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Performance investigation of a novel low-carbon solar-assisted multi-source heat pump heating system demonstrated in a public building in Hull (2023)
Journal Article
Li, Y., Li, Z., Song, Z., Fan, Y., Zhao, X., & Li, J. (2024). Performance investigation of a novel low-carbon solar-assisted multi-source heat pump heating system demonstrated in a public building in Hull. Energy Conversion and Management, 300, Article 117979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117979

Global climate change has raised great attention from governments and prompted a wave of application of low-carbon heating technologies. However, solar-assisted heat pump, as an attractive technology, has challenges of unstable performance and comple... Read More about Performance investigation of a novel low-carbon solar-assisted multi-source heat pump heating system demonstrated in a public building in Hull.

Plausible 2050 offshore wind locations in the North Sea (2023)
Data
Waldman, S., Munro, P., & Forster, R. (2023). Plausible 2050 offshore wind locations in the North Sea. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7109882

This dataset contains a set of points representing plausible locations for offshore wind turbines to have been built in the North Sea by the years 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045 and 2050, based off the national ambitions announced up to August 2022.
The dat... Read More about Plausible 2050 offshore wind locations in the North Sea.

Technological choice and social practice in the construction and use of watercraft: exploring the case of the ancient Rhodian triemiolia (2023)
Book Chapter
Velentza, K. (2023). Technological choice and social practice in the construction and use of watercraft: exploring the case of the ancient Rhodian triemiolia. In H. Kiimann (Ed.), New perspectives in maritime archaeological research (67-84). University of Tartu Press

This paper explores the theories of technological choice and social practice in the construction and use of watercraft through the case of the Rhodian triemiolia, a Mediterranean oared warship, known to have been developed and used around the eastern... Read More about Technological choice and social practice in the construction and use of watercraft: exploring the case of the ancient Rhodian triemiolia.

Ikaite formation in streams affected by steel waste leachate: First report and potential impact on contaminant dynamics (2023)
Journal Article
Bastianini, L., Rogerson, M., Brasier, A., Prior, T. J., Hardman, K., Dempsey, E., Bird, A., & Mayes, W. M. (2024). Ikaite formation in streams affected by steel waste leachate: First report and potential impact on contaminant dynamics. Chemical Geology, 644, Article 121842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121842

Highly alkaline (pH 9–12) waters can arise from a range of globally significant and environmentally impactful industrial processes such as lime, steel and cement production, alumina refining and energy generation (e.g. combustion ashes). Such residue... Read More about Ikaite formation in streams affected by steel waste leachate: First report and potential impact on contaminant dynamics.

Learning from arts and humanities approaches to building climate resilience in the UK (2023)
Book Chapter
Brookes, E., McDonagh, B., Wagner, C., Ashton, J., Harvey-Fishenden, A., Kennedy-Asser, A., Macdonald, N., & Smith, K. (2023). Learning from arts and humanities approaches to building climate resilience in the UK. In S. Dessai, K. Lonsdale, J. Lowe, & R. Harcourt (Eds.), Quantifying Climate Risk and Building Resilience in the UK (75-89). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39729-5_6

• This chapter shares insights from five arts and humanities-led UK Climate Resilience Programme (UKCR) projects, presenting key learnings and pathways for future research and policy interventions. • We highlight the significant potential of place-ba... Read More about Learning from arts and humanities approaches to building climate resilience in the UK.

Book Review: American Energy Cinema, ed. by Robert Lifset, Raechel Lutz, and Sarah Stanford-McIntyre (2023)
Digital Artefact
Hawksford White, S. (2023). Book Review: American Energy Cinema, ed. by Robert Lifset, Raechel Lutz, and Sarah Stanford-McIntyre. [Website Content]

Opening paragraph:
The essays in American Energy Cinema set out to show how popular film can be an enlightening primary source for historians who are interested in how Americans have thought about and interpreted the role of energy in their lives an... Read More about Book Review: American Energy Cinema, ed. by Robert Lifset, Raechel Lutz, and Sarah Stanford-McIntyre.

Cohesional behaviours in pyroclastic material and the implications for deposit architecture (2023)
Journal Article
Walding, N., Williams, R., Rowley, P., & Dowey, N. (2023). Cohesional behaviours in pyroclastic material and the implications for deposit architecture. Bulletin of volcanology, 85(11), Article 67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-023-01682-9

Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are hazardous, multiphase currents of heterogeneous volcanic material and gas. Moisture (as liquid or gas) can enter a PDC through external (e.g., interaction with bodies of water) or internal (e.g., initial erupti... Read More about Cohesional behaviours in pyroclastic material and the implications for deposit architecture.

Representing vegetation in experimental models of river systems. (2023)
Thesis
Bodewes, B. Representing vegetation in experimental models of river systems. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4443326

The physical behaviour of fluvial systems have been studied in detail and as have their representations of the impact and interaction between hydraulic and sedimentological features within these river systems. However, there is limited understanding... Read More about Representing vegetation in experimental models of river systems..

Student employability enhancement through fieldwork: purposefully integrated or a beneficial side effect? (2023)
Journal Article
Peasland, E. L., Scott, G. W., Morrell, L. J., & Henri, D. C. (in press). Student employability enhancement through fieldwork: purposefully integrated or a beneficial side effect?. Journal of geography in higher education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2023.2267459

Fieldwork provides opportunities for students to develop employability-enhancing transferable skills as well as technical, discipline-specific skills and disciplinary knowledge. However, the extent to which staff purposely plan transferable skills ou... Read More about Student employability enhancement through fieldwork: purposefully integrated or a beneficial side effect?.

Investigation of a Novel Hybrid Photovoltaic/thermal Power System Integrated with Thermally Regenerative Electrochemical Cycle (2023)
Thesis
Tang, X. Investigation of a Novel Hybrid Photovoltaic/thermal Power System Integrated with Thermally Regenerative Electrochemical Cycle. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4448471

The effective utilization of solar energy always attracts global attention. Photovoltaic/photothermal collector, a technology for generating electrical and thermal energy simultaneously, presents a high overall energy conversion efficiency due to abs... Read More about Investigation of a Novel Hybrid Photovoltaic/thermal Power System Integrated with Thermally Regenerative Electrochemical Cycle.

Surfactant-Nanoparticle Formulations at Calcite-Water and Oil-Water Interfaces for Enhanced Oil Recovery (2023)
Thesis
Rezvani, H. Surfactant-Nanoparticle Formulations at Calcite-Water and Oil-Water Interfaces for Enhanced Oil Recovery. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4564632

There is a growing interest in the development of new and innovative enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies to reduce the environmental impact of oil production. Surfactant flooding is a well-established EOR method but mainly suffers from high adso... Read More about Surfactant-Nanoparticle Formulations at Calcite-Water and Oil-Water Interfaces for Enhanced Oil Recovery.

Photocatalytic Hydrolysis─A Sustainable Option for the Chemical Upcycling of Polylactic Acid (2023)
Journal Article
Garratt, A., Nguyen, K., Brooke, A., Taylor, M. J., & Francesconi, M. G. (2023). Photocatalytic Hydrolysis─A Sustainable Option for the Chemical Upcycling of Polylactic Acid. ACS Environmental Au, 3(6), 342–347. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenvironau.3c00040

Plastic waste is a critical global issue, yet current strategies to avoid committing plastic waste to landfills include incineration, gasification, or pyrolysis high carbon emitting and energy consuming approaches. However, plastic waste can become a... Read More about Photocatalytic Hydrolysis─A Sustainable Option for the Chemical Upcycling of Polylactic Acid.

Learning histories, participatory methods and creative engagement for climate resilience (2023)
Journal Article
McDonagh, B., Brookes, E., Smith, K., Worthen, H., Coulthard, T., Hughes, G., Mottram, S., Skinner, A., & Chamberlain, J. (2023). Learning histories, participatory methods and creative engagement for climate resilience. Journal of Historical Geography, 82, 91-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2023.09.002

The potential of place-based, historically-informed approaches to drive climate action has not yet been adequately interrogated. Recent scholarly work has focussed on climate communication and the role of arts and humanities-led storytelling in engag... Read More about Learning histories, participatory methods and creative engagement for climate resilience.

Monitoring & modelling fluvial hydrogeomorphic response to leaky wooden dams (2023)
Thesis
Wolstenholme, J. M. Monitoring & modelling fluvial hydrogeomorphic response to leaky wooden dams. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4436310

The introduction of large wood to fluvial systems is an increasingly popular method of natural flood management (NFM). Leaky dams (LDs) are designed to attenuate the hydrograph and ‘slow-the-flow’, intercepting high flows, and providing temporary sto... Read More about Monitoring & modelling fluvial hydrogeomorphic response to leaky wooden dams.

Specialty grand challenge: renaming our section to “Carbon Dioxide Removal” (2023)
Journal Article
Renforth, P., Bellamy, R., Beerling, D., Boettcher, M., Bonalumi, D., Brandão, M., Fridahl, M., Fuss, S., Hansson, A., Heyward, C., Kolosz, B., Lamers, P., McLaren, D., Pomi, R., Sanchez, D. L., Shayegh, S., Sick, V., Van der Spek, M., Vishal, V., & Wilcox, J. (2023). Specialty grand challenge: renaming our section to “Carbon Dioxide Removal”. Frontiers in Climate, 5, Article 1279109. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2023.1279109

Dynamics of microplastics particles in rivers: experimental settling processes and numerical models of the transport and deposition (2023)
Thesis
Barrantes, L. I. A. Dynamics of microplastics particles in rivers: experimental settling processes and numerical models of the transport and deposition. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4367345

Microplastic pollution is an environmental problem facing rivers, oceans, and coastlines. Estimations suggest that around 1.15 to 12.7 million tonnes of plastic waste enter the ocean every year from the global riverine system. In the environment, org... Read More about Dynamics of microplastics particles in rivers: experimental settling processes and numerical models of the transport and deposition.

A cucurbit[8]uril-based fluorescent probe for the selective detection of pymetrozine (2023)
Journal Article
Shan, P. H., Pan, D. W., Chen, L. X., Prior, T. J., Redshaw, C., Tao, Z., & Xiao, X. (2023). A cucurbit[8]uril-based fluorescent probe for the selective detection of pymetrozine. Journal of molecular structure, 1294(2), Article 136418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.136418

Herein, we report a simple fluorescence-enhanced system for the selective recognition and determination of the insecticide pymetrozine. 1H NMR spectroscopic data indicate that 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene (BPE) is partially encapsulated in the cavity o... Read More about A cucurbit[8]uril-based fluorescent probe for the selective detection of pymetrozine.

Wet Feet Warm Hearts Strong Places: a community created zine about flood resilience in Hull (2023)
Digital Artefact
Smith, K., Brookes, E., McDonagh, B., Chamberlain, J., Hughes, G., & Dorton, L. (2023). Wet Feet Warm Hearts Strong Places: a community created zine about flood resilience in Hull

Introduction
Welcome to the Risky Cities zine. The art, poetry, imagery and stories in this zine have been created as part of the Risky Cities project at the University of Hull, which has explored the city of Hull's long history of living with water... Read More about Wet Feet Warm Hearts Strong Places: a community created zine about flood resilience in Hull.

A novel solar-driven Organic Rankine Cycle system based on the two-stage solar thermal collection and accumulation (2023)
Journal Article
Gao, D., Li, J., Hao, Y., & Pei, G. (2023). A novel solar-driven Organic Rankine Cycle system based on the two-stage solar thermal collection and accumulation. Applied thermal engineering, 234, Article 121249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121249

Solar thermal power has attracted much attention because it is instrumental to solar energy storage and power grid peak shaving. Among the various solar thermal power technologies, the Organic Rankine Cycle stands out as a prevalent choice for low an... Read More about A novel solar-driven Organic Rankine Cycle system based on the two-stage solar thermal collection and accumulation.

Streamwise Turbulence Modulation in Non-Uniform Open-Channel Clay Suspension Flows (2023)
Journal Article
de Vet, M. G., Fernández, R., Baas, J. H., McCaffrey, W. D., & Dorrell, R. M. (2023). Streamwise Turbulence Modulation in Non-Uniform Open-Channel Clay Suspension Flows. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(8), Article e2022JF006781. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006781

Cohesive sediment particles are ubiquitous in environmental flows. The cohesive properties of clay promote the formation of clay flocs and gels and relatively small suspended clay concentrations can enhance or suppress turbulence in a flow. Furthermo... Read More about Streamwise Turbulence Modulation in Non-Uniform Open-Channel Clay Suspension Flows.