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Prospects for petcoke utilization with CO2 capture in Mexico (2017)
Journal Article
Font-Palma, C., & Díaz, A. G. (2017). Prospects for petcoke utilization with CO2 capture in Mexico. Energy procedia, 142, 3517-3523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.239

© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This paper evaluates the introduction of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to Mexico. The gasification technology is presented as a potential alternative to be applied into refinery plants due to high pet... Read More about Prospects for petcoke utilization with CO2 capture in Mexico.

Voice restoration after laryngectomy based on magnetic sensing of articulator movement and statistical articulation-to-speech conversion (2017)
Journal Article
Gonzalez, J. A., Cheah, L. A., Gilbert, J. M., Bai, J., Ell, S. R., Green, P. D., & Moore, R. K. (2017). Voice restoration after laryngectomy based on magnetic sensing of articulator movement and statistical articulation-to-speech conversion. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 690, 295-316. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54717-6_17

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017. In this work, we present a silent speech system that is able to generate audible speech from captured movement of speech articulators. Our goal is to help laryngectomy patients, i.e. patients who have lost... Read More about Voice restoration after laryngectomy based on magnetic sensing of articulator movement and statistical articulation-to-speech conversion.

Towards an intraoral-based silent speech restoration system for post-laryngectomy voice replacement (2017)
Journal Article
Cheah, L. A., Gilbert, J. M., Gonzalez, J. A., Bai, J., Ell, S. R., Green, P. D., & Moore, R. K. (2017). Towards an intraoral-based silent speech restoration system for post-laryngectomy voice replacement. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 690, 22-38. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54717-6_2

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017, Silent Speech Interfaces (SSIs) are alternative assistive speech technologies that are capable of restoring speech communication for those individuals who have lost their voice due to laryngectomy or disea... Read More about Towards an intraoral-based silent speech restoration system for post-laryngectomy voice replacement.

Experimental and process modelling study of integration of a micro-turbine with an amine plant (2014)
Journal Article
Agbonghae, E. O., Best, T., Finney, K. N., Palma, C. F., Hughes, K. J., & Pourkashanian, M. (2014). Experimental and process modelling study of integration of a micro-turbine with an amine plant. Energy procedia, 63, 1064-1073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.114

An integrated model of a micro-turbine coupled to a CO2 capture plant has been developed with Aspen Plus, and validated with experimental data obtained from a Turbec T100 microturbine at the PACT facilities in the UKCCS Research Centre, Beighton, UK.... Read More about Experimental and process modelling study of integration of a micro-turbine with an amine plant.

Process simulation and thermodynamic analysis of a micro turbine with post-combustion CO2 capture and exhaust gas recirculation (2014)
Journal Article
Ali, U., Best, T., Finney, K. N., Palma, C. F., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D. B., & Pourkashanian, M. (2014). Process simulation and thermodynamic analysis of a micro turbine with post-combustion CO2 capture and exhaust gas recirculation. Energy procedia, 63, 986-996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.107

With the effects of the emissions from power plants causing global climate change, the trend towards lower emission systems such as natural gas power plant is increasing. In this paper a Turbec T100 micro gas turbine is studied. The system is assesse... Read More about Process simulation and thermodynamic analysis of a micro turbine with post-combustion CO2 capture and exhaust gas recirculation.

Fault estimation and active fault tolerant control for linear parameter varying descriptor systems (2014)
Journal Article
Shi, F., & Patton, R. J. (2015). Fault estimation and active fault tolerant control for linear parameter varying descriptor systems. International journal of robust and nonlinear control, 25(5), 689-706. https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.3266

Starting with the baseline controller design, this paper proposes an integrated approach of active fault tolerant control based on proportional derivative extended state observer (PDESO) for linear parameter varying descriptor systems. The PDESO can... Read More about Fault estimation and active fault tolerant control for linear parameter varying descriptor systems.

High speed imaging study of the dynamics of ultrasonic bubbles at a liquid-solid interface (2013)
Journal Article
Tan, D., & Mi, J. (2013). High speed imaging study of the dynamics of ultrasonic bubbles at a liquid-solid interface. Materials Science Forum, 765, 230-234. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.765.230

High speed imaging, including the ultrafast synchrotron X-ray imaging facility at the beamline 32-ID-B of the Advanced Photon Source (APS), was used to study in-situ (1) the dynamics of ultrasonic bubbles inside a water suspension with an acoustic fi... Read More about High speed imaging study of the dynamics of ultrasonic bubbles at a liquid-solid interface.

Ultrafast X-ray imaging and modelling of ultrasonic cavitations in liquid metal (2013)
Journal Article
Lee, T. L., Khong, J. C., Fezzaa, K., & Mi, J. (2013). Ultrafast X-ray imaging and modelling of ultrasonic cavitations in liquid metal. Materials Science Forum, 765, 190-194. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.765.190

The dynamics of ultrasonic bubbles in liquid metal are captured in-situ for the first time using the ultrafast X-ray phase contrast imaging facility housed at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, in the USA. The experimental obser... Read More about Ultrafast X-ray imaging and modelling of ultrasonic cavitations in liquid metal.

A directionally tunable but frequency-invariant beamformer on an acoustic velocity-sensor triad to enhance speech perception (2012)
Journal Article
Wu, Y. I., Wong, K. T., Yuan, X., Lau, S. K., & Tang, S. K. (2012). A directionally tunable but frequency-invariant beamformer on an acoustic velocity-sensor triad to enhance speech perception. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(5), 3891-3902. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3701991

Herein investigated are computationally simple microphone-array beamformers that are independent of the frequency-spectra of all signals, all interference, and all noises. These beamformers allow the listener to tune the desired azimuth-elevation "lo... Read More about A directionally tunable but frequency-invariant beamformer on an acoustic velocity-sensor triad to enhance speech perception.

Sound fields inside street canyons with inclined flanking building façades (2011)
Journal Article
Tang, S. K., & Piippo, K. E. (2011). Sound fields inside street canyons with inclined flanking building façades. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3624578

Street canyons are common in modern cities. It is well known that the multiple sound reflections within the canyons tend to increase the noise levels inside the canyons. An scaled down model experiment was conducted in the present investigation to st... Read More about Sound fields inside street canyons with inclined flanking building façades.

Stereo visualization of 3D trabecular bone structures produced by bone remodelling simulation (2003)
Journal Article
Phillips, R., Grunchec, J. A., Ward, J. W., Fagan, M. J., Dobson, C. A., Langton, C. M., & Sisias, G. (2003). Stereo visualization of 3D trabecular bone structures produced by bone remodelling simulation. Studies in health technology and informatics, 94, 258-264. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-938-7-258

Adult human bone is constantly being renewed by a process known as remodelling. For cancellous bone this renewal process occurs at the interface between bone and marrow where bone is depleted by osteoclasts and rebuilt by osteoblasts. This remodellin... Read More about Stereo visualization of 3D trabecular bone structures produced by bone remodelling simulation.