for winter days in Lvliang, China. A sim... Read More about Theoretical and experimental study of a novel solar indirect-expansion heat pump system employing mini channel PV/T and thermal panels.

Old Tools, New Ways of Using Them: Harnessing Expert Opinions to Plan for Surprise in Marine Socio-Ecological Systems (2019)
Journal Article
Gladstone-Gallagher, R. V., Hope, J. A., Bulmer, R. H., Clark, D. E., Stephenson, F., Mangan, S., Rullens, V., Siwicka, E., Thomas, S. F., Pilditch, C. A., Savage, C., & Thrush, S. F. (2019). Old Tools, New Ways of Using Them: Harnessing Expert Opinions to Plan for Surprise in Marine Socio-Ecological Systems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, Article 696. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00696

Copyright © 2019 Gladstone-Gallagher, Hope, Bulmer, Clark, Stephenson, Mangan, Rullens, Siwicka, Thomas, Pilditch, Savage and Thrush. With globally accelerating rates of environmental disturbance, coastal marine ecosystems are increasingly prone to n... Read More about Old Tools, New Ways of Using Them: Harnessing Expert Opinions to Plan for Surprise in Marine Socio-Ecological Systems.

The role of microphytobenthos in soft‐sediment ecological networks and their contribution to the delivery of multiple ecosystem services (2019)
Journal Article
Hope, J. A., Paterson, D. M., & Thrush, S. F. (2020). The role of microphytobenthos in soft‐sediment ecological networks and their contribution to the delivery of multiple ecosystem services. Journal of Ecology, 108(3), 815-830. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13322

Sediment dwelling, microscopic primary producers, that occupy sediments in the photic zone, are commonly referred to as microphytobenthos (MPB). The MPB are essential components of soft-sediment systems, but are often overlooked when assessing coasta... Read More about The role of microphytobenthos in soft‐sediment ecological networks and their contribution to the delivery of multiple ecosystem services.

Building integrated thermoelectric air conditioners—a potentially fully environmentally friendly solution in building services (2019)
Journal Article
Ma, X., Zhao, H., Zhao, X., Li, G., & Shittu, S. (2019). Building integrated thermoelectric air conditioners—a potentially fully environmentally friendly solution in building services. Future Cities and Environment, 5(1), 12. https://doi.org/10.5334/fce.76

The refrigerants used in conventional vapor-compression air conditioning systems have detrimental effects on the global environment. Phasing-down hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants for HVAC equipment over the next 20 years has been proposed. A ther... Read More about Building integrated thermoelectric air conditioners—a potentially fully environmentally friendly solution in building services.

Operational performance of a novel fast-responsive heat storage/exchanging unit (HSEU) for solar heating systems (2019)
Journal Article
Fan, Y., Zhao, X., Li, J., Cheng, Y., Zhou, J., Yu, M., Li, G., Badiei, A., Du, Z., Ji, J., Zhu, Z., Ma, X., Bai, H., & Myers, S. (2020). Operational performance of a novel fast-responsive heat storage/exchanging unit (HSEU) for solar heating systems. Renewable energy, 151, 137-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.11.007

In order for a solar heating system to provide heat immediately after sunrise, a fast response is needed to the heat demand of a serviced space. The majority of existing solar heating systems have a slow response time due to the large volume of water... Read More about Operational performance of a novel fast-responsive heat storage/exchanging unit (HSEU) for solar heating systems.

Unsteady draining of reservoirs over weirs and through constrictions (2019)
Journal Article
Skevington, E. W. G., & Hogg, A. J. (2020). Unsteady draining of reservoirs over weirs and through constrictions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 882, Article A9. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2019.808

The gravitationally driven flow of fluid from a reservoir following the partial collapse of its confining dam, or the partial opening of its confining lock, is modelled using the nonlinear shallow water equations, coupled to outflow conditions, in wh... Read More about Unsteady draining of reservoirs over weirs and through constrictions.

Critical dependence of morphodynamic models of fluvial and tidal systems on empirical downslope sediment transport (2019)
Journal Article
Baar, A. W., Boechat Albernaz, M., van Dijk, W. M., & Kleinhans, M. G. (2019). Critical dependence of morphodynamic models of fluvial and tidal systems on empirical downslope sediment transport. Nature communications, 10(1), Article 4903. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12753-x

The morphological development of fluvial and tidal systems is forecast more and more frequently by models in scientific and engineering studies for decision making regarding climate change mitigation, flood control, navigation and engineering works.... Read More about Critical dependence of morphodynamic models of fluvial and tidal systems on empirical downslope sediment transport.