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Numerical investigation of the energy performance of a guideless irregular heat and mass exchanger with corrugated heat transfer surface for dew point cooling (2016)
Journal Article
Diallo, T. M. O., Fancey, K., Ma, X., Xu, P., Zhao, X., Chen, H., & Li, D. (2016). Numerical investigation of the energy performance of a guideless irregular heat and mass exchanger with corrugated heat transfer surface for dew point cooling. Energy, 109, 803-817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.05.062

© 2016 The Author(s) The paper presents an investigation into the energy performance of a novel irregular heat and mass exchanger for dew point cooling which, compared to the existing flat-plate heat exchangers, removed the use of the channel support... Read More about Numerical investigation of the energy performance of a guideless irregular heat and mass exchanger with corrugated heat transfer surface for dew point cooling.

Long-term landscape trajectory - Can we make predictions about landscape form and function for post-mining landforms? (2016)
Journal Article
Hancock, G., Lowry, J., & Coulthard, T. (2016). Long-term landscape trajectory - Can we make predictions about landscape form and function for post-mining landforms?. Geomorphology, 266, 121-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.05.014

A significant issue for the application of numerical Landscape Evolution Models (LEMs) is their calibration/parameterisation and validation. LEMs are now at the stage of development where if calibrated, they can provide meaningful and useful results.... Read More about Long-term landscape trajectory - Can we make predictions about landscape form and function for post-mining landforms?.

Cold storage condensation heat recovery system with a novel composite phase change material (2016)
Journal Article
Xia, M., Yuan, Y., Zhao, X., Cao, X., & Tang, Z. (2016). Cold storage condensation heat recovery system with a novel composite phase change material. Applied energy, 175, 259-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.05.001

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Using condensation heat from cold storage refrigeration systems to provide heat for domestic hot water preparation and industrial hot water supply promotes energy conservation. However, few studies have investigated cold storage... Read More about Cold storage condensation heat recovery system with a novel composite phase change material.

Experimental study of a counter-flow regenerative evaporative cooler (2016)
Journal Article
Zhao, X., Dong, X., Duan, Z., & Zhan, C. (2016). Experimental study of a counter-flow regenerative evaporative cooler. Building and Environment, 104, 47-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.04.029

This paper aims to investigate the operational performance and impact factors of a counter-flow regenerative evaporative cooler (REC). This was undertaken through a dedicated experimental process. Temperature, humidity and flow rate of the air flows... Read More about Experimental study of a counter-flow regenerative evaporative cooler.

Occupy! Historical geographies of property, protest and the commons, 1500-1850 (2016)
Journal Article
McDonagh, B., & Griffin, C. J. (2016). Occupy! Historical geographies of property, protest and the commons, 1500-1850. Journal of Historical Geography, 53, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2016.03.002

This paper examines issues surrounding protest, trespass and occupation - brought to the fore as a result both of recent social movements including the global Occupy movement and of emerging critical discourses about so-called ‘new enclosures’ - thro... Read More about Occupy! Historical geographies of property, protest and the commons, 1500-1850.

Supplicants & Guardians: the petitions of Royalist widows during the Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642-1660 (2016)
Journal Article
Worthen, H. (2017). Supplicants & Guardians: the petitions of Royalist widows during the Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642-1660. Women's History Review, 26(4), 528-540. https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2016.1148503

During the Civil Wars and Interregnum Parliament sought to fund their war effort by confiscating Royalist estates. The widows of Royalist landowners were left without a husband and without the prospect of any means of support unless they could regain... Read More about Supplicants & Guardians: the petitions of Royalist widows during the Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642-1660.

Experimental investigation of the thermal and electrical performance of the heat pipe BIPV/T system with metal wires (2016)
Journal Article
Wang, Z., Qiu, F., Yang, W., Zhao, X., & Mei, S. (2016). Experimental investigation of the thermal and electrical performance of the heat pipe BIPV/T system with metal wires. Applied energy, 170, 314-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.02.140

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Heat pipe building integrated photovoltaic/thermal system (heat pipe BIPV/T system) can produce both the electrical and thermal energies at the same time, which have been paid enormous attentions since the energy crisis in the 19... Read More about Experimental investigation of the thermal and electrical performance of the heat pipe BIPV/T system with metal wires.

Performance evaluation of controllable separate heat pipes (2016)
Journal Article
Cao, J., Li, J., Zhao, P., Jiao, D., Li, P., Hu, M., & Pei, G. (2016). Performance evaluation of controllable separate heat pipes. Applied thermal engineering, 100, 518-527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.02.044

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. A controllable separate heat pipe (CSHP) combined with cool storage can be an efficient and low-cost solution to release the necessary cool power and to improve the precision in the temperature control of coo... Read More about Performance evaluation of controllable separate heat pipes.

The role of biophysical cohesion on subaqueous bed form size: COHESION IN SUBAQUEOUS BED FORMS (2016)
Journal Article
Parsons, D. R., Schindler, R. J., Hope, J. A., Malarkey, J., Baas, J. H., Peakall, J., Manning, A. J., Ye, L., Simmons, S., Paterson, D. M., Aspden, R. J., Bass, S. J., Davies, A. G., Lichtman, I. D., & Thorne, P. D. (2016). The role of biophysical cohesion on subaqueous bed form size: COHESION IN SUBAQUEOUS BED FORMS. Geophysical research letters, 43(4), 1566-1573. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gl067667

Biologically active, fine-grained sediment forms abundant sedimentary deposits on Earth's surface, and mixed mud-sand dominates many coasts, deltas, and estuaries. Our predictions of sediment transport and bed roughness in these environments presentl... Read More about The role of biophysical cohesion on subaqueous bed form size: COHESION IN SUBAQUEOUS BED FORMS.

Numerical simulation and experimental validation of a high concentration photovoltaic/thermal module based on point-focus Fresnel lens (2016)
Journal Article
Xu, N., Ji, J., Sun, W., Huang, W., Li, J., & Jin, Z. (2016). Numerical simulation and experimental validation of a high concentration photovoltaic/thermal module based on point-focus Fresnel lens. Applied energy, 168, 269-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.077

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Characteristics of a high concentration photovoltaic/thermal (HCPV/T) module equipped with point-focus Fresnel lens have been investigated in this paper. Both electrical and thermal models of the module are developed by numerical... Read More about Numerical simulation and experimental validation of a high concentration photovoltaic/thermal module based on point-focus Fresnel lens.

A cascade organic Rankine cycle power generation system using hybrid solar energy and liquefied natural gas (2016)
Journal Article
Li, P., Li, J., Pei, G., & Ji, J. (2016). A cascade organic Rankine cycle power generation system using hybrid solar energy and liquefied natural gas. Solar Energy, 127, 136-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.01.029

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. A cascade organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system utilizing solar energy and liquefied natural gas (LNG) for thermal power generation is proposed. Energy from solar collectors drives the evaporation of working fluid in the top cycle (... Read More about A cascade organic Rankine cycle power generation system using hybrid solar energy and liquefied natural gas.

Hyper-resolution mapping of regional storm surge and tide flooding: comparison of static and dynamic models (2016)
Journal Article
Ramirez, J. A., Lichter, M., Coulthard, T. J., & Skinner, C. (2016). Hyper-resolution mapping of regional storm surge and tide flooding: comparison of static and dynamic models. Natural hazards, 82(1), 571-590. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2198-z

Storm tide (combination of storm surge and the astronomical tide) flooding is a natural hazard with significant global social and economic consequences. For this reason, government agencies and stakeholders need storm tide flood maps to determine pop... Read More about Hyper-resolution mapping of regional storm surge and tide flooding: comparison of static and dynamic models.

Solidarity, grassroots initiatives and power relations (2016)
Journal Article
Sotiropoulou, I. (2016). Solidarity, grassroots initiatives and power relations. World Social and Economic Review of Contemporary Policy Issues, 6, 44-59

Although solidarity is not a recent phenomenon, the emergence of new or re-invented forms of production and sharing that are based on that principle, has raised again several burning questions of what solidarity is and how far it can go, particularly... Read More about Solidarity, grassroots initiatives and power relations.

Effect of working fluids on the performance of a novel direct vapor generation solar organic Rankine cycle system (2016)
Journal Article
Li, J., Alvi, J. Z., Pei, G., Ji, J., Li, P., & Fu, H. (2016). Effect of working fluids on the performance of a novel direct vapor generation solar organic Rankine cycle system. Applied thermal engineering, 98, 786-797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.12.146

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. A novel solar organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system with direct vapor generation (DVG) is proposed. A heat storage unit is embedded in the ORC to guarantee the stability of power generation. Compared with conven... Read More about Effect of working fluids on the performance of a novel direct vapor generation solar organic Rankine cycle system.

Analysis of a novel solar electricity generation system using cascade Rankine cycle and steam screw expander (2016)
Journal Article
Li, J., Li, P., Pei, G., Alvi, J. Z., & Ji, J. (2016). Analysis of a novel solar electricity generation system using cascade Rankine cycle and steam screw expander. Applied energy, 165, 627-638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.12.087

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. A novel solar electricity generation system (SEGS) using cascade cycle is proposed. The top and the bottom are steam Rankine cycle (SRC) and organic Rankine cycle (ORC). Particulary, screw expander (SE), which is characterized by... Read More about Analysis of a novel solar electricity generation system using cascade Rankine cycle and steam screw expander.

Experimental investigation of the energy performance of a novel Micro-encapsulated Phase Change Material (MPCM) slurry based PV/T system (2016)
Journal Article
Qiu, Z., Ma, X., Zhao, X., Li, P., & Ali, S. (2016). Experimental investigation of the energy performance of a novel Micro-encapsulated Phase Change Material (MPCM) slurry based PV/T system. Applied energy, 165, 260-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.11.053

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. As a follow-on work of the authors' theoretical study, the paper presented an experimental investigation into the energy performance of a novel PV/T thermal and power system employing the Micro-encapsulated Phase Change Material... Read More about Experimental investigation of the energy performance of a novel Micro-encapsulated Phase Change Material (MPCM) slurry based PV/T system.

Keynote speech - Validation of numerically generated stratigraphic architecture (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mountney, N., Colombera, L., Yan, N., Dorrell, R. M., & McCaffrey, W. D. (2016, April). Keynote speech - Validation of numerically generated stratigraphic architecture. Presented at 2nd Conference on Forward Modelling of Sedimentary Systems: From Desert to Deep Marine Depositioned Systems

Simulating the influences of groundwater on regional geomorphology using a distributed, dynamic, landscape evolution modelling platform (2015)
Journal Article
Barkwith, A., Hurst, M. D., Jackson, C. R., Wang, L., Ellis, M. A., & Coulthard, T. J. (2015). Simulating the influences of groundwater on regional geomorphology using a distributed, dynamic, landscape evolution modelling platform. Environmental modelling & software : with environment data news, 74, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.09.001

A dynamic landscape evolution modelling platform (CLiDE) is presented that allows a variety of Earth system interactions to be explored under differing environmental forcing factors. Representation of distributed surface and subsurface hydrology with... Read More about Simulating the influences of groundwater on regional geomorphology using a distributed, dynamic, landscape evolution modelling platform.

Assessing riverine threats to heritage assets posed by future climate change through a geomorphological approach and predictive modelling in the Derwent Valley Mills WHS, UK (2015)
Journal Article
Howard, A. J., Knight, D., Coulthard, T., Hudson-Edwards, K., Kossoff, D., & Malone, S. (2016). Assessing riverine threats to heritage assets posed by future climate change through a geomorphological approach and predictive modelling in the Derwent Valley Mills WHS, UK. Journal of cultural heritage, 19, 387-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2015.11.007

Future climate change is likely to pose significant challenges for heritage management, especially in landscape settings, such as river valleys as the magnitude, intensity and nature of geomorphological processes alter in response to changing thresho... Read More about Assessing riverine threats to heritage assets posed by future climate change through a geomorphological approach and predictive modelling in the Derwent Valley Mills WHS, UK.

Bedform genesis in bedrock substrates: Insights into formative processes from a new experimental approach and the importance of suspension-dominated abrasion (2015)
Journal Article
Yin, D., Peakall, J., Parsons, D., Chen, Z., Averill, H. M., Wignall, P., & Best, J. (2016). Bedform genesis in bedrock substrates: Insights into formative processes from a new experimental approach and the importance of suspension-dominated abrasion. Geomorphology, 255, 26-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.12.008

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Bedrock channels are common in the natural environment, and bedrock channel erosion sets the pace of denudation in many river catchments. However, in comparison to the large number of studies concerning the formation of alluvial... Read More about Bedform genesis in bedrock substrates: Insights into formative processes from a new experimental approach and the importance of suspension-dominated abrasion.