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Fault-tolerant wind turbine pitch control using adaptive sliding mode estimation (2016)
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Lan, J., Patton, R. J., & Zhu, X. (2018). Fault-tolerant wind turbine pitch control using adaptive sliding mode estimation. Renewable energy, 116, 219-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.12.005

Wind turbine pitch systems are essential for actuating desired blade angles and hence to keep the generator at rated speed in operation region 3. In the presence of parametric pitch actuator faults, pitch systems may have slow dynamics, affecting the... Read More about Fault-tolerant wind turbine pitch control using adaptive sliding mode estimation.

Design and characterisation of metallic glassy alloys of high neutron shielding capability (2016)
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Khong, J. C., Daisenberger, D., Burca, G., Kockelmann, W., Tremsin, A. S., & Mi, J. (2016). Design and characterisation of metallic glassy alloys of high neutron shielding capability. Scientific reports, 6(1), Article 36998. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36998

This paper reports the design, making and characterisation of a series of Fe-based bulk metallic glass alloys with the aim of achieving the combined properties of high neutron absorption capability and sufficient glass forming ability. Synchrotron X-... Read More about Design and characterisation of metallic glassy alloys of high neutron shielding capability.

Low frequency interactions between coupled narrow sidebranch arrays and the resulted sound transmission losses (2016)
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Yu, H. M., & Tang, S. K. (2017). Low frequency interactions between coupled narrow sidebranch arrays and the resulted sound transmission losses. Applied acoustics. Acoustique appliqué. Angewandte Akustik, 117, 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2016.10.020

The low frequency sound interactions between coupled narrow sidebranch arrays installed in an infinitely long rectangular duct are investigated numerically using the finite-element method in the present study. The corresponding transmission losses ac... Read More about Low frequency interactions between coupled narrow sidebranch arrays and the resulted sound transmission losses.

Integrated design of fault-tolerant control for nonlinear systems based on fault estimation and T-S fuzzy modelling (2016)
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Lan, J., & Patton, R. J. (2017). Integrated design of fault-tolerant control for nonlinear systems based on fault estimation and T-S fuzzy modelling. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 25(5), 1141-1154. https://doi.org/10.1109/tfuzz.2016.2598849

This paper proposes an integrated design of faulttolerant control (FTC) for nonlinear systems using Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy models in the presence of modelling uncertainty along with actuator/sensor faults and external disturbance. An augmented sta... Read More about Integrated design of fault-tolerant control for nonlinear systems based on fault estimation and T-S fuzzy modelling.

Integrated fault estimation and fault-tolerant control for uncertain Lipschitz nonlinear systems (2016)
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Lan, J., & Patton, R. J. (2017). Integrated fault estimation and fault-tolerant control for uncertain Lipschitz nonlinear systems. International journal of robust and nonlinear control, 27(5), 761-780. https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.3597

This paper proposes an integrated fault estimation and fault-tolerant control (FTC) design for Lipschitz non-linear systems subject to uncertainty, disturbance, and actuator/sensor faults. A non-linear unknown input observer without rank requirement... Read More about Integrated fault estimation and fault-tolerant control for uncertain Lipschitz nonlinear systems.

A refining mechanism of primary Al3Ti intermetallic particles by ultrasonic treatment in the liquid state (2016)
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Wang, F., Eskin, D., Mi, J., Connolley, T., Lindsay, J., & Mounib, M. (2016). A refining mechanism of primary Al3Ti intermetallic particles by ultrasonic treatment in the liquid state. Acta Materialia, 116, 354-363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2016.06.056

The mechanism underlying the considerable refinement of primary Al3Ti intermetallic particles induced by ultrasonic treatment (UST) in an Al-0.4 wt% Ti alloy in the fully liquid state was investigated. Scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive... Read More about A refining mechanism of primary Al3Ti intermetallic particles by ultrasonic treatment in the liquid state.

Sound transmission across a plenum window with an active noise cancellation system (2016)
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Tang, S. K., Tong, Y. G., & Tsui, K. L. (2016). Sound transmission across a plenum window with an active noise cancellation system. Noise Control Engineering Journal, 64(4), 423-431. https://doi.org/10.3397/1/376390

A series of experiments was conducted in the present study in an attempt to understand how the implementation of active noise control would affect the sound transmission across a plenum window. A simple squared pressure control scheme with three erro... Read More about Sound transmission across a plenum window with an active noise cancellation system.

Integrated oxyfuel power plant with improved CO2 separation and compression technology for EOR application (2016)
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Font-Palma, C., Errey, O., Corden, C., Chalmers, H., Lucquiaud, M., Sanchez del Rio, M., …Pourkashanian, M. (2016). Integrated oxyfuel power plant with improved CO2 separation and compression technology for EOR application. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 103(Part B), 455-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2016.06.024

An integrated advanced supercritical coal-fired oxyfuel power plant with a novel cryogenic CO2 separation and compression technology for high purity CO2 to suit injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery purposes is investigated. The full process is modelle... Read More about Integrated oxyfuel power plant with improved CO2 separation and compression technology for EOR application.

Experimental investigation of a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules (2016)
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Qiu, Z., Ma, X., Zhao, X., Zhou, J., Du, Z., Ji, J., & Yu, M. (2016). Experimental investigation of a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules. Applied energy, 178, 484-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.06.063

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd This paper aims to investigate a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules, in terms of its solar thermal, electrical and overall efficiency, as well as coefficient of... Read More about Experimental investigation of a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules.

Numerical investigation of the energy performance of a guideless irregular heat and mass exchanger with corrugated heat transfer surface for dew point cooling (2016)
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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.

Modelling the anaerobic digestion of solid organic waste – Substrate characterisation method for ADM1 using a combined biochemical and kinetic parameter estimation approach (2016)
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Poggio, D., Walker, M., Nimmo, W., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2016). Modelling the anaerobic digestion of solid organic waste – Substrate characterisation method for ADM1 using a combined biochemical and kinetic parameter estimation approach. Waste Management, 53, 40-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2016.04.024

This work proposes a novel and rigorous substrate characterisation methodology to be used with ADM1 to simulate the anaerobic digestion of solid organic waste. The proposed method uses data from both direct substrate analysis and the methane producti... Read More about Modelling the anaerobic digestion of solid organic waste – Substrate characterisation method for ADM1 using a combined biochemical and kinetic parameter estimation approach.

Geometrical parameter combinations that correlate with early interaural cross-correlation coefficients in a performance hall (2016)
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Cheung, L. Y., & Tang, S. K. (2016). Geometrical parameter combinations that correlate with early interaural cross-correlation coefficients in a performance hall. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 139(5), 2741-2753. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4948995

The previous binaural data of the authors measured inside two multi-purpose performance halls are re-analyzed using regression in this study. It is done in an attempt to establish a framework that can improve the prediction of early interaural cross-... Read More about Geometrical parameter combinations that correlate with early interaural cross-correlation coefficients in a performance hall.

The Impact of Technology-supported and Triangulated Writing Tasks on a Pilot Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Subject for Construction Disciplines (2016)
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Kam, R., Tang, S. K., & Lee, L. (2016). The Impact of Technology-supported and Triangulated Writing Tasks on a Pilot Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Subject for Construction Disciplines. Computers and Composition, 40, 131-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2016.03.004

This article presents findings from the technology-supported implementation of triangulated writing tasks in a pilot interdisciplinary subject for construction disciplines in a Hong Kong university, and discusses these findings in relation to the bro... Read More about The Impact of Technology-supported and Triangulated Writing Tasks on a Pilot Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Subject for Construction Disciplines.

Estimation of source location and ground impedance using a hybrid multiple signal classification and Levenberg-Marquardt approach (2016)
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Tam, K. C., Lau, S. K., & Tang, S. K. (2016). Estimation of source location and ground impedance using a hybrid multiple signal classification and Levenberg-Marquardt approach. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 374, 279-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2016.03.011

A microphone array signal processing method for locating a stationary point source over a locally reactive ground and for estimating ground impedance is examined in detail in the present study. A non-linear least square approach using the Levenberg-M... Read More about Estimation of source location and ground impedance using a hybrid multiple signal classification and Levenberg-Marquardt approach.

Assessment and parameter identification of simplified models to describe the kinetics of semi-continuous biomethane production from anaerobic digestion of green and food waste (2016)
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Owhondah, R. O., Walker, M., Ma, L., Nimmo, B., Ingham, D. B., Poggio, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2016). Assessment and parameter identification of simplified models to describe the kinetics of semi-continuous biomethane production from anaerobic digestion of green and food waste. Bioprocess and biosystems engineering, 39(6), 977-992. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-016-1577-x

Biochemical reactions occurring during anaerobic digestion have been modelled using reaction kinetic equations such as first-order, Contois and Monod which are then combined to form mechanistic models. This work considers models which include between... Read More about Assessment and parameter identification of simplified models to describe the kinetics of semi-continuous biomethane production from anaerobic digestion of green and food waste.

Multi-scale characterisation of the 3D microstructure of a thermally-shocked bulk metallic glass matrix composite (2016)
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Zhang, W., Bodey, A. J., Sui, T., Kockelmann, W., Rau, C., Korsunsky, A. M., & Mi, J. (2016). Multi-scale characterisation of the 3D microstructure of a thermally-shocked bulk metallic glass matrix composite. Scientific reports, 6(1), 18545-1-18545-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep18545

Bulk metallic glass matrix composites (BMGMCs) are a new class of metal alloys which have significantly increased ductility and impact toughness, resulting from the ductile crystalline phases distributed uniformly within the amorphous matrix. However... Read More about Multi-scale characterisation of the 3D microstructure of a thermally-shocked bulk metallic glass matrix composite.